tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69921089928419623532024-03-13T12:43:22.976-05:00hand engraved stationeryYour Resource Guide for American Commercial Engraving, Monograms and Social StationeryAbout the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-45972512437454892792021-08-11T07:21:00.013-05:002023-06-20T08:55:38.633-05:00<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Please visit the author’s regular website at:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://nancysharoncollinsstationer.com">nancysharoncollinsstationer.com</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cjTjtBZZ2T0/YRPB4BXQ2jI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/B0MMg2KIZf8teYqnLnzBGofOFTnZfdkiQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1158/SteelDie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cjTjtBZZ2T0/YRPB4BXQ2jI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/B0MMg2KIZf8teYqnLnzBGofOFTnZfdkiQCLcBGAsYHQ/w318-h320/SteelDie.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span><br /></h2>About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-56193066933753456032017-10-23T18:35:00.000-05:002017-10-23T18:35:07.787-05:00Hand Engraved Social Stationery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The above example is an extreme example of one of Nancy Sharon Collins’s personal ciphers. More commonly, monograms are called ciphers.<br />
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A true monogram is a design made up of letters in which no one letter can be removed without the entire design falling apart.<br />
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<br />About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-71261430052285100242016-10-02T12:13:00.005-05:002016-10-02T12:15:07.380-05:00Client Loyalty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this third of the 10 part mini-video series Nancy Sharon Collins, stationer extraordinaire, offers an example of <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/3-nancy-says-clients-loyal/" target="_blank">why her clients are loyal</a>.<br />
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In 2001 she was featured on the Martha Stewart Living show that landed one of her earliest and most faithful clients.<br />
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This series was directed by Lizzy Marietta, videographer by Danilo Skeen, and the music compose by Peter J. Bowling.About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-14065775389177985222016-09-14T15:07:00.002-05:002016-09-14T15:07:41.423-05:00The Importance of Custom Monograms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this second of 10 mini-videos, "<a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/2-nancy-says-importance-bespoke-monograms/" target="_blank"><u><i>Nancy Says"</i></u></a>, Nancy Sharon Collins says that she thinks custom monograms are important and that they hold a direct relationship to graphic design<br /><br />About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-85410838405817001572016-09-14T15:04:00.001-05:002016-09-14T15:08:04.387-05:00Fall Monogram & Letter Writing Classes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/fall-classes-2016/" target="_blank">Monogram and Letter Writing classes</a> given by Nancy Sharon Collins:<br />
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<li> 10/1/16 Monogram Class, 10am-noon, New Orleans</li>
<li> 11/3/16 Letter Writing Class, 6-8pm, Charleston, SC</li>
<li> 11/12/16 Letter Writing Class, 10am-noon, New Orleans.</li>
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About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-20541458158896802762016-06-20T12:14:00.002-05:002016-06-20T12:14:58.106-05:00Departures Features Hand Engraved Monograms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.departures.com/lifestyle/home-design/best-stationery-shops-and-designers/4" target="_blank">Departures</a> features hand engraved monograms, here’s a quote...</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> ‘In order to create her breathtaking bespoke ciphers—a combination of letters woven into a personal mark—Nancy Sharon Collins begins with a consultation, either in her by-appointment New Orleans studio or remotely. “It’s something between going to a shrink and to an architect,” she says. Ultimately, the process yields a custom emblem designed to last a lifetime.’</span></i></div>
About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-60201586761352195122016-06-13T10:31:00.001-05:002016-06-13T13:05:18.839-05:00Engraved Stationery and ColorHand engraved stationery presents unique printing issues when working with color papers and inks. This is why Nancy Sharon Collins recently authored three articles published in PRINT magazine about dealing with color reproduction. The series presents a brief punch list of best practices, for clients, printers and designers, when dealing with color on press. It also discusses differences, and challenges, of evaluating color on the screens of our devices versus literally going on press with the printer to watch what happens with ink paper in real time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Example of hand engraved social stationery photographed and used in advertisements and on the internet. <b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-size: 12px;">©</b><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12px;"> 2016<a href="http://www.printmag.com/color/color-matching-systems-clients-on-screen/" target="_blank"> </a></span><a href="http://www.printmag.com/color/color-matching-systems-clients-on-screen/" target="_blank">Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer</a>.</td></tr>
