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Nicolete Gray and women in lettering
It was two years ago that I first mentioned Nicolete Gray, writing then that I would have more to say about her (see here). Well, finally I do! Today there are many accomplished and brilliant letterin… more →
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Nicolete Gray and women in lettering
wrote 4 months ago: It was two years ago that I first mentioned Nicolete Gray, writing then that I would have more to sa … more →
Clifford Harper, anarchy and An Alphabet
wrote 5 months ago: On Clifford Harper see here for information. This ‘chapbook’ was published in 1990 in th … more →
More slate - more beautiful
wrote 6 months ago: It’s been a while since I carved but once learnt… This was a scrap piece of roofing slat … more →
Slate arsed
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wrote 6 months ago: A curiosity. But clearly not carved by the ‘artist’. Thanks to a comment from a reader o … more →
Bookplates: 'An opportunity for Pen(sic)men'
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wrote 6 months ago: With the rapid increase in ebooks, whither the bookplate? Twenty years ago, maybe less, it was still … more →
Something essentially typographic for the weekend
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wrote 6 months ago: This cover is from Graphics World magazine, dated Nov/Dec 1988. The designer was Phil Baines, about … more →
Will Carter: typographer, designer and letter carver
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wrote 7 months ago: He was all of the above, and letterpress printer and wood engraver as well. Will Carter (1921-2001) … more →
Lettering on stone - Latinists on stone
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wrote 1 year ago: It seems stone carving brings out the Latin in people. I declare that I was guilty of this, as demon … more →
Leave the gold behind (forget the frankincense and myrrh)
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s Christmas Eve. A present has to be finished. This a sandstone bowl on a tripod (stainless … more →
Still Point... lettercarving
wrote 1 year ago: Polished marble, at 60cm x 50cm, infilled with grey acrylic. Text from TS Eliot. [Carver - J Pitt, J … more →
Initials by J. Van Krimpen
wrote 1 year ago: These elegant initials were reproduced in Songs and Words, A History of the Curwen Press, by Herbert … more →
Arnold Bank, The Craft of Lettering, Penrose Annual, 1955
wrote 1 year ago: The image that follows is taken from the Penrose Annual of 1955. I chose it because it is good lette … more →
A Melbourne weekend and some public lettering
wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t been to Melbourne for years (seven if you ask) so when the chance came for a brief w … more →
Pavement lettering
wrote 1 year ago: Not seen so often these days – perhaps popular in the 1960s and earlier (when shops changed le … more →
Granjon displayed
wrote 1 year ago: These illustrations are taken from an undated type specimen catalogue out out by Linotype, London. F … more →
The Beauty of W
wrote 2 years ago: W. Poor thing. It has no place in the classic Roman script. A bastard letter. V + V = W. Nevertheles … more →
Still point - work in progress
wrote 2 years ago: This shows a carving at the earliest stage – sketched direct on to the stone today. The piece … more →
Letters on stone - literally
wrote 2 years ago: People have asked me to post some more images of pieces I made. To oblige here is a small piece, pro … more →
Sad lettering [2]
wrote 2 years ago: I live near a town that retains a number of buildings erected in the 1960s/1970s. This signage is so … more →
