february 2015 supplement

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ORDER NOW! toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.JohnNealBooks.com B3039. Building a Book, Binding New & Sale Books / DVDs a Poem: Artists’ Books in the Classroom by Meg Kennedy and Bookbinding Liz Abrams-Morley. 2010. 165pp. 8.25"x11". Paper $20.00 B4022. Scripsit Book Arts This book for middle Issue: 36.1. 2014. 32pp. 8.5"x11". school and high school Paper $20.00 teachers is based on the authors’ A gallery of bookworks extensive experience conducting from nine calligraphers school residencies and teacher workshops over nearly who make books, with comments two decades. The book demystifies the tasks of writing from the artists and showing a poetry and creating books with your students. The book wide range of ways to combine presents techniques of page decoration and book letters and books. The exciting construction and various writing exercises, which are and inspiring work is from David McGrail, Suzanne then incorporated into a series of step-by-step projects Moore, Nancy Ruth Leavitt, Elizabeth McKee, Yukimi that the students can make. Annand, Marina Soria, Eliza Holliday, Carol Barton, and Sue Smith. Now Available! B4007. The Spirit B4019. The Pony Express, Books by Susan Second Edition: A Collection Kapuscinski Gaylord. of Envelopes for Legacies II. 2014. 80pp. 8.25"x5.25". 2014. 24pp. 7"x8.5". Paper $20.00 Paper $9.99 Susan Kapuscinski This new Gaylord’s Spirit Books are one-of-a-kind assemblage sculptural handmade books cradled in twigs, of artfully addressed branches, vines, and roots. They bring together her love and delightfully decorated of the book and her response to the natural world, both envelopes will give you what is visible and what lies behind. She made her first ideas and inspiration to Spirit Book in this continuing series in 1992. In this new calligraphically create your own envelope excitement! book, she combines evocative images of 34 Spirit Books with her thoughts on their creation. Available again! B4020. The Pony Express, B3560. Little Book of First Edition: A Collection Book Making: Timeless of Decorated Envelopes for Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Legacies 2005. 30pp. 7"x8.5". Beautiful Handmade Books by Paper $9.99 Charlotte Rivers. 2014. 176pp. This collection of artful envelopes is from the 6.75"x7". Hardcover $22.95. first Legacies conference, which was held in JNB $19.93 2005. The booklet features more than 140 envelopes Packed, page after page, with wonderfully from creative scribes from all over the world. Ver y eclectic creations from 30 top bookmakers, limited supply! this book will inspire you to explore all the intriguing possibilities of bookmaking as an art form. The practical B4008. 26 Words: Exploring the section includes 21 easy-to-follow illustrated tutorials, DNA of Language. 2013. 62pp. including binding techniques and experimental page 8.25"x11.75". Paper $27.50 treatments, such as Sumi marbling. 200 color photos. Brings together writers from 26 and B4024. Bound: Over 20 Artful lettering artists from Letter Handmade Books by Erica Ekrem. Exchange to explore the verbal 2015. 144 pp. 8.5"x10". and visual representation of Paper $19.95. JNB $16.96 language. Twenty-six writer/ This book uses a lettering artist pairs have different mix of collaborated to bring to life an eclectic selection of materials in its projects: shells, words. Each pair randomly chose a word to represent ceramic tiles, and cigar box boards each letter of the alphabet by inserting a knife in a are used for book covers. A leaf forms the cover of a dictionary. The book presents an exhilarating and leaflet. Covers of discarded hardcover books are enlightening journey in words, exploring their power to repurposed as covers for new books. Thick leather alone inspire our imaginations. The works are as varied as the is used, wrapping around the text block and stitched to imaginations of the writers and artists involved: in turns create several books without boards. All the books are thought-provoking, profound, exciting, and exuberant sewn using a variety of stitches, most exposed at the – and presented in two and three dimensions. spine. After a section on the basics, each of the 20 projects has step-by-step instructions and illustrations and a full-color photo of the finished book.

2 ❧ email: [email protected] v www.johnnealbooks.com B3991. Art, Word and Image: Art & Illustration 2,000 Years of Visual/Textual B4021. The Brilliant History of Interaction by John Dixon Hunt, Color in Art by Victoria Finlay. David Lomas, and Michael Corris. 2014. 128pp. 9"x10.15". 2010. 410pp. 11"x8". Paper $39.00. Hardcover $24.95. SALE $19.99 SALE $31.23 This is no dry What does it mean to discussion of say that a painting has pigments, but rather an engaging been “invaded” by language? Art, and entertaining exploration Word and Image answers this question by exploring how around the colors artist use and how they came to be. visual images and writing can work in dialogue in an The author tells of Cleopatra and purple, Napoleon and artwork. Whether the picture frame is encroached upon the graphite , cobalt blue and forged Vermeers, and by doodlings, as with Adolf Wolfli’s seemingly irrational much more as she brings us into her quest to uncover scribbles, or a plea to spirituality is blazoned across a the origins and science of color. All is related in the vast canvas, as in the moving images of Colin McCahon, warm conversational style that helped make Finlay’s we can be sure that words here have a special meaning, earlier book on color so popular. But unlike that earlier one beyond everyday communication. Recommended by book, this rich narrative is illustrated in full-color Amity Parks for her classes at Legacies 2014. throughout – with 166 major works of art, most from Now Available! the collections of the Getty Museum. B3962. Happy Lettering B145. The Zanerian Manual of with the Right Tools by Alphabets and Engrossing. 1981. Marika Koskimäki-Ketelä. 140pp. 8"x10.5". Spiral paper 2014. 48pp. 7.5"x11.5". $39.95. JNB Price $28.00. This book Paper $22.50 won’t be available before Spring This enthu- 2015. You are encouraged to order siastic book now. Your card will not be charged provides instruction on lettering with ruling – for the book when you place your traditional ones and the newer ones made specifically order. You will be notified when the for lettering. The author includes how-to make a folded available date is known. The first 21 pages by E.A. Lupfer from an aluminum can, which she calls Can Pens provide some of the best Copperplate instruction (they are also called Cola Pens). Some instruction is also available. He is a master of the hand. Other engrossing included for Automatic Pens and Suede Pens. Marika is alphabets are shown, as well as many examples of a Finnish scribe. engrossed pieces. Revised & reissued at intervals since it B4014. Bewegt schreiben – was first published asZanerian Alphabets in 1895. Schreiben bewegt (We write inspired – Writing inspires). Asian Calligraphy 2012. 114pp. 8.24"x11.75". B3978. Dishu: Ground Calligraphy Paper $60.00 in China by François Chastenet. This lushly produced 2013. 320pp. 6.25"x9.5". Paper $39.95. catalog is for an Sale $19.98. You save 50% exhibition that marked the 25th This photographic essay anniversary of the Schreibwerk- documents the practice of statt Klingspor Offenbach. Over dishu, ephemeral calligraphy written 80 works are shown in full color from Karlgoerg Hoefer, on the pavement using clear water as Maria Hoefer, Hans Schmidt, Jean Larcher, Hermann ink. This practice originated in a Zapf, and over 50 other talented scribes and lettering north Beijing park in the 1990s and soon spread to most artists, all members of this calligraphy society. In major Chinese cities. Thousands of anonymous street English and German: Foreword by Benno Aumann, calligraphers operate daily in Chinese parks and streets. “About Writing” by Dr Sttefan Soltek, and “25 Years of Their monumental scale letterings range from static and Schreibwerkstatt Klingspor Offenbach” by Gottfried Pott, regular to highly cursive styles. Because of the scale, the exhibition’s curator. The brief captions (title, tools writing is with the whole body; it is a physical and visual and materials, dimensions) are in German. In the book’s dance. innovative binding, the cover is not glued to the sewn B3966. Japanese Alphabet: spine, but instead is scored and folded and wraps The 48 Essential Characters by around. Gabriele Mandel and Isao Hose. B4022. Scripsit Book Arts 2007. 148pp. 7.75"x9.5". Hardcover Issue: 36.1. 2014. 32pp. 8.5"x11". $29.95. SALE $9.99 Paper $20.00 This clear and concise A gallery of bookworks guide to the various from nine calligraphers Japanese writing systems presents who make books, with comments all of the characters (kana) in the from the artists and showing a traditional order, shown in both the hiragana and wide range of ways to combine katakana versions. Each character is given its own page, letters and books. The exciting which graphically indicates the correct sequence for the and inspiring work is from David McGrail, Suzanne individual strokes; provides voiced and unvoiced Moore, Nancy Ruth Leavitt, Elizabeth McKee, Yukimi variants; and presents the Chinese ideogram from which Annand, Marina Soria, Eliza Holliday, Carol Barton, it was derived, the Roman transliteration, and the and Sue Smith. character in several typefaces. toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 3 Denis Brown Christmas DVD54. Italic Rhythm to B3967. Ready-to-Use Christmas Polyrhythmic Calligraphy: Borders on Layout Grids. Expanding Writing 32pp. 8¼"x11". Paper $5.95. Dynamics. Standard SALE $3.93 Edition. Sprigs of holly and This two-DVD evergreen, ornaments, set has over bells, presents, poinsettias, nine hours of calligraphy tutorials and inspiring snowflakes, toys, and angelic presentations in 6 modules: Compressed Italic, Alphabet heralds decorate the 40 borders Demonstrations; Compressed Italic, Theory and of various sizes. Copyright-free, black and white Practice; Variation & Swing, Freeing the Rhythm; illustrations, printed on one side of the page. Polyrhythmic Calligraphy, Expanding Writing Dynamics; Layering, Writing on top of Writing; Ewan Clayton Inspiration, Guest Artist Calligraphers. Includes B3930. The Golden Thread: 12 color guide sheets as printable PDFs. The Story of Writing by Ewan DVDs for computer playback only. $59.95 Clayton. 2014. 407pp. 7"x10". Hardcover $30.00. JNB $26.93 Brush Lettering A wonderfully written history of Now available! writing, from the invention of the DVD51. The Lively Brush: alphabet through the replacement of Pointed Brush Instructional the papyrus scroll with the codex; DVD & Alphabet Models by Eliza the perfecting of printing from Holliday and Marilyn Reaves. metal type in the 1400s and the ensuing spread of DVD & 22-page book. $49.95. literacy; the industrialization of printing; the visual Introductory Price $39.95 aspects of the written word in the early 20th century; Instructional DVD & and the digital switchover at the century’s close. Highly Alphabet Booklet. recommended. (The cover shown here will be on the book Presents lettering techniques for you receive; our full catalog shows the British cover.) pointed brush lettering. Includes traditional models and unique scripts for craft and fine art applications. Reggie Ezell Suitable for beginners and more advanced lettering Instructional artists. From the authors of Brush Lettering, it is full of Calligraphy DVDs practical information. from Reggie Ezell for beginning B4015. Brushstroke and and intermediate students. Each Free-Style Alphabets video is approximately 60 minutes by Dan X. Solo. 108pp. (except as noted) and covers “all 8.25"x11". Paper $12.95 aspects” of the topic. Reggie has taught Provides 100 outstanding calligraphy for over 30 years, and his brushstroke and freestyle yearlong courses have been among the alphabets in one easy-to-use most highly regarded and sought volume. Use these as model after in the U.S. and Canada. alphabets for brush writing or, These DVDs are formatted for as Mike Kecseg recommends, for North American DVD players. the pointed pen. The emphasis is on freestyle while the $15.00 each fonts take on a diversity of form: upright, lightface, SPECIAL OFFER: Japanesque, slanting, bold, delicate, even, uneven, Order four or more of Reggie’s Hinduesque, thick, straightforward, informal, and many new instructional DVDs (in any more. Includes number sets and special symbols. assortment) and the price is only $12.00 each. Celtic DVD59. Basic Blackletter, B3453. Celtic Calligraphy: Beginner (approx 70 min.). Calligraphy, Knotwork and Illumi- DVD55. Italic Minuscules. nation by Kerry Richardson. 2014. DVD56. Carolingian 96pp. 6.25"x8.5". Spiralbound Minuscules (approx 30 min.). Hardcover $24.95. SALE $12.63 DVD57. Pointed Brush Basics. This book shows DVD58. Basic Romans. you how to take the elements of traditional Celtic art and create contemporary calligraphic works. It provides clear instruction on letterforms derived from the Book WANT TO VISIT US? of Kells and other Celtic manuscripts; offers step-by-step While we are a mail order operation, you can shop in person. exercises of knotwork for both borders and stylized Please contact us for directions and other info. We are not illustration; and presents illumination techniques. usually open on weekends, but may be able to accommodate Chapters also discuss tools and materials, using color, you if your plans do not permit a weekday visit. and other topics. 100 color photos. Includes a gallery of inspirational examples. 4 ❧ email: [email protected] v www.johnnealbooks.com Joanne Fink Flowers B4001. With God All B4016. Fabulous Things Are Possible by Flowers by Fritzi Joanne Fink. 2013. 64pp. Harry. 2014. 6"x6". Hardcover $10.99 30pp. 8.5"x5.5". Warm words of Spiralbound $20.00 inspiration and This is encouragement are set to primer on life on the pages of this making simple images of flowers with brush markers, unique gift book. By using ten simple strokes to create petals, stems, and combining the beautiful art of calligraphy with heartfelt leaves. You make delightful floral designs by pressing, sentiments that gently move through themes such as rolling, flicking, and dotting with your marker. “believing in your dreams,” “trusting in the Lord,” and Full-color throughout. “living with passion,” readers are inspired to celebrate each new day with a hopeful heart and a joy for living. Denise Lach This uplifting book can be a sweet gift between friends, B3244. Calligraphy by a dear word of encouragement for the graduate, or a Denise Lach. 2009. breath of fresh air for the heavyhearted. 192pp. 9.25"x10.25". Paper $22.50 Joanne has expanded her Zenspirations books. See page Now available in paperback. 23 of the main catalog for her This striking and original Zenspirations (B3438. $16.99) book is a gallery of Denise and for Zenspirations: Dangle Lach's calligraphic work and Designs techniques. She presents the (B3897. $8.99). tools she uses in her work, each with illustrative examples: broad edge nibs, Automatic pens, Pilot Parallel pen, and music (for writing the notes, not the 5-line staff the notes are placed on), plus reed pens & bamboo pens, felt-tip pens, and brushes.There are multi-page sections on using the , cola pen (made from an aluminum soda can), and pipettes as lettering tools.

