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DVD33. Hand Lettering on Fabric DVD Engelbrecht Hand Lettering on Fabric: Bali Lantern Workshop. Lisa Engelbrecht. 2008. 124 min. List Price $32.95
After an introduction to calligraphy techniques, Lisa demonstrates the important points to successful decorative writing on fabric with pen & brush. For a variety of fabrics, she shares tips on how to stain and seal, to create decorative washes, and add special effects with a variety of "inks." Lisa then creates a rich background for her hand lettering, using a few simple materials. She presents her
signature funky lettering, as well as more traditional forms.
Using the techniques presented in the video, you then apply them to the construction of a collapsible Bali lantern.
B3098. Calligraphy Alphabets for Beginners Presents instruction for Uncial, Foundational, Carolingian, Italic, Flourished Italic Copperplate, Gothic, Lombardic Capitals & numerals. Letters are presented in groups of similar forms with ductus and stop-action photos. Final section presents adding metallics and color to letters and pieces with some newer techniques.
REVIEW: These small format hidden spiral hardcover books are very popular. They don't take up area on your work space, and unlike paperbacks, they lie completely flat. No matter how you learn best, there is instruction for you. In this instructional manual each letter is presented individually with ductus, that is the combination of the letter with the little arrows and numbers indicating stroke sequence and direction. For those who like written instructions, this stroke order and direction is put into words as well. And finally there is a three panel strip of stop action photography showing the pen as it constructs the letter. That is not totally accurate. The pen is not actually stroking the letter as there is no ink in the pens used. However, this is actually a visual plus. Because the tip of the pen is not coated in black ink, you can see how more clearly how the the pen is placed on the paper. The letters of each hand are presented in a logical sequence. Generally letters with similar shapes are presented before moving on to other letters of similar shapes. At the bottom of each page, there are one line exercises to develop rhythm & help with spacing.
The hands (alphabets) are also presented in a logical sequence. Uncial is first. Stan Knight has proposed this as beginning alphabet over Italic. Unlike italic, there is no slant to the letters. There is only a majuscule (capital) alphabet to learn. So the student can gain working facility with a basic Uncial alphabet more quickly than italic. From Uncial its Foundational minuscule (lowercase), Roman majuscules, Carolingian, Formal Italic, Flourished Italic Copperplate, Gothic, Lombardic Capitals. They finish up with numbers and the ampersand. Instruction is given only for an upright set of numbers, exemplars are provided for Carolingian and Gothic. You are left on your own for Italic, Copperplate and Lombardic Capitals. If you already own instruction books by Mary Noble and Janet Mehigan that cover these hands, you may already have the material in this book.
There is a thirteen page final section on adding color and gold to calligraphic pieces. The authors present a lot in a few pages only allowing for concise instructions.
DVD14. Gilding for Calligraphers DVD Gilding for Calligraphers.
By Sally Mae Joseph (Sally Teague), one of the scribes working on the St. John's Bible.
Selecting and preparing vellum, slaking plaster and making gesso, gilding using loose leaf gold, preparing gum ammoniac and gilding with transfer gold, painting with shell gold and color. 130 minutes.
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B2825. Simple Stroke Calligraphy/Donley Simple Stroke Calligraphy
By Marci Donley. 2006. 128pp. 8.5" x 11".Hardcover. Retail Price $24.95.
This beginner's manual teaches four hands: Gothic, Italic, Uncial and Copperplate, showing each stroke in sequence for each letter.The exemplar alphabet is shown in black. The strokes and sequence for each letter are then individually shown using different colors of transparent ink. (Gothic by Virginia Farr-Jones, Italic by Carri Imai,Uncial by Jane Shibata, Copperplate by DeAnn Singh). Includes worksheets, advice on tools and materials, brush lettering, and shortcuts to spacing and drawing guidelines.Donley is from Southern California and the book includes calligraphy by several of her fellow Society for Calligraphy scribes, all reproduced in full color.
B2954. Beasts: Factual and Fantastic Beasts: Factual and Fantastic
By Elizabeth Morrison. 2007. 112pp. 7"x9". Hardcover
A wonderful book full of sharply printed large details from manuscripts in the Getty collection. The animals are from a variety of medieval & Renaissance manuscripts and are both painted and pen drawn forms. The animals are always shown as part of the page of the manuscript, usually as a detail, sometimes as part of an illuminated initial, sometimes as part of the whole page. The text provides a brief background on the animal and the manuscript.
B3321. Modern Calligraphy & Hand Lettering / Engelbrecht Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering: A Mark-Making Workbook for Crafters, Cardmakers, and Journal Artists by Lisa Engelbrecht. 2008. 160pp. 8.5"x11". Paperback
Presents both traditional hands and fun and scripty modern styles. Complete alphabets are shown for a wide array of alphabets, with stroke-by-stroke instruction and examples of the hands. Demonstrates the use of the pens and ruling pens as well as metallic foils, glue pens, etc., for jazzy effects. Large gallery for inspiration. Full-color throughout. Lisa is a popular instructor at the summer conferences and now quilting conventions! In hardcover, the title is Modern Mark Making. A JNB Bestseller.
B2955. French Illuminated Manuscripts in the Getty Museum French Illuminated Manuscripts in the J Paul
Getty Museum
By Thomas Kern. 2007. 96pp. 6-5/8"x9-3/8". Paper.
An introduction followed by 80 large, full color illustrations.You get a nice large detail of some pages. Includes a ninth century Bible, 11th century sacramentary, 13th century Bible and psalters, 15th century book of hours and a book of prayers of the mass circa 1720.Many of the illustrations are of the full manuscript page,most all show some of the text.
B2983. Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the Getty Museum Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum by Thomas Kren and Kurt Barstow. 2005. 96pp. 6-5/8"x93/8". Paper
Full color reproductions of selections from the museum's rich holdings of Italian manuscript illumination from the ninth to the 16th centuries. 80 color illustrations. Thomas Kren and Kurt Barstow are curator of manuscripts and former associate curator of manuscripts, respectively, at the Getty Museum.
B3231. Book of Signs / Koch The Book of Signs by Rudolf Koch Paper
B2968. Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII
By Thomas Kren, Mark Evans, Janet Backhouse, and Nancy Turner. 2005 112pp. 7.5"x10-7/8". Paper.
By the 17th century this stunning prayer book (ca 1498) illuminated by court painter Jean Bourdichon had been dismembered. This catalog published the rediscovered leaves together for the first time along with four essays on the book and its miniatures, their historical context, Bourdichon's technique as painter/illuminator, and the individual histories of the surviving leaves. 77 color, 10b&W illustrations.
