Alice
A Survey of Her Calligraphy
Published on 23. March 2017
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-56792-600-2 (ISBN)
Description
The art of Alice Koeth, known professionally as Alice, one of the world's most respected calligraphers.
In a career spanning more than sixty years, Alice's artistry exemplifies taste, technique, wit, and her own unique graphic style. A keen understanding of craft, respect for tools, and interest in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy.
Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs, this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems. From Alice's own personal archives, this book contains not only her mature work, but also early works from the 1950's, as well as sketches and preliminary layouts, which offer a rare glimpse into her working process.
In a career spanning more than sixty years, Alice's artistry exemplifies taste, technique, wit, and her own unique graphic style. A keen understanding of craft, respect for tools, and interest in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy.
Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs, this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems. From Alice's own personal archives, this book contains not only her mature work, but also early works from the 1950's, as well as sketches and preliminary layouts, which offer a rare glimpse into her working process.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lincoln
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 294 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-56792-600-2 (9781567926002)
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Jerry Kelly is a calligrapher, book designer, and type designer; his work has been honored more than thirty times for the AIGA "Fifty Books of the Year." In 2015 he was presented with the 28th Goudy Award from RIT.
Before starting his own design business in 1998, Kelly was Vice President of The Stinehour Press, preceded by a decade as designer at A. Colish. Kelly has taught typography at Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design in New York. Kelly has served as Chairman of the American Printing History Association, President of The Typophiles, and has written several books on calligraphy and typography, most recently Type Revivals.
Donald Jackson is the official scribe and calligrapher to the Crown Office of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He is also artistic director of The Saint John's Bible, a hand-written and illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine monastery of Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Before starting his own design business in 1998, Kelly was Vice President of The Stinehour Press, preceded by a decade as designer at A. Colish. Kelly has taught typography at Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design in New York. Kelly has served as Chairman of the American Printing History Association, President of The Typophiles, and has written several books on calligraphy and typography, most recently Type Revivals.
Donald Jackson is the official scribe and calligrapher to the Crown Office of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He is also artistic director of The Saint John's Bible, a hand-written and illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine monastery of Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.