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B1109. Mastering Copperplate/Winters
Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy: A Step-by-Step Manual by Eleanor Winters. 1989. 192pp. 8.25" x 11". Paper.
A self-contained manual for serious students including beginners. Part one places copperplate in historical context. Part two begins with a glossary and detailed information on pens, paper, ink and other materials. It includes indispensable technical tips, guidelines, how to use the pen, and 99 pages of detailed instruction covering minuscule, capitals, numbers, punctuation and writing in various sizes.
Part three deals with writing in color, and the design and execution of simple projects such as envelopes and small poems.
Price increase by publisher May 2008.
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B145. Zanerian Manual of Alphabets &...
The Zanerian Manual of Alphabets and Engrossing. 1981. 140pp. 8"x10.5". Spiral.
The first 21 pages by E.A. Lupfer provide some of the best copperplate instruction available.He is a master of the hand.
Other engrossing alphabets are shown as well as many examples of engrossed pieces. Revised & reissued at intervals since it was first published as Zanerian Alphabets in 1895. Now printed on 80# gloss paper.
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B368. Ames Compendium of Practical.../Ames
Ames Compendium of Practical & Ornamental Penmanship By Daniel T.Ames. 1883. Reprint 1978. 60pp. 8.5"x11". Paper.
Eight pages of good instruction on writing and letterforms
(Spencerian & copperplate) are followed by examples and alphabets. Flourishing (birds, feathers, etc.) is next followed by pages of 19th century ornamental lettering of all sorts. If you are interested in pointed pen writing, this book is a must buy.
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K101-B. Copperplate Kit: Blackwell Holder
Deluxe Copperplate Kit with Blackwell Holder
All the items you need to learn copperplate. Contains the instructional book Mastering Copperplate by Eleanor Winters and materials that go along with her book: Blackwell Plastic Oblique Holder, Gum Arabic Powder, Boris Layout Pad (9"x12", 50 sheets), 5 Gillott 404 nibs, 4 Gillott 303 nibs, Higgins Eternal Ink.
The Blackwell Plastic Oblique Holder has the metal flange that allows you to easily use most any pointed nib and also adjusts the angle of the nib to the paper to reduce cataching on upstrokes.
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K100-B. Copperplate Kit: Basic with Book
Basic Copperplate Kit with Book
Contains the basic items you need to learn copperplate. Includes the instructional book Mastering Copperplate by Eleanor Winters and materials that go along with her book: Hunt plastic oblique holder, 6 Gillott 404 nibs, 5 Gillott 303 nibs, Higgins Eternal ink, Boris Layout Pad (9"x12", 50 sheets).
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DVD15. Write Like This DVD
Write Like This
By Buddy Blackwell. 1994. 50 minutes. DVD.
How-to video on Blackwell’s copperplate writing. Covers materials, exercises, lowercase, uppercase, flourished alphabet. Useful. The only copperplate video available.
To view a brief preview of this title, please click here.
All our DVD’s are made to run on USA and Canada machines. If you live outside North America, you should check with the manual for your machine to see if it can play NTSC format DVD’s. If your DVD player can’t play our DVD’s, your computer may be able to.
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B2904. Classic Calligraphic Designs
Classic Calligraphy Designs
48pp. Book and CDRom. Paper.
378 off-hand flourished images of faces, creatures, birds, fish and abstract motifs. Much more than the standard quills and birds!
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B152. Ornate Pictorial Calligraph/Lupfer
Ornate Pictorial Calligraphy
By E.A. Lupfer. 78pp. 8"x11". Paper.
Instructions and examples of pictorial flourishes: Quills, birds, swans, etc.
Price increase by publisher May 2008.
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B1851. Pointed Pen Variations/Kecseg
Pointed Pen Variations
By Mike Kecseg. 8.75".
Kecseg has taken five pointed pen alphabets and produced a broadside of each. Each has a full lower case alphabet and a quotation and is reproduced on a tan or white sheet with gold and silver flecks and white silk threads. These sheets of varying size are held in a paper folder. See Calligraphy Review Spring 1993 Annual, pages 43-44, for a color reproduction. It is a beautiful presentation. There is no instruction.
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B2170. Penmanship Made Easy/Bickham
George Bickham's Penmanship Made Easy
B2170. (1773) 1997. 64pp. 5.25"x8". Paper.
Aimed at "Young Practitioners," it begins with a series of hints on forming letters, holding the pen, arm & wrist position, proper posture, etc; followed by a wealth of calligraphic specimens (alphabets, maxims, didactic verses and other words of advice). Republication of Young Clerks Assistant, as published by Richard Ware, London.
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