letter carving books

[Janet Marano <janet@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>]

  Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale by David
Goberman. 2000.

Great black & white photos of grave stones with detail shots of both
lettering and decorative carving. Includes both incised and raised letters.
Stones date from the 1700's through the late 1800's. All are Hebrew
letters, both incised and raised. Introductory essays on Jewish Gravestones
and on Jewish Life in Eastern Europe.

  Kindersley at Addenbrooke's Hospital.

Letters for the Millenium: Why We Cut Letters in Stone. By Emma Lloyd-Jones
and Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley.  1999.

For those wanting a piece cut in stone, this is a good introduction to the
process and how the letter cutters will interact with you from concept to
fixing the finished piece in position. It is a portfolio of work from the
Kindersley Cardozo Studio. 98 illustrations, many in full color.

  Letters Slate Cut Workshop Practice and the Shaping of Letters by David
Kindersley and Lida Lopes Cardozo. Second Edition. 1990.

A practical instructional manual plus a gallery of 57 of David Kindersley
and Lida Lopes Cardozo's letter carvings. A "sequel" to the original 1981
edition. Thirty of the pieces in the gallery were not in the earlier edition.

Letter Cutting in Stone by Richard Grasby. Revised ed. 2002. 160pp.  A
practical manual on cutting letters in stone. Highly recommended for beginners.

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