Zenspirations Yves Leterme Coloring Books by Joanne Fink. Just published! Add pattern to the pre-printed B4006. Yves Leterme: Litterae designs, and then add color with colored , is a unique boxed markers, gel pens, or watercolors. Pages are printed on collection of 24 one side only on high-quality, extra-thick paper, and are calligraphic works, finely printed perforated for easy removal and display. on individually sheets of cover 2014. 64pp. 8.5"x10.875". $9.99 each stock, approximately 8¼" x 5⅞". B3993. Flowers. 28 whimsical flower designs for The works are all Latin quota- combining simple strokes with playful patterns. tions, each masterfully rendered B3992. Abstract & Geometric Designs. 28 expressive by Yves in a calligraphically fitting abstract designs for combining simple strokes with style. The reverse side of the sheet playful patterns. contains the Latin text again along with an English and B3994. Inspirations: Designs to Feed Your Spirit. 28 Dutch translation. The accompanying 36-page book (in uplifting and encouraging designs for combining simple English) provides background for the quotes and the strokes with positive messages and playful patterns. calligraphy – Yves is a classical scholar as well as a skilled scribe. The Roman authors, their work, and the Laurie Doctor chosen quotations are discussed, and Yves provides an B3987. Another Night in the account of the creation for each of the 24 calligraphic Ruins by Laurie Doctor. 2014. compositions. Both the works and the small book are 58pp. 7"x7". Paper $35.00 full-color and are presented in stylish gift box. $50.00 Signed by the author The book presents Judy Melvin two dozen painting B3044. Art Exposé: and details of Laurie’s latest A Collection of Techniques for series: Another Night in the Creative Expression by Judy Ruins. These views of books, doorways, moons, Melvin. 2008. 20pp. peacocks, panels, and people contain calligraphic lines & 8.25"x8.25". Paper $14.95. letters, strokes, and characters. Created in response to a SALE $7.49 poem by Galway Kinnell, these paintings generated Judy has put her responses from 18 poets and musicians. Those workshop notes into responses are the text of the book. book form. It’s a book of how to make beautiful artwork using the techniques for creative expression that she teaches. Full color. Includes: Sumi Ink & Sink Art, Sumi Ink & TECH Ink, Gesso, Pastels & Stencils, Bleach & Pastels, and Walnut Ink. toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 5 Available for Pre-order Quotations / Gift Books B4023. Calligraphia B4017. Take Time. 2014. 100pp. by Barbara Calzolari and Paper $14.95 Alessandro Salice. 2015. B4018. Take Time for Joy. 2014. 255pp. 5.75"x7.75". $24.95 80pp. Paper $14.95 This book won’t be available Two small quote before Summer 2015. You are books complied by encouraged to order now. Your Julie Ranieri to help you use card will not be charged for the wisdom and creativity to book until shortly before it ships. connect to your joy. Each page Free media mail shipping (USA features a brief quote inside a simple, hand-drawn frame only) on pre-publication orders. graphic by Joanne Fink. Judy Ranieri, MA, is a A new instructional book for lettering with California-based creativity coach, workshop leader, joy pencil (monoline Roman majuscules), facilitator, wisdom circle leader, and spiritual alchemist. (monoline script), pointed pen (Copperplate), and brush Each book is 4"x6" and is spiral-bound. (Barbara’s brush script). Warm up exercises, exemplar alphabets, letter-by-letter instruction, and writing Sheila Waters exercises are included. The book starts with an Now with a new cover. illustrated history of calligraphy with many historical B3246. Sheila Waters examples and ends with a gallery of 16 scribes with a Retrospective. 2010. 48pp. bio, a photo, and example or two of their work. Text is 8.5"x11". Paper $30.00. SALE in English. $28.00 through April 30, 2015 Here it is, what we have been Poetry / Quotes waiting years for – 300 full-color An article in Bound & Lettered Issue 11.3 featured poetry images of Sheila’s life’s work, by William Stafford, calligraphed by Portland, Oregon, designed by Julian Waters, scribes. Here are three collections of Stafford’s works. presenting Sheila’s Retrospective Show of 2009. A great companion to her instructional book, B3988. Ask Me: 100 Essential Foundations of Julian designed the typeface, which was Poems of William Stafford. 2014. Calligraphy. used for the first time in this publication. Each copy is 112pp. 5.5"x8.25". Paper $16.00 now signed by Sheila! Formerly published as an issue This volume, created for the of the Washington Calligraphers Guild journal. centennial of Stafford’s birth, is a Scripsit, The cover is new, but the great content is the same. great introduction to his poetry. The poems in this volume, edited by Kim Stafford, are drawn from the two lettercutting books below. B4010. Mr. Eric Gill: Recollections by B3989. Another World Instead: David Kindersley. 2014. 53pp. Paper The Early Poems of William $24.95 Stafford, 1937-1947. 2008. Kindersley’s story of his 128 pp. 6"x9". Hardcover $24.00 apprenticeship with Eric “I stand and dream another world Gill, written a half-century ago and instead,” wrote Stafford in 1942. The now in an entirely new edition with other world he dreamed of was one fresh illustrations, provides a firsthand of peace and freedom. A conscien- account of Gill’s workshop, full of tious objector during WWII, he was atmosphere and detail. From Gill, assigned under penalty of law to work in camps, an Kindersley gained a strong belief in skill, the importance internal exile within his own country. In this remarkable of passing on skills to successive generations, and the collection of poems, the first decade of Stafford's writing tradition of the workshop as a valid way of life. life is for the first time made available to readers, telling the story of a committed pacifist living in a time of war B4011. Cutting into the Workshop and of a writer beginning a life in American poetry. by Lottie Hoare, Lida Lopes Cardozo Edited by poet Fred Marchant. Kindersley, and Thomas Sherwood. 136pp. Paper $24.95 B3990. The Way It Is: New & Tells the story of David Selected Poems by William Kindersley and his work- Stafford. 1999. 268 pp. shop, from his youth and apprentice- 6.25"x9". Paper $16.00 ship with Eric Gill through his This compilation gathers remarkable work into the second unpublished works from Stafford’s half of the 20th century. last year together with an essential and wide-ranging selection of B4013. Twelve Letters on a works from throughout his career. Grand Scale: The Sainsbury Wing These poems encompass his Inscriptions by Michael Harvey. rugged domesticity, the political edge of his irony, and 2013. 50pp. 8.25"x8.25". $24.95 his brave starings-off into emptiness. The editorial team Presents the process of for this selection included his son Kim Stafford, Naomi the design and cutting Shihab Nye, and Robert Bly. of an inscription in a new wing added to the National Gallery in London. Filled with sketches and diagrams and full-color photos. 6 ❧ email: [email protected] v www.johnnealbooks.com B4012. Remembered Lives by David zentangle Meara and Lida Lopes Cardozo New from Suzanne McNeill Kindersley. 84pp. Paper $24.95 B4003. The Beauty of Personal memorials make Zentangle: Inspirational up a wonderful heritage, Examples from 137 Tangle from Westminster Abbey to the Artists Worldwide by Cindy smallest village church, commemorat- Shepard, CZT , Suzanne McNeill, ing the great as well as the humble, CZT. 2013. 184pp. 8.5"x11". pleasing both those who believe and Paper $24.99 those who don’t. This title offers an In this extensive illustrated account of how memorials come to be placed gallery of Zentangle in churches, both of the stones being cut and of dealing art, you will see the zendless with the church machinery for getting there. possibilities for creative tangling applications, from classic tile art to origami, jewelry, card-making, décor, paper craft quilting, ceramics, and more. B4000. Playing with Pop-Ups Two new books in Suzanne’s Zentangle series. Each has a by Helen Hiebert. 2014. 144pp. bonus workbook section for you to play, experiment, and 8.75"x10.25". Paper $24.99. create. 2014. 32pp. 8.5"x10.875". Paper. $8.99 each SALE $12.23 B4004. Zentangle 9, Workbook Create interactive art! Edition: Color with Mixed With this instructional Media by Suzanne McNeill, CZT. book, you are guided through Bring your tangle materials, tools, and pop-up designs to life with basics, including parallel folds, angle folds, combinations brilliant color! Inside you'll find and variations, and layered pop-ups. Enjoy creating 20 31 all-new tangles with projects ranging from cards and books to buildings, inspiring ideas for adding graphic design pieces, and more. The gallery of beautiful expressive color to your work from various artists will inspire you to make your Zentangle-inspired art. Presents easy and beautiful own amazing paper art. techniques for combining cool colors with mixed media. B3951. Playing with Paper: Unleash your imagination and brighten your tangle Illuminating, Engineering, experience. Discover the joys of using watercolors, resist and Reimagining Paper Art designs, Distress , Pan Pastels, Gelly Roll pens, by Helen Hiebert. 2013. 144pp. Radiant H2Os, and more. 8.38"x9.75". Paper $24.99. B4005. Zentangle 10, JNB Price $22.49 Workbook Edition: Featuring Highly recommended by Carol Ideas for Origami & Paper Crafts DuBosch, this book is all about by Suzanne McNeill, CZT. making things with paper, Combine paper crafts including books, particularly ones made out of a single and tangling to create sheet. You start with a section that covers paper basics, memorable 3D keepsakes and including tools, folding and cutting, and fasteners and one-of-a-kind gifts. Projects glues. The next section is filled with twenty projects, include booklets, greeting cards, including: books, folded paper creations, lampshades, angels, ornaments, beads, boxes, accordion folds, and and even clothing and accessories. There is also an more. Thirty all-new tangles. Use the bonus workbook extensive gallery of work by Helen and other artists section to play, experiment, and create. You'll love these that relates to and expands upon each project. inspirational ideas and simple techniques. B3558. Cut and Fold Techniques for Pop-Up Designs by Paul Jackson. 2014. 128pp. Sign up for the John Neal Bookseller 8.7"x8.6". Paper $24.95. e-newsletter. JNB $20.96 While marketed Once a month, receive an email filled with new books, to designers, this tools, and materials along with notice of special offers book is a gem for those of us making objects by hand. and what’s on sale. Once a month, also receive a list of Use these simple techniques to create exciting, but calligraphy & book arts exhibitions, workshops, confer- surprisingly easy-to-make, 3-D designs. Each pop-up is ences, calls for entries, classes, and events. Sign up on the cut from a single sheet of paper, which is ideal for cards, John Neal Bookseller home page, www.johnnealbooks. but they are equally suited for book-makers when the designs are repeated in an accordion fold structure. The com (bottom of the page) or email a request to enews@ emphasis is on surface design over complex cutting. johnnealbooks.com. To unsubscribe, use the link at the Each chapter introduces a new technique and shows it end of the e-newsletter or reply to the email, changing can be adapted in many different ways or combined the subject to “unsubscribe.” with techniques from earlier chapters. toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 7 countryside of upstate New York. She captures wondrous Book Sale moments in the natural environment: a dragonfly’s brief pause, a surprised deer in tall grass, woodchucks BOOKBINDING, BOOK ART, watching her from a distance, a raindrop making its way & JOURNALING down a windowpane. This hardbound book is a delight. 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underneath, a green cloth covers the boards with a small B3326. Handmade Books by watercolor tipped in a recess on the front cover. The Ray Hemachandra. 2010. exquisite illustrations are printed in full-color on a 204pp. 5"x5". Paper $12.95. soothing cream paper. It makes a wonderful gift. SALE $5.00 This book presents B3074. Rare Books by Stephen an inspiring gallery H. Van Dyk. 2001. 112pp. of bookmaking today, with 8.5"x8.5". Paper. List $19.95. artists’ books, hand-bound SALE $6.00 books, and leather-tooled covers. The books feature This book combines a handmade papers and bindings that show the potential love of the design of of the form. Contributors include Jeanne Germani, David objects with the love of books. It Hodges, Laura Wait, and a host of others. presents more than 100 illustrated printed design books from the 16th to the 20th centuries. These include B3444. Handmade Photo “patterns for inspiration,” such as early natural history Albums: Complete Instructions for books, design instructional manuals, and books that Making 18 Fun and Creative document design.The last section is on books that Designs by Tami Porath. 2007. celebrate the book itself: pop-ups, limited editions, as 110pp. 8x10.5. Paper $19.95. well as decorative and fine bindings. The books are SALE $6.00 drawn from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Use these albums for Museum Library. photos or adapt Tami’s techniques and ideas for journals and other binding projects. Step-by-step photos CALLIGRAPHY & LETTERING accompany the detailed instruction. B4027. Shapes for Sounds by B3346. Marking Time: Guild of Timothy Donaldson. 2008. 176pp. Bookworkers Exhibit Catalog 9”x10” Hardcover $29.95. (2009-2010). 64pp. 8.5"x11". SALE $14.23 Paper. LIST $35.00. Writing is a way of SALE $10.00 making spoken language Wonderfully presents visual and static. This book the 50 books and 50 explores handwritten alphabets, binders of this traveling exhibition. The entries include machine-made letters, and non-alphabetic visual artists’ books, fine printing, and designer bindings. Each communication (such as sign language). The author is a entry has a large photo and a smaller detail, plus a calligrapher, and the first part of the book delves into the discussion of the work by the binder and a brief bio. history of writing and historical hands, then moves to B2795. Recollections: A Life in semaphore, bar codes, binary code, and more. The book Bookbinding by Bernard C. provides a synthesis of many related disciplines in an Middleton. 2000. 126pp. 7.25x10.25. easy to understand text. Hardcover $39.95. SALE $10.00 B4026. Letterwriting in Middleton’s story begins Renaissance England. 2005. 216pp. at trade school, than as an 9”x12”. Paper $50.00. SALE $14.23 indentured apprentice, and then his We have many books on first job (at the British Library). As a the formal hands and the young man, he becomes manager at books great and small that they were the famed Zaehnsdorf’s and then, on his own, becomes used in. However, there is much less one of the world's foremost book restorers. This warm, for the general reader on the personal story is well-illustrated, including many everyday use of the handwritten examples of his inspired bindings. (80 are shown, word in correspondence. This book fills part of that gap. with 46 in color) There are short discussions of tools, letter writing manu- B3307. True Nature: An Illustrated als, the letter and social signals, use of secretaries, love Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude and friendship, and the postal “system.” There are by Barbara Bash. 2004. 144pp. wonderful examples with thorough descriptions, 7.75"x10". Hardcover $24.95. providing further insight into the subject. The book is SALE $10.00 elegantly designed and finely printed and will grace your Calligrapher Barbara bookshelves. Though the exhibit is long past, with this Bash has created this book you get to savor it at your leisure, sitting down in a lovely nature journal, which comfortable chair, with your favorite beverage. combines a handwritten text with delightful watercolors. She caringly records and reflects on her encounters with animals and plants during solitary walks around the

