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B3199. Letters From New York #5
Letters From New York #5. 2008. 80pp. 8.5" x 5.25". Paper
Henry Ellsworth’s manual on business writing and business writing with swells (Spencerian); a wood cut book by Cynthia Dantzic; Bradford Winters & Christopher Calderhead present a guide to books in the statuary of NYC.
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B3174. Lines: A Brief History / Tim Ingold
Lines: A Brief History by Tim Ingold. 2007. 200pp. 9" x 6". Paper
This book by an anthropologist explores the production and significance of lines. It investigates speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navajo and Meso-America; paths, trails and maps; drawing, writing and calligraphy; and lines in the modern world. Recommended by Ewan Clayton for his Wayfaring Line class at The Calligraphy Connection.
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B3182. Element, The / Ken Robinson
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson. 288pp. 5.5"x8.25". Hardcover. Retail $25.95
The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When you arrive at the Element, you feel most yourself and most inspired, and you achieve at your highest levels. The diversity of intelligence, the power of imagination and creativity, and the importance of commitment to our own capabilities are explored. Presents the conditions that enable you to come into the Element and those that stifle that possibility. Recommended by Barbara Close
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B3183. Design Language HARDCOVER / Tim McCreight Hardcover
B3183. Design Language by Tim McCreight. 1996, 2005. 112pp. 3.75" x 7.25". Hardcover
This smaller format, text edition presents 100 keywords with background etymology and commentary. Helps you learn design by giving you the vocabulary to explore style, form, and composition. Recommended by Suzanne Moore.
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DVD37. Mixed Media/Collage/Acrylics-Jacqueline Sullivan. DVD.
Mixed Media - Collage - Acrylics: Textures, Layers, and Metallics by Jacqueline Sullivan. DVD. 2008. 115 min. $32.95
This instructional DVD for beginning and intermediate collage artist covers both techniques and composition. Jacqueline demonstrates her intricate, many layered painting and then gives you instruction on the proper way to layer tissue, cheesecloth, and aluminum and which acrylic medium to use for each texture. There are now a wide range of acrylic mediums and Jacqueline clearly explains the differences. (She uses Golden brand) .You are instructed on how to refine these techniques, document them, and utilize them within the context of sound composition. The challenge is always to create and refine. She explains why and how she makes adjustments for a superior composition.
With Jacqueline Sullivan's art instruction video you will learn to be artistically courageous - to find your own unique style and techniques. She opens up the unlimited possibilities of collage. The techniques presented can be used to create a painting based on the many materials - a collage - or use them to create a rich under-layment to pictorial elements.
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B3148. Uncommon Numbers II / Zoby
Uncommon Numbers II edited by Brenda Casey Zoby.
2010. 64pp. 8.5"x5.5". Paper
A further number anthology with contributions by Marsha Brady, Larry Brady, Denis Brown, Michael Clark, Georgia Deaver, Eliza Holliday, Mike Kecseg, Jean Larcher, Judy Melvin, Brody Neuenschwander, Charles Pearce, John Stevens, Sheila Waters, Ann Alaia Woods, and more.
It showcases styles, techniques, and lettering artists and also includes information about dealing calligraphically with fractions, ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd), and Roman numerals.
Essential information for every working calligraphy library.
Special Price: Purchase a complete set of all three
Uncommon Numbers Books for only $39.95.
B2302. The Uncommon Numbers Manual. Spiral $14.95
B2081. Uncommon Numbers: A Source Book for Artists. Paper $14.95
View a page from Larry Brady and Emily Brown Shield.
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B3156. Book + Art / Krause
Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists' Books by Dorothy Simpson Krause. 2009. 144pp. 8-1/4"x9-7/8" Paper $24.99.
Rather than a book solely on binding techniques, this book’s premise is to view the book as a form of creative expression. The book presents a wide range of binding techniques & structure styles and methods to transform or create the pages through mixed media/collage, printmaking, and more. Step-by-step photos and complete instructions for each of the binding techniques and mixed media application are provided. Krause is a book artist, collage-maker and printmaker.
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B3132. Collaborative Art Journals / Ludwig
Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media by L.K. Ludwig. 2009. 144pp. 8.8"x11". Paperback $24.99. JNB Price $19.99
Along with plenty of visual inspiration, this book covers various organizational structures for collaborative art projects, offers instructions and tips for organizing such ventures, and includes interviews with organizers and participants of collaborative projects. Also covers a healthy smattering of techniques, including how to create books that can be added to as you travel and how to devise various binding structures for different paper projects.
250 photos and illustrations.
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B3133. Re-Bound/Stein
Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials by Jeannine Stein. 2009. 144pp. 8.5"x9". Paperback. List price $24.99
Re-Bound shows readers how to take every day materials
from around the house, flea markets & thrift stores, and
hardware & office supply stores, and turn them into
fabulous books. Instead of saying, "What can I make a book out of," readers will be thinking, "What can't I make a book out of?" In Re-Bound, a vintage souvenir wallet becomes a photo album. Last year's trendy sweater becomes a take along journal. Even potato chip bags get a second life as a handy pocket notebook. A variety of attractive, uncomplicated bindings, how-to instructions, and step-outs bring each project to life.
Click here to see a sample spread from the book.
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B3201. Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code
Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code by Stephen Skinner. 2009. 160pp. 7.5" x 9.25". Paper.
Shows how the beauty of nature, music, art, and architecture is based on an underlying geometry. Presents how ancient cultures identified repeating patterns and harmoniously proportioned shapes found in nature as evidence of gods at work and thus deemed them sacred. Full of illustrations, most in color. Has less emphasis on the math than our other book by the same title.
Introduced to calligraphers at Calligraphy Connection by Anne Hechle.
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