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In an effort to reduce duplication, this page displays only a selection of the products we offer in this category. Please click on a subcategory in the list on the left to view a complete list of the products we offer in that specific subcategory.
Bookbinding & Book Arts
Calligraphy & Illumination
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CL2312. Jean Formo/God is Love 2012 Calendar
CL2312. God Is Love 2012 Wall Calendar. 12x 8-7/8. Spiral.
Jean Formo has created 12 colorful calligraphic compositions for this attractive, religious-themed wall calendar. It makes a thoughtful gift, gracing the walls of your family and church and calli friends. This is the fourth year of Jean's eagerly-awaited wall calendars.
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B3314. Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet / Healy
A Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet by John Healey & Rex Smith. 2009. 116pp. 5"x7.75". Paper
Tells the fascinating history of the Arabic Alphabet, a story that is entwined with the development of culture and society in the Middle East. Traces the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, a descendant of Phoenician, which itself gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. Includes a glossary.
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B3315. Creative Characters / Middendorp
Creative Characters: Interviews with Font Designers edited by Jan Middendorp. 2010. 192pp. 8.5"x11". Flexibind $32.00. Sale
Creative Characters is a collection of in-depth interviews with up-and-coming typeface designers, as well as the most influential current designers. They present the motives and methods behind their types. The list of designers includes Jim Parkinson, Underware, David Berlow, Alejandro Paul, Veronika Burian, Rian Hughes, Cristian Schwartz, and many more. Middendorp is the author of Dutch Type.
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B3313. Joy of Gardening / Campbell
The Joy of Gardening: An Inspirational Anthology edited by Eileen Campbell. 2010. 224pp. 4.5"x6". Paper
Features a rich selection of inspirational quotations from gardeners past and present, as well as from poets, painters, novelists, diarists, and spiritual teachers. The quotes capture the joy of being alive that gardening evokes. Gardens can make us happy, heal us when sad or depressed, and help us understand the relationship between ourselves and nature. A great gift for gardeners.
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B3307. True Nature / Bash
True Nature: An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude by Barbara Bash. 2004. 144pp. 7.75"x10". Hardcover
List Price: $24.95.
Calligrapher Barbara Bash has created this lovely nature journal, which combines a handwritten text with delightful watercolors. She caringly records and reflects on her encounters with animals and plants during solitary walks around the countryside of upstate New York. She captures wondrous moments in the natural environment: a dragonfly's brief pause, a surprised deer in tall grass, woodchucks watching her from a distance, a raindrop making its way down a windowpane. This hardbound book is a delight. The dust jacket is of uncoated, cream laid-finish paper, backed with plastic so it does not tear. Hidden underneath, a green cloth covers the boards with a small watercolor tipped in a recess on the front cover. The exquisite illustrations are printed in full-color on a soothing cream paper. It makes a wonderful gift.
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B3246. Scripsit: Sheila Waters Retrospective
Sheila Waters Retrospective. Scripsit Issue. 2010. 48pp. 8.5"x11".
Here it is. What we have been waiting years for - 300 full-color images of Sheila’s life’s work, designed by Julian Waters. This issue of Scripsit presents Sheila’s Retrospective Show of 2009. A great companion to her instructional book, Foundations of Calligraphy. Julian has designed a new typeface to be used for the first time in this publication. Scripsit is the quarterly journal of the Washington (DC) Calligraphers Guild. This is a special double issue.
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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.
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B3343. Real Life Journals / Diehn
Real Life Journals: Designing & Using Handmade Books by Gwen Diehn. 2010. 180pp. 9"x9". Hardcover
List Price: $24.95
This celebration of making and keeping journals will help you design a journal that enhances the experiences you are chronicling. A little book that comes within the main book helps you choose a bookbinding structure that fits your purpose - for example, a travel journal that is portable and has both lined pages and blank ones to paint on. The booklet directs you to the instructions in the main book that explain how to make that specific design. There are instructions and beautiful illustrations for 16 kinds of books and 10 cover styles. A removable foldout found on the inside back cover explains essential bookmaking basics. A variety of people share their processes and their pages. The journals and the profiles of the journal keepers will inspire you to start writing and drawing.
Gwen Diehn, the author of The Decorated Journal and The Decorated Page, showed me her BRAND NEW BOOK, Real Life Journals. It's a marvelous book, full of journal pages, including some of mine. It has great instruction, as well as a huge gallery, and is very accessible to all kinds of people. Perhaps because it was co-sponsored by AARP, the author and publisher were able to produce a really GOOD book. - Annie Cicale
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B3555. An Illustrated Life / Gregory
An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers by Danny Gregory. 2008. 272pp. 10"x8". Paper
Offers a look into the imaginations of top illustrators, designers and artists from around the world through the pages of their personal visual journals. These are sketches, often with text; some are rough, some polished. The pages shown are sometimes startling, sometimes endearing, but always inspiring. The book discusses how and why keeping a consistent, visual journal leads to a more fulfilling creative life.
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B2708. Historical Books (St John's Bible)
Saint John's Bible Historical Books. 2010. 276pp. 9.75in x15in. Hardcover $79.95
This sixth of seven volumes has more pages than any of the earlier volumes. Historical Books magnifies the unwavering love of God for his people. Features twelve stunning full-page illuminations that depict in dramatic detail Bible passages that are both inspiring and thought-provoking. Numerous smaller illustrations complement the beautiful handwritten script and the elegant design. Letters & Revelation (B2711) will follow. (Cover is a mock-up, not the final design.)
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