The Art of Letter Carving in Stone - Tom Perkins

Bound, cloth with original dustjacket, 192pp., 22.5x28.5cm., richly illustr. in col., in very good condition. (dustjacket with traces of use and a small tear, book itself very good). ISBN 9781861268792.
Wilshire Crowood Press 2007
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. Topics covered include the development of twentieth-century letter carving; detailed instruction for V-incising the key strokes of letters; drawing a range of alphabets for use in letter carving; making inscriptions, gilding and painting letters and finally, designing headstones and plaques, house names and poetry texts. [The art of letter carving in stone.]