Calligraphy for greetings cards and scrapbooking / Peter E. Taylor.
Material type: TextPublication details: East Sussex [England] : Guild of Master Craftsman Pubns Ltd, 2012.Description: 175 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1861088825
- 9781861088826
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 745.61 T245 | Available | 33111006938241 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This beautiful and inspirational book teaches adults and older children the skills needed to write calligraphically - elegantly, decoratively, and flamboyantly - in a range of modern and traditional styles, suitable for every greeting card and scraPaperbackooking purpose, as well as for other projects.
Filled with practical information on creating pleasing layouts for wording and pages, adding written inserts into cards and attaching lettering written on separate layers of paper and card. Embossing, rubbings, printing with carved erasers, linocut lettering and other techniques for creative lettering are also explained. Creative ideas for addressing envelopes are provided and, for occasions when cards need to be produced and sent in quantity, techniques to aid mass production- are explained. Calligraphy for Greetings Cards and Scrapbooking is fully illustrated with diagrams, annotated alphabets and photographs of finished works and stages in their creation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-173) and index.
Basics. Everyday tools and equipment ; Letters we rely on ; A place for our calligraphy ; Choosing and using a pen -- About lettering. The alphabets ; Using your calligraphy ; Layout and design -- Simple ways to make letters special. Creative letters ; Creative backgrounds -- Extra ideas for advancing calligraphers. Gold and silver ink and paint ; Drawn and painted capitals ; Printing -- Mass-producing cards. Adding words on inserts ; Envelope design for cards and scrapbook pages -- Gallery.
Teaches adults and older children the skills needed to write calligraphically in a range of modern and traditional styles, suitable for every greeting card and scrapbooking purposes. This title also explains embossing, printing with carved erasers, linocut lettering and other techniques for creative lettering.