Chip Chip... Fraktur / Marble. #Lettercutting
October 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Chip Chip... Fraktur / Marble. #Lettercutting
With over 50 years of experience, Nicholas has plenty of stories to share – from the art and craft of letter-cutting to the people, projects and unexpected challenges that have shaped his career.
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Letter Exchange
Letter Exchange is a society founded in 1988 for professionals involved in the lettering arts, from calligraphy and lettercutting through design for print, type and book design to architectural letter...
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November 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
With over 50 years of experience, Nicholas has plenty of stories to share – from the art and craft of letter-cutting to the people, projects and unexpected challenges that have shaped his career.
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Nicholas Sloan – Half a century with hammer and chisel.
Our next Letter Exchange lecture welcomes letter-cutter and graphic designer Nicholas Sloan, who will reflect on more than 50 years working with letters.
#lettercutting #stonecarving #lettering #typography #lecture #london #uk #LetterExchange
Our next Letter Exchange lecture welcomes letter-cutter and graphic designer Nicholas Sloan, who will reflect on more than 50 years working with letters.
#lettercutting #stonecarving #lettering #typography #lecture #london #uk #LetterExchange
October 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Nicholas Sloan – Half a century with hammer and chisel.
Our next Letter Exchange lecture welcomes letter-cutter and graphic designer Nicholas Sloan, who will reflect on more than 50 years working with letters.
#lettercutting #stonecarving #lettering #typography #lecture #london #uk #LetterExchange
Our next Letter Exchange lecture welcomes letter-cutter and graphic designer Nicholas Sloan, who will reflect on more than 50 years working with letters.
#lettercutting #stonecarving #lettering #typography #lecture #london #uk #LetterExchange
"Hør du Rafn hvad jeg si ger dig, kanst du iche føre Runer med dig"
Listen Raven, can you not bring the runes with you?
Lines from the Song "Raven brings runes"
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#Lettercutting
#Runes
#YoungerFuthark
Listen Raven, can you not bring the runes with you?
Lines from the Song "Raven brings runes"
youtu.be/x9ARv49nJ68?...
#Lettercutting
#Runes
#YoungerFuthark
October 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
"Hør du Rafn hvad jeg si ger dig, kanst du iche føre Runer med dig"
Listen Raven, can you not bring the runes with you?
Lines from the Song "Raven brings runes"
youtu.be/x9ARv49nJ68?...
#Lettercutting
#Runes
#YoungerFuthark
Listen Raven, can you not bring the runes with you?
Lines from the Song "Raven brings runes"
youtu.be/x9ARv49nJ68?...
#Lettercutting
#Runes
#YoungerFuthark
An evening of craftsmanship, stories and a lifelong fascination with letters in all their glittering variety.
📅 Wednesday 18th November
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
📅 Wednesday 18th November
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
Letter Exchange
Letter Exchange is a society founded in 1988 for professionals involved in the lettering arts, from calligraphy and lettercutting through design for print, type and book design to architectural letter...
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October 22, 2026 at 10:40 AM
An evening of craftsmanship, stories and a lifelong fascination with letters in all their glittering variety.
📅 Wednesday 18th November
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
📅 Wednesday 18th November
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
October 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Here you go... All my Photos. photos.app.goo.gl/GtzjKwVY6Jme...
Lettercutting Armenia · Oct 20 – 24, 2019 📸
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October 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Here you go... All my Photos. photos.app.goo.gl/GtzjKwVY6Jme...
Script surely, rather than font - the latter is purely digital. (Pardon the #lettercutting pedantry).
October 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Script surely, rather than font - the latter is purely digital. (Pardon the #lettercutting pedantry).
📅 Wednesday 14th October
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
Letter Exchange
Letter Exchange is a society founded in 1988 for professionals involved in the lettering arts, from calligraphy and lettercutting through design for print, type and book design to architectural letter...
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October 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
📅 Wednesday 14th October
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
October 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
📅 Wednesday 14th October
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite — www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite — www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
Letter Exchange
Letter Exchange is a society founded in 1988 for professionals involved in the lettering arts, from calligraphy and lettercutting through design for print, type and book design to architectural letter...
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September 29, 2026 at 12:51 PM
📅 Wednesday 14th October
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite — www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, Central London
🎟 Tickets on Eventbrite — www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/letter-exc...
Now that it has at last been delivered, I can share this (belated) wedding present that I carved over the summer. #Lettercutting
September 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Now that it has at last been delivered, I can share this (belated) wedding present that I carved over the summer. #Lettercutting
I post this every couple of years, because I love it. The atmosphere & calm seep into my bones whenever I watch it. It's basically the antidote to Ai, tech & fear of the loss of craft.
It's from 1978, about stonecarving by the John Stevens Shop in Rhode Island.
www.folkstreams.net/films/final-...
It's from 1978, about stonecarving by the John Stevens Shop in Rhode Island.
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Final Marks | Folkstreams
A documentary about lettercutting, in both monumental inscriptions and on gravestones. The filmmakers were given complete access over a two year period to…
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July 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I post this every couple of years, because I love it. The atmosphere & calm seep into my bones whenever I watch it. It's basically the antidote to Ai, tech & fear of the loss of craft.
It's from 1978, about stonecarving by the John Stevens Shop in Rhode Island.
www.folkstreams.net/films/final-...
It's from 1978, about stonecarving by the John Stevens Shop in Rhode Island.
www.folkstreams.net/films/final-...