8 ❧ email: [email protected] v www.johnnealbooks.com Place an order and reserve your copy now. Unlike some place. With examples from around the world, the book online vendors, your card will not be charged until shortly discusses the function and execution of signage. before the book ships (exception: PayPal always charges Contains 700 color images, historical and current, the full amount of your order when it is placed). Free media grouped together thematically and with extended mail shipping on pre-publication orders (USA only). captions. An exciting visual compendium. B4028. 100 New York Calligra- B3137. Celebration Calligraphy: phers by Cynthia Maris Dantzic. Complete Instructions and 2015. 224pp. 9”x12”. Hardcover Models for Special-Occasion $49.95. SALE $42.23 Alphabets, Borders, and Motifs by Available July 2015 Ruth Booth. 2008. 128pp. Encompassing a wide 8.75x8.75. Paper $21.95. range of calligraphy in SALE $9.99 many languages and hands, or This is an all-in-one manual on cards and styles, this book presents a visual treasury of works by invitations for calligraphers. You get 12 100 contemporary scribes, all of whom were either born alphabets, including contemporary hands which draw in New York or studied or worked in the city. From on historical models but have a modern look, as well as English and its related Romance languages to a wide Italic, Blackletter, and Copperplate. A full model alphabet range of Asian and Middle Eastern alphabets and with ductus is provided for each. Ruth matches the non-alphabetic characters, the more than 550 examples alphabets to the appropriate celebrations – formal and of beautiful writing create a rich visual smorgasbord. informal. You get a myriad of ideas and examples for Traditional uses of hand-lettered calligraphy are shown, layouts, borders, and elements for each celebration: including event invitations and envelopes, certificates birthdays, weddings, baby announcements, graduations. and awards, and quotes and sayings framed as artwork. There is a section of core card-making techniques and a The examples also include contemporary applications gallery of cards. Hundreds of color illustrations. and nontraditional forms, such as graffiti and experi- Recommended. mental calligraphy that is not formed from readable characters. All are hand-wrought and human-made, B2762.The Encyclopedia of using pointed or broad-edged pens, whether or Calligraphy Techniques by steel, or a brush or other simple tool. Mary Noble and Janet Mehigan. 2005. 160pp. 9"x9". Hardcover B2615. Presence & Absence. $27.95. SALE $10.00 2003. 49pp. 8"x7.75". Paper This manual for $14.95. SALE $6.00 beginning and This full color exhibit inter- mediate scribes covers all catalog features the the main hands plus edged brush and ruling pen. Includes work of 15 artists. For each an extensive section on illumination techniques plus there is an artist’s statement, a experimental gilding and decorative borders. The brief bio, and at least one color extensive and superb gallery brings together traditional photo of the work. Includes Thomas Ingmire, Mary and experimental practitioners. Plenty here to inspire you! White, Charmian Mottat, and Manny Ling. Introductory essay by Ewan Clayton. From Britain. B3393. FOCUS: Letters: Your World, Your Images. 2011. B2761. The Beautiful Alphabet: 180pp. 7"x7". Hardcover $14.95. Lettering Designs Based on the SALE $3.00 Roman Model by Johannes A. The letters in this Muess. 2004. 80pp. 8.5"x12". ABC book come Hardcover $35.00. SALE $17.50 mostly from signs and Using both geometry and happenstance, and each page an artist’s eye, Muess brings a letter surprise. Each one gloriously different, presents the Roman alphabet a 250 in all. Leave it sitting out and browse a bit when you letter at a time. For each, a Roman need a lift. It will get you looking closer and enjoying the inscription and a Renaissance or 20th-century exemplar lettering and letters around you. are provided. The progress of the construction of each letter is shown with steps for basic shape, varying B3450. The Ink Garden of thickness of line, addition of serifs, and fine corrections. Brother Theopane by C.M. Millen. Included are 26 colorful compositions combining the 2010. 32pp. 11.5x9. Hardcover letter, the arcs, and other elements. It’s a different, but $17.95. SALE $12.99 beautiful, book of drawn letters. Text in English and A children’s book. In a German. monastery in the mountains of Mourne during the B3070. Signs: Lettering in the Middle Ages, one young monk Environment by Phil Baines & struggles to focus on his task: Catherine Dixon. 2009. 192pp. copying the Bible and other scholarly books with plain 9.5"x9.75". Paper 19.95. brown ink made from wood bark in plain brown books SALE $6.00 in his plain brown robe at his plain brown desk. Andrea This book focuses on Wisnewski’s illustrations, inspired by the illuminated the letterforms and letters that the medieval monks created in books like the typography in public places - from Book of Kells, bring to life the colors and beauty that road signs to building names - that help us to navigate surround Brother Theophane amidst the plain world of cities and countryside and contribute to a sense of the monastery. toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 9 B2927. Mexican Blackletter by The images are based on figures from period paintings, Cristina Paoli. 2006. 96pp. 10"x11". frescoes, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts in Hardcover $24.95. SALE $12.50 Italian museums and churches. Includes 120 splendid Blackletter is a popular full-color plates showcasing head-to-toe apparel worn by script in Mexico for citizens of all classes: nobility, the bourgeois, soldiers, everything from folk art to signage. ecclesiastics, and others. Includes captions and a new This book introduces the kinds of introduction. Selection from Costumes historique frd Blackletter, the cultural connota- XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe, et XVe siecles published by A. Levy Fils, tions of Blackletter, and those Paris, in 1860. All captions translated into English. specific to Mexico. It then presents the photos of many B3419. From the Hand of the examples of uses of Blackletter in signage in its colorful Master: The Hours of Catherine of variations: standard, drop shadow, extended & Cleves edited by Anne Margreet W. condensed, and deviations & unpredictable. The several As-Vijvers. 2009. 159pp. 11"x9". full-color collage pages of collages of single letters are a Paper. SALE $15.95 visual treat. (This book is about the vernacular use This museum-quality rather than refined calligraphic forms.) exhibition catalog B3408. Two As One: Poems from includes many illustrations and a New Love by Sherrie Lovler and four accessibly written articles introducing the reader to Anthony Lawlor. 2011. 64pp. this 15th-century Book of Hours. Includes a reconstruc- 7.75"x8.75". Hardcover $18.95. tion of the original program of decorations and a section SALE $9.00 in which more than forty plates from the priceless In this beautiful, manuscript are reproduced in facsimilie and explained sensuous book, a in detailed commentary. romance unfolds in poems, prose, B2054. Arteffects by Jean Drysdale and calligraphy. The twelve calligraphic works, drawn Green. 1993. 208pp. 8.25"x11". from the essence of the poems, are displayed full page Paper $29.95. SALE $12.23 and in enlarged details. A wonderful blend of text and A visual sampler, image. Full-color throughout. including step-by-step demonstrations, for experimenting ILLUMINATION & ILLUSTRATION with inks, watercolor, acrylics, oils, pastels, and unusual materials to B3415. Art History: Medieval Art achieve hundreds of different by Marilyn Stokstad. 2009. 3rd ed. effects to use in your paintings. ArtEffects is divided into 256pp. 8.5"x11.5". Paper $29.95. five sections that cover the most-used painting SALE $6.00 mediums: inks, watercolor, acrylics, oils, and pastels. Survey of medieval art, Each section begins with a general discussion of the covering Jewish, Early specific medium’s unique properties, physical makeup, Christian, & Byzantine Art; Islamic and methods of application, followed by a list of various Art; Romanesque Art; Gothic Art materials that can be used in combination with the of the twelfth and thirteenth medium. This is followed by a display of examples (some centuries; and fourteenth century art on Europe. with step-by-step demonstration) of the almost limitless Throughout the text, the visual arts are treated as part of textures and effects you can achieve by combining one a larger world, in which geography, politics, religion, medium with another or with the myriad papers and economics, philosophy, social life, and the other fine arts art-related products on the market today, as well as with are related components of a vibrant and cultural household and other unexpected materials, such as landscape. cornstarch, string, and plastic wrap. Here, you can easily B2980. Fancy Alphabets 2007. find out how a specific medium will perform in 288pp. 6"x 6". Paper $19.95. combination with, for example, sand, gold gouache, or SALE $6.00 acrylic modeling paste, and how that medium can be Over 250 pages of used in airbrush, stenciling, and monoprinting alpabets from the 6th techniques. to the 20th centuries, including B3240. Illuminated Manu- decorated initials, swash & scripts by Tamara Woronowa flourished capitals. A CD with all the images is included. and Andrej Sterligow. 2007. B3390. Renaissance and 255pp. 5.75"x6.25". Paper $14.95. Medieval Costume by Camille SALE $6.00 Bonnard. 2008. 128pp. 8⅜" x 9". A fascinating visual Paper $17.95. Sale $3.99 history of European Displays a detailed manuscript illumination gallery of costumes (AD 700-1546) using 114 page-filling reproductions worn in the eleventh through from manuscripts. In addition there are three details on fifteenth centuries: maidens in the facing page. The text discusses the individual tasseled gowns and elaborate headpieces; jousting manuscripts shown and their part in the history of knights in armor with swords and breastplates; young manuscripts and miniature painting. men in flowing robes and wide-brimmed hats; others on horseback with decorative trappings, and so much more.

