Watch Mrs. Collins’s 2014 TypeCon presentation on the language of calling cards, Codes and Cards: Symbology from Victorian-era to Mid-20th Century Calling Cards. The first 10 minutes are a bit slow going with loads of calling card visuals, context, history, etiquette, behavior and use. Then the it revs-up to a spectacular (and funny) ending. Though…
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Monograms: Your Very Own Custom, Hand Drawn Personal Logo Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10am-noon at Gallier Historic House in New Orleans French Quarter: Experience the classic process of creating a custom monogram through an immersion in vintage lettering styles, monograms, crests, seals, calling cards, and more. In this hands-on class examples of vintage monograms, lettering…
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Last Wednesday, October 21st, 2015, stationer extraordinaire gave an artist talk at The Southern Letterpress talking about color matching systems used in various industries such as the graphic arts, product design, textile and fashion design, and automotive. Based around Exhibition: Color Matching Systems shown from Sept 12 through October 24, Mrs. Collins discussed with students,…
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The 2015 AIGA National Conference is in New Orleans this year and your favorite stationer, Nancy Sharon Collins, is very involved! Wed. 10/7 @ 3pm Monogram Class at Gallier Historic House, sorry its sold out. Thur. 10/8 @ 9am, 10:30am, 12:30pm Law and Lawless at Williams Research Center, sorry its sold out. Through 10/24, Exhibition:…
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The Southern Letterpress 3700 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117 This exhibit demonstrates the process of color design for graphic arts and marketing applications before desktop publishing. In 2000, for the pitch of a high-end perfume packaging campaign, designer Nancy Sharon Collins designed a palette of colors which were then made into ink and printed on onionskin paper. Fifteen…
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