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PERKINS Fall 2007
Please place your pre-order for your chisel(s) and hammer/dummy by September 10. You must pre-order these two items.
Following the supplies is Tom's new book and other letter carving books.
Tom: Lettercutting Supplies: A2 or A3 lay-out or cartridge pad (layout pad of paper), set square (plastic triangle), HB pencil, eraser, ruler, Masking tape and craft knife.
Your own lettercarving tools (optional and only if you have carved before and already have the tools). If traveling by car, off cuts of stone and/or slate (not granite) are optional.
Letter-cutting chisel* (6mm Europ chisel recommended and/or 4mm would be useful also), If A1-Or Chisels are available (3/16" i.e. 5mm), dummy/mallet* (1 lb mallet), easel (will be available to use and /or purchase), stone/slate will be available for purchase.
Below is a text list of the items needed. You can add items to your cart by scrolling down past the list.
Chisels:
ONE CHISEL IS REQUIRED. These are Universal
S463. Letter Carving Chisel 6mm. $32.00 RECOMMENDED SIZE
S462. Letter Carving Chisel 4mm. $30.00. OPTIONAL SECOND CHISEL OR AS ONLY CHISEL IF YOU ALREADY OWN THE 4MM.
S594. Letter Carving Chisel 5mm. $30.00. OPTIONAL, NOT NEEDED FOR THIS WORKSHOP
S595. Letter Carving Chisel 7mm. $35.00. OPTIONAL, NOT NEEDED FOR THIS WORKSHOP
Hammers: REQUIRED
S460. 1 lb Letter Carving Dummy. Recommended for women. $45.00
S461. 1.5 lb Letter Carving Dummy. Recommended for men. $47.50
You need a metal letter carving dummy. A wooden or rubber mallet will not work for letter carving in stone.
S464. 45/90 Triangle. Clear plastic. $3.75
S142. Drawing Pencil HB. $1.25
S270. 12" Ruler. Metal, cork backed$3.05
S271. 18" Ruler. Metal, cork backed $3.95
S86. Magic Rub Eraser $1.00
S417. Excel No Slip Knife. This soft rubber handled knife is sharper and cheaper than equivalent X-Acto knife…best of all, its purple! Includes safety cap, #11 blade and no roll feature. $3.75
Masking tape.
Layout Paper: A2(16x24).OR A3(12x16.5)
P32-14. Canson Pro-Marker Layout Pad, 14"x17". $19.45
P12. Boris Layout Pad, 14"x17". 50 sht $9.95, 100 sht $16.50
P20. JNB Practice Pad, 11"x17". 50 sht $6.50, 100 sht $11.95
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P32-14. Canson Pro-Layout Marker Pad:14x17
Canson Pro-Layout Marker Pad
Bright White, 18lb, rag marker layout pad. 50 sheets. 14"x17".
Very smooth surface. Worth the price. Black guidelines under the sheet are easily seen even without a light table. Michael Sull’s favorite pad for work for reproduction. His recommendation is echoed by other scribes and penmen: "Absolutely wonderful." "A great pad."
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P12-100. Boris 14x17 Layout Pad 100 Sheets
Boris Layout Pad
Bright White Felt Marker Layout Pad (#37). 100 sheets. 14"x17".
A smooth, translucent sheet that is highly
recommended.No bleeding or feathering. Popular for
beginning classes, and for copperplate for reproduction.
Our most popular pad.
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P20-50. JNB 11x17 Practice Pad 50 Sheets
JNB Practice Pad
11"x17". Approximately 50 sheets.
Smooth surface white sheet, but guidelines will show through. Good for classes and practice (20 lb bond). (If you are taking the SF Academy of Arts or Ann Miller’s class, you need to order the P21 JNB Graph Pad, NOT this plain pad.)
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S594. Chisel 5 mm
Letter Carving Chisel 5mm
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S595. Chisel 7 mm
Letter Carving Chisel 7mm
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B2914. Art of Letter Carving in Stone/Perkins
The Art of Letter Carving in Stone
By Tom Perkins. 2006. 192pp. 8.5" x 11". Hardcover.
For the beginning and more experienced lettercutter, this how-to manual first covers the basics of letter carving, drawn lettering, and making simple designs in stone. It includes development of 20th-century letter carving; tools,
materials, stone, making an easel; drawing a range of alphabets for use in letter carving; inscriptions, gilding, and painting letters; detailed instructions for V-incising the keystrokes of letters; designing headstones & plaques. Gallery of contemporary letter carvers’ work. 380 color photos and diagrams.
Lettercarving, Lettercutting, Letters in Stone, Carving Letters in Stone, Slate inscriptions, Letter cutting in Stone, English letter carvers.
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B2562. Marker Lettering Vol IV/Selvinskiy
Marker Lettering Vol.4.
By Lynn Slevinsky. 8.5"x11". Spiral.
Alphabets include: Gel Pen, MileSTONES, Angles, Chips &
Cracks, Squares and Letters, Easy Funky Romans, Dots on a Grid, 3-D Letters Above and Below.
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B520. Schrift + Symbol in Stein.../Jakob et al.
Schrift + Symbol in Stein, Holz und Metal
By Sepp Jakob, P. Donatus and M. Leicher. 1984
(1995). 328pp. 10" x 11". Hardcover.
Hundreds of black and white illustrations. An exhaustive study of carving in stone,wood and metal, with many
exemplars of historical and modern alphabets. Text in German but full of illustrations that make it valuable for everyone. From Germany. Recommended by Reggie Ezell, Hazel Dolby & others.
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B2610. Letters Slate Cut 2nd Edition
Workshop Practice and the Shaping of Letters
By David Kindersley and Lida Lopes Cardozo. Second Edition. 1990. 7.5" x 10". Paper.
A practical instructional manual plus a gallery of 57 of David Kindersley and Lida Lopes Cardozo’s letter carvings. A "sequel" to the original 1981 edition. Thirty of the pieces in the gallery were not in the earlier edition. Color cover, black and white interior.
Lettercarving, Lettercutting, Letters in Stone, Carving Letters in Stone, Slate inscriptions, Letter cutting in Stone.
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B2803. Heavens Above: Incisive Letterswor
Heavens Above: Incisive Letterwork
By Brenda Berman & Annet Stirling. 2005. 72pp. 6.25" x 8.5". Paper.
Presents 14 works with brief text by the artists on the process, preliminary drawings, detail shots and full color photos of the piece. Presents conventional and nconventional works. Also includes brief essays on letterforms & lettercarving. Over 60 illustrations, most all in full color.
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