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The A to Zig Calligraphy Book is a small 22 page book showing you how to produce a stylish Italic Alphabet with your Zig Calligraphy Pens. The guide shows you how to produce a capital and lower case letters.
The second section shows examples of work using Zig Pens. The final section shows you how to blend colours and flourish letters.
We have added two more nibs to our range of Leonardt Drawing and Mapping nibs.Leonardt 801 Mapping Nib
Mapping / Drawing nib without collar. Excellent for outlining, tendrils and filigree illumination. Flexible nib. Bronze finish.Leonardt Lithographic Nib
Extra fine nib with very rigid point. Ideal for drawing and detailed work.Visit Leonardt Drawing and Mapping Nibs
We are now stocking the range of Leonardt General Nibs.Leonardt Ball Point Nib
Ball pointed general purpose writing nib.Leonardt Point Pen Nib
Decorative fine point nib.Leonardt Copying Nib
Flexible nib for general writing and drawing use.Leonardt School Nib
General purpose writing nib.Leonardt General Drawing Nib
Extra fine general purpose drawing and writing nib.Leonardt General Handwriting Nib
General handwriting nib.Visit Leonardt General Nibs
Manuscript Masterclass Calligraphy Set consists of:2 Manuscript Fountain Pens4 Calligraphy Nib Sections (Medium, 2B, 4B, Scroll 6)12 Cartridges in Assorted ColoursSmall Practice Pad3 Ruled Guideline SheetsLetter by Letter Introductory Booklet
Unfortunately it is only available with sqaure cut nibs for right-handed calligraphers
We have created a new section for children. In the Kids Calligraphy section you will find pencils, felt tips, paints and children’s calligraphy sets.We are currently stocking 3 children’s calligraphy sets:The Calligraphix Letters Set includes:4 colour calligraphy markers3 calligraphy instruction leaflets4 project idea sheetscards and tracing paper
Follow the directions on the practice booklets, learn to produce wonderful letters and fabulous borders designs.Experiment with the calligraphy markers to create your own styles.The other 2 sets are smaller. Both sets include:2 calligraphy markers1 calligraphy instruction sheet1 project idea sheet
Kids Calligraphy Sets
The William Mitchell Round Hand Nibs are amongst the most popular edged nibs used by calligraphers. But the nib sizes are not so popular. Unlike the Brause Bandzug nibs and others, they do not have any measurements to indicate their size in millimetres. Instead they are assigned a number. Size ’0′ is the largest and size ’6′ the smallest. Even this is confusing as size 6 sounds like it should be larger than the size 0. It’s a shame the numbers on the William Mitchell (and Leonardt Round Hand nibs) do not relate to their actual width.Below is a chart giving the size of each nib in millimetres. These sizes are also the same for the Leonardt Round Hand Nibs
| Nib Size | mm | Inches |
| 0 | 3.7 | 5/32 |
| 1 | 3.0 | 1/8 |
| 1.5 | 2.4 | 3/32 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 5/64 |
| 2.5 | 1.5 | 1/16 |
| 3 | 1.2 | 3/64 |
| 3.5 | 1.0 | 3/64* |
| 4 | 0.8 | 1/32 |
| 5 | 0.6 | 1/32* |
| 6 | 0.5 | 1/64 |
* Inch sizes have been rounded and shown as fractions of an Inch rather than a decimal value. This rounding has given the anomaly of some nibs being the same size.Accurately ruling-up some of the smaller nibs sizes can be very tricky. For example, 5 nib widths of a Number 6 nib is 2.5mm or 3/32”. This problem resulted in the development of the X-Height Measuring Discs
Gilders Mops are used for brushing up skewings (loose pieces of leaf). The loose gold can be swept onto a sheet of paper and then tipped in to a plastic pot.They are also used for applying gelatine size when glass gilding and burnishing leaf or metallic powder, when gilding relief surfaces/dusting on metallic powder to gold size.
Gilders Mop size 2
Gilders Mop size 4Visit our Gilders Equipment section
