Mrs. Collins is principle in her eponymous Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer, which is part of Collins, LLC. She overseas the creation of exquisite, bespoke, hand engraved social stationery, writes about it, and talks about it every chance she can get. She also teaches graphic design and typography at Delgado Community College and is AIGA New Orleans director of Special Projects.

She has presented the subject of engraving and typography at numerous TypeCon conferences across the country, the international Atypei conference in Dublin, at the Type Directors Club in New York City in 2011, 2007, authored two articles about commercial engraving for “Letterspace, Fall/Winter 2006”. In May, 2012, she will present engraved letterforms at the Type Americana 2 conference in Seattle, Washington.

Her upcoming book, “The Complete Engraver” is due out September or October of 2012 published by Princeton Architectural Press.

Mrs. Collins owned and operated the graphic design firm Nancy Feldman studio in New York City from 1978 to 2004. Clients included WaterfordWedgwood, Clinique, Prescriptives, Revlon, Charles of the Ritz, Curve fragrance, The Metropolitan Opera Shop and the Museum of Modern Art. Her specialty is two-dimensional imaging utilizing advanced technologies as well as those that are arcane.