When you're worn out, flip through and find a few smiles - seals, pagodas, antique maps, the old Chevy... and about 13,996 more.

Still in print since 2001! Don't Miss This One!

IGNORE THE TITLE!! These are great alphabets! Our most popular book at the Letters California Style in February!

Great fun for calligraphers of all experience levels and anyone who just wants to play with letters PLUS you’ll find a few rarely seen hands. Regular price $19.99. SALE PRICE $11.95!

To be released summer 2009. This book completes Brenda Casey Zoby's trilogy on calligraphic numerals. It showcases historic and inventive styles, techniques with brush and pen, and many artists not represented in the earlier books. You'll also find help for dealing with fractions, ordinal numbers, and Roman numerals. Contributors include Marsha Brady, Larry Brady, Denis Brown, Michael Clark, Georgia Deaver, Eliza Holliday, Jean Larcher, Judy Melvin, Brody Neuenschwander, Charles Pearce and John Stevens. Reserve your copy now, we will mail then in summer 2009.

By Peter Holliday. Teacher and philosopher Edward Johnson (1872-1944) was a man of letters - master calligrapher, typeface designer and creator of the lettering for the London Underground. We are still profoundly influenced by his ideas on calligraphy and lettering; he is credited with the revivial of western calligraphy. Johnston's students at the Central School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London took his ideas and views to their classes and students. This detailed book by art and design historian Peter Holliday looks afresh at Johnston's work and legacy, considering his friendships, philosophy, the people he worked with and the influence he had on them and others. Co-published by the British Library and Oak Knoll Press. 8.5"x11", 412pp., hb.

Available in January 2009. Reserve your copy now!

Combine your love of quilting & paper art with its 25 projects made by a talented group of designers. Integrate traditional quilt block designs, appliqué & photos into greeting cards, scrapbook pages & collages. A basic section explains adhering paper pieces, painting background surfaces, adding stamps & stencils, embellishing with beads and more! Fun! 8.5”x10”, 128 color pgs., pb.

A New Gem for Alphabet Book Collectors!

Thirty modern alphabet designs for a wide range of events from formal italic for traditional weddings to spooky lettering for Halloween invitations.

Use scissors, paper, glue and this wide variety of patterns to create delicate borders and  flowery frames. Lots of ideas for holiday and everyday cards shown with a sprinkling of lovely hand lettering. 128 color pages, 8.5”x10”, pb.

Incredibly simple technique to emboss covers!

Inspired and inspiring. Remarkable photography & instruction for simple bindings and then more interesting structures: flag, tunnel, carousel, and flip books.  I was most intrigued by the decoration of covers with surface sculpting, embossing, debossing – simple and very dramatic possibilities. The final 16 pages feature books by “state of the art” bookmakers whose books push the boundaries of the definition of a book, play with light and shadow. For beginners through advanced bookmakers. 8.5”x10”, 128 pp., pb.

Designed to inspire brides, you may find ideas here to offer brides. Projects like a memory scrapbook, table lanterns and a fishbowl of wishes as well as invitations are illustrated with how-to photos. Gallery of design ideas. 8.5”x10”, 96 pp., hb.

Great lessons and interesting projects for anyone beginning with watercolor AND a remarkable price!

The young author/artist clearly takes us through beginning techniques such as basic & controlled washes, adding detail, spattering, masking and on to the next level- creating depth in a painting with a wash, using warm tones, cool tones. His focus on realism without becoming too wrapped up in minor detail is a helpful one for anyone getting started. Very fine gallery of finished work. 8.5”x10”, 128 pp., pb

Journals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant & reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. Fascinating, eye-catching, absorbing; a rich & massive assembly of color, texture, graphics and musing to inspire and fascinate. 9”x 9”, 320 pp., pb.

The Art of the Saint John's Bible: A Reader's Guide to Wisdom Books and Prophets by Susan Sink. Susan Sink again takes us into the artistic thought process that created the visual presentations for the SJ texts - this time for the Wisdom Books and the Prophets. Lavishing equal attention of the Biblical passages and the artistic vision of The Saint John's Bible, this guide is offered to enhance your experience and reflection. 6" x 9", 128 pp., pb.

Passion for the Pen: the Art of Georgina Artigas with free set of 6 cards. 

A Passion for the Pen:  The Art of Georgina Artigas. Edited by Brenda Casey Zoby. A treasure trove celebrating Georgina Artigas’ 50+ year career of beautiful writing with both pointed and broad edge pen. Sixty pages of illuminated resolutions, elaborate invitations and logos from this accomplished graduate of the Zanerian College of Penmanship, 10 year employee of Ames & Rollison, and designer for New York Life, The Pulitzer Prize Board, Princeton University and the Dreyfus Fund, to name only a few of her clients. A wonderful tribute to an artist who has spent her life doing what she loves, feeling all the while “like I’m dancing with the pen”. Of special interest to pointed pen calligraphers. 8 1/2" x 11," 64 pages, 40 color plates, pb

Bright, joyful, exciting!

Make your day and thrill a lucky friend with the gift of one of these happy cards. After giving cardmaking basics, Sandi teaches four simple pop-ups, eight accordion pop-ups, three 3D cards with dangling Christmas trees, ducks & tags; six “assembly required” cards (some that double as books or centerpieces) and four animated cards including a Jacob’s ladder money magic card. 8.5”x10”, 128 color pages, hb.

