Johannes Itten as his colour theories in the Art of Color is one of the key influences in my ideas about colour. In fact I would say he is my grand master as Itten is a colour genius. As a student we had his Elements of color as a text …
Well yesterday we ended up going out to lunch. Since it is Jerry’s birthday on Monday I wanted to buy him a really nice fountain pen and since things like pens are so personal I wanted him to choose it. We made an afternoon of it and took in a …
The pigments used to illustrate seven Gutenberg Bibles have been identified by British researchers. Since the bibles are around 600 years old these findings will inform curators as to how best to approach preservation.
Godey’s Lady’s Book was a popular book produced for women in19th century America. It contained articles, poetry, and fashion illustrations. These illustrations are charming and of interest to anyone interested in costuming but I like the instructions on how to make various needlework items. There is also a second site …
I noticed that Meggiecat posted this link to a number of Rare Books on Calligraphy and Penmanship . Each is available in pdf format for download. Anyone interested in calligraphy will find these classics interesting so don’t miss them.
I received an email this morning from Candida, giving me the heads up on a link found via Meggiecat . I love the net and blogs when stuff like this happens so thanks to both I found out that Lambert’s Hand-book of needlework published in 1842. At 290 pages I …
Project Gutenburg has another Needlework book. Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in 1870 by the English firm Ward, Lock and Tyler. There are tatting, crochet, knitting, lace and embroidery patterns contained it. The printer is running hot as I print out the embroidery section as I hope to …
