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"The Art of Letter Carving in Stone" portrays the beauty of this age-old craft alongside practical instruction. Written by an eminent practitioner and teacher, it guides the novice through the basics of letter carving, drawn lettering and making simple designs, and for the more experienced it explains a new proportioning system for classical Roman capitals and demonstrates a useful approach to designing letterform variations.
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Tom Perkins was introduced to drawing Roman capitals in his early teens by his art teacher, kindling an enthusiasm for lettering that led to a training in calligraphy at Reigate School of Art and Design. From 1976 he began letter carving at his studio in London and in 1982 he set up his own workshop at Sutton in Cambridgeshire. Tom has taught lettering and letter carving at the Roehampton Institute until 1997 and at West Dean College. He is a fellow of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society, Temenos Academy, The Royal Society of Arts and the Society of Designer Craftsmen.
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Letter carving in Britain as practised by artist-craftsmen at the beginning of the twenty-first century is gaining new popularity against a background of decades of sparse educational opportunities in this field. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Tom Perkins is one of the finest modern practitioners of the art and craft of letter-carving in stone, and is also an experienced teacher. These attributes combine to make an ideal author for such a book. Although personal tuition is always desirable, there is enough detailed information and encouragement here for those with an interest in trying their hand to learn for themselves how to cut an inscription, and plenty of guidance on design. The initial resumé of influential modern practitioners gives a valuable context into which those interested can place their work; and the hundreds of good illustrations - only a few full-page but none too small - draw on a wide range of inscriptions by the best of them and well exemplify the variety of scope, style, and inspiration, which makes this art so fascinating. It must be one of the best galleries of modern letter-carving in print; the author's own distinctive style is well represented but not promoted to the exclusion of others, and scattered throughout the book are illuminating statements by other practitioners relating to their illustrated works. Practical aspects are well covered, sometimes quite succinctly, with sections on tools, stone, working methods, memorials, gilding, and the proportions and rhythms underlying various letter forms (the sections on various forms of drawn lettering and variations make up a good third of the book), and pictures of working to illustrate and emphasise the techniques involved. The two pages of bibliography and list of useful addresses are also most valuable.
Richard Grasby's fine and instructive book "Lettercutting in Stone" is superbly detailed on his method of cutting and excellent on a range of other practical advice, but I would recommend this new work by Tom Perkins without hesitation as simply the best overall book on letter-carving to buy that I know; the addition of "Art" in the title is significant, as it contains not only all the necessary practical information but also a wealth of diverse illustrated examples to inspire the aspiring craftsman and artist.
Richard Grasby's fine and instructive book "Lettercutting in Stone" is superbly detailed on his method of cutting and excellent on a range of other practical advice, but I would recommend this new work by Tom Perkins without hesitation as simply the best overall book on letter-carving to buy that I know; the addition of "Art" in the title is significant, as it contains not only all the necessary practical information but also a wealth of diverse illustrated examples to inspire the aspiring craftsman and artist.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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i think it s very helpful and not only for beginners.i ve been carving letters for a few years and i found lots of new tips and ideas.it s very user friendly and clear.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What a fantastic book, it shows in an easy to understand way how to carve in stone and slate. The tools required to get you started are very few, I thought you would need much more!
I have already made a couple of signs for the garden and set out some lettering for a memorial stone. What a talented man Tom Perkins is, great photos and lots of examples
of other artists work. If you are looking for a book to show you how to get started, this is the one. Many thanks Tom.
I have already made a couple of signs for the garden and set out some lettering for a memorial stone. What a talented man Tom Perkins is, great photos and lots of examples
of other artists work. If you are looking for a book to show you how to get started, this is the one. Many thanks Tom.
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