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B3019. Pocket Paper Engineer Volume 2
Now Available
B3019. Pocket Paper Engineer,Volume 2: Platforms and Props by Carol Barton. 2008. 72pp. 6.5"x10".Hardcover Retail Price $26.95.
From simple greeting cards to intricate paper creations, this
engaging workbook teaches the mechanics of pop-ups
through 10 different projects. Step-by-step, full-color instructions coupled with detailed illustrations for vibrant floating platforms, tabbed props, and miscellaneous other pop-up effects. Each section includes perforated pages with preprinted designs and directions.
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B3003. Modern Mark Making / Engelbrecht
Modern Mark Making: From Classic Calligraphy to Hip Hand-Lettering by Lisa Engelbrecht. 2008. 160pp. 8.5x11. Hidden spiral binding. List Price $24.95
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!
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DVD33. Hand Lettering on Fabric DVD Engelbrecht
Hand Lettering on Fabric: Bali Lantern Workshop. Lisa Englebrecht. 2008. 124 min.
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.
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B3055. Edward Johnston: Lettering & Life
Edward Johnston: Lettering and Life by Ewan Clayton and Phil Baines. 2007. 96pp. 8x10.5. Paper
Explores Johnston’s life and work and the influence he had on typography and calligraphy. It provides a fresh look at Johnston with 56 color and 43 b&w images of his work, along with about 25 photos from the Johnston family photograph album (including six of him in Canada in 1898).
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B3026. Hans Schmidt Catalog
B3026. Hans Schmidt: Vom Linearen zum Voluminosen. 2008. 48pp. 8.25"x10.25". Paperback.
Klingspor Museum exhibit catalog of his mostly three-dimensional text. Includes calligraphy/lettering, typographic design, woodcut prints, limited edition books, and wood sculpture.
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B3057. Wedding Invitation Handbook / Julie Holcomb.
Wedding Invitation Handbook: Wording, Design, Printing by Julie Holcomb. 2004. 114pp. 5.5x8. Paper $24.00
A thorough guide for brides that is also invaluable for calligraphers who want to do wedding work or are new to it. Covers the elements of wedding stationary - the invitation, envelopes, reception cards, ceremony cards, reply cards, accommodation cards, at home cards, etc. - the wording for all of these - including addressing the envelopes - and a section on design and printing. Julie Holcomb is a letterpress printer who has produced fine wedding stationary for ceremonies throughout the country for many years.
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B3049. Im Zaubergarten der Schrift (The Magic of Script).
Im Zaubergarten der Schrift (The Magic of Script). 2008. 9.5"x12.5".
Portfolio of 39 prints from the Berlin Calligraphy Collection. Includes work by Friedrich Poppl, Glen Epstein, Hans Schmidt, Werner Schneider, Denis Lach, Hermann Kilian, Tom Kemp, Lieve Cornil, Ewan Clayton, Hans -Joachim Burgert, and Gottfried Pott. A 28 pp booklet has essays (in German) on Calligraphy at the Academy of Art in Berlin, about the Berlin Calligraphy Collection, and one by Burgert, "If one only knew what calligraphy is..."
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B3053. An Abecedarium
An Abecedarium: Illuminated Alphabets from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II. 1997. 64pp. 5.25"x7.25". Hardcover $14.95.
A Roman capital alphabet and a gothic lowercase alphabet presented with intricate illumination. Each shown with the geometry of construction. The illumination that surrounds and frames the letters is in the naturalistic style of the Renaissance. The pages are from Mira calligraphiae monumenta.
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B2547. Art of the Pen
The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy from the Court of the
Emperor Rudolf II
By Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg. 2003. 64pp. 5.25"x7-5/8". Hardcover.
This marvelous publication excerpts 48 pages from the Renaissance manuscript book, Mira calligraphiae monumenta and displays the virtuosic work of scribe Georg Bocskay. Includes a variety of italic hands, historical, invented and exhibition hands, Rotunda, blackletter. Fruit, flowers, insects, and other natural minutiae painted by Joris Hefnagel fill the spaces on each manuscript page.
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DVD34. Art Unscripted DVD
Art Unscripted: An Artist Retreat Hosted by Carol Duvall 160 Minutes.
Michael Jacobs is featured along with 6 other artists working in different media, from papercrafts to polymer clay to metal embossing to carving rubber stamps.
Artists:
Judy Belcher: Polymer Clay
Sarah Hodsdon: Carved Stamps
Michael Jacobs: Paper Sculpture
MaryJo McGraw: Mixed Media
Magdalena Muldoon: Embossed Metal
Karen Elaine Thomas: Paper Crafts
Judi Watanabe: Stamped Charms
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