Art & Photography Books
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sustainable Ceramics: A Practical Approach
Book SynopsisAn essential resource for ceramicists, studios or schools looking for inspiration to reclaim, reuse and recycle in their studio or work. Producing work that is not only beautifully designed and produced, but is also environmentally friendly and socially responsible is now more important than ever. In Sustainable Ceramics, pioneer Robert Harrison draws on more than four decades of making, and a wealth of experience shared by other artists to present you with a range of practical possibilities. This book presents you all the factors to consider when going 'green', from fuels and alternative firing technology to energy-saving methods, sustainable ways to collect and use clay itself, and ways to deal with or recycle your waste materials and save water. He suggests simple and achievable methods by which to reduce the carbon footprint of your ceramic art, and draws on interviews and examples by practitioners who reclaim, reuse and recycle in their studio or work.Trade ReviewArtists are increasingly interested in producing work which is not only beautiful but also environmentally friendly. The book covers over four decades of making and a wealth of experiences. -- Billy Byles * Aylesford School of Ceramics *Robert Harrison, sets out to convince the reader to do something positive. And he does it well ... I found the book fascinating. I would encourage all potters to read it. Either buy the book or borrow mine; I've read my copy and I daren't let it end up as landfill. -- Frank Hamer * Shards *Table of ContentsForeword by Janet Mansfield Introduction 1. Your carbon footprint 2. Sustainable ceramic practices for the maker 3. Ceramic artists working sustainably 4. Working with industry 5. Sustainable endeavours: education and networks 6. Journal leaders: personal approaches Practical advice – top tips Websites Bibliography Index
£22.50
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Language of Architecture: 26 Principles Every
Book SynopsisIn order to master the foundation of architecture, you must first master the basic building blocks of its language; the definitions, function, and usage. The Language of Architecture provides students and professional architects with the basic elements of architectural design, divided into twenty-six easy-to-comprehend chapters. This visual reference includes an introduction to architecture design, historical view of the elements, as well as an overview of how these elements can and have been used across multiple design disciplines. Whether you're new to the field or have been an architect for years, you'll want to flip through the pages of this book and use it as your go-to reference for inspiration and ideas. This comprehensive learning tool is the one book you'll want as a staple in your library.
£24.00
Alfred A. Knopf Vogue Living: Country, City, Coast
Book SynopsisA lavishly illustrated, irresistible look at some of the most spectacular houses and gardens—whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, design, art and society—that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the last decade. Here is Tory Burch’s stylish and informal Southampton estate, Lauren and Andres Santo Domingo’s glamorous duplex in Paris, Dries Van Noten’s romantic house and garden in Belgium, Alexa and Trevor Traina’s dramatic and colorful San Francisco house, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber’s lakeside Canadian cabin, shoe maestro Bruno Frisoni and designer Hervé Van der Straeten’s modern house in the heart of Tangier, Stella McCartney’s grand English country garden, Olya and Charles Thompson’s richly patterned Brooklyn house, and the old-world Wilshire estate of Gela Nash-Taylor and Duran Duran’s John Nash Taylor and many more. These breathtaking houses and gardens have been photographed by such celebrated photographers as François Halard, Oberto Gili, Mario Testino and Bruce Weber among others; such writers as Hamish Bowles, Joan Juliet Buck, Plum Sykes, Jonathan Van Meter and Chloe Malle give you an intimate view of the owners and how they live. This book is a look at some of the world’s most iconic houses and gardens—not only rich in ideas for all readers but a resource and inspiration for designers, architects, and landscape architects as well.
£63.75
Phaidon Press Ltd KAWS: WHAT PARTY (Black on Pink edition)
Book Synopsis A comprehensive monograph on the work of KAWS, one of the most sought-after artists and creative forces of our time Drawing from Pop art traditions, KAWS’s work straddles the line between fine art and popular culture, crossing the mediums of painting and sculpture, along with fashion, merchandise, vinyl toys, and, most recently, augmented reality. This book, made in close collaboration with the artist, features his most well-known works alongside sketches, preparatory drawings, and never-before-seen images of KAWS at work, revealing the meticulous process behind his iconic artworks. Accompanying a major retrospective exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, it captures the artist’s unique ability to reshape the ways we think about contemporary art and culture today.
