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B3895. Dancin’ Pen / Imai Dancin’ Pen: Pen Manipulation and Beyond by Carrie Imai. 2012. 45pp. 8"x8.5". Book + DVD.
This manual teaches Carrie’s Italic and how to make the letters dance using an Automatic pen. As in her popular workshops, you learn how to manipulate your pen to create the forms with step-by-step instructions and clear exemplars. In the accompanying DVD, you are there as she demonstrates how to do it. Book is spiral-bound to lie flat. Signed. Dancing Pen.
B3231. Book of Signs / Koch The Book of Signs by Rudolf Koch. 104pp. 6"x9.25". Paper
Famed German calligrapher and type designer Rudolf Koch hast rendered - In his characteristic style -493 symbols: religious, alchemical, imperial, runes, property marks, etc.
B4021. Brilliant History of Color in Art / Finlay B4021. The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay. 2014. 128pp. 9"x10.15". Hardcover
This is no dry discussion of pigments, but rather an engaging and entertaining exploration around the colors artist use and how they came to be. The author tells of Cleopatra and purple, Napoleon and the graphite pencil, cobalt blue and forged Vermeers, and much more as she brings us into her quest to uncover the origins and science of color. All is related in the warm conversational style that helped make Finlay's earlier book on color so popular. But unlike that earlier book, this rich narrative is illustrated in full-color throughout - with 166 major works of art, most from the collections of the Getty Museum.
B4053. Olive Tree / Graham B4053. The Olive Tree: An Artistic Adaptation by Christine Layton Graham. 2015. 36pp. 10"x 8". Hardcover
The text of this book is an allegory on the Olive Tree that was adapted by Christine Layton Graham. The book is hand-lettered throughout by Joan Layton Merrell and illustrated by Carol Layton Ogden. Just published this spring, it is offset-printed and hardbound, and is a collaboration of three sisters. The story comes from the Book of Mormon.
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B3154. Calligrapher's Garden / Massoudy The Calligrapher's Garden by Hassan Massoudy. Second edition. 2009, 2012. 128pp. 7x5.5. Paper
This beautiful book is available again in a smaller format.
In this feast for the eyes, Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter to delicate spring growth, and from the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer through the fading hues of autumn, he captures in calligraphy what countless poets have crafted with words. The proverb or quotation that inspired each artwork is handwritten in Arabic by Massoudy alongside the English texts on the facing page. Hassan Massoudy was born in Najaf, Iraq. He moved to France in 1969.
B4010. Mr Eric Gill: Recollections / Kindersley B4010. Mr. Eric Gill: Recollections by David Kindersley. 2014. 53pp. 5"x7.5". Paper
Kindersley's story of his apprenticeship with Eric Gill, written a half-century ago and now in an entirely new edition with fresh illustrations, provides a firsthand account of Gill's workshop, full of atmosphere and detail. From Gill, Kindersley gained a strong belief in skill, the importance of passing on skills to successive generations, and the tradition of the workshop as a valid way of life.
B4011. Cutting into the Workshop / Hoare, Kindersley, Sherwood B4011. Cutting into the Workshop by Lottie Hoare, Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley, and Thomas Sherwood. 2013. 136pp. 5"x7.5". Paper
Tells the story of David Kindersley and his workshop, from his youth and apprenticeship with Eric Gill through his remarkable work into the second half of the 20th century.
B4012. Remembered Lives / Meara, Kindersley B4012. Remembered Lives by David Meara and Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley. 2013. 84pp. 5"x7.5". Paper
Personal memorials make up a wonderful heritage, from Westminster Abbey or St Paul’s Cathedral to the smallest village church. They commemorate the great as well as the humble, and they please both those who believe and those who don’t. This title offers an illustrated account of how memorials come to be placed in churches, both of the stones being cut and of dealing with the church machinery for getting there.
B4013. Twelve Letters on a Grand Scale B4013. Twelve Letters on a Grand Scale: The Sainsbury Wing Inscriptions by Michael Harvey. 2013. 50pp. 8.25"x8.25".
This delightful book presents the process of the design and cutting of an inscription in a new wing added to the National Gallery in London. Filled with sketches and diagrams and full-color photos.
B4016. Fabulous Flowers / Harry B4016. Fabulous Flowers by Fritzi Harry. 2014. 30pp. 8.5"x5.5". Spiralbound
This is a primer on making simple images of flowers with brush markers, using ten simple strokes to create petals, stems, and leaves. You make delightful floral designs by pressing, rolling, flicking, and dotting with your marker. Full-color throughout.