10 ❧ email: [email protected] v www.johnnealbooks.com B2598. The Watercolorist’s Typography & Design Essential Notebook by Gordon MacKenzie. 2000. 144pp. B2818. Anatomy of a Typeface 11.25"x8.75". Hardcover $24.95. by Alexander Lawson. 2002. 432pp. SALE 12.50 6"x9". Paper $24.95. Painting with watercolors SALE $14.95 gives you endless Alexandar Lawson was opportunities to create the world one of my type professors you want. You choose whether to let at RIT. He was a seemingly endless the sun blaze or the rain pour, to move a maple tree here store of knowledge on typefaces. or make the trail wind over there, to subdue a hillside This book, written for the lay with quiet greens or make a forest glow with dazzling person, is a great and thorough golds and reds. It’s not only a matter of what to paint, but introduction to type and historical typefaces. Lawson how to go about painting it. explores the vast territory of types, their development and uses, and their antecedents and offspring, with precision, insight, and clarity. Written for the layman but Papercraft containing exhaustive research, drawings, and synopses of typefaces, this book is an essential addition to B3120. Paper Pop Up: 40 Dynamic anyone’s typographic library. It is, as Lawson states, “not Designs for Surprising Cards and written for the printer convinced that there are already Gifts by Dorothy Wood. 2006. too many typefaces, but rather for that curious part of 112pp. 8.25"x10.75". Paper $19.99. the population that believes the opposite; that the SALE $8.95 subtleties of refinement as applies to Roman and cursive The projects are centered letters have yet to be fully investigated and that the on events: Mother’s Day, production of the perfect typeface remains a goal to be Easter, Father’s Day, Weddings, as much desired by present as by future type designers.” Birthdays, Halloween, Christmas. For each of the Anyone aspiring to typographic wisdom should own holidays, the projects have matching color schemes and and treasure this classic. decorative elements. Ingenious elements abound: pop-ups, turning wheels, pull tabs and slider bars, B3075. Notes on Book Design by envelope reveals. Cards open to reveal a blooming Derek Birdsall. 2004. 248pp. 10"x12". bouquet of flowers, a stack of baby building blocks, cars, Hardcover $45.00. clowns, and more. There’s a colorful interactive advent SALE $6.00 calendar, a fun Easter gift box, board books, photo In this practical and frames, scrapbooks, table decorations, party surprises. inspirational book, Step-by-step instructions, tips and templates are leading British book designer provided. Full of charming ideas. Birdsall presents and discusses nearly fifty books, showing 360 spreads and covers B3122. 1000 Handmade ranging from 1960’s Penguin paperback covers to a Greetings: Creative Cards and recent redesign of The Church of England’s book of Clever Correspondence by Common Worship. He discusses and illustrates the Laura McFadden, with Deborah process of book design from brief to deadline, including Baskin. 2009. 320pp. 9"x9". specimen settings of his favorite text faces and an Paper $25.00. SALE $12.23 innovative metric grid system for designing books. A delightful showcase Birdsall’s career spans more than 40 years. of 1,000 hand-crafted greeting cards. Features a wide array of paper craft techniques, including: paper cutting, paper stencils, stamping, punching, stitchery, monoprints, screenprints, paper piecing, and more. This book examines, one at a Bound & Lettered BACK ISSUE SALE time, the three major elements of landscape painting: Save up to $5.50 per issue off the cover price of $8.50. water, sky, and land. You will be encouraged to try Full-color issues are $6.00 each numerous ways of painting each one. Then you can Available: BL11.4, BL11.3, BL11.2, BL11.1, BL10.4, choose the methods that best express how the outdoors BL10.3, BL10.2 speaks to you. Let this reliable collection of tips, Part-color issues are $4.00 each techniques, ideas and lessons be your companion on a Available: BL10.1, BL9.4, BL9.3, BL9.2, BL9.1, BL8.3, sure path to creative fulfillment and better watercolor BL8.2, BL8.1, BL7.4, BL7.3, BL7.2, BL7.1, BL6.4, BL6.3 landscapes. B&W issues are $3.00 each Available: BL5.3, BL5.2, BL4.4, BL4.3, BL4.2, TAB3.1, TAB2.4, TAB2.3, TAB2.2, TAB1.4, TAB1.1 Sale prices good for a limited time only. Quantities are Request a copy of our full 2014 limited for all back issues. Issues will sell out quickly at these prices. (Some back issues are already sold out and catalog or view a PDF copy at are no longer available.) Order early to avoid disappoint- ment. All the available back issues can be found at http://www.johnnealbooks.com/ http://www.johnnealbooks.com/prod_detail_list/105. If the link does not work, go to www.johnnealbooks.com. catalog_request On any page, scroll down to the Bound & Lettered section in the menu column at the left, then click on All Back Issues. toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 11 you or your students have arthritis or joint problems, New and Sale Supplies you may find these thicker pen holders easier to use. Some calligraphers also just like a thicker pen holder. penholders Wood color will vary and there will be some variation in shape. Approx 5" length. $19.95. H106. Artist SALE $16.50 Penholder.

