Dear Kåre,
Thanks for your input and for sharing your experience with stone. Instead of
a hammer and chisel I am thinking of a drill, drill bits, and files but
first I'll have to try these out. Of the two books I acquired in the 60s on
lettering, I found that one of them has an 18 page chapter entitled
"Inscriptions in Stone" by A.E.R Gill which is added as an appendix to
Edward Johnston's Writing & Illuminting, & Lettering. London: Pitman & Sons,
1962 (reprint). I'm only just starting to read the chapter which looks
interesting and has a section on material and tools. Besides Romanized Pali,
I'm also interested in experimenting with Asian scripts used on stone and
will give consideration to the Brahmi script.
Best,
Jim
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From: "'Kåre A. Lie' alberlie@... [palistudy]"
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Sent: April 2, 2016 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] inscribing Pali letters on stone
My only experience with this happened many years ago, when I led a group
of school children in a project to create some copies of Norwegian rock
art from the stone age and bronze age. We drew a few motives on a rock
with pieces of chalk, and started to work with hammer and chisel. I
found that it took much more work and longer time than we had thought,
and the chisels needed frequent resharping. So in addition to a suitable
stone, you need time, patience and good tools. You should also pick a
script suited for stone. Maybe Brahmi would be the best choice?
Yours,
Kåre
Den 02.04.2016 21.12, 'Jim Anderson' jimanderson.on@...
[palistudy] skreiv:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have long been interested in the art of lettering and calligraphy which
> began in the early 60s at high school.and at art college. I enjoy looking
> through books with examples from hand-lettered MSS. One can also apply the
> art form to writng out Pali, and in different scripts too if so desired.