The first picture shows the finished piece in the garden setting of a small church in Essex, England, the next the bench being assembled. Stainless steel rods support the seat.
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Detail of lettering
This shows an inscription hand carved into Caithness sandstone. This material looks like slate but is in fact a sandstone from Scotland. It produces a very fine letter.
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Love is the whole
Red sandstone with copper leaf, patinated to go light blue.
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Favourite typefaces
Eric Gill designed the Gill sans serif face. No, that is not my favourite. But I do love his Perpetua face. He also designed one called Joanna, named, I think, after one of his daughter’s.
I’m also mad about Baskerville, named after an 18th century British printer from Birmingham called, you’ve guessed it, John Baskerville.
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- Top ten typefaces of the 2000s (kottke.org)
This shows work in progress on a stone I made for Eton College in the UK. I have now created a page mainly for pictures. There’s a link to it above. As time goes on this new page will expand…
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About me
My name is John Pitt. I live on the eastern seaboard of Australia in a tiny town called Terranora. I am British by birth and learnt lettercarving in the UK from a number of masters.
I have been a lettercarver, on and off, for about 20 years and been commissioned by architects, public institutions and individuals. But there is always something new to learn, to discover.
I also write.
Years ago I ran a private press, The Beeches Press, and published a few books letterpress, using a Monotype keyboard and caster and a Western proofing press.
None of them remain in print!
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Stone lettering
What’s that? This blog will answer that question. Come with me on a journey into hand-carved lettering on stone.
