[a lowercase i cut by Philip Surey] WADitems a Schiedam [Netherlands] brush factory

a Schiedam [Netherlands] brush factory with brush-making facilities

21 × 33 mm

Dwiggins prepared this report on the state of books and their design and production

Prized for its inclusion of Albers’ perspective studies and his theoretical texts which laid the groundwork for his later work at Yale

Davison didn’t know he was making a book of clip art

[a lowercase i cut by Philip Surey] WADitems a Schiedam [Netherlands] brush factoryWhat a pleasure are hand cut letters. This one was cut by Philip Surey, a 1996 graduate of the City & Guilds of London Art School who later assisted Richard Kindersley and Ralph Beyer in their shops before going out on own as a sculptor and letter carver. (We keep an alphabet carved by Phil above our desk.) This piece was carved as a workshop sample and its a total beauty. A lovely thing that he signed by carving his last name on the back.