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<li>The <a href="http://www.printmag.com/color/visual-culture-color-matching-systems/" target="_blank">first article</a> introduces the notion of color matching systems for print, specifically for one-color jobs in low-tech processes such as stationery engraving. This article goes into the history of color matching systems, too.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.printmag.com/color/color-matching-systems-best-practices/" target="_blank">second article</a> talks about color responsibility and explains some of the best practices summed up in the final article... </li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.printmag.com/color/color-matching-systems-clients-on-screen/" target="_blank">final article</a> elaborates best practices and lists them. These include discussing your print job with (depending upon who you are) the printer, designer, and or client. Sharing expectations with each other, sharing printing specifications, and going on press.</li>
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About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-80310817917227302132016-05-22T11:14:00.003-05:002016-05-22T11:38:50.582-05:00Archived Articles<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand engraved “Thank You” cards by Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer.</td></tr>
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Looking back through the online archives of magazine and pop culture coverage, Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer maintains an even presence in the venerable world of hand engraved stationery.<br />
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This fantastic article by Lynn Yeager in Travel & Leisure, and other <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/archived-articles/" target="_blank">archived articles</a> demonstrate.<br />
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Mrs. Collins continues to be the subject of popular culture as this list of magazine articles attest:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/town-country-feature/" target="_blank">April 2016 Town & Country</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/martha-stewart-wedding-covers-nancy-sharon-collins/" target="_blank">Winter 2016 Martha Stewart Wedding</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/onion-skin-in-garden-gun-magazine/" target="_blank">January 2016/December 2015 Garden & Gun</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/hand-engraved-stationery-in-veranda/" target="_blank">October 2015 Veranda</a></li>
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Additionally, Mrs. Collins is not shy about penning her own well earned wisdom regarding all matters having to do with printing ink on paper. Here are some articles authored by Nancy Sharon Collins recently for PRINT | HOW magazines, stalwart chroniclers of design culture:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/the-visual-culture-of-color/" target="_blank">The Visual Culture of Color</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/color-matching-systems-ii/" target="_blank">Culture Matching Systems II</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/how-magazine/" target="_blank">What Not to do in Your Own Self Promotion</a></li>
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About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-552680351433201872016-05-14T11:27:00.002-05:002016-05-14T11:28:33.006-05:00Letter Writing ClassJoin <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/517-1816-letter-writing-classes/" target="_blank">Nancy Sharon Collins</a> and other letter writing and paper experts Tuesday-Wednesday, May 17-18 with Switzerland County Historic Society Conservator’s Holiday on the picturesque banks of the Ohio River in Historic Vevay Indiana.<br />
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During this year’s annual Conservator’s Holiday, Mrs. Collins’s will provide the ever popular “How to Write a Letter” workshop, the notorious “Mrs. Collins Regrets”, and the infamous Calling Card presentation originally given in 2014. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot now by contacting the Director, Martha Bladen, for your reservation, directions, and further information: 812-427-3560.About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-21313813467971232002016-04-23T10:19:00.003-05:002016-05-14T11:35:02.859-05:005/7/16 Monogram Class<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/upcoming-monogram-letter-writing-classes/" target="_blank">Saturday, May 7</a> at Gallier Historic house in New Orleans French Quarter, experience how monograms are hand drawn then walk away with your very own pencil sketch of it (that you yourself have drawn!)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">In this hands-on class examples of vintage monograms, lettering styles and engraving will be on display–students will learn to make new symbols, traditional monograms, and letterforms using these historic pieces as inspiration. By tracing, combining then retracing existing forms, new, totally original designs, monograms and letterforms will be created.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">For anyone tech-curious or savvy: The class will discuss bringing sketches into digital format, vector (Adobe Illustrator) versus Photoshop (raster) will be compared. Additionally…the super secret special “Ah Ha!” moment Illustrator trick will be revealed whereby an actual monogram can be digitally rendered in 10-15 minutes (no kidding!).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">This class focuses on drawing with pencil on paper. Additionally, no contemporary class would be complete without touching on digital applications, but the majority of our time will be hand drawing. A direct link to register can be found <a href="https://www.blogger.com/For%20anyone%20tech-curious%20or%20savvy:%20The%20class%20will%20discuss%20bringing%20sketches%20into%20digital%20format,%20vector%20(Adobe%20Illustrator)%20versus%20Photoshop%20(raster)%20will%20be%20compared.