For decades, Nancy Sharon Collins’s work has continued representing the finest book arts, historic printing methods, and design practices. For special clients and very special projects, Mrs. Collins can be commissioned to utilize her deep knowledge and resources. Contact her directly to discuss an invitation or special project.
Invitation: An example of one of Mrs. Collins’s hand-engraved wedding invitations with a hand-drawn and engraved bespoke monogram.Special project: Another wonderful collaboration with Reed Smythe & Co. This whimsical character was inspired by their iconic bunny place card holder. For more information and to buy the cards and holder, go to: reedsmythe.comSpecial project: Green color study for a presentation to the client. The swatches were manually taped to the card stock upon which it would be engraved.Special project: French-fitted stationery carrying case. It was built completely by hand. Special order only.Special project: Bespoke, handmade ledgers bound with silk thread and an Iris book cloth spine. At its Paul Bunyan scale, it is tall enough for carrying textbook-style in your arms.Special project: The inside, the back cover of the bespoke, handmade ledger. Shown is the engraved colophon and hand-marbled endpaper.Special project: 1991 limited edition monograph of Jean Royère (1902-1981). It was produced off-line. Each color was its own press run. The pages taken off the press and allowed to dry. Once the color cured, forming a base for the next color, the pages were put back on press—an extremely challenging process to achieve with technology back then. Special project: Ferns (yes, real ferns) engraved in three colors on 100% Cotton stationery. This is a bespoke commission, by custom order only.Invitation: Hand engraved on Mrs. Collins’s vintage Onion Skin paper as an overlay. The overlay was hand-bordered, too. The invitation and attending pieces were hand engraved on 100% Cotton cardstock and envelopes.Special project: For Alumnae, a bespoke Italian leather shoe company. Mrs. Collins collaborated on a curated collection of hand-painted monograms for their shoes.Invitation: This example is for a wedding. The invitation was itself, hand engraved on 100% Cotton Onion Skin. Then it was folded by hand into quads to fit the hand-lined envelopes. And to match the “Day-of-card”.Special project: DIVA Awards hand-engraved card on 100% Cotton Museum Board, beveled by hand and then gilded (also by hand) in gold. Custom inquiries are welcome.Special project: Engraved on 100% Onion Skin are leaves created from an oak tree. The artwork was originally from real leaves from a real tree.Special project: Autumn leaves engraved from real oak leaves on French-folded vintage, 100% Onion Skin paper. Enclosed in a hand made, Onion Skin inner envelope to be mailed in an Alpha Cellulose outer envelope.Invitation: Photo-engraved on proprietary vintage Onion Skin.Special project: A close-up detail of the clover art created by Mrs. Collins and engraved expressly for Reed Smythe & Co. For more, go to: reedsmythe.comSpecial project: Place and note cards engraved exclusively for Reed Smythe & Co. The sculpted engraving was drawn and created custom for this project. Available for purchase directly from reedsmythe.comSpecial project: A French-fitted stationery case. This is an example of the bespoke cases we love creating for your stationery suite.Special project: An in-house-published poetry collection. It is engraved on vintage, 100% Cotton Onion Skin paper. It was completely trimmed and folded by hand down to the size of a credit card. Available by contacting Mrs. Collins HERE.Special project: This is the full, folded-out view of the engraved, limited edition of the limited, engraved, edition of a Jason Moore poem.Special project: A French-fitted stationery case in two-layers constructed by hand with marble paper. Available by contacting Mrs. Collins HERE. The interior.Invitation (part of a very elaborate invitation): An edition of hand-sewn wedding programs, a custom order. Created with Mrs. Collin’s vintage, 100% Cotton Onion Skin paper. Hand-engraved.Invitation (part of a very elaborate invitation): Hand-sewn wedding programs created by Mrs. Collins’s studio with her iconic, vintage, 100% Onion Skin.Special project: Art Directors and Designers Association of New Orleans slideshow digitization and animation.Special project: Super Bowl pitch for Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation. Shown are stacks of individual letters authored by the New Orleans Mayor, Louisiana Governor, and New Orleans Saints coach; each letterpress printed by hand.Special project: Part of the elaborate 2018 Super Bowl pitch kit that won five (5) New Orleans and three (3) regional ADDY awards!Special project: Custom notebooks for journaling, diary writing, and composing rough drafts of personal correspondence.The Doctrinaire! From 2003 to 2009 this infrequently occurring newsletter was published by Mrs. Collins. The complete edition is digitally available for $45, contact Mrs. Collins to subscribe.The Doctrinaire, the infrequently occurring newsletter from Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer. The complete edition is digitally available for $45, contact Mrs. Collins to subscribe.Special project: Engraved valentine from a black and white photographic print of lace from the time of Tiepolo, ca. 1700s.Special project: Photo-engraved card from a film negative loaned from the Metropolitan Museum Of Art archive. The original lace dates from the time of Tiepolo. A custom, Valentine’s Day heart has been die-cut into the cover.Special project: Hand-bound booklet explaining what engraved stationery is all about. Available by contacting Mrs. Collins HERE.Special project: The first page of this diminutive, hand-bound “What is Engraving? ” booklet. Available by contacting Mrs. Collins HERE.Special project: This photograph illustrates the many kinds of papers hand-engraved for the Nancy Sharon Collins engraving booklet.Special project. A paper study comprising eleven different white and off-white papers. With special projects, there are always many choices.Special project: Nancy Sharon Collins’s color study for a Unilever Prestige corporation Vera Wang pitch. Collins partners with artists and craftspersons creating one-off projects and studies.
