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So Noted: In Search of Monograms

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 3 months ago: Nancy Sharon Collins, A/K/A the engraving lady, is seeking submissions of engraved social stationery … more →

Tags: Art, Books, commercial american engraving, Design, Engraved Stationery, entrepeneurship in post-industrial american urban cente, Graphic Design, Graphic Design History, Monogram

Heavy Metal Ephemera: The Resurrection of Two Social Engraving Presses

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 3 months ago: This is the story of a 5-year journey in search of an engraving proofing press. Once ubiquitous in s … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, entrepeneurship in post-industrial american centers, Graphic Design, Graphic Design History, stationery, Engraved Stationery, Monogram, Books, Business

SHAME ON YOU. Are there really No Sustainable Printers in New Orleans?

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 9 months ago: In a town now being cited for many new green initiatives I must wag my finger at my adopted home, I … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, sustainability (CFSD), entrepeneurship in post-industrial american centers, Graphic Design, sustainability, Green, Design, type, typography

New Exhibit of Engraved Letters, Glyphs, Monograms and Symbols

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 9 months ago: History in Small Places, mini-exhibit of pigment prints by Nancy Sharon Collins from February to Mar … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, sustainability (CFSD), Graphic Design, Graphic Design History, Design, manners, Etiquette, typography, Monogram

2009 NEW ORLEANS GREEN SALON

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 10 months ago: AIGA New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans will hold its second annual Green Salon on March … more →

Tags: sustainability (CFSD), Graphic Design, Graphic Design History, sustainability

Meet the Original Mad Men of New Orleans

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 10 months ago: The original graphic arts rat pack that became AIGA New Orleans … more →

Tags: entrepeneurship in post-industrial american centers, Graphic Design, Graphic Design History, Business, Design, AIGA, Education, Art, Entrepeneurship

Does Paper Impact Type?

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 10 months ago: I have a lot of old paper, printing paper, some art paper.  I own an old manual typewriter or two as … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, sustainability (CFSD), Graphic Design, Graphic Design History

AIGA New Orleans People’s History of Graphic Design, the rough cut

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: View the rough cut created from 13 interviews of graphic artists, type setters and designers in the … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, entrepeneurship in post-industrial american urban cente, sustainability (CFSD), entrepeneurship in post-industrial american centers, AIGA, Graphic Design History, aiga new orleans, Graphic Design, History in Small Places

Journey of the Proofing Presses

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: Engraving is the highest form of printmaking known, some of the shapes in letterforms today originat … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, entrepeneurship in post-industrial american urban cente, sustainability (CFSD), entrepeneurship in post-industrial american centers, Design, engraving, Education, History, design history

Mark Making

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: Daniela Marx, my great collaborator and friend, and I are working on a paper for the upcoming SECAC … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, entrepeneurship in post-industrial american urban cente, sustainability (CFSD), entrepeneurship in post-industrial american centers, Graphic Design, Graphic Design History, Education, typography, SECAC

Etiquette at TypeCon. Why?

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: I was delighted that my lecture, “Etiquette and Typography” was so well received at Type … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, entrepeneurship in post-industrial american urban cente, sustainability (CFSD), entrepeneurship in post-industrial american centers, Design, engraving, Etiquette, Graphic Design History, typography

Addendum to Sumner Stone Article Blog; from an Engraver's Point of View

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: It was with great interest that I read most of the comments to the blog about Sumner Stone’s a … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, entrepeneurship in post-industrial american urban cente, sustainability (CFSD), engraving, typography, stationer, nancy sharon collins stationer

History in Small Spaces at Typecon 2008

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: “History in Small Spaces: Solo Exhibition of  Large Format Archival Pigment Prints” by this author t … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, engraving, Art, typography

Opening reception for "History in Small Spaces: Solo Exhibition of Large Format Archival Pigment Prints"

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: The opening reception for “History in Small Spaces: Solo Exhibition of Large Format Archival P … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, sustainability (CFSD), engraving, Art, nancy sharon collins, New York City

Early Symptoms of Type Nerd Syndrome (TNS)2 comments

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: Following is from an e-conversation about suffering from Type Nerd Syndrome (TNS). ME: Herewith plea … more →

Tags: Loyola University New Orleans, nancy sharon collins, type, typography, steve matteson

History in Small Places

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: Their HistoryIn 2005, two months before Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, my husband and … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, engraving, bespoke hand engraving, Art, Fine Art

Design Giants

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: I recently spoke about the history of graphic design to a large enthusiastic group of graphic design … more →

Tags: Graphic Design History, Education

Hand Engraving

nancysharoncollinsstationer wrote 1 year ago: Pictured here is an example of the half-inch-thick-steel-dies with which we print hand engraved soci … more →

Tags: commercial american engraving, sustainability (CFSD), sustainability, Bespoke, social stationery, manners, Etiquette, hand engraving, Luxury


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