Böcklin Zoo

Böcklin Zoo

Workshop with Karl Nawrot. Handpainted compositions inspired by the typeface Arnold Böcklin from Schriftgiesserei Otto Weisert (1904).

Workshop (2020) by Dominik Bissem, Giacomo Bastianelli, Laura Zsófia Csocsán, Sam Fagnart, Amélie Gallay, Raphaela Haefliger, Joana Siniavskaja, Elena Baranowski, Charly Derouault, Stefan Fitze, Sergei Rasskazov, Karima Deghayli, Samira Schneuwly, Alexandre Lescieux

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Calligraphy

Handpainted compositions inspired by the typeface Arnold Böcklin from Schriftgiesserei Otto Weisert (1904).

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