500 books from the hands of  378 artists!

Colossal collection representing the unlimited creative possiblities of the book form capturing the range of the craft today. Single sheet bindings, collage, flip, pop-up, classic, wood, acrylic, leather, letterpress, calligraphic, painterly, sculptural books and more.

A must have for book makers and enthusiasts of all kinds.  

Full color 8"x8", 419 pp., pb.  

Vol. 29/3. Lorraine Swerdloff, editor.

Relax, Play with Color, Stay Small....

Artist and teacher Mari offers great encouragement and inspiration for creating an enjoyable and creative travel journal. Wonderful section on combining sketches with words. Each double page spread is packed with colorful examples. 11"x8.5" horizontal format, full color. 100 pp., pb.

Removable color swatches and large pages make this a practical and stimulating resource packed with color advice. Includes metallic colors; useful for your graphic work and anywhere choosing color makes a difference. 11.25”x8.75”, 224 pp., pb

Recently reprinted; a favorite from our 2007 catalog. It's back!  

Most extensive book I've seen on creating metallic effects using bronze (Schmincke TroCol) and pearlized powders (PearlEx) and metallic paint and inks, texture gels, lustre powders, varnishes and waxes. Lavish illustrations and step-by step insturctions for using these dazzling materials. 8.5"x11", 112 pp., hb.

Recommended to us by Marcy Wegiel, this is a treasure trove of invitations, announcements, place settings and menus that graced presidential worlds from Washington thru Lincoln, McKinley and Roosevelt and on to the Kennedy, Clinton and Bush eras. Landau’s text is a rich social history of personalities and events complementing this fascinating tour of hand lettering, engraving and graphic design styles –particularly irresistible to pointed pen & engrossing fans. You’ll find an 1892 hand-drawn & lettered engrossed invitation prepared by Tiffany’s James Parsons, many glorious variations of formal pointed pen hands and elaborate art deco lettering. Hard to put this one down!  9.5”x12”, 294 pp., hb.

Letters: The Hows & Whys and What We Do & How I Do It.

In this little book, master lettering artist Michael Clark takes us inside his head, sharing his thoughts about 60 projects done with broad & pointed pens, brushes & ruling pens.  Enjoy some of the most inventive contemporary lettering anywhere along with Michael’s process. 60 pp., 4.5” x 7”, pb. See www.paperinkarts.com - Guild publications for several great Scripsit issues that Michael created.

Wow! Lisa's colorful and amazing work and a unique array of alphabets. Alphabets, collage, working on fabric and lots more.

Lisa presents her dynamic lettering with a unique array of alphabet instruction (formal and innovative) with broad edge pens, pointed pens and brushes. As she says in her introduction, her intention is to present lettering and how to do it but, more importantly, the book is about mark making and being true to your own spontaneous and free expression. Start anywhere in this book and teach yourself a hand  (Italic, copperplate, monoline, Gothic –formal and innovative), play with letters, work on fabric, flourish and add sparkly things, explore mixed media, just have fun with lettering and see what happens. Sprinkled throughout, you’ll find exciting examples from the hands of Barbara Close, Linda Hirsh, Denis Brown, Glen Epstein, Carol Rohrs, Peter Thornton and of course, Lisa herself. Highly recommended! Hardcover with lay flat, inside spiral, 160 pp., 9”x11”.

20% off the original price of $26.99, now $21.60

The Artist’s Muse: Unlock the Door to Your Creativity by Betsy Dillard Stroud. For fans of Art Escapes! With a focus on painting this book & card kit offers lavish examples, advice and suggestions for creative use of your experience & inner awareness. Lots of suggestions for themes, shapes, line, symbols and transformation. Travel artistic pathways you’ve left unrevealed, untried. Stroud is also the author of Painting from the Inside Out. 9.75” x 8.5” case, 93 pp. pb book & 3 card sets.

We are pleased to offer long awaited course book originally published as articles in Letter Arts Review.  A color gallery of Sheila's work is the icing on the cake, completing this instruction book from this internationally known master scribe and teacher.

By Carol Donasky. 35 pages with full color, step-by-step instructions for 29 great new designs. Includes a mitten card, a bat card, a pumpkin card, party hat, Mexican hat, chili pepper, cardinal, Christmas stocking, graduation card and lots more! 8.5"x11"; 35 pp., pb..

Each of these two books is 8.5”x11”, 34 pp., pb. Full color.

Tea-Bag Sampler: 30+ Fantastic Folds. Use real tea bags wrappers, 1” or 2” origami paper or the papers in the book below to make the wonderful stars, flowers and love knots. These clever, easy to make forms will make “knock their socks off” cards, books and photo frames. Four tea bag paper designs are included for you to cut and use. A creative Dutch woman invented tea bag folding using simple origami folds when she needed a birthday card after shops had closed!

Italic Instruction AND writing on fabric!

Join Jacqueline as she demonstrates her amazing metallic collage techniques. Clear explanations of Golden acrylic mediums plus layering tissue, cheesecloth and aluminum for marvelous results. Great reinforcement of techniques Jacqueline teaches in her workshops with calligraphers & other adventurous artists. 1 hr 41 min workshop plus gallery.