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B2769. Foundations of Calligraphy By Sheila Waters. 2006. 126pp. 9"x11.25". Concealed spiral binding. Now in its second printing. Hardcover.
In the 110 pages of exemplar alphabets, instruction, and hints, Sheila shares with you the knowledge she has gathered over her decades of study and practice. She provides insightful analysis of forms and constructions and helps you learn and work toward mastery of the alphabets. The presentation is honed by her vast experience teaching calligraphers how to advance their skills and art. Sheila Waters is not only a master scribe, but a master teacher. She has made both her life's work.
Chapters include Basics & Beyond, Analysis & Practice, Design & Layout, Conception to Completion, and Applying Design Principles. Foundational, Blackletter, Gothic Cursives, Uncial & Half Uncial, Carolingian, Italic, and Italic Variations are covered with thorough instruction for each. Foundational and Italic receive particular attention.**
B2811. Art & Craft of Hand Lettering /Cicale The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering by Annie Cicale. Revised 2011. 192pp. 10x10. Paper $19.95
To be available again October 2011, perhaps sooner. Place your order now. Your card will not be charged before the book ships.
Annie Cicale is well-known to calligraphers throughout the USA and Canada from the many workshops and classes she has taught for guilds and at many of the summer conferences. The new printing has the same fine alphabets and good instruction, but now with larger reproductions of the historical manuscripts. Exemplars include foundational, italic, Roman, black letter, uncial, italic handwriting, pointed pen, brush lettering and ruling pen alphabets. She covers design and includes a generous gallery. Color throughout. Our most highly recommended instructional book for broad-edged calligraphy. Great for classes or self-study.
B3244. Calligraphy / Lach Calligraphy by Denise Lach. 2009. 192pp. 9.25" x 10.25". Hardcover.
This striking and original book is a gallery of Lach’s calligraphic work and techniques. She presents the tools she uses in her work, each with illustrative examples: broad-edge nibs, automatic pens, Pilot Parallel Pens, music nibs (for writing the notes, not the 5-line staff the notes are placed on), plus reed pens & bamboo pens, felt tip pens, and brushes. There are multi-page sections on using the ruling pen, cola pen (made from an aluminum soda can), and pipettes as lettering tools. Lach briefly discusses - using visual examples - line weight, letter and line spacing, rotation, setting a rhythm, pen position & speed, variations on a theme, organic shapes, concentric compositions, serifs, and depth & density. Then you see how she creates letterforms using stamping with unconventional materials. Examples of stamping include a row of glue-together toothpicks, sharpened sticks, an ordinary cork, foam rubber and sponge. She shows examples of combining tools and techniques in one piece. Throughout the book, with calligraphic compositions from her hand and the photos that inspired them, she invites us to look closely at details and textures in nature, expand our powers of observation and find creative ideas in the world around us.
These books are imported from England. They will usually have a slightly bumped corner.
B3124. Parallel Pen Wizardry Book / Broadbent Parallel Pen Wizardry (Book) by Brenda Broadbent. 2003. 24pp. 8.5x11". Paper
This instructional book for the popular Parallel Pen will help you explore this very versatile calligraphy fountain pen. To start with are cartridge tips and tricks and instructions for using other writing fluids: inks (including acrylics), watercolor, and gouache. Includes a chart of waterproof inks that have worked well in the Parallel Pen. Writing and drawing with the pen are explored: monoline, flourishes, color blending, expressive and experimental forms, writing on fabric. Sample alphabets: Gothicized Italic (Sheila Waters), Gothic (Ward Dunham), Uncial (Gina Jonas).
LR19-4. LAR Second Wedding Issue: Vol.19, No.4 Letter Arts Review Volume 19, Issue 4. Wedding Issue.
This special Wedding Issue is full of unique and engaging calligraphy for weddings -- invitations, envelopes, reply cards, reply envelopes, and ketubbah. Includes both traditional and innovative, formal and fun presentations.
B039. Speedball Textbook: 23d Edition The Speedball Textbook
Edited by Joanne Fink & Judy Kastin. 23rd ed. 1999. 96pp. 5.75"x8.5". Paper
A worthy manual with alphabets and examples by leading calligraphers. Includes monoline roman, edged pen roman (S.Waters), foundational (Winters), versals (Wronker), knotted letters (Van Stone), uncial, Carolingian (S.Waters), blackletter (Dunham), gothicized italic (Marcy Robinson,
Morentz), italic (Sheila & Julian Waters), copperplate (Caroline Paget Leake), Spencerian, Neuland, flat brush, pointed brush (Holliday & Reaves), italic handwriting, and Hebrew.Many examples of calligraphy and its uses. 16 full-color pages! For beginner through advanced.
B135-H. Historical Scripts/Knight B135-H. Historical Scripts: From Classical Times to the Renaissance by Stan Knight. 112pp. 9" x 12". Hardcover. Retail Price $39.95. SALE
An indispensible resource for the study of historical hands. Stan has selected the best examples for Rustic Capitals, Square Capitals, Uncials, Half-Uncials, Caroline Minuscules, Gothic Scripts, Versals, Renaissance Roman and Italics - total of 56 different inscriptions and manuscripts! Enjoy the book with its excellent visuals as it presents the history and developments of the hands. And, if so inclined, use the book to study the forms and replicate with pen and ink. For each manuscript, Stan provides an enlarged section (for letterforms), the full page (for page design), and an actual-size sample (to show you rhythm and letter & word spacing). The perfect complement to Sheila Waters' Foundations of Calligraphy (B2769, $35.00)
The revised and enlarged edition (1998) of this valuable resource. Forward by Ewan Clayton. Includes a helpful glossary and extensive bibliography. Stan Knight is an internationally recognized lettering artist, teacher and author. He is a fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators.
B033. Pen Lettering/Camp Pen Lettering by Ann Camp. 6th UK edition. 2008. 80pp. 5.5" x 8.5". Paper
The classic introduction to broad-edged calligraphy through the foundational hand. Covers making the letters to spacing words, planning and designing a page, and eventually planning a book.
*This UK edition at times uses inches and at other times uses metric measurements.
B2956. Ornamental Letters Ornamental Letters
By Catherine Auguste. 2007. 107pp. 8.5x8.5. Paper
List Price: $19.95.
Step-by-step instructions on creating illuminated letters in a variety of styles. Explores different themes: flowers, leaves and branches, animals and fabulous creatures. For each she shows some variations in layout and colors so you can create your own illuminated letters or copy the models.
DVD31. Book of Kells DVD-ROM The Book of Kells DVD-ROM.
Contains all 340 folios or 680 pages of the Book of Kells manuscript. A zoom feature allows you to examine fourteen richly illuminated pages in detail. In addition, a wealth of information is presented including: the Book's history, the scribes who created it, the materials used, the design systems of the day, the themes of the Book, details of animals, angels,monks and illuminated capital letters. Developed with the Library of Trinity College Dublin. The only authorized digital version of the Book of Kells.
