Inside Churches
Doing collage for all this time I've got pretty good at cutting up books but sometimes, out of the blue, I just don't manage.
This morning I was unexpectedly seduced by Inside Churches. I don't know why it pleases me quite so much to know the names for obscure cruciforms but it does, Inside Churches is a keeper for sure.
I want to share just a few of the best pages with you
First up crosses. Milrine, Fleuree, Barbee, Crenelee.
Please, choose your favourite and name your hipster coffee shop after it. Or indeed hipster baby.
For me: Bezant.
In case you're ever at a loss for conversation on your next date or whatever I think what's your favourite type of column? Is one of the most exciting questions a person can ask.
If your date answers Doric I'd say they're pretty chic, probably marriage material.
If they say Ionic I'd say, they're a fun, outgoing person. Prepare to party.
If they answer composite they are 100% an awful psychopath. Get out of there.
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Susan4 December 2024
This reminded me of how much I loved Toot!
Jo5 December 2024
They were simpler times weren't they?
Zoe5 December 2024
What a fab new website & blog Jo & many thanks for sharing this book - so good to know there are people this gheeky about wonderful church design!
Jo5 December 2024
Thanks! So geeky, nothing better than a stroll round a graveyard on a chill day, admiring the fonts
Greek with splayed ends3 December 2024
This is amazing! I wish I was still going on dates to use ‘what's your favourite type of column?’ Do you have any more into on what ‘volutes on the capitol’ ‘dentils in the cornice’ and ‘fluted shaft’ mean?? Preferred name: Paternoster or Nos for short
Jo5 December 2024
I shall have to lend you it for a little light bedtime reading. Big Yes to Nos, I feel like that child would have a lot of options for the circles they could move in