£42.46
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Creative Drawing Symbols and Sacred Geometry
Book SynopsisThe latest title in the Art for Modern Makers series, Creative Drawing: Symbols and Sacred Geometry takes readers on an inspired journey that explores the beautiful imagery and fascinating themes of sacred geometry while demonstrating compass drawing and exploring colored pencils, watercolor, inks, and other mediums. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION My Discovery of Sacred Geometry and Meditative Art Making What Makes Sacred Geometry Sacred?1 GEOMETRY TOOLS AND ART SUPPLIES The Relationship Between Mathematical Precision and Artistic Fluidity Technical Drawing Tools Tools for Creative Interpretation2 BASIC SHAPES AND SYMBOLISM The Circle - Tips for Using Your Compass Vesica Piscis - Drawing Technique Artistic Exploration: Shapes within the Shape Trinity Knot - Drawing Technique Artistic Exploration: Using Colored Pencils and Blending PROJECT: Coloring Your Trinity Knot3 THE SEED OF LIFE Building Circles Upon Circles - Drawing Technique Artistic Exploration: Shapes and Patterns PROJECT: Finding the Yin-Yang Symbol PROJECT: Drawing a Burst Pattern Artistic Exploration: Meditative Art with Mosaics PROJECT: Drawing on Black Paper PROJECT: Collage Moons and Mixed Media4 THE FLOWER OF LIFE The Flower of Life in Many Cultures - Drawing Technique Flower of Life Expanded Pattern - Drawing Technique Artistic Exploration: Connecting the Dots, Uncovering a Hexagram Star Symbol PROJECT: Rainbow Watercolor Flower of Life5 COMPLEX SHAPES BUILT FROM THE FLOWER OF LIFE The Egg of Life - Drawing Technique The Tree of Life - Drawing Technique The Fruit of Life - Drawing Technique Artistic Exploration: Organic Shapes, Mediums, and Colors PROJECT: Tree of Life with Opaque Paint on Black Paper PROJECT: Crystal Grid6 METATRON’S CUBE The Power of Metatron’s Cube - Drawing Technique Platonic Solids: Shapes Derived from Metatron’s Cube - Drawing Technique Artistic Exploration: Emphasizing Specific Lines PROJECT: Platonic Solids on a Sky Background7 THE TORUS The Energy of the Torus - Drawing Techniques Artistic Exploration: Adding and Subtracting Lines and Using Color PROJECT: The Hypnotic Eye PROJECT: The Vortex PROJECT: A Blended Hypnotic Eye EPILOGUE Continue Your Path of Exploration RESOURCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INDEX
£15.29
Watson-Guptill Publications Painting Portraits and Figures in Watercolor
Book SynopsisA guide to portraiture and figure painting in watercolour. Suitable for beginning to intermediate artists, it guides artists through the entire portrait and figure painting process, from selecting the right materials and tools to exhibiting the finished painting.