%20Additionally%E2%80%A6the%20super%20secret%20special%20%E2%80%9CAh%20Ha!%E2%80%9D%20moment%20Illustrator%20trick%20will%20be%20revealed%20whereby%20an%20actual%20monogram%20can%20be%20digitally%20rendered%20in%2010-15%20minutes%20(no%20kidding!).%20%20This%20class%20focuses%20on%20drawing%20with%20pencil%20on%20paper.%20Additionally,%20no%20contemporary%20class%20would%20be%20complete%20without%20touching%20on%20digital%20applications,%20but%20the%20majority%20of%20our%20time%20will%20be%20hand%20drawing.%20%20Members%20of%20this%20class%20will%20not%20only%20take%20home%20their%20very%20own,%20custom,%20monogram%20sketch,%20%20they%20will%20learn%20where%20to%20get%202%20FREE%20digital%20fonts%20created%20from%20old%20engraver%E2%80%99s%20lettering%20styles%20created%20by%20Monotype%20(the%20largest,%20oldest%20font%20development%20company%20in%20the%20world)%20that%20were%20.%20Bring%20your%20laptop!%20Or%20come%20without%20one,%20either%20way%20it%20will%20be%20engaging,%20educational,%20and%20fun." target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Members of this class will not only take home their very own, custom, monogram sketch, they will learn where to get 2 FREE digital fonts created from old engraver’s lettering styles created by Monotype (the largest, oldest font development company in the world) that were.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Bring your laptop! Or come without one, either way it will be engaging, educational, and fun. </span></span></span></div>
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Color is integral to printing and thinking about visual culture. But how does it work? <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/the-visual-culture-of-color/" target="_blank">Read the first</a> in this three part series about color in PRINT|HOW by Nancy Sharon Collins, stationer extraordinaire.About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-73185313550170258302016-03-05T13:59:00.001-06:002016-03-05T13:59:43.680-06:00Town & Country Features Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer<a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/" target="_blank">Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer</a>’s onion skin letter papers are featured in April <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/town-country-feature/" target="_blank">Town & Country</a> magazine (page 80).<br />
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Once the paper of choice for discerning letter writers, statesmen, and socialites, onion skin stationery is less than half the thickness of regular computer paper and just a tad heavier than tissue.<br />
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True onion skin has not been manufactured in this country for approximately 40 years. Lucky for well-healed letter writers that Mrs. Collins had the foresight to purchase and store thousands of white, water blue, canary yellow, and orange sheets and is once again creating gossamer stationery for contemporary use.<br />
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In this luxury line, each envelope is made by hand and fully-lined in the European tradition. Because of its cotton rag content, onion skin is magnificent when hand engraved, and especially suited to bespoke hand engraved monograms (for which Mrs. Collins is so well known!)<br />
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Contact Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer directly for details about creating onion skin stationery of your own hand engraved with a couture (bespoke) monogram. And if your in a hurry <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/shop/onion-skin-notes/" target="_blank">purchase</a> our packet of 5 folded onion skin notes and matching, completely hand made envelopes.About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-70338367598456459942016-01-03T14:35:00.002-06:002016-01-03T14:35:35.336-06:00Martha Stewart Wedding covers Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer LLC<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Featured now, page 230, gossamer translucent engraved onion skin wedding invitation by <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/martha-stewart-wedding-covers-nancy-sharon-collins/" target="_blank">Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer</a> LLC.<br />
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The invitations or 280 GSM, 100% cotton rag card stock, hand ordered, as are the cotton content onionskin overlays. Matching envelopes are hand lined in delicate pale gray tissue paper. Engraved onion skin is available only at Nancy Sharon Collins, StationerAbout the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-91065698190885107772016-01-03T14:26:00.001-06:002016-01-03T14:27:15.824-06:00Onion skin in Garden and Gun<img border="0" height="440" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WgRiII76YYE/VomC8RdaYmI/AAAAAAAAAN4/9p-alSOnxB8/s640/Garden%2526Gun-pg58II.jpg" width="640" /><a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/onion-skin-in-garden-gun-magazine/" target="_blank">Winter 2015 Garden & Gun magazine features onion skin stationery by Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer.</a><br />
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Turn to page 58 for a look at <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/onion-skin-in-garden-gun-magazine/" target="_blank">Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer LLC</a> hand engraved monogram on our very proprietary onion skin letter papers.<br />
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Not only is the monogram first drawn by hand (with a real pencil a real paper), it is then engraved—by hand—onto a half inch thick steel die. After this, a 2-hour “make-ready” is required on the engraving press. Each incredibly delicate sheet of onion skin is placed in the press—one by one—individually and by hand.<br />