H37. Carol’s Penholder. Carol DuBosch This sleek metal and wood penholder from Germany has designed this simple and inexpensive a tapered metal grip area. Different from the cork penholder. The ingenious design consists of a wooden holders, this taper provides the thinnest diameter close dowel with a small piece of plastic tubing. The tubing to the nib. It also has a three-faceted grip area away from holds the nib snug and provide a nice cushion for your the tip and in the wood, which works if you want to hold fingers. Inexpensive enough to have separate holders your pen more like you might hold a brush. This holder for all your nibs. $1.00 each 6/$.95ea. is longer than most (8") and uses the standard metal nib gripper. Choice of Mahogany or Black. $10.95 each Writing tools Natural H105. Brown Cork Pilot Parallel Pen These new Pilot Parallel Pen versions are created by Black Tip Holder. carefully modifying the original Pilot Parallel Pen. These holders are very similar to the popular Pilot does not warrant them, but of course John Neal Koh-i-noor 127N cork-tip penholder (H38) Books does! and the General Pencil version (H99) that we also sell. FP132. Radius-cut (Other than the logo, I can’t see any difference between Parallel Pen. those and this lower priced version.) Scribes like the A curved comfortable cushion of the cork, and the grip is thicker pen, created than standard wood penholders. Many calligraphers find by a master penmaker. It is free-flowing and smooth- this kind of holder a pleasure to use. Standard metal nib writing like the regular Parallel Pen it is crafted from gripper. From Germany. Choose from three finishes: and provides you with a new writing experience. $17.95 Natural, Brown, Black. $5.50 each. JNB $5.10 each. 3/$4.98 each FP133. Left-Hand Parallel H105-S. Cork Tip Holder Set of 3. Pens. Finally, a One of each color. $16.50. JNB Price $14.94. (The left-oblique Parallel Koh-i-noor cork tip holders are $17.10 for three.) Pen is available! Original Pilot Parallel pens have been ground A multi-colored marble holder is now available. to the proper angle for left-handers. Specify size: 1.5, Silver & Black— 2.4, 3.8, 6.0 mm. $17.95. Gold Multicolor— Introductory Price through Gold & Black— March 31, 2015: $16.95 each Multicolor— FP134. Pilot Parallel Pen H63. Marbled Pen Holder. Beautiful penholders in gold Scroll Cut. A new & black, silver & black, gold with multicolors, and the modified Pilot newest: multi-color (with swirls of red, blue, green, and Parallel Pen that allows yellow). Approx 5/16" diameter at the nib end and 6-7/8" double-stroke or Scroll writing. long. Standard metal nib gripper. $3.49 each. Choose 3.8 or 6.0 mm (entire JNB Price $2.97 each width). Introductory Price through March 31, 2015: $16.95 each Natural Brown See page 37 of the full catalog for more Parallel Pens and Black related items. H104. Standard Pen Holders. These wooden pen- More Writing Tools holders from Germany are the same size as our popular S907. Syringe Mahogany penholders (H62) and the Marbled ones Pen: Offset-tip, above. Approx 5/16" diameter at the nib end and 6-7/8" Short Blunt long. Standard metal nib gripper. The black and brown Needle. Introduced by Massimo Polello at his holders have a slightly textured finish. Choice of three workshops, this large syringe is an easy-to- finishes: Natural, Brown, Black. $3.49ea. JNB $3.19 each use tool for lettering and expressive marks. Protect your H104-S. Set of 3 Standard Holders. One of each finish. work area with plastic or paper (this can get messy) and $10.47. SALE $8.50 have fun with your “Massimo Polello Pen”! Works great H78. Thick with Walnut Ink & Higgins Eternal and with similar Penholder. These free-flowing inks. $2.25 each short, turned 3/$1.95ea 5/$1.75ea 10/$1.65ea hardwood S907-50. Bag of 50. $75.00 penholders have a thicker grip. If 12 ❧ email: [email protected] v www.johnnealbooks.com N202. Angle Ruling Pen. This new ruling FP131. Pilot Varsity pen from Switzerland has two flat . writing edges of different widths, 9/16" and 11/16" (15mm & 18mm). The Brass version has a polished writing edge that glides Has a smooth-writing stainless steel nib and is pre-filled, over the paper. The Aluminum version offers a so it is easy-to-use. Choose from seven vibrant colors. little more resistance, and some people find it (The pens can't be refilled.) Specify: Black, Blue, Red, easier to control. You can switch widths by Green, Pink, Purple, or Turquoise. rolling the pen in your hand. Overall length is $3.33 each. SALE $2.56 each

