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sharikkamur brought this book to the scribing class at the Mynydd Gwyn revel this weekend. It's a companion volume to David Harris' very useful Calligrapher's bible which I now recommend regularly.
Illuminated Letters: a treasury of decorative calligraphy
I've now ordered a copy (Abebooks, hurrah) because it has great illustrations of how to paint, which to a novice illuminator is very useful. Really good how-to books are hard to find.
In related book news - it's time for a purge of the bookshelves. In the past week I've knocked a laptop and a set of speakers off their precarious perches of books and bookshelves. Our hardware cannot put up with too much abuse, and I think the clutter is part of the problem. (That, and the complete lack of modern wiring in the flat, necessitating stupid arrangements of power bars.)
Noone ever wants to part with books; but I feel better knowing they're going into hands of folks who will get more joy and use of them than I have, because in some cases they'll actually read them.
I don't apply the 'if I haven't used it in 2 years it goes to charity' criteria to books, the way I do with clothes...but I might try the 'if I haven't cracked it open in five years, maybe I can find a friend for it'.
The sore part is letting go of rare/out of print things, things that I carefully sought out on purpose to further my research interests. Who's to say when the mighty Romanesque art bug might strike again? or the need for a more complete knitting library. But as the books pile higher and higher on top of the shelves (there being no room left on the shelves) I have to be more ruthless, or else even our flat, with its generous-for-London storage space, will be swamped.
sharikkamur brought this book to the scribing class at the Mynydd Gwyn revel this weekend. It's a companion volume to David Harris' very useful Calligrapher's bible which I now recommend regularly.Illuminated Letters: a treasury of decorative calligraphy
I've now ordered a copy (Abebooks, hurrah) because it has great illustrations of how to paint, which to a novice illuminator is very useful. Really good how-to books are hard to find.
In related book news - it's time for a purge of the bookshelves. In the past week I've knocked a laptop and a set of speakers off their precarious perches of books and bookshelves. Our hardware cannot put up with too much abuse, and I think the clutter is part of the problem. (That, and the complete lack of modern wiring in the flat, necessitating stupid arrangements of power bars.)
Noone ever wants to part with books; but I feel better knowing they're going into hands of folks who will get more joy and use of them than I have, because in some cases they'll actually read them.
I don't apply the 'if I haven't used it in 2 years it goes to charity' criteria to books, the way I do with clothes...but I might try the 'if I haven't cracked it open in five years, maybe I can find a friend for it'.
The sore part is letting go of rare/out of print things, things that I carefully sought out on purpose to further my research interests. Who's to say when the mighty Romanesque art bug might strike again? or the need for a more complete knitting library. But as the books pile higher and higher on top of the shelves (there being no room left on the shelves) I have to be more ruthless, or else even our flat, with its generous-for-London storage space, will be swamped.
