Calligraphy Masterclass: A Complete Guide with Ten Stylish Projects [Spiral-bound]

Mary Noble (Author), Rachel Yallop (Author), Eleanor Van Zandt (Author)

Book Description

Series: Masterclass | Publication Date: April 1, 2000

A popular, enjoyable craft that has endless applications is easily learned by beginner or intermediate students who follow the clear lessons packaged with this gift set that contains all essential materials for mastering calligraphy. The instruction book covers basic techniques, from working with square-edged pens to making your own writing tools. Examples of graceful alphabets are shown, and step-by-step projects give readers many ideas for putting their new-found skills to practical use—on invitations, announcements, awards, and to adorn numerous gift items. Materials, visible through a die-cut oval in the package cover, include a folder filled with templates.

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About the Author

Eleanor Van Zandt is an American writer and editor specializing in arts and crafts. She lives in London.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 48 pages
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823056279
• ISBN-13: 978-0823056279
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 7.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,448,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but..., July 24, 2001

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Mauricio D. Aroldi "bibliofilo" (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calligraphy Masterclass: A Complete Guide with Ten Stylish Projects (Spiral-bound)

I can't say that's not a nice book: good examples and very nice works, a careful edition. But the subtitle Masterclass is not true. I bought expecting an advanced guide for my projects and what I found was beginer's lessons. But what really made me happy was the material (that was not even cited when I bought), very good pens,ink(for fountain pen, that's not included...) and a gold foil. The other problem is that there's almost any instructions about the material, especially the bamboo pen shaping.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible -- Buy "The Complete Calligraphy Set" instead, August 2, 2003

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"ssavage34" (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calligraphy Masterclass: A Complete Guide with Ten Stylish Projects (Spiral-bound)

This set is just terrible. The box has the lie that this set includes everything you need. In fact, it contains no calligraphy ink, and the ink that is in the box is packaged in fountain pen cartridges. That there is no fountain pen in the bos makes this fact is bizare. Moreover, the text book is useless.

BUY READER'S DIGEST'S "THE COMPLETE CALLIGRAPHY SET" INSTEAD. It is an excellent work, does have everything you need, and has much more information in the text book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible misleading book, December 30, 2002

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GatoRat (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calligraphy Masterclass: A Complete Guide with Ten Stylish Projects (Spiral-bound)

My wife received this as a Christms gift. We were both confused as to the mish-mash of materials and instructions provided, especially since on the cover it states "A Complete Guide to Calligraphy with Ten Stylish Projects" and on the back is assures the buyer that the kit comes with "everything you will need...." Not only is everything NOT included, the instructions themselves are sparse and very badly written. It reminds me of a Mad Magazine take on "how to draw comics" where the first few panels show blobs and the last a finished, highly detailed piece.

Other examples of bad writing: while a few pages show the angle to use from above, none show the elevation. Most amazingly, in several places and projects, the author shows a few letters from the example stylized scripts, she doesn't show the entire alphabet.