approximately 8" (20cm). Specify Brass or FP131-S7. Set of 7 Varsity Fountain Pens. Aluminum. $69.00 each $24.38. SALE $17.92 N148. Tim’s Folded Pen. Each Wow! What a great product! The ink colors are intense. N148 one of these pens is a versatile The pens give a very smooth line with absolutely NO skip- marking tool and a beautiful, ping. They are great for travel and for use in sketchbooks handcrafted object. Recycled and notebooks. –Kathy Milici metal cans are cut, hammered, and formed into the folded nib

“dagger” and combined with a turned pointed pen hardwood handle and a bit of Extra smooth pad from Japan thin-walled brass pipe. These are P64. Maruman Mnemosyne truly instruments for expressive Imagination Pad. A4 Size. writing and drawing. The line 8.3"x11.7". 70 sheets. Delightfully width varies with the angle of the smooth paper. Super for pointed pen to the paper. Each one is also pen work. A favorite of Heather a lesson in sustainability. These Held: “I can't recommend it highly were quick sellers at CNW, and enough! Everyone who tries the paper loves it.” She purchasers included both favors the graph pad, which has the graph on one side students and instructors. Click on and is blank on the other. From Japan. Specify: Blank or the pen image at http://www. 5x5mm graph (graph is blank on one side). $15.95 each johnnealbooks.com/prod_de- 2 or more (same or assorted)/$14.95 each tail_list/s?keyword=n148 to see the pens. The drop-down menu N153. Zebra G on the product page shows pens Titanium Nib. that are still available (the others This nib is an upgrade from the Zebra G (steel) nib are sold). $36.00ea. 2/$34.20ea. (N118), which is made of chrome-plated steel. The titanium version is said to have four times the Shown at 50% acual size endurance of the steel version. $4.50 each Tim’s Pens are beautifully crafted writing tools, and the 5/$4.25ea 10/$3.90ea quality of line is outstanding. –Carol DuBosch, Oregon I like my new toy a lot! I never was much interested in MARKERS / GEL PENS folded pens, but now I am. –Thomas Hoyer, Germany Now available in multiple colors! New lower price! M97. Pentel Sign Pen Brush-tip Marker. This pen’s brush-like tip is great for quick, fun writing. Dye-based ink, waterproof when dry. Linda FP135. Namiki Falcon with Copper- Schneider uses it plate Flex Nib. Black resin body, for pointed pen adjusted nib, gift box. $360.00 scripts such as Copperplate and Spencerian. She With precise and skillful recommends this brush marker for writing point pen adjustment, the nib of the script in the many situations where a nib and ink are not Namiki Falcon is transformed. The point practical. This brush is easy-to-carry in purse or pocket, is made finer and the nib is given even and you can get a similar calligraphic line as with a nib. more flex, allowing for lightly stressed Now you can write script anywhere, anytime, anyplace! versions of Copperplate and Spencerian. Choose from 12 colors (NEW colors in bold): Black, While it won’t flex like a Gillott 303, you may find it the Brown, Ochre, Gray, Violet, Blue, Sky Blue, Green, perfect pen for correspondence and some envelope Yellow, Orange, Pink, and Red. $2.99 each addressing. This fountain pen is also great for M97-S12. Set of 12 Pentel Sign Pen Brush-Tip pen-and-ink sketching. Note: Only non-waterproof Markers. One of each color. $35.88. JNB Price $32.23 inks that are made for fountain pens should be used with this fountain pen. Be wary of pigmented inks for fountain pens. toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 13 Seven New Colors! M109. M88. Zig Cocoiro Zig Black Lettering Pen Metallic Calligra- Blue Black (Complete Pen). phy Marker. The same high quality as our other Zig Royal Blue The tip of this new makers, but now in bright metallic Gold and Silver. The Sepia pen is semi-hard markers have 2.0 and 3.5mm tips. Waterproof, archival, and produces looks great on dark paper. $2.78 Rose Pink different widths M109-S6. Zig Metallic Set of 6. One each of Mint Green depending on 6 colors: Gold and Silver plus Red, Blue, Bordeaux pressure and speed Green, and Violet Metallics. $17.68. JNB Price $15.91 of writing. The ink Cobalt Blue refill contains the Cool Gray nib and the pen bodies are inter- Dark Green changeable. See Red sample writing Sunset Orange with this pen linked to the product on the JNB website. These pens were a sellout at the JNB M87. Zig Scroll & Brush store at the IAMPETH convention in Indianapolis. This Markers. One end is a scroll item contains one ink refill matched with one body/cap. tip and the other a brush tip. Choose ink colors: Black, Blue Black, Royal Blue, Sepia, Pigmented ink, acid-free, waterproof. Scroll nib has a Rose Pink, Mint Green, Bordeaux, Cobalt Blue, Cool Gray, total width of approx 4mm. Choose Color: Pure Black, Dark Green, Red, Sunset Orange. $6.50 each Pure Green, Pure Red, Baby Blue, English Lavender, Seven New Colors! Hunter Green, Platinum, Pure Brown, Pure Blue, Pure M89. Zig Pink, Pure Orange, Pure Violet, Pure Yellow, Spring Cocoiro Green, Steel Grey, Summer Sun, Rose. M89 Lettering Pen Refill. The tip of this $2.86 each 4/$2.56ea new pen is semi-hard and produces

Actual Size different widths depending on

pressure and speed of writing. The ink refill contains the M104. Pentel Hybrid Technica Pen. This nib. You can write with just the refill, or purchase the fine tip (metal tip) pen is both lighfast and Cociro body and cap below. These pens were a sellout at waterproof. Available only in black. Choose size: 0.3mm, the JNB store at the IAMPETH convention in Indianapo- 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.6mm. $2.99 each. JNB $2.75 each lis. $3.50 each 6/$3.25ea 12/$3.10ea (same or M104-S3. Pentel Hybrid Technica Set of 4. One of each assorted). size. $11.96. JNB Price $10.93 Ink colors (NEW colors in bold): Black, Blue Black, Royal Blue, Rose Pink, Mint Green, Sepia, Bordeaux, Cobalt Blue, Cool Gray, Dark Green, Red, and M107 Sunset Orange.

M105 Pentel Stylo Pen. Use this plastic- tipped pen for expressive hand-written letters (also M90. Zig Cocoiro Pen Body & Cap. Use these with any sketching and cartooning). The flexible nib creates Cocoiro Lettering Pen Refill (refill not included). Any thicks and thins with pressure. Black, dye-based ink. color body can be joined with any color ink to make M107. Pentel Stylo Pen. $3.49. JNB Price $2.97 each a complete pen. Choose from 16 colors (new colors in M105. Pentel Tradio Stylo. The same great flexible bold): Blue Dusk, Duckegg Blue, Frosty Grey, Green writing tip, but as a refillable pen. $15.30. JNB $9.95 Apple, Kiwi, Lemon, Shell Pink, Sky Blue, Strawberry, M106. Refill for Pentel Tradio Stylo. $3.15. JNB $2.85 Sunflower, Warm Chestnut, Watermelon, Jet Black, Starry Night, Hoarfrost White, and Rose Pink. $3.00 each 6/$2.75 12/$2.60 (same or assorted) M108. Zig M103. Vis-a-Vis Wet Erase Marker. This bullet-tip Gold Wink of Stella marker bleeds amazing colors when spritzed with water. Glitter Brush Pen. Add a The marker is available in a few other colors, but the Silver bit of sparkle to your black is the only one with an interesting bleed. Thanks to Carol DuBosch for sharing this marker with us. Black. Black writing with the new Wink of Stella brush-tip marker. $1.99 each Clear Specify color: Black, Gold, Silver, Clear. $6.49 each

