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Manchester H&M

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BRANDING

Manchester H&M

WITH BEVERLEY, POLLY AND LUCY MELLOR

To celebrate the relaunch of new H&M in Manchester at the Trafford Centre, Mellor & Rose host a Calligraphy Workshop with H&M in collaboration for their new 'Manchester' branding.

Mellor & Rose are super excited to be hosting our Calligraphy Workshop at H&M in Manchester at the Trafford Centre - a lot of fun, take a look at what we got up to.

WHEN + WHERE?

SPRING 2022 • H&M TRAFFORD CENTRE, MANCHESTER

EVENT CALLIGRAPHY + LETTERING WORKSHOP WITH H&M

WITH MELLOR & ROSE

PHOTO + COPY

BY LUCY MELLOR

Calligraphy Workshops in London

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MODERN CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOPS IN LONDON

WITH MELLOR & ROSE

Looking for creative things to do with like-minded people? We're delighted to welcome you to Mellor & Rose - we're a family business who are passionate about sharing the joys of calligraphy along with all the beautiful and mindful things it brings. Fancy joining us on a Workshop? Take a look around our website along with our socials to see what we get up to - if you find a Workshop date which sounds like a bit of you, simply get in touch with Lucy Mellor to book your spot on one of our upcoming Calligraphy Workshops in London at Cass Art Islington or Daylesford Organic Notting Hill. Looking forward to seeing you on a Workshop soon!

CHRISTMAS CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOPS IN LONDON

WITH MELLOR & ROSE

 

2 HOUR CHRISTMAS CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP AT DAYLESFORD ORGANIC NOTTING HILL, LONDON

£75

Tuesday December 6th from 6pm - 8pm

ABOUT MELLOR & ROSE

We're Mellor & Rose Calligraphy; Calligraphers and Lettering Artists based in Lytham St Annes, North West of England. Made up of Beverley Mellor, Polly Mellor and Lucy Mellor - Mellor & Rose is a family business who are passionate about sharing the Joys of Calligraphy and all the wonderful and creative benefits it brings. In 2022, we will be hosting our Workshops in Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Cumbria, Yorkshire, London, Leicestershire, Cotswolds and Gloucestershire.

We have the total joy of hosting our Modern Calligraphy Workshops, Brush Lettering Workshops and Chalk Lettering Workshops at beautiful venues and spaces across the UK. Alongside our Workshops, we offer Calligraphy Writing Services for Private Events such as Weddings and Parties along with Branding work and Live Event Calligraphy. Clients and venues include H&M, Chanel, Daylesford Organic, Neptune, David M Robinson, Cass Art, Thyme England, Tatcha, Booths Supermarkets and GHOST Fragrances.

If you fancy joining us on an upcoming Workshop and have an event coming up, please simply get in touch with Lucy Mellor at mellorandrose@icloud.com or @mellorandrose on Instagram/ Facebook.

Lovely modern calligraphy session with the M&R team last Thursday evening. Great pace & way of teaching, attention to detail, fabulous resources (and tea & biscuits), gorgeous people and we created some pretty amazing work for our first try! Would recommend to anyone with an interest in lovely lettering, or just letting their mind switch off for a few hours...honestly, it was better than any meditation that I've ever done! Thank you so much xxx

Lisa, Cedar Farm 2022

Mellor & Rose are thrilled to host our mindful and creative Modern Calligraphy Workshops at Cass Art Islington this Spring and Summer. Book your spot on our upcoming Modern Calligraphy Workshop by getting in touch with Lucy Mellor. We look forward to seeing you soon for some festive fun!

Can't make this date? Browse all our upcoming Modern Calligraphy Workshop dates across the UK!

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BY LUCY MELLOR

Harvest Festival 2021, Daylesford Organic

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Harvest Festival 2021, Daylesford Organic

CALLIGRAPHY WITH MELLOR & ROSE

by Lucy Mellor

14.10.2021

We were kindly invited to Daylesford Organic in the beautiful Cotswolds to take part in their annual Harvest Festival! Here's what we got up to!

MODERN CALLIGRAPHY MASTERCLASSES AT DAYLESFORD ORGANIC

WORKSHOPS WITH MELLOR & ROSE

Modern Calligraphy Masterclass

£95

DAYLESFORD ORGANIC, KINGHAM

Christmas Calligraphy Masterclass

£125

DAYLESFORD ORGANIC, KINGHAM

More about Mellor & Rose

We're Mellor & Rose, a family of handlettering artists who enjoy the simple act of sharing the joys of Calligraphy. We host Calligraphy and Lettering Workshops and we host in-person Workshops with groups of people all looking do something rather lovely and creative with a group of like minded people - that in itself is wonderful when you think about it and something we’re incredibly excited to get back to.  During our Workshops, we were kept being told how therapeutic and relaxing our Workshops were - being in the Workshop gave us permission to slow down and take us down a notch or 2. Mindful Calligraphy is certainly something we want to promote and continue to share with everyone. If there was something which was bothering us or something lingering in the back of our minds, it gradually faded away for an hour or so as we fully immersed ourselves in the world of calligraphy and creativity. When you think about it, whenever we concentrate on something, we gain focus and other things drift away in our minds. If you fancy joining us on one our of upcoming Modern Calligraphy Workshops at Daylesford, please simply get in touch and we'd love to see you there.

