I contacted Mr Kam Law, through the Meridian society with the interest of receiving a quote to write calligraphic characters as either regular or running form for the Language Learning tool. The opportunity to commission work supports the ideas of authority and uniqueness (real practice), authenticity and understanding (native writer and artist), and personal (in the sense of meeting with the artist) to present within the Language Learning Tool. He is a well respected calligrapher who has been practising for 27 years and is originally from Hong Kong, now based in London.
It was particularly interesting to note that the characters were written on a long scroll of fine absorbent rice paper. Written vertically from the top, moving the paper up for each new character form. The brush was mostly held vertically.
Next to this there is a large brush designed to be able load sufficient ink to create long running strokes, with a finer pointed tip to execute finishing points.
The brush is on a classic 'Shan' mountain-shaped brush holder, a loading and mixing dish containing a a pool of ink, next to a cup of water, bottle of indian ink, and other brushes stored in a box.
The paper absorbed the ink very quickly.
There was a conversation between the members of the society on the dragon form, and whether this also appeared as a radical in other characters.
Hidden below some of the papers was an ink-filled bamboo mat. This was a similar mat to those used for rolling sushi, and presumably used as a rolling container for the brushes after painting.
The video here shows the brush movements.
SACU: http://www.sacu.org/
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