14 ❧ email: [email protected] v www.johnnealbooks.com ILLUMINATION / ILLUSTRATION S929. Ormoline Gilding Medium. An acrylic size fluid enough to use Bridges with a pen. For gilding onto paper or S925. Acrylic parchment. Pink color. Highly Bridge. Rest your recommended by Georgia Angelopoulos hand on for flat gilding. 30ml . $12.95. this sturdy SALE $9.75 bridge as you add S926. Tresser’s Bole Raising detail to your gilding, Preparation. This traditional base lettering, and for raised gilding uses an painting. You avoid smearing of the wet portions or earthy clay instead of smudging when using colored pencils. Bridge measures plaste. Comes in liquid form ready to 3"x12". White is 3/4" high, Clear is 5/8" high. The feet use out of the jar. ½ oz plastic jar. have felt pads attached to the bottom. Made in the U.S. $12.00 Choose from White, Clear. $19.95 each S898. Tresser’s Liquid Gesso. S896. Artist 8 grams. Use this liquid and Illumina- prepared gesso for tor Bridge. manuscript illumination. This Same as above, slaked plaster recipe usen but finely non-poisonous titanium oxide in crafted from cherry wood. Includes an easily applied, place of white lead. Store tightly self-adhesive, thin felt pad if you want a softer surface to sealed in your refrigerator. $15.00 rest your hand. $29.95

Burnishers GUIDELINES, LIGHTBOXES S917. Leather Burnisher S937. SliderWriter Pouch. This Laser Liner. $67.49. handsome, This amazing tool glove leather draw-string bag will pamper eliminates the need to and protect your burnisher. It is made from draw guidelines by the same high leather as our Pen Pouch and is the projecting a line using a perfect size to hold most short-handle burnishers. This low-energy laser. No more erasing pencil lines from handcrafted pouch looks luxurious and feels wonderful! envelopes! Great for those lined or dark envelopes that Approx 8"x2", with drawstring. See our website for color are too opaque to work with a light table. Use the built-in selection. $12.95 ruler on the right or 3/4" guide on the left to easily space your lines – or tape on your own custom guide. Included are two large rubber bands that allow simple placement S194 of vertical margins. Especially useful for dark or lined envelopes that are too opaque to use a lightbox and master guidelines. Note that only one line is projected S615 and will only provide a baseline for your writing. The price includes delivery in the USA (AK, HI, PR). NOTE: The usual shipping fees apply to the rest of your order. This S616 item ships separately from the other items in your order. GL07-S6. Set of 6 Guidelines. A set of six different printed S903 guidelines on a translucent sheet S194. Agate Dogtooth. 5.75". $32.00 (Fine, Medium, Broad, B2, B3, B4). S615. Blunt Point Agate. 5.75". $35.00 8.5"x11". Each guideline sheet has a S616. Flat Agate. 1.5" across. 5.75". $45.00 set of equally spaced lines. Can be S903. Agate Lipstick Burnisher. $45.00 cut to fit in envelopes. $4.95 (This product has changed and is no Gilding Size longer on clear film as described in S928. Water the JNB complete catalog. The price has been lowered.) Gold Size. A traditional size for illumina- tion. Made with natural gums. INK & PAINT Paint over the area to be gilded New Fluorescent Colors from FW Acrylic Ink: with a brush. Allow to dry, which I13. FW Artist may take 10 to 20 minutes. While Acrylic Ink. it is still tacky, apply the gold. If Now available in six the gold size dries out too much, its stickiness can be fluorescent colors: reactivated by breathing directly over the applied size. Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow color. Recommended by Georgia Angelopoulos Pink, Red, and Yellow. $7.25 each and a big hit with her class at Legacies for raised gilding. 15ml (1/2 oz). $14.00 60ml (2 oz). $32.00 toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 15 I133. Golden Fluid I138. Winsor & Newton Bleedproof Acrylic. Highly intense, White. A great choice when you need an permanent acrylic colors with a opaque, bright white ink for calligraphy. consistency similar to heavy cream. It comes as a paste in a jar like Dr. Produced from lightfast pigments, Martin’s Bleed Proof White, but some not dyes, they offer very strong find it less chalky. Use water to get the colors with very thin consistencies. right consistency for writing. 30ml (1 ounce). $7.79 No fillers or extenders are added and the pigment load is S936. FineLine Applicator for comparable to Golden Heavy Body Acrylics. Fluid Golden High Flow Acrylics. This Acrylics are ideal for spraying, brushing, staining, and applicator cap fits directly onto Golden can be mixed with other Golden Products. Dries Fluid Acrylic bottles. The ½" guage waterproof. Used by Yukimi Annand in her workshops. needle (20 gauge) turns your bottle 1oz (30ml) plastic squeeze bottle. Specify Zinc White or of color into a lettering and mark- Carbon Black. $6.59 each making tool. The Acrylic dries in a I37-BRTWHT. raised pattern, leaving a wonderful McCaffery’s Penman’s Ink, texture. (High Flow Acrylic is sold Bright White. The same great separately). $3.99 each McCaffery’s Ink is now available in a pure white. Good for fine hairlines. 1oz glass wide-mouth jar. $7.00 bottles

