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Our September eNewsletter mailed on September 28, 2007!
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B2961. The Book as Art
The Book As Art: Artists Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts
By Krystyna Wasserman. 2006. 192pp. 8.5"x11". Hardcover. Cover price $55.00
Presents beautifully photographed books from just over 100 nationally and internationally known women book artist’s. They are accompanied by reflections by their makers. Includes essays by leading scholars and a lively introduction by Audrey Niffenegger.
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B2967. Expressive Handmade Books (Paperback)
Expressive Handmade Books (Paperback)
By Alisa Golden. 2007. 144pp. 8.5"x 11". Paper.
In her third book on binding, Golden presents instruction on structure, design and content. Projects include accordion and fold books including miniatures, side binding with cross-stitching or laced edges, sewn signatures, portfolios, pop-ups. Full-color throughout.
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B2959. In This House
B2959. In This House: A Collection of Altered Art Imagery and Collage Techniques
By Angela Cartwright and Sarah Fishburn. 2007. 144pp. 9"x11". Paper. Cover price $24.95.
This book showcases a collaborative project. The artists, using the theme of home, designed five altered art rooms to complete an individual 9"x12" house. The houses close like a book or stands accordion style. The 12 houses form a neighborhood of fascinating art-full houses! The book includes a blank house template and a clip art gallery of imagery to alter/collage.
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B2958. 1,000 Artist Trading Cards
Cards: Innovative & Inspired Mixed Media ATCs
By Patricia Bolton. 2007. 320pp. 9"x9". Cover Price $29.99.
Starts out with a brief section with four fabric based ATC projects. The 1,000 ATCs follow, all in full color.Many of the artists have used cloth as their base media, other have used paper. A beautiful pageant of color, composition and creative use of materials.
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B2712. Afrikan Alphabets/Mafundikwa
Afrikan Alphabets: The Story of Writing in Afrika
By Saki Mafundikwa. 2004. 171pp. 8.5"x8.5". Paper
African alphabets have rich cultural and artistic histories with many still in use today. An entertaining, anecdotal and visual feast. Features over 20 writing systems (pictographs, mnemonic devices, syllabaries and alphabets) from across the African continent and the Diaspora. Includes the Ethiopian script, as well as more recent and less familiar ones.
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B2749. Letters The Hows and Whys of What We Do & How I Do It
B2749. Letters: The Hows and Whys of What We Do,& How I Do It
By Michael Clark. 2007. 60pp. 4.5"x7". Paper $25.00
A compilation of over 50 logos, titling, one-of-kind calligraphic clocks, typefaces, experimental pieces, and original greeting cards. In a conversational style, Michael presents some insight into the creation each. He relates details of some or all of: the thought/design process, the tools and how he used them, interaction with the client. This wonderful little book is Michael's fourth. (His first three are sold out.) Color throughout. Signed.
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B2932. Der Klang in der Schrift (Rudo Spemann)
Rudo Spemann: Der Klang in Der Schrift
2005. 49pp. 7.75"x11.75". Paper.
Reproduces in color 30 pieces in a variety of hands: Roman majuscules, italic, blackletter and uncial. Introductory
material in German.
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B2970. Spend Your Alphabets Lavishly: The Work of Harman & Gudrun Zapf
This keepsake exhibit catalog for the show at the Cary Collection at RIT of calligraphy, typography, type design and fine bindings. Includes trial pages for Pen & Graver, Zapf ’s pencil layouts for Manuale Typographicum & Orbis Typographicus, and a pencil sketch for Optima. Thirty-five items are described, 21 are illustrated. Introduction by David Pankow.Designed by Jerry Kelly. Set in Gudrun Zapf ’s Nofret.
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B2972. Alphabetgeschichten
Alphabetgeschichten: Eine Chronic technischer Entwicklungen von Hermann Zapf. 2007. 7.25x11. 150pp. Hardcover
The German edition of Alphabet Stories (B2926, $50). Zapf provides us with an illustrated story of his life with letters: pen drawn, metal type and computer programs and pixels, from the early 20th century through 2006. Designed by Hermann Zapf. Blue cloth with HZ monogram on cover. Set in Palatino Nova and Palatino Sans. 96 color illustrations. No dust jacket. Text in German.
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B2926. Alphabet Stories: A Chronicle of Technical Developments
B2926. Alphabet Stories: A Chronicle of Technical Development by Hermann Zapf. 2007. 7.25x11. 150pp. Hardcover.
NEW! Zapf provides us with an illustrated story of his life with letters: pen drawn, metal type and computer programs and pixels, from the early 20th century through 2006. Designed by Hermann Zapf. Blue cloth with HZ monogram on cover. Set in Palatino Nova and Palatino Sans. 96 color illustrations. No dust jacket. Also available in German: B2972. Alphabetgeschichten
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