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MATERIAL SOURCES

Where To Find the Hard To Find
Links Updated 1/21/2002


This list has been developed to aid you in finding the things needed for your best calligraphic efforts and period information. Entrants in Arts and Science competitions would explain in their documentation that genuine supplies, such as period pigments, inks and vellums or parchments, were unavailable to them because they simply didn't know where to get them.

An interesting outcome to this search is the information concerning gold leaf. It is available from many sources in the same amounts and grades, priced very differently. It pays to comparison shop for these supplies!

The following publishers are noted for the number of books on calligraphy and illumination that they have published in the past. Sources for bookbinding supplies and info are included in this listing.

Good hunting.

PUBLISHING HOUSES

George Braziller, Inc.
171 Madison Ave. br> New York, NY 10016
(212) 889-0909
Distributed by W.W. Norton
W.W. Norton

Thames and Hudson
500 5th Ave.
New York, NY 10110
(212) 354-3763
Thames and Hudson

Watson-Guptill Publications
1695 Oak St.
Lakewood, NJ
P.O. Box 2013
(908) 363-5679
Watson-Guptill

Dover Publications, Inc.
31 E. 2nd St.
Mineola, NY 11501
(516) 294-7000
Dover

Oregon Historical Society
(Source for Secreta, a book on gold leaf.)
POC: Claudia or Virginia
1200 S.W. Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205-2483
(503) 222-1741
Oregon Historical Society

Rizzoli International Publications
300 Park Ave. S.
New York, NY
(212) 387-3400
Rizzoli has a store at 57th Street, Manhattan
(212) 759-2424
Distributed by St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press

Stemmer House, Inc.
2627 Caves Rd.
Owings Mills, MD 21117
Stemmer House

CALLIGRAPHY SUPPLIES

The Calligraphy Shoppe
P.O. Box 715
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
Phone: (813) 726-1945
FAX (813) 725-5260

Calpen
176 W. Jaxine Drive
Altadena, CA 91001

Edwards Foil Graphics
P.O. Box 2113
San Gabriel, CA 91778-2113
(760) 243-9147
or call Margurite Edwards at (626) 285-6702

Twinrocker Handmade Paper
P.O. Box 413
Brookston, IN 47923
(317) 563-3119
Twinrocker's

The Bookbinder's Warehouse
31 Division St.
Keyport, NJ 07735-1522
(908) 264-0306
FAX (908) 264-8266
Bookbinder's



Dick Blick Art Supplies
Dick blick has 33 stores strung from PA to NV
DB's catalog costs $4, refunded with the first purchase
P.O. Box 1267
Galesburg, IL 61401
Ordering 1-800-447-8192
Customer service 1-800-723-2787
Prod. Info 1-800-933-2542
Dick Blick's

Rotring Art Pens (available from Pendragon)
Koh-I-Nor Inc.
100 North St.
Bloomsbury, NJ 08804
(800) 877-3165
About Pens

BookMakers
Supplies for Book Arts
6701 B Lafayette Ave
Riverdale, MD 20737
(301) 927-7787 Bookmakers

Art Essentials of New York
Technical Books and Video Library
3 Cross St.
Suffern, NY 10901
(800) 283-5323
From Canada (416) 787-7331
see The Publishers Yellow Pages - Binding Supplies
Art Essentials

John Neal Book Seller
A great collection of books on art history and technique
especially calligraphy and illumination
1833 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
(910) 272-7604
John Neal Book Seller

Kremer Pigments
Raw Materials for Fine Arts
228 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10012
(800) 995-5501
Kremer

Daniel Smith Art Supplies
4150 First Ave.
Seattle, WA 98124-5508
(800) 426-6740
If you don't have a Daniel Smith Catalog, get one!
It's one the best catalogs of any kind on any subject.
It ranks up there with a Stueben Glass catalog.
Daniel Smith

Paper and Ink Books
15309A Sixes Bridge Rd.
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
(301) 447-6487
800-736-7772
Paper and Ink Books

Colophone Books
3611 Ryan Street S.E.
Lacey, WA. 98503
(360)-459-2940
Colophon Books

The only place for vellum

Rick Cavasin
email: cav@storm.ca
68 Lightfoot Place
Kanata, ON K2L 3L9 CANADA
Rick's Page

PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS

Letter Arts Review
1624 24th Ave. SW
Norman, OK 73072
Subscription $42/year
Karyn Lynn Gilman
(405)364-8794
Letter Art's Review

Bookways
A Quarterly for the Book Arts
1906 Miriam Ave.
Austin, TX 78722
(512) 478-7414
FAX (512) 478-5508
$46.00/year, $56.00 in Canada

Journal of Calligraphic Arts
Mail to:
Center for the Caligraphic Arts
PO Box 8005
Wichita, KS 67208-1919
Subscriptions: $21.00/yr, US and Canada (US Currency)

Pendragon
Unfortunately, Out of Businees
Alternate Link for Burnishers to Appear Soon!

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