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Needless to say…this process is not for the faint of heart. The results, however, are absolutely unique and astoundingly beautiful.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/shop/onion-skin-notes/" target="_blank">Available now</a> is a hand made Packette of 5 onion skin envelopes and matching , french-folded sheets exclusively available here! (Monogram and engraving additional.)About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-42167976877768684102015-09-01T18:13:00.002-05:002015-09-01T18:13:54.048-05:00Veranda Covers Hand Engraved Stationery!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i>"The not-quite-lost art of engraved stationery…A custom monogram by Nancy Sharon Collins is a thing of beauty.Hand engraved on whisper-thin stock like onionskin (the preferred medium for letter writers Ernest Hemingway and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis), it says so much more than any e-mail, text, or emoji ever could—and it never loses its charge.”</i>—<a href="http://“Well-Mannered The not-quite-lost art of engraved stationery…A custom monogram by Nancy Sharon Collins is a thing of beauty.Hand engraved on whisper-thin stock like onionskin (the preferred medium for letter writers Ernest Hemmingway and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis), it says so much more than any e-mail, text, or emoji ever could—and it never loses its charge.”" target="_blank">Veranda</a> Magazine, October 2015, page 76.About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-77081808390280440892015-07-14T10:20:00.004-05:002015-07-14T10:21:51.300-05:00Nancy Sharon Collins, hand engraved social stationer, on NPR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The new, improved website about <a href="http://www.nancysharoncollinsstationer.com/" target="_blank">bespoke hand engraved social stationery!</a>About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-59968615746751368972013-10-13T14:55:00.002-05:002013-10-13T14:55:40.124-05:00The Beauty of Engraving"A gallery of <a href="http://thebeautyofengraving.com/" target="_blank">exquisite engraving</a> brought to you by Neenah Paper" and Crane & Co.<br />
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“Everybody loves letters. To be fair, most people love letters the way they love air—as something completely taken for granted yet absolutely necessary for getting through the day (or even through the next five minutes, as our obsessive device use would imply). But self-proclaimed typography nerds are burgeoning, and while digital fonts are well and good, the printed word is still—is increasingly—the ultimate form of lexical expression for connoisseurs. Spend just a bit of time poking through shops in Brooklyn, for example, and you are practically guaranteed sightings of some witty and truly wonderful letterpress. There is another level of beautiful, handcrafted lettering, though, that gets far less attention. In Nancy Sharon Collins’ paper “<a href="http://intellectquarterly.com/2013/05/09/engraver-communicator-of-content/" target="_blank">Engraver, communicator of content</a>” she looks at the under-appreciated significance of engraved lettering within the history of typography.”<span class="s1"> —</span><span class="s2">Posted on <a href="http://intellectquarterly.com/2013/05/09/engraver-communicator-of-content/"><span class="s3">May 9, 2013</span></a> by <a href="http://intellectquarterly.com/author/intellectbooks/"><span class="s3">INTELLECTBOOKS</span></a></span></div>
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<a href="http://intellectquarterly.com/2013/05/09/engraver-communicator-of-content/">Intellect Quarterly</a> covers <i>Engraver, communicator of content</i>.About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-7774858880858582272013-02-12T13:53:00.002-06:002013-05-10T10:05:34.308-05:0012/18/12: The Complete Engraver in Baltimore<div id="pageHeaderWrapper">
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December 18, 2012, The Society for History and Graphics (SHAG) in Baltimore, Maryland, hosts <i><a href="http://www.gardendistrictbookshop.com/content/complete-engraver-monograms-crests-ciphers-seals-and-etiquette-social-stationery">The Complete Engraver</a></i> at <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:_BJ8YlA5MiIJ:museums.jhu.edu/_media/uploads/shag-pstr-engrave-6.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgLo_XMV2H5cqic6knj_XuDMU1BAhkg25sZCzkAPqvQPc6gFJJonsoKM7aMPVu9SQqWPyxysdQHHnLTJMte95mMo1o8ZL9il1Vy9A5HfropRXpai9QAOEX7LKvJwQOCVlRS7Shc&sig=AHIEtbSr1oSCKI8Jdn5vg6dURyxQ0Hf-5w">Homewood Museum</a>, part of the Johns Hopkins Museum campus.</div>
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About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-54348955104127310052012-10-19T13:01:00.003-05:002013-02-12T13:38:10.956-06:00Engraving Demos and Book Signing New Orleans 10/20/12<br />
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Saturday, October 20, between noon and 3pm, the <a href="http://www.hgghh.org/education/adult-programs/the-complete-engraver/" target="_blank">Hermann-Grima Historic House</a> in New Orlean's French Quarter is hosting engraving demonstrations and a book signing for <i><a href="http://www.gardendistrictbookshop.com/content/complete-engraver-monograms-crests-ciphers-seals-and-etiquette-social-stationery" target="_blank">The Complete Engraver</a></i> by author <a href="http://dougandgene.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-complete-engraver-lady-by-jeff-mckay.html" target="_blank">Nancy Sharon Collins</a>.</div>