This is a customer's favorite gold for SCA scrolls. She S915. ½ oz Squeeze bottles. mixes a small amount with water and lets it dry. Then she Set of 3. Includes reconstitutes it when she is ready to use it. 3 different sizes of metal I132. Maimeri Metallic Powder tips: 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 mm. $9.99 Color. Rich Gold. This is gold Nalgene Dropper Bottles. Use these gouache in powdered form. You can use it leak-proof bottles for airtight storage. alone or add it to other water-based inks They allow you to use liquids without and paints. Apply it directly with a damp having to open a jar. Harvest Crittenden uses brush. Or you mix it in a dish with water, let the 2oz size to store and dispense Instacoll. it dry, and then reconstitute it to use with She can decant a bulk container into these brush or metal pen. Unlike Schmincke bottles, and it does not dry out (a problem Trocol powder, this powdered metallic includes sufficient with the wide-mouth containers). Accurately binder and is easy to use. Like W&N Gold Drawing Ink dispenses the liquid one drop at a time. (and Schmincke Trocol powders) this is made from S897-1/2. ½ oz Nalgene Dropper Bottle. $4.50 powdered metals. This gold can be burnished and S897-2. 2oz Nalgene Dropper Bottle. $4.50 patterns can be embossed with a pointed agate You can also now purchase Instacoll already in the 2oz burnisher. For permanent work, use a clear media to size (see item code S892). seal. List $16.99. SALE $9.99 I136-S. dinky dips Golden High Flow Acrylics Set of 10. Now a small dinky dip with a secure lid. Calligraphers are giving S934. this new line of liquid Screw- acrylics high marks for Top Small Dinky use in pen or brush. It is Dip. These mini densely pigmented and flows well. It has an ink-like allow you consistency that works for fine lines and broad strokes. to see your nib as (Scribes who use the Golden version have said it is much you dip into the ink, better than Liquitex Liquid Acrylics!) Recommended for allowing you to markers and air brush and techniques such as staining easily control the depth. They are especially well-suited effects, leveling colors, and mixed media. This set of 10 for pointed pen. Each has four plastic vials, four contains the following colors: Hansa Yellow Medium, screw-tops, and an unfinished wooden base. The Nickel Azo Gold, Naphthol Red Light, Quin. Magenta, screw-tops seal the vials tight for transporting or storage Ultramarine, Phthalo Blue, Phthalo Green, Burnt Sienna, (you should keep the filled vials upright). Vial inside Carbon Black, and Titanium White. $54.99. SALE $52.24 dimensions: approximately 14mm dia. x 20mm high. (These are larger than the vials for our regular small I54. Blots . This Dinky Dip, now called “Flip-Top Small Dinky Dip.”) hard-to-find Iron Gall ink is Choose your base shape: Rectangle 1"x4", Square available again. 1oz Glass Jar. $7.00 2.75"x2.75". $4.50 each Blots is the most traditional and S935. Screw-Top Small Dinky Dip Refills. oldest formula for Iron Gall ink still Packet of 8 vials. $3.95 being made commercially, albeit the most acidic. It’s derived from S853. Jumbo Dinky Dip. Similar to the Screw-Top the 1540 Palatino formula. The Small Dinky Dip above, but with four larger screw-top viscosity is perfect. If you want to pull the hairlines and jars (1/2 oz) and a larger unfinished wooden base. shades of the old-timers, Blots is the way to go in my Jar inside dimensions: approximately 28mm dia. x experience. – Nick D'Aquanno 25mm high. Choose your base shape: Jumbo Rectangle 1.5"x6.5", Jumbo Square 3.5"x3.5". $5.95 each S856. Jumbo Dinky Dip Refills. Plastic, ½ oz. 16 ❧ email: [email protected] of 8. $5.95 v www.johnnealbooks.com brushes A soft carrying case for protecting the Artograph LightPad from damage during storage and travel. S911. LightPad Storage/ Carrying Bag. This durable case with 5 external pockets is great BR54. Loew-Cornell Brush 7100. Chisel for transporting edge bristles (golden taklon synthetic). Short your Lightpad and its handle. For use with watercolor or acrylics. John Stevens accessories: a portable recommends this one-stroke brush as a good substitute battery, PadPucks, and for the Rekab sable brush (chisel-edged, round ferrule) other tools. There are two that he uses for brush lettering. This one has longer slots inside that allow you to carry up to two LightPads. fibers like the Rekab, but has a flat ferrule. Black, with the colorful Artograph logo. There are three Two sizes: ½". $10.99 1". $20.99 different bags, sized for LightPad dimensions. Choose (The Loew-Cornell Brush looks like a Winsor & Newton the bag for the 6"x9" LightPad, the 9"x12" Lightpad, or 995 brush, but with much longer bristles.) the 12"x17" LightPad (there is not a bag for the largest size LightPad). Sale pricing good through 3/31/15. 6"x9". $35.99. SALE $18.00. Save 50% waterbrushes 9"x12". $42.99. SALE $34.39. Save 20% FP93-S. Pentel 12"x17". $59.99. SALE $30.00. Save 50% Waterbrush Set of 3. PadPucks for slanting the LightPad Same excellent S910. PadPucks. 4-pack. nylon brush as Use these the Pentel Colorbrush. to create a Large barrel. Fill barrel slanted LightPad surface. with water or waterbase They are simple, quick, media: ink, watercolor or and easy to use, both gouaches. Designed so individually or stacked to provide more slant. From that it won’t roll off your table. Includes the 3 most Artograph. $19.95 popular sizes: Fine (10mm), Medium (13mm) and Large (18mm). $19.47. JNB $14.93 An external battery pack for the LightPad FP93. Pentel Water Brush. Individual brushes. S909. LightPad Portable Specify size: Fine, Medium, Large, Mini (13mm brush, Battery Pack. Take your small barrel). $6.49 each LightPad anywhere with this long-life lithium-ion portable battery. This LIGHTPAD AND ACCESSORIES compact battery will S762. Artograph Light power any size LightPad (for 3 to 10 hours, depending Pad. Slim, lightweight on model). Rechargeable (up to 1000 charges) and and brightly lit with features a power level meter that shows charge status. cool LED technology, The convenient USB port works for charging any 5v USB this light box is truly por device, including cell phones. Includes Power supply and table. Provides you with up LightPad cable. From Artograph. $79.95 to 30,000 hours of maintenance-free creative brilliance. The sleek design has a metal frame and fully flat top surface. Comes with a soft protective Lettercarving sleeve. Sizes are illumination area. SALE: All Chisels, including the set, 10% off the 6"x9". $104.99. SALE $92.00 prices below, through March 31, 2015. 9"x12". $157.00. SALE $130.00 S799. Univers ** 12"x17". $259.99. SALE $230.00 Lettercarving 17"x24". $364.00. SALE $325.00 Chisels. Hard & tough S939. Wafer carbide. Recommend- Lightbox. Similar ed by Tom Perkins for to the his letter carving Arto- workshop at Cheerio. graph Lightpad, For slate and other but even thinner stone. Specify size: – the Wafer 4mm, $34.95; Lightbox is only 5mm, $36.95; 3/8" thick. The lighted area measures a full 9"x12" or 6mm, $37.95; 11"x17", with the frame the same level as the lighted 7mm, $38.95; 8mm, $39.95; 10mm, $40.95; surface. The top and left side edges of the frame have a 12mm, $43.50; 15mm, $45.50; 18mm, $46.95; built-in ruler marked in both inches and centimeters. 20mm, $46.95. The Wafer’s LED illumination is dimmable, provides an S799-S7. Univers Lettercarving Chisel Set. Set of 7 even spread of light from edge to edge, and is very low chisels: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, & 20mm plus a scribe. With a heat. Uses an AC adaptor (included). From Daylight. soft canvas tool roll for easy and safe storage. $249.00. Choose from two sizes: ($224.10 at 10% off) 9" x 12" lighted area (total size 10.5" x 14"). $149.99 11" x 17 lighted area (total size 14" x 19"). $249.99 toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 17 bins, pouches, roll-ups on the SHIPPING ADDRESS page. The free P103 will not be reflected on your cart but will be adjusted once the S942: Small Leather order is processed. Please pay using a credit card; if you Pencil/Pen Pouch. pay online with PayPal, you will be charged for the P103. This small We can’t adjust PayPal payments because PayPal pouch is processes the payments immediately. made of a very soft black leather. The pouch is 7.5" long with a cylindrical shape. Large enough to hold about 16 P72. Gilbert Bond pens or markers; can also hold a penholder and small Graph Practice bottle of ink. Zips closed. $12.95 Pad. 24lb, 25% cotton, 11"x17", 50 sheets. $12.95 S941: Leather Pencil/Pen The highly recommended and Case. This case very popular Gilbert Bond pad is made from a is now available with our light soft leather and will hold blue grid (8 sq per inch). A up to 72 pens/pencils/ great pad for broad-edged pen practice. Has a nice tooth markers/holders. Double and holds good hairlines. Acid-free. Blank Gilbert Pads zippers allow easy access follow. to your tools. Choose Color: Black or Antique Brown. $41.95. JNB Price $31.50 GILBERT 25% Cotton Practice Pad. 24lb. A great pad for broad-edged pen practice. Has S943. Niji Roll Up a nice tooth and holds good hairlines. Acid-free. Highly Pen recommended by Peter Thornton. Pouch. P70. 11" x 17". Approx. 50 shts. $12.95. JNB $11.95 This durable P69. 8.5" x 11". Approx. 100 shts. $12.95. JNB $10.95 water-resistant P69-REAM. 8.5"x11". 500 shts. $42.95. JNB $39.95 canvas pouch will hold 36 pens, pencils, markers, brushes, and similar items. The strap to secure the roll Calligraphers in Portland [Oregon] have been using up uses a snap closure. Measures 19" long and 7.75" Gilbert Bond for years and years and LOVE it totally. My wide. $5.20 students and I have decided that “we are worth it” and use Gilbert for practice. We think using a better paper makes S876. ArtBin our calligraphy practice seem more important (and Brush Storage practice is so important!). I thoroughly recommend the Box. paper; it would be hard to recommend Gilbert Bond too Use highly! – Carol DuBosch this to protect delicate and Good Drawing Paper. This inexpensive valuable brushes drawing paper is great with calligraphy ink from damage and other liquid media. There is no feathering or during storage or transit. The foam inserts hold your bleeding – even with Noodler's . brushes in place and the vented sides allow to the It works well for paste paper too. Available in packs brushes to dry. Holds up to 20 short handle brushes! of 100 sheets. 14"x6"x1.25". $17.99. JNB Price $14.95 PA06. 9"x12". 100 sheets. $9.95 PS06. 18"x24". 100 sheets. $35.00 paper P103. Pack of Pad Paper Samples. $3.00 OTHER SUPPLIES Try a sample of 8 different types of papers, great for all S908. Envelope Drying Rack. levels of calligraphy. One page each from the following This wood drying pads: rack is compact and P21. Light Grid JNB: Best for work for reproductions. has 12 evenly spaced slits to P21. Dark Grid JNB: Best for student use in classrooms. hold envelopes or place cards. P01. Copperplate Grid: Light blue with slant lines. Holds 6 or 12 items (depending P10. Boris Layout: Popular for beginning classes and for on size): use every other slit for copperplate for reproduction. larger items, every slit for P32. Canson Pro-Layout Marker: Black guidelines under smaller ones. Unfinished white the sheet are easily seen even without a light table. pine. 4" x 9" x ¾". Higher quality than the Boris. Highly recommended. $8.95 each. 2/$7.95 each P39. CottonComp: Takes ink without bleeding or feather- ing. A step up from the regular Marker Layout. A Sheila S933. Milan Sphere Waters favorite. Pencil Sharpener. P36. Clairefontaine Triomphe: Extra white, super smooth. 23lb vellum finish paper. P64 Maruman Mnemosyne Imagination Blank Pad: This 2-hole sharpener Delightfully smooth paper. Super for pointed pen work. from Spain is a A favorite of Heather Held. comfortable spherical Teachers, you may add the sample pack above (P103) to shape. Gives a nice sharp point. Assorted colors. $4.49. your order at no charge. If you order online, type: “Free SALE $3.43 P103 for Teachers” in the SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS field

18 ❧ email: [email protected] v www.johnnealbooks.com S912. Twist Portable Lamp.

White. This lamp folds for compact storage and travel (13.5" tall, 2.86lb). The light head twists to provide bright, strain-free, full-spectrum illumination where you need it. The 13W fluorescent lamp provides the brightness of a 200W incandescent bulb (1850 lux at 12"), without the heat. Through its special technology, the light is quiet and flicker-free. For use, plug it into a regular outlet. From daylight. $89.99. SALE $62.99 through 3/31/15. Save 30%!

Calligraphic Apron. Protect your clothes JOHN in style with this new apron with a design by John Stevens. STEVENS These Dark Navy aprons have three roomy front pockets and Calligraphy, an adjustable neck strap. They Letter Art, Design are full-length (33"L x 20") and made of 8-ounce, 65/35 poly/ B2982. Scribe: Artist cotton twill. of the Written Word APR37. Namaste: The Light by John Stevens. 2013. 264 pp. in Me Honors the Light in 8.5" x 11.25". Hardcover $49.95 You . Designed by John Stevens with white (Namaste) and a A profusely illustrated, full- bright limey green (The Light color retrospective of John in Me…). Stevens’ work with letterforms. $20.00 each Includes calligraphy and lettering – artworks, personal work, experimental work, commissioned work – as well as graphic work and type design. His body of work spans paper to stone, books to walls, hand-lettering to type and the digital realm. In the text, John presents his approach to a design or work and his thoughts on letterforms, and continues with a discussion on tools, teaching, design, and writing in general. Using his body of work as example, he makes the case that barriers between fine arts and graphic arts are mostly irrelevant. toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.johnnealbooks.com ❧ 19 Announcing!

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