Calligraphy for greeting cards and scrapbooking
Taylor, Peter E.2012
Book
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.
Main title:
Calligraphy for greeting cards and scrapbooking / Peter E. Taylor.
Author:
Imprint:
Lewes, East Sussex : Guild of Master Craftsman Pub., 2012.
Collation:
175 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 171.
Contents:
Partial contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. One Basics -- Everyday Tools And Equipment -- To make a light-box -- Lettees We Rely On -- Roman letters -- A Place For Our Calligraphy -- Envelopes and stamps -- Finding the grain of paper and card -- Creating platemarks -- Attaching layers and using frames -- To make flour paste -- Choosing And Using A Pen -- Pen types: advantages and disadvantages -- To make a balsa-wood pen -- To make a bamboo pen -- Using inks and coloured paints -- Holding a pen and sitting to write -- Left-handed ealligraphers -- Paper -- Pen play -- Drawing guidelines -- pt. Two About Lettering -- The Alphabets -- Neuland - a first alphabet -- Celtic alphabet -- Gothic alphabet -- Italic alphabet -- Copperplate alphabet -- Using Your Calligraphy -- Spacing letters and words -- Quick fixes -- Using a light-box to help with spacing -- Spacing words without a light-box -- Layout And Design -- Spacing lines of writing -- Spreading out words: centring --
ISBN:
9781861088826
Dewey class:
745.61
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
12776
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Art and Culture | ARTS 745.61 TAYL | Available |
| Library at the Dock | -Art and Culture | ARTS 745.61 TAYL | Available |