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Demonstrations of real, hand engraving will be by <a href="http://www.mysticbluesigns.com/" target="_blank">Yvette Rutledge and Vince Mitchell</a>, and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/JEMengraving" target="_blank">Emily DeLorge</a>.</div>
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Its casual, free and kid friendly!</div>
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Hermann-Grima Historic House</div>
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820 Saint Louis Street</div>
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New Orleans, Louisiana</div>
About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-69227013798526266472012-08-25T08:02:00.001-05:002013-02-12T13:30:35.997-06:00The Complete Engraver Book Tour Goes Viral<br />
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Nancy Sharon Collins is taking <i><a href="http://www.gardendistrictbookshop.com/content/complete-engraver-monograms-crests-ciphers-seals-and-etiquette-social-stationery" target="_blank">The Complete Engraver</a></i> on the road, as a book tour.</div>
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<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1872144378/engraving-for-nerds-the-book-tour" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Support</span></a> her efforts to get the word out about stationery engraving.</div>
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A fantastic article was just posted on <a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/the-complete-engraver/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> website (though its written as if both MOMA and Clinique are active clients of Mrs. Collins—which they are not—correction forthcoming... ).</div>
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<a href="http://blog.fonts.com/2012/07/24/the-complete-engraver/" target="_blank">FREE</a> fonts were developed by <a href="http://blog.fonts.com/2012/08/23/type-designer-qa-terrance-weinzierl/" target="_blank">Terrance Weinzierl</a>, Monotype Imaging, from antique engraver's lettering styles just for the project. (The photo on top shows <a href="http://typeterrance.com/" target="_blank">Terrance</a> holding an engraved trade card advertising the fonts. It was engraved by <a href="http://hartengraving.com/" target="_blank">Hart Engraving</a> in Milwaukee, and numbered individually in New Orleans on a Heidelberg letterpress).</div>
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About the Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10755175183849020478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992108992841962353.post-21006133642754014292012-07-03T11:02:00.004-05:002013-02-12T13:35:54.304-06:00Hear Ye, Hear Ye, The Complete Engraver Finally in Print!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>The Complete Engraver: A Guide to Monograms, Crests, Ciphers, Seals, and the Etiquette and History of Social Stationery</i> published by <a href="http://www.papress.com/" target="_blank">Princeton Architectural Press</a> in September, 2012 and is now selling at <a href="http://www.gardendistrictbookshop.com/content/complete-engraver-monograms-crests-ciphers-seals-and-etiquette-social-stationery" target="_blank">Garden District Books</a> in New Orleans, and at a book seller near you.<br />
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FREE, in conjunction with the launch, download two fonts—<a href="http://www.fonts.com/font/monotype-imaging/jmc-engraver" target="_blank">JMC Engraver</a> and <a href="http://www.fonts.com/font/monotype-imaging/feldman-engraver" target="_blank">Feldman Engraver</a>—developed for the book by <a href="http://typeterrance.com/projects/fonts-for-the-complete-engraver-book/" target="_blank">Terrance Weinzierl</a> and Steve Matteson, Monotype Imaging, based on original engraver’s lettering styles. <br />
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Research for the book was been presented at the 2012 <a href="http://typeamericana.svcseattle.com/?p=640" target="_blank">Type Americana conference</a> in Seattle, and will be at the <a href="http://www.typecon.com/program" target="_blank">Typecon</a> conference in Milwaukee (August) and the <a href="http://www.printinghistory.org/programs/conference.php" target="_blank">American Printing History Association</a> conference in Chicago (October). Here are some sample spreads:<br />
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“This is for those who love everything fine.” —<a href="http://www.bantjes.com/" target="_blank">Marian Bantjes</a><br />
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“As we praise high-resolution screens, we notice that sharpness is not a virtue in itself. Digital is cold. We can swipe a screen, but we cannot feel it.<br />
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This book rediscovers the art of engraving, which makes us appreciate paper as the three-dimensional object that it is. … Digital may rule, but analog is far from dead.” —<a href="http://spiekermann.com/" target="_blank">Erik Spiekermann</a><br />
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“If typography has a poet laureate, Collins may well be it.”—<a href="http://designobserver.com/author.html?author=397" target="_blank">Jessica Helfand</a><br />
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“This billet-doux to the elegant and sensual art of engraving is a must for anyone interested in the lost art of fine printing, design, and graciousness.” —<a href="http://www.louisefili.com/" target="_blank">Louise Fili</a><br />
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“I’m hopeful that, with this book, young designers will be inspired to create contemporary applications for engraving in contemporary graphic design.” —<a href="http://www.cgpartnersllc.com/about/people/key-people/steff-geissbuhler/" target="_blank">Steff Geissbuhler</a><br />
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