Summer 2012 - John Neal, Bookseller

LETTERCARVING
B3375. Memorials
by Artists: A
Guide to
Commissioning
Memorials by
Nicholas Sloan
with Harriet
Frazer. 2008. 44pp. 8"x8". Paper $20.00
This guide to commissioning letter cutting presents
more than 80 color photos of contemporary memorials
and markers from the UK. Includes information on
wording, kinds of stone & surfaces, style, drawings,
figurative carving, the back of the stone, legibility,
weathering, fixing the stone in the ground, and tablets,
plaques & other forms of memorials.
B3366. Art &
Memory: New
Perspectives
on Memorial
Art. 2009. 32pp.
8"x10.5".
Paper $20.00
A fully illustrated
catalogue
of the 54 new
works of lettercarving
with a memorial theme.
Full of color illustrations.
B3367. Art & Memory in the Churchyard edited
by Christine Oestreicher. 2010. 64pp. 5.75"x8.25".
Paper $20.00
Presents 24 contemporary lettercarving works on
a memorial theme. Includes an artist’s statement for
each work, plus articles on Good Design, Epitaphs, the
Art & Craft of Lettercarving, and more. Packed with
full-color photos.
B3376. Memorials by Artists
for young people, children
and babies: A practical guide
compiled and edited by
Harriet Frazer and Hilary
Meynell. 2005. 80pp.
8.75"x8.25". Paper $20.00
This practical guide has over
70 color photographs of unique works of letter carving,
ranging from headstones, tablets and pebbles to
stone seats and bird baths, in stone, slate &
wood, from traditional and classical to
unusual and uplifting contemporary work.
Includes drawings for a few projects.
CHISELS
S799.
Univers **
Lettercarving
Chisels. Hard &
tough carbide.
Recommended by
Tom Perkins for his
letter carving
workshop at Cheerio.
For slate and other
stone. Specify size:
14mm. $34.95 15mm. $36.95 6mm. $37.95 7mm. $38.95
18mm. $39.95 10mm. $40.95 12mm. $43.50 15mm. $45.50
18mm. $46.95 20mm. $46.95
S799-S7. Univers Lettercarving Chisel Set. Set of 7
chisels: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, & 20mm plus a scribe. With a
soft canvas tool roll for easy and safe storage. $249.00
INSTRUCTIONAL
Available again!
B2526.
Letter
Cutting in
Stone by
Richard
Grasby. Revised ed. 2002.
160pp. 8.25"x11.75".
b/w illust. Paper $45.00
A thorough, practical manual
on cutting letters in stone.
Includes tools, workspace &
equipment, cutting exercises and practice strokes, cutting
letters in stone, carving raised letters, design, and
siting. Highly recommended. Full of illustrations.
B2610. Letters Slate Cut:
Workshop Practice & the
Shaping of Letters by David
Kindersley & Lida Lopes
Cardozo. Second Edition.
1990. 7.5"x10". Paper $35.00
A practical instructional
manual plus a gallery of 57
of David Kindersley and Lida
Lopes Cardozo’s letter carvings.
A “sequel” to the original
1981 edition. Thirty of the pieces in the gallery were
not in the earlier edition. Color cover, b&w interior.
B2914. The Art of Letter
Carving in Stone by Tom
Perkins. 2006. 192pp.
8.5"x 11". Hardcover $50.00
For the beginning and the
more experienced lettercutter,
this how-to manual first covers
the basics of letter carving,
drawn lettering, and making
simple designs in stone. It
includes the development
of 20th-century letter carving; tools, materials, stone,
making an easel; drawing a range of alphabets for use
in letter carving; inscriptions, gilding, and painting letters;
detailed instructions for V-incising the keystrokes
of letters; designing headstones & plaques. Gallery of
contemporary work. 380 color photos and diagrams.
Letter Carving Dummy. This mallet
(hand hammer) has a hardened
steel, round striking surface.
4.25"-4.5" hardwood
handle. Used in Tom
Perkins lettercutting
workshop at Cheerio.
S460. 1lb. $40.00
S461. 1.5lb. $45.00
S831. Brass Letter
Carving Dummy.
Round brass striking
surface. 4" hardwood handle. $40.00
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B3556. Cutting Across Cambridge by Thomas Sherwood
& Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley. 2011. 136pp.
7.5"x5". Paper $24.95. A journey into a unique
landscape of inscriptions and cut letters, through
Cambridge's open spaces, churches & academic sites.
HAMMERS
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S461.
S831.