Welcome to the www.calligraphity.com  Newsletter for February

Special Winter Saint John’s Bible Sale

Until the end of February, we are offering free shipping on any items in out impressive range of Saint John’s Bible publications. This includes every volume of the Saint John’s Bible as well as Illuminating the Word, Susan Sink’s books that discuss the amazing illumination and the BBC DVD.  For your convenience, you can find all the above publications our Saint John’s Bible Page. 
  

Here are some recent new additions to our already impressive stocklist:
Wunderkammer – A collection of work by Birgit Nass and Massimo Polello

This beautifully created book is a catalogue of work exhibited by Birgit Nass (Germany) and Massimo Polello (Italy) in 2012. It contains 50 pieces from each of these amazing calligraphers.

Rules were set and the colours of the works were restricted… black, white, blue and beige tones predominating, highlights and accents of red and gold. The canvas size was restricted to 15 x 15 cm, which is also the size of the reproductions in the catalogue.

By the way, Wunderkamer is a word used in both Germany and Italy that means “a cabinet of curiosities”.  A very inspirational little book!

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Take Your Pleasure Seriously - the life and work of Luca Barcellona

I first heard the name Luca Barcellona around the middle of 2012. Since then we have become FaceBook friends and I have got to know a lot more about the man, his history and his work. During his teenage school years in the early nineties, Luca already had an interest in lettering, however, his school bag often carried cans of spray paint rather than school books and he spent his time creating ‘roughs’ for letters that often ended up on the walls and trains of the area he was living in. After leaving school he worked as a graphic designer and although his interest in creative lettering was still strong, he became discouraged when he was being urged to use Graphic Design software for his work. In 2003 he got a job in a record store and started taking ‘writing’ jobs in his spare time as well as working with some friends for the next 6 years taking on graphic design work building up an impressive client list.

This is a stunning, stunning book that discusses and shows Luca’s journey from graffiti, graphics, design and calligraphy. Highly recommended!

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Edward Johnston: Lettering and Life by Ewan Clayton

This publication has been produced in conjunction with an exhibition that was held at Ditchling Museum in 2006, with Pen, Ink and Paper: Being Edward Johnston to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Writing & llluminating, & Lettering, and to place this major work in the context of his life and other work. Ditchling in Sussex was Johnston's home for thirty years and it was here that he developed his famous typeface, 'Johnston Sans’ and where he continued to develop his calligraphic hand.

Ewan Clayton, through his understanding of the complexities and concerns facing a practitioner, has provided a fascinating insight into Johnston the calligrapher as well as Johnston the man. Alongside Ewan's text, Professor Phil Baines has provided an introductory essay that assesses Johnston's impact on the typographic world alongside that of his colleague Eric Gill and their continuing legacy.

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LETMAN – The Artwork and Lettering of Job Wouters

I adore Job Wouters’ vibrant and colourful work. This book contains over 150 pages of amazing colourful calligraphy, graphics and design work from Job Wouters.

Job works under the pseudonym Letman and is internationally known for his trailblazing illustration and lettering. This book is not only full of amazing decorative letters and typefaces, but also impressive graphic design, screen printing, graffiti, illustration, and painting.

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Hand to Type – Scripts, Hand-Lettering and Calligraphy edited by Jan Middendorp

The book features work by some of today’s most successful and original calligraphers and lettering artists. In addition to fonts and lettering using the Latin alphabet, it introduces artists who explore Cyrillic, Arabic, and Greek scripts.

The book's rich visual examples are complemented by in-depth interviews with outstanding calligraphers and type designers conducted by editor Jan Middendorp. Hand to Type also offers a revealing glimpse into processes by which handmade letters may be turned into digital files. Prominent guest authors introduce the workings of scripts with which many readers may be less familiar – from Arabic and Indian writing systems to the amazing scripts found in pre-war German school books and on Amsterdam pub windows. 240 pages of bliss!

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Winter Draws on! (that will probably amuse more of you in the UK than other parts of the world)

With the night’s drawing in now, it’s now the time to start thinking about your Christmas wish list. And to help you with that, I have introduced two new services that are available via the web-site.

For the first time, our Ca££iCa$h vouchers are now available on the web-site. Ca££iCa$h vouchers are just like book tokens and can be used to purchase any produces that are available from www.calligraphity.com and they will make ideal gifts for a calligraphic friend, or maybe your calligraphy group leader especially if you are not sure what books they may be interested in.

Also available via the web is our Free Gift Wrapping Service. Upon request, we will wrap your book free of charge with papers and materials that we have available at that time. If it is for a special occasion we will do our best to provide appropriate wrapping for that occasion. Please allow us a few extra days to turn your order around if requesting this service as it is my wife, Lynn, who is the master wrapper in this household.

For those of you that have pre-ordered Stan Knight’s new book Historical Types, I have been advised that they have left the publisher’s and are on their way to the UK. However, I have still not got a firm date for when they will be with me. For those of you that are keen to get a copy of this long awaited book you can pre-order here. If you are not aware, although the web-site will capture your payment details, your credit card will not be charged before your book is ready for shipping.   

Here are some links to some recently added books.

B1305    Scripts - Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age (paperback) by Steven Heller and Louis Fili

B1306    Art & Memory in the Churchyard by The Memorial Arts Charity

B1307    Art and Memory Catalogue - new perspectives on memorial art by The Memorial Arts Charity

B1308    Memorials by Artists Guide by The Memorial Arts Charity

B1309    Memorials by Artists for Young People, Children, and Babies by The Memorial Arts Charity

B1315    Very Simple Arabic Script by James Peters

B1316    The Art of Victorian Bookbinding - The Classis Victorian Handbook by Joseph W. Zaehndorf

B1317    Jan Tschichold - Master Typographer - his life, work & legacy by Clees de Jong

B1318    Words Set Free (exhibition catalogue from Letter Exchange) by Mark Noad

Check them out!

Happy writing!!