£18.75
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers
Book SynopsisDrawing and painting realistic flowers is achievable! Create a wide variety of blooms and greenery using an easy step-by-step method, then add watercolor for gorgeous effects. In Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers, discover how to draw flowers such as cosmos, hibiscus, canola, lily of the valley, hydrangea, foxglove, and more from various angles, and learn about perspective and shading. Once you have the skills to draw a single flower, learn how to draw groupings and wreaths. Mix in leaves and smaller flowers to create a variety of looks. Then, learn simple techniques to add luscious watercolor, using shading, blending, and gradient techniques for eye-catching results. Popular Instagram artist Kyehyun Park shares her secrets for capturing realistic flower, leaf, and plant shapes. Artists of all levels love drawing and painting nature, and with these techniques Trade Review"The ideal DIY instruction guide, especially for the novice artist/illustrator. Whether working with pencil or watercolor, "Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers" will prove to be well appreciated." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 MATERIALS Watercolor Palettes Brushes Watercolor Paper Other Materials 2 HOW TO SKETCH FLOWERS IN THREE SIMPLE STEPS Sketching Basics The Three-Step Sketch 3 BASIC WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES Watercolor Density Levels Brush Techniques Watercolor Painting Techniques Color 4 SIMPLE FLOWERS Cosmos Lily Balloon Flower Hibiscus 5 FLOWER CLUSTERS Canola Flower Lily of the Valley Hydrangea Foxglove 6 FRUITS AND POTTED PLANTS Orange Blossom Olive Branch Potted Pilea Resources Acknowledgments About the Author Index
£16.14
Thames & Hudson Ltd Things Come Apart
Book SynopsisEveryday, ordinary objects are taken apart and transformed into extraordinary images, captured in detailed photographs.Trade Review'Artfully reveals the beauty hidden within all the stuff of our lives' - GQ'Todd McLellan makes this junk drawer of mechanics a visual splendour' - Dazed Digital'Product porn of the highest order … strangely therapeutic' - Wired'Striking' - ObserverTable of Contents‘Introduction: We All Have ADHD These Days’ by Todd McLellan; Images of 50 disassembled objects organized by size: S • M • L • XL
£17.09
Orion Publishing Co Art Oracles: Creative & Life Inspiration from the
Book SynopsisBe guided and inspired by the world’s greatest artists with this creative set of oracle cards. Are you suffering from creative block? Struggling to make a difficult life decision? Find out what Picasso, Pollock, Kahlo and other great artists would have done. Simply select an artist's card from the pack, select the oracles’ advice on life, work or inspiration and any obstacle becomes surmountable. Contains 50 oracle cards plus a booklet featuring the artists’ biographies and details of how to use the cards.
£16.19
Laurence King Publishing Complete Pleats: Pleating Techniques for Fashion,
Book SynopsisPaul Jackson''s major new title Complete Pleats is the most comprehensive book about pleating on the market. It explains how pleating systems can be stretched, compressed, flared, skewed, multiplied and mirrored, showing how from simple ideas, a huge number of original pleat forms can be created. Each technique is explained with a series of step-by-step photographs and line illustrations, enabling the designer to work through the basic principles of pleating and then adapt them to their specific needs. Complete Pleats also features more than 60 examples of pleats from the worlds of architecture, fashion and product design. Paul Jackson has taught pleating techniques to students of Fashion Design for 30 years, in both paper and fabric. Complete Pleats is the definitive practical guide for anyone wishing to create and make pleats
£23.99
Mixed Media Resources Master Guide to Drawing Anime: 5-Minute
Book SynopsisThis compilation of lessons brings together the simplest characters from the’ Master Guide to Drawing Anime’ series for beginning anime artists. Readers will learn how to use simple templates to draw the head from different angles, bodies of characters from different age groups and authentic anime hairstyles and fashions. Next, they'll see, step by step, how to draw dozens of the most popular character types and the emotions and attitudes that make them compelling.
£14.44
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Shirtmaking Workbook: Pattern, Design, and
Book SynopsisSo you've made a basic shirt or two and you are looking for more options and directions. Well, you are in luck! David Page Coffin, author of Shirtmaking, a complete guide to the dress shirt, is back to help you with an amazing collection of custom detail patterns and ideas for men's and women's sport, knit, dress, and even simple coat and jacket shirt styles! Inside you'll find helpful guides to drafting or draping a custom pattern, copying or converting a favorite pattern or garment into a more basic pattern ready for customizing to your heart's content, mastering four different placket types so you can use these classic structures in ways you never imagined, understanding and reinventing most any sort of shirt and coat collar type in common use, along with how to construct them all, whether you want a couture creation or a workshop coverall. You'll get an introduction to digital pattern-making and alteration, a close-up and thorough look inside a closetful of classic shirt-type garments, explore a host of pocket and cuff options and have access to dozens of full-size detail and even full garment patterns for printing and customizing. And, of course, you'll learn how to finally turn those collar points all the way out like you've always wanted. The Shirtmaking Workbook includes extensive lists and links to further reading, supplies, and references to help make your custom shirtmaking easier and more masterful. With this unique and comprehensive workbook by your side, you'll never wonder how to make THAT shirt again.
