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B3144. Andrew Whittle: Letter Carver / Harvey
Andrew Whittle: Letter Carver. 30pp. 6.5"x6.5". Paper.
Andrew Whittle is one of England’s leading letter carvers. This booklet is of black & white photos by Michael Harvey of Andrew teaching and at work, his students learning to draw and carve letters, and an open day in his workshop.
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B2526. Lettercutting in Stone/Grasby
Letter Cutting in Stone
By Richard Grasby. Revised ed. 2002. 160pp. 8.25"x11.75". B/W Illust. Paper spiral.
A thorough practical manual on cutting letters in
stone. Includes tools, workspace & equipment, cutting
exercises and practice strokes, cutting letters in
stone, carving raised letters, design, and siting.
Highly recommended. Full of illustrations.
Lettercarving, Lettercutting, Letters in Stone, Carving Letters in Stone, Slate inscriptions, Letter cutting in Stone, English letter carvers.
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B2914. Art of Letter Carving in Stone/Perkins
The Art of Letter Carving in Stone
By Tom Perkins. 2006. 192pp. 8.5" x 11". Hardcover.
For the beginning and more experienced lettercutter, this how-to manual first covers the basics of letter carving, drawn lettering, and making simple designs in stone. It includes development of 20th-century letter carving; tools,
materials, stone, making an easel; drawing a range of alphabets for use in letter carving; inscriptions, gilding, and painting letters; detailed instructions for V-incising the keystrokes of letters; designing headstones & plaques. Gallery of contemporary letter carvers’ work. 380 color photos and diagrams.
Lettercarving, Lettercutting, Letters in Stone, Carving Letters in Stone, Slate inscriptions, Letter cutting in Stone, English letter carvers.
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B2610. Letters Slate Cut 2nd Edition
Workshop Practice and the Shaping of Letters
By David Kindersley and Lida Lopes Cardozo. Second Edition. 1990. 7.5" x 10". Paper. approx $35.00
OUT OF STOCK. YOU MAY PLACE A BACKORDER. NEW STOCK NOT EXPECTED BEFORE JUNE 2010
A practical instructional manual plus a gallery of 57 of David Kindersley and Lida Lopes Cardozo’s letter carvings. A "sequel" to the original 1981 edition. Thirty of the pieces in the gallery were not in the earlier edition. Color cover, black and white interior.
Lettercarving, Lettercutting, Letters in Stone, Carving Letters in Stone, Slate inscriptions, Letter cutting in Stone.
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B3028. Kindest Cut of All
B3028. The Kindest Cut of All: On the Making of Gravestones in the Kindersley Workshop by Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley and Michael Wheeler. 2005. 56pp. 5x7.5. Paper.
Presents their process of designing, carving, and installing gravestones. 75 photos, most in color.
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B3051. Kindersley at Addenbrooke's Hospital
Kindersley at Addenbrooke's Hospital. 2000. 48pp. 4.75"x7.5". Paper
Present info on the hospital, the Kindersley workshop, and the 15 or so slates that the workshop created for the hospital. Includes some working drawings and works in progress. Full color throughout.
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B3027. Apprenticeship: The Necessity
B3027. Apprenticeship: The Necessity of Learning by Doing. 2003. 52pp. 5x7.5 Paper.
Includes a brief history of apprenticeship by Martin Gayford, "Apprenticeship as an Education" by David Kindersley and "An Apprenticeship Experience" by Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley." David Kindersley apprenticed with Eric Gill. Lida Lopes Cardozo apprenticed with David Kindersley. Illustrated with duotones from the workshop and of carved inscriptions.
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