Having a hobby or learning a new skill is wonderful for make sure we have enough me time and also gives a bit of perspective. Mindful Calligraphy may be your practice of Mindfulness and if it is, that's wonderful. For me personally, practising Mindful Calligraphy here and there does me a world of good and if this has a chance of doing the same for you, then we're smiling!

CHECK OUT ALL OUR WORKSHOP DATES AND VENUES, TO FIND THE BEST DATES FOR YOU

WATCH OUR CALLIGRAPHY AND LETTERING VIDEOS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Christmas Calligraphy Workshop with Mellor & Rose in the Northern Quarter in Manchester City Centre. Book your spot on our upcoming special 3 Hour Christmas Calligraphy Workshop at Cass Art Manchester by getting in touch with Lucy Mellor, thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon. Also, can't make this date? Browse all our upcoming Modern Calligraphy Workshop dates across the UK!

CALLIGRAPHY

by POLLY MELLOR

PHOTOGRAPHY + COPY

by LUCY MELLOR

Journal: Back to ‘School’ Mindful Calligraphy

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Back to 'school' mindful calligraphy

BOOKS, REVISION & WELLBEING

by Lucy Mellor

04/09/2019

With summer officially over, the sun seekers reluctantly retire to hiding - everyone returns to their daily study lives. We know because all the shops keep pointing it out every way we turn - yes, because we need more pens to add to our third pencil case! A new year, could be a easy transition or one with big changes - new people, important exams etc. Sometimes, we can get hung up on every detail of our lives

If you're starting a new year at College or driving down to your University and unpacking for your first year - change is be on the horizon - we may need something to take our mind off things with a spot of mindful calligraphy. Things start swirling around - taking up our capacity, we need to take a step back and get a fresh perspective. Taking in a nice delicious deep breathe and find a comfy place - perhaps putting on your favourite artist in the background - sitting down with your phone far away, picking up a pen and some paper then letting your creativity flow! We sometimes bottle it up and don’t allow ourselves to have those creative moments because we’re too busy revising or scrolling. This is where the practise of mindfulness and mindful calligraphy may come into some use!

What is mindfulness all about?

After 4 years of University in 2 different cities - having a hobby was kind of essential - mine at the time was sports; playing or organising it for others. Hockey and Golf were my main sports of choice as I’d played them from an early age at school which took hockey very seriously... so, ultimately it’s hard to ever get away from it! Having another activity other than solely studying was a brilliant outlet - the idea of mindfulness was at it’s very beginning when I was at University with mediation and yoga very much at the forefront of mind and body wellbeing - mindful calligraphy is now joining the wellbeing party. For a bit more info on the practise of mindfulness and the reasons for introducing into your daily life; mindfulness is the practise of self-appreciation, slowing down and being in the now. We don't have to cross our legs and seek inner peace looking for something we can’t seem to find - we can practise mindfulness whenever and wherever - it’s brilliant. 

Back to 'School' Mindful Calligraphy for School, College or University students with Mellor and Rose // Mellor & Rose Lancashire

Calligraphy and mindfulness work in fluid harmony - one compliments the other effortlessly. For example, mindfulness practises slowing down your mind and body - to appreciate the now. With calligraphy, the basic act of sitting down lettering, gives you permission to purposefully slow down - we have to take the pace off in calligraphy otherwise the pen will most likely scratch the paper and the stroke will ‘break’. The slower the better when we’re getting started with calligraphy.

What is mindful calligraphy?

Practicing a bit of mindful calligraphy doesn't only focus on beautiful lettering. Mindful calligraphy is also about setting aside some time for ourselves - appreciating where we are now and taking a step back. Plus, if we’re feeling particularly anxious or nervous, slowing down our mind and body will help us press that reset button giving us a fresh perspective. As we all know, we very rarely have control over a situation, but we do have an influence over our perspective; the way we view the situation. As you deliberately begin to sit down and take time for yourself - your actions start to happen without the need to prompt this behaviour - which means it’s gradually integrating itself into our routine.

Now, let's have a go!

1. get a pen and a clean sheet of paper.

2. find a comfortable spot; bit of music on in the background.

3. take notice of our breathe - if we’re feeling on the edge, we may fancy slowing our breathe and taking in a much deeper breathe each time. Something so simple has such an immediate impact on our whole body - we begin to relax.

4. now, lets have a go! Get your pen out! The key to calligraphy is rhythm and pressure strokes. Once we feel comfortable applying pressures and then taking it off - we can get a fluid motion and bring personality to the lettering. We’re not necessarily looking for completely uniform lettering (as thats what a computer is for!). We’re looking for italic style and smooth curves in this characteristic brush script style.

5. now we’re going to follow the design Pol has laid out below. We’ll start top left (if we're right handed) as to avoid smudging! Adding the lovely decoratives and banner brings some personality to the rather minimalist design - have a go and let us know how you get on!

Check out our YT Channel for calligraphy + lettering videos

CALLIGRAPHY

by Polly Mellor & Beverley Mellor

WORDS

by Lucy Mellor

If you fancy trying your hand at brush lettering + joining us on a workshop, please drop us a message!

We currently host workshops in Lytham, Southport, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Ormskirk, Clitheroe & Fleetwood

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