£16.99
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Bibliophilia 100 Literary Postcards
Book Synopsis100 stunning postcards of 50 famous literary quotes, perfect for any book lover Nothing speaks to us like great literature. It presents us with truth, challenges, humor, and delight. This collection of 100 postcards showcases bold graphic interpretations of 50 of the greatest literary quotes of all time. From Virginia Wolf to Oscar Wilde, from Brontë to Poe to Austen, each piece will spark your imagination and kindle your creative spirit. Cards range from an F. Scott Fitzgerald quote set against a Jazz Age champagne glass, to Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights visualized as puzzle pieces, to Immanuel Kant's musings juxtaposed with a constellation-filled night sky.This is the perfect stationery for any bibliophile, and a set sure to be repurposed by many design and decor buffs for wall art.
£14.39
Prestel David Hockney
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£16.99
Museum of Modern Art Jack Whitten The Messenger
Book SynopsisThe first full retrospective of Whitten''s dazzling and trenchant abstraction from the 1960s?2010s, which transformed the relationship between art, race and societyJack Whitten changed the way we see. Over nearly six decades, he dared to invent new forms of abstraction, constantly transforming both perception and our understanding of art in society. This gorgeously illustrated volume, with pathbreaking new perspectives and revelatory technical analyses of his innovative materials and processes, explores Whitten''s wide-ranging and game-changing practice.Raised in the segregated Jim Crow South in the 1940s, Whitten undertook an extraordinary journey in becoming an artist, convinced that by changing form, he could help change the world. Despite pressure from peers to create figurative art, he was a key proponent of creating abstract art that responded to social turmoil; to his own identity as a Black artist; and to sea changes in technology. He created new ways of painting through a series of artistic inventions and strategies. He defied traditional boundaries between abstraction and representation, pictures and things, culture and technology, individual identity and global history.Published to accompany the first comprehensive retrospective of Whitten''s art, this sumptuous catalog presents the full range of his career across painting, sculpture and works on paper, produced in New York and Greece, with texts by leading art historians, artists and conservators. Previously unpublished writings by the artist and an expansive chronology of Whitten''s life, featuring newly discovered photographs and archival materials, bring into focus an artist who was as committed to human perception as to human rights, becoming one of the most important artists of our time.Jack Whitten (1939?2018) was born in Bessemer, Alabama, and began his studies in medicine at the Tuskegee Institute. After moving to New York in 1960 to attend the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, he became a leading artist in the wake of Abstract Expressionism, and of a generation of Black artists committed to abstraction. Whitten lived in New York until his death.
