Darren Leader
Make Your Own Medieval Mark
Sunday 24 May, 10.30am
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
Tickets: £20.00 - £30.00
Join designer and researcher Darren Leader for a hands-on creative workshop, exploring personal stories as inspiration to design your own medieval mark.
In medieval times, Norwich was an international trading centre with merchants’ marks — precursors of modern logos — stamped onto goods and carved into buildings. Discover how weavers, dyers, brewers and merchants applied fascinating trademarks of geometric design and ancient symbolism to represent their identity and expertise.
Workshop participants will contemplate their personal story, profession or family heritage to inspire and make their own signature sign to take home. Afterwards their logos will be recreated digitally for them to use on screen.
Darren Leader is the author of Logo Rewind: Trademarks of Medieval Norwich, winner of the History and Tradition Award at East Anglian Book Awards 2024.
Important information
Tickets
Tickets: £30.00
Concessions: £20 for D/deaf or disabled, Full-time students, Go4Less cardholders and those on Universal Credit.
Essential Companions: Any audience member requiring an essential carer/companion can get one free ticket. Relevant discounts or concessions still apply to the paid ticket.
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Sunday
24 May
10:30 am
£20.00 - £30.00
City of Literature is a Norfolk & Norwich Festival and National Centre for Writing presentation, programmed by the National Centre for Writing.
Masthead image: Artwork (pictured) by Lilian Hodgson