A Monumental Find
Where there is much light,
the shadows are the deepest
—Goethe
Fellow DIYer (she roasts her own coffee beans!) and junk hunter, Laura, found monumental drafting supplies for sale on craigslist. She asked if I wanted to split this load of potentially interesting stuff and I agreed without hesitation.
Last night, we drove Barre to pickup our loot and brought it back to my apartment to sift through it all. We got hundreds of drawings; metal letter stencils of various sizes in numerous cigar boxes and wooden cases; dozens of hand-lettered type specimens; and a 1947 edition of the American Monument Association’s Memorial Symbolism, Epitaphs and Design Types.
The woman who sold us the supplies inherited them from her father after he died. He created the lettering and designs that were engraved on gravestones.
It was odd looking at the lettering and drawings for someone’s grave that was done by someone who is now deceased. I wonder if he designed his own gravestone.
4 Comments
Eva said 444 days ago:
Awesome find you two. What are you going to do with it all? I say have an art show!!!
Laura E.H. Little said 443 days ago:
Two words – Christmas Cards. Or, would Easter be more appropriate?
All joking aside, I have no idea what to do with this bounty. Your thoughts Mr. Wild?
S.R. Wild said 443 days ago:
We shouldn’t joke around. This is serious business.
I was thinking of using the letters to brand motivational phrases by Dr. Phil onto thick slices of ham and sending them to friends and family for the holidays.
Yeah, I don’t know. I’m sure it all work it’s way into some sort of creation — along with all the other junk I have piled up in my abode. Someday, I’d like to make a typeface or two from the letter sketches. I still haven’t looked at the numerous rolls of drawings. We need to do that sometime. Maybe when we divvy up the loot.
Eva said 443 days ago:
Well jus’ be sure to blog the bounty’s various incarnations. Bound to be juicy, especially if ham and Dr Phil are involved.
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