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In this age of emails, texts, and instant messages, receiving a letter has become a rare treat. Once an integral part of social life, the use of engraved stationery has become a lost art.
In The Complete Engraver, New Orleans author Nancy Sharon Collins [ blog ] brings this venerable craft to life-from the history and etiquette of engraved social stationery in America to its revival and promise of new visual possibilities.
Preorder on Amazon and also receive 2 complete engraver-inspired typeface sets.
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Nancy Sharon Collins is a typographer and metal engraver currently living and working in New Orleans. You can view more of her work and thoughts on her blog.
She currently has a show of collected rare local metal engravings up at Mystic Blue Signs, during normal business hours.
above: Mrs. Nancy’s Rules for Social Engagement
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An Engraving Workshop by Nancy Sharon Collins will be held on Friday, March 18 at 6:00pm, Loyola University in Media Room 1 in the Monroe Library for a moderately small fee.