£46.40
Thames & Hudson Ltd Alexander McQueen Unseen
Book SynopsisAlexander McQueen has grasped the public's imagination like few other fashion designers before him, with exhibitions dedicated to his work continuing to attract record visitor numbers. Almost 500,000 people visited the V&A's 2015 Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' exhibition, making it the most popular in the museum's history. Opening with a brief essay on the designer's work, Alexander McQueen: Unseen unfolds chronologically. Each collection is introduced by a concise text by Claire Wilcox, one of the foremost experts on the McQueen's work, revisiting the designer's most iconic creations across his entire career and revealing previously unseen behind- the-scenes moments that capture models, hairdressers, stylists, make-up artists and Alexander McQueen himself at their most candid and creative. Robert Fairer's stunning and high-energy photographs, all previously unpublished, capture the glamour, grit and spirit that made McQueen's flamboyant shows unique. A treasure-trove of inspiratiTrade Review'Fairer's vibrant, behind-the-scenes snaps [give] a fresh perspective on the work of one of fashion's most celebrated talents' - Vogue UK'Intimate meditation' - Vanity Fair'An immense and intense monograph of unparalleled beauty' - iD'A unique insight into the strange, brilliant world of Alexander McQueen' - Daily Telegraph'Everything from robots to snow machines to rain on the catwalk, [Robert Fairer] gathers those moments, along with all the madness backstage' - W magazine'Provides a glimpse of a true original at work' - Harrods Magazine'Provides a privileged view into one of the most original, forward-thinking and prolific designers in the history of fashion' - Fad Magazine'Expect lots of drama and flair' - RedOnlineTable of ContentsPreface: Sally Singer • Introduction: Claire Wilcox • Essay: Robert Fairer • Nihilism • Highland Rape • The Hunger • Dante • Bellmer La Poupée • It's a Jungle Out There • Untitled • Joan • No.13 • The Overlook • Eye • What a Merry Go Round • The Dance of the Twisted Bull • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious • Irere • Scanners • Deliverance • Pantheon ad Lucem • Black • It's Only a Game • The Man Who New Too Much • Neptune • The Windows of Culloden • Sarabande • In Memory of Elizabeth Howe, Salem, 1692 • La Dame Bleue • The Girl Who Lived in the Tree • Natural Dis-tinction, Un-natural Selection • The Horn of Plenty • Plato's Atlantis • Notes on the Collections • Credits • Acknowledgements • Index
£999.99
Rizzoli International Publications Vincent van Duysen
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£54.38
The Crowood Press Nature in Ink and Coloured Pencil
Book SynopsisThis practical book is an inspiring guide to the innovative technique that combines ink and dry coloured pencil, and explores a wealth of natural subjects from berries to butterflies. Packed with examples and learning points, it explains the different methods of mark-making in ink and drawing with coloured pencils. For those new to the technique, Helen Hanson encourages you to develop an individual style and, for those who enjoyed her first book, she explores a new world of subjects. This book is a treasure trove of ideas and examples that both artists and lovers of nature will enjoy.
£18.00
Dover Publications Inc. Perspective Drawing Handbook
Book SynopsisConcise, thoughtfully written text on drawing and sketching, accompanied by more than 150 simply drawn illustrations, provides important information on such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective. Illustrations depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level.
£999.99
Set Margins' publications Fracture Japanese Graphic Design 18751975
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£27.55
Octopus Publishing Group How to Photograph Gardens
Book SynopsisLearn how to take spectacular photographs of every type of garden with this definitive guide. Written by award-winning professional Jason Ingram, whose work has been regularly commissioned by HM The King Charles III Whether you want to create professional images of your own garden, snap Instagram-worthy shots with your iPhone, or learn the best ways to showcase your landscaping business or hobby, this book has it all. Using techniques developed through 25 years of professional success, award-winning photographer Jason Ingram will teach you how to understand light, stabilize photos and skillfully edit images that truly showcase the essence of any garden. ESSENTIAL GEAR AND EQUIPMENT: Gain an overview of the best camera, lenses and accessories to pack in your bag. MASTERING LIGHT: Explore the methods for manipulating natural light, from beginner to advanced. COMPOSITION TIPS AND TRICKS: Combine styling hacks and camera skills for sensational compositions. iPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY: Dive into on-the-go, accessible tips for taking the best shots with your iPhone. ACCESSING PUBLIC GARDENS: Learn how to gain permission to the most magical garden's for photography. POST-PROCESSING AND EDITING: Be introduced to photo editing software that enhance your favorite shots. With clear, concise, and comprehensive instructions suitable for every skill level, this book will guide you through every stage of creating extraordinary garden photographs.
£22.10
Royal Academy of Arts David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy,
Book SynopsisAt the beginning of 2020, just as global Covid-19 restrictions were coming into force, the artist David Hockney was at his house, studio and garden in Normandy. From there, he witnessed the arrival of spring, and recorded the blossoming of the surrounding landscape on his iPad, a medium he has been using for over a decade. Working outdoors was an antidote to the anxiety of the moment for Hockney – 'We need art, and I do think it can relieve stress,' he says. This uplifting publication – produced to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts – includes 116 of his new iPad paintings and shows to full effect Hockney's singular skill in capturing the exuberance of nature. Trade ReviewPublished to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, 23 May - 26 August 2021.
£22.50
Pan Macmillan Faberges Eggs
Book SynopsisToby Faber was formerly Managing Director of the publishing house Faber & Faber. He was born in Cambridge in 1965, and now lives in London with his wife and daughter. His last book was Stradivarius, also published by Macmillan.Table of ContentsSection - i: Romanov family tree Section - ii: Fabergé family tree Introduction - iii: Introduction Chapter - 1: ‘Christ is risen!’ Chapter - 2: ‘A precious as an egg on Christ’s own day’ Chapter - 3: ‘A continuation of the long funeral ceremonies’ Chapter - 4: ‘Utterly different in character, habits and outlook’ Chapter - 5: ‘The warm and brilliant shop of Carl Fabergé’ Chapter - 6: ‘The ancestor who appeals to me least of all’ Chapter - 7: ‘We shall have to show dirty nappies’ Chapter - 8: ‘A good, religious, simple-minded Russian’ Chapter - 9: ‘The little one will not die’ Chapter - 10: ‘An unparalleled genius’ Chapter - 11: ‘Fabergé has just brought your delightful egg’ Chapter - 12: ‘Everything seems sad’ Chapter - 13: ‘Guard it well. It is the last’ Chapter - 14: ‘This is life no more’ Chapter - 15: ‘You will have all of it when I am gone’ Chapter - 16: ‘Determining their fate irrevocably in a few moments’ Chapter - 17: ‘Pick out gold, silver and platinum from the articles of minimal museum value’ Chapter - 18: ‘I know that May was passionately fond of fine jewellery’ Chapter - 19: ‘Department stores – try the department stores’ Chapter - 20: ‘Old civilisations put to the sword’ Chapter - 21: ‘Turn of the century trinkets’ Chapter - 22: ‘When you viewed his Fabergé collection, you were doing him a favour’ Chapter - 23: ‘He who dies with the most toys wins’ Chapter - 24: ‘Handle it and then question it; that thing is as right as rain’ Chapter - 25: ‘You can put all your eggs in one basket’ Section - iv: Afterword Section - v: Appendix – Full listing of the Imperial eggs Chapter - vi: Glossary Section - vii: Notes Section - viii: Bibliography Index - ix: Index Acknowledgements - x: Acknowledgements
£13.49
Hatje Cantz Fred Herzog: Modern Color
Book SynopsisFred Herzog is known for his unusual use of colour in the fifties and sixties, a time when art photography was almost exclusively associated with black and white imagery. The Canadian photographer worked almost exclusively with Kodachrome slide film for over 50 years, and only in the past decade has technology allowed him to make archival pigment prints that match the exceptional color and intensity of the Kodachrome slide. In this respect, his photographs can be seen as a pre-figuration of the New Color photographers of the seventies.This book will bring together over 230 images, many never before reproduced, and will feature essays by acclaimed authors David Campany and Hans-Michael Koetzle. Fred Herzog will be the most comprehensive publication on this important photographer to date.