A friend lives in that road, i've admired it often, and the really very fine quality lettercutting.
February 3, 2024 at 3:08 PM
A friend lives in that road, i've admired it often, and the really very fine quality lettercutting.
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Aberdeen city and shire friends - join me for a talk on 'A Suitable Stone' on 1st July. I'm excited to share the story and insights behind this fascinating project. Book now at
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#geology #lettercutting #geologyincreativity
Aberdeen city and shire friends - join me for a talk on 'A Suitable Stone' on 1st July. I'm excited to share the story and insights behind this fascinating project. Book now at
www.ticketsource.co.uk/aboyneanddee...
#geology #lettercutting #geologyincreativity
June 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
stevegarrettguitar
Aberdeen city and shire friends - join me for a talk on 'A Suitable Stone' on 1st July. I'm excited to share the story and insights behind this fascinating project. Book now at
www.ticketsource.co.uk/aboyneanddee...
#geology #lettercutting #geologyincreativity
Aberdeen city and shire friends - join me for a talk on 'A Suitable Stone' on 1st July. I'm excited to share the story and insights behind this fascinating project. Book now at
www.ticketsource.co.uk/aboyneanddee...
#geology #lettercutting #geologyincreativity
Enjoying a bit of quiet lettercutting today, with Everything But The Girl as supporting act.
February 4, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Enjoying a bit of quiet lettercutting today, with Everything But The Girl as supporting act.
I do the cleaning. I’m lettercutting a bit of slate instructing lads to sit when they pee. FTR the seat slips out for accessing the loo.
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I do the cleaning. I’m lettercutting a bit of slate instructing lads to sit when they pee. FTR the seat slips out for accessing the loo.
Feed: "New Statesman"
By: Ed Smith on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
By: Ed Smith on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
The quiet power of noble craft
James Fox’s stories of stonewalling and lettercutting take readers a world away from craft-shop kitsch.
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September 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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By: Ed Smith on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
By: Ed Smith on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Next season's lecture series starts in autumn 2026.
In the meantime, discover Letter Exchange's unique archive of past lectures. This remarkable collection features many distinguished speakers, offering fascinating insights into their work, ideas, and areas of expertise.
letterexchange.org/archive
In the meantime, discover Letter Exchange's unique archive of past lectures. This remarkable collection features many distinguished speakers, offering fascinating insights into their work, ideas, and areas of expertise.
letterexchange.org/archive
July 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Next season's lecture series starts in autumn 2026.
In the meantime, discover Letter Exchange's unique archive of past lectures. This remarkable collection features many distinguished speakers, offering fascinating insights into their work, ideas, and areas of expertise.
letterexchange.org/archive
In the meantime, discover Letter Exchange's unique archive of past lectures. This remarkable collection features many distinguished speakers, offering fascinating insights into their work, ideas, and areas of expertise.
letterexchange.org/archive
Final Marks (1979) … “classic documentary about lettercutting…the craftsmen of the John Stevens Shop in Rhode Island…over two years, chronicles the work of John ‘Fud’ Benson, arguably, one of the most accomplished letter cutters in the world” http://www.folkstreams.net/film-detail.php?id=141
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Final Marks (1979) … “classic documentary about lettercutting…the craftsmen of the John Stevens Shop in Rhode Island…over two years, chronicles the work of John ‘Fud’ Benson, arguably, one of the most accomplished letter cutters in the world” http://www.folkstreams.net/film-detail.php?id=141
Charlotte Tupman, Analysing inscriptions at scale through images - YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRf4...
Charlotte Tupman, Analysing inscriptions at scale through images
Charlotte Tupman (Exeter), “Analysing inscriptions at scale through images: using machine learning for the study of lettercutting practices”
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August 2, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Charlotte Tupman, Analysing inscriptions at scale through images - YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRf4...
Memorial for a very precious cat...
#lettercutting.
#lettercutting.
August 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Memorial for a very precious cat...
#lettercutting.
#lettercutting.
It doesn't always go according to plan!
I carved Carol DuBosch's "Tattoo alphabet". It's taken a couple of weekends & was going ok. Inspired by Fergus Davidson's amazing slate carving, I tried to get a Riven finish round the edge (Some of it worked!)
#Ranoutofskill
#Lettercutting #Learnfrommistakes
I carved Carol DuBosch's "Tattoo alphabet". It's taken a couple of weekends & was going ok. Inspired by Fergus Davidson's amazing slate carving, I tried to get a Riven finish round the edge (Some of it worked!)
#Ranoutofskill
#Lettercutting #Learnfrommistakes
June 28, 2026 at 7:28 PM
It doesn't always go according to plan!
I carved Carol DuBosch's "Tattoo alphabet". It's taken a couple of weekends & was going ok. Inspired by Fergus Davidson's amazing slate carving, I tried to get a Riven finish round the edge (Some of it worked!)
#Ranoutofskill
#Lettercutting #Learnfrommistakes
I carved Carol DuBosch's "Tattoo alphabet". It's taken a couple of weekends & was going ok. Inspired by Fergus Davidson's amazing slate carving, I tried to get a Riven finish round the edge (Some of it worked!)
#Ranoutofskill
#Lettercutting #Learnfrommistakes
A bit of really offensive Latin with roses...
#lettercutting
#lettercutting
April 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
A bit of really offensive Latin with roses...
#lettercutting
#lettercutting