Marco Chioini Calligraphy Workshops at Flourish Festival
Embracing the Abstract: Expressive Abstract Calligraphy Workshop
(Class size 20 People)
Loosen your hand.
Break the rules.
Let letters misbehave.
Using Italic as a starting point, not a finish line, this workshop invites you to move past readable forms and into expressive abstraction.
We’ll pull letters apart until they stop asking to be read and start acting like shapes.
That shift frees you from habit and opens the door to unexpected compositions and new visual ideas.
From there, the focus moves to the stroke. You’ll experiment with speed, rhythm, proportion, contrast, and tools, discovering how subtle changes create powerful expression.
As the work unfolds, so does your own visual language, fluid, intentional, and personal.
Along the way, we’ll explore movement, breath, rhythm, and the quality of the line, so what shows up on the page feels alive, not forced.
You’ll leave with more freedom in your hand and a fresh way of seeing what letters can become.
Marco Chioini
Embracing the Abstract
Oct 22 & 23
Beyond the Box
Oct 24 & 25
Beyond the Box: Bold Calligraphy Composition & Layout Workshop
(Class size 20 People)
Good composition doesn’t behave.
It stretches, pushes back, and makes bold decisions.
This workshop is designed to help you move beyond safe layouts and into compositions that feel instinctive, dynamic, and undeniably personal.
We’ll start with the fundamentals, then deliberately mess with them.
Through a series of inventive, hands-on exercises, you’ll be pushed to experiment, disrupt familiar patterns, and explore new ways of organizing space on the page.
We’ll work with tension, line, rhythm, proportion, and contrast, learning how to use them intentionally to create energy rather than perfection.
The goal isn’t neat.
It’s alive.
By the end, you’ll see composition less as a set of rules and more as a flexible, expressive tool, one that supports bold ideas, stronger visual impact, and work that actually feels like you.
Marco Chioini
Embracing the Abstract
Oct 22 & 23
Beyond the Box
Oct 24 & 25
What You’ll Explore in These Abstract Calligraphy Workshops
Abstraction and deconstruction of letterforms
Expressive stroke, movement, and rhythm
Tension, contrast, proportion, and visual balance
Developing a personal visual language
Composition that feels alive, not formulaic
Meet Marco Chioini: Contemporary Calligrapher & Instructor
Marco Chioini is known for his expressive approach to calligraphy, where letters move beyond strict form and into rhythm, texture, and abstraction.
His work explores how written language can function as visual gesture, inviting viewers to experience text emotionally as well as intellectually.
As a teacher, Marco encourages experimentation and curiosity, helping students loosen their habits and discover new ways of working with mark, line, and space.
His classes offer a thoughtful balance of intention and freedom, opening the door to more personal and expressive work.
Best for:
Calligraphers ready to move beyond traditional forms
Artists interested in expressive, contemporary lettering
Those looking to loosen their hand and sharpen their eye
Anyone craving more confidence and originality in composition
