I recently got the book Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog, by Kitty Burns Florey. It’s a great book about the lost art of diagramming sentences. I letterpressed the quote, “I do not know anything more interesting than diagramming sentences,” by Gertrude Stein. I, of course, had to enlist my sixth grade English teacher to help me with the diagramming. It was funny to find out she also had the book, as we both spent some time trying to figure out this surprisingly complicated sentence. I letterpressed the black and then hand-painted the circles with watercolor.
Kim, how u been ? ..hope all is well. this “Sentence diagrams” is very interesting. Infact I was searching on google with a related term and ended up finding your blog. small world eh ! was trying to find some info for a interactive project I am sort of working on (or rather trying to work on )
stay in touch
Kim, I’d like to interview you for a design position in Timonium, MD
Best
Fun project, Kim. It’s no holiday coaster … but what is?
Great hanging out with you at old Typecast Press.
Get settled into the job, then fill me in.
sstang14@yahoo.com
I’m sure these are long gone, but if they’re not, I know a special collection that would like to buy one, and might be interested in some of your other work as well. Also, the person who letterpressed this
http://www.slope.org/slope26/1/files/Toder.jpg
really loves Gertrude Stein, and we would gladly send you the last calendar of 2009 on her behalf…
Not long gone, feel free to get in touch- kimbentley@gmail.com. Thanks!!