£32.00
Yale University Press Hidden London
Book SynopsisTrade Review“From the lost tunnels at Euston to the deep-level shelter at Clapham South, the book is an expansive look at the Underground, with images from previously unseen archives” — Henry Wong, Design Week
£28.50
Titan Books Ltd On Set with John Carpenter
Book SynopsisJohn Carpenter's producing partner Debra Hill hired photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker to be the unit photographer on Halloween, and Kim soon became part of Carpenter's filmmaking family, shooting stills on the sets of some of his most iconic films: Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, Halloween II, Christine. Collected here for the first time is the best of that on-set photography, with iconic, rare, and previously unseen images.Trade Review"Absolutely gorgeous...an excellent visual memoir." - Project Fandom "Gottlieb-Walker has an amazing eye and the best compliment I can give to her is that there are at least 10 images in this book I'd buy large prints of if I could." - Aint it Cool "Whilst On Set with John Carpenter can be appreciated on an aesthetic level, if one so chooses to look a little deeper, then this collection can offer a deeper discussion and appreciation of the still image; it’s relationship to the moving image and the triangular collaborative relationship of artist, subject and audience." - Pop Matters"You can have your blu-ray box sets; this is the HALLOWEEN collectible of the year." - Badassdigest.com
£23.99
Design Originals Zentangle 10: Dimensional Tangle Projects
Book SynopsisThe design possibilities of Zentangle extend in many dimensions! Combine the art forms of paper crafts and tangling to create memorable 3D keepsakes and one-of-a-kind gifts for every season. Inside you'll discover wonderful paper projects for booklets, greeting cards, angels, ornaments, beads, boxes, accordion folds and more. Dimensional paper crafts with tangles add range and depth to your Zentangle art. Try a Zentangle twist on traditional origami. You can enjoy being creative with 30 all-new tangles. You can use the bonus workbook section to play, experiment, and create. You'll love these inspirational ideas and simple techniques.
£5.99
Quadrille Publishing Ltd Building the Pattern: Sew Your Own Capsule
Book SynopsisThe fashionable Finnish sewing duo are back with a second book that shows you how to create a coherent capsule wardrobe – complete with a collection of 20 garments that are easy to make, wear and combine.Complete with stunning photography, clear illustrations and instructions, Scandi sisters Laura and Saara offer up an enticing selection of tops, dresses, skirts, and trousers for the modern seamstress. Using the five essential building blocks, choose, customise and adapt the designs in this book to create a variety of flattering garments for every occasion that suit your style and fit your figure.Taking you beyond the patterns featured in this book, Building the Pattern offers expert advice on how to achieve the perfect fit, alter the designs and add your own personal twist. Discover how to create clothes with care, build your sewing repertoire and embrace the slow fashion movement.Six full-size pattern sheets are included in this neat package. The patterns are in a range of sizes from UK sizes 8 to 22 (US size 2 to 18 / 34 to 50 EUR sizes), with concise information on measuring yourself and technical sewing tips to sew for your shape.
£19.50
Watson-Guptill Publications Understanding Portrait Photography
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£18.75
HarperCollins Publishers Collins Bird Guide
Book SynopsisThe ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts – now in its third edition.Trade ReviewReviews of the previous editions: ‘The best just got better’ Birdwatch ‘The richest, most comprehensive of the current guides.’The Times ‘This book will surely become our standard guide for many years to come.’ BBC Wildlife ‘…buy this book, read it in the bath, keep it in the car boot and use it.’ Bird Watching
£24.00
Die Gestalten Verlag Jaime Hayon Elements
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£36.00
Search Press Ltd Japanese Fabric Flowers: 65 Decorative Kanzashi
Book SynopsisDiscover 65 beautiful Japanese-style fabric flowers to make from French artist Sylvie Blondeau. Projects include clear instructions with stunning accompanying photography. 'Japanese Fabric Flowers is one of those books that is just a joy to look at. The beautiful designs are stunning and really amazing', Tracy Shephard Postcard Reviews The Japanese word 'kanzashi' originally referred to decorative pins as part of the traditional female hairstyles. These pins were often works of art in themselves, holding in place elaborate floral arrangements made with natural or silk flowers. Today, kanzashi encompasses flowers made from regular fabrics. Sylvie Blondeau shows you how to make 65 of these simply stunning designs. The projects are so easy and fun to make that you will soon be making them for every occasion! They are perfect as accessories on clothing, jewellery, home decorations or table adornments for special occasions.Trade ReviewKanzashi flowers are a traditional Japanese craft originally used as a hair ornament. In this collection, French costume designer Blondeau presents the basics of kanzashi making, including designs ranging from simple to complex. Basic kanzashi flowers require simple supplies that most sewists will have on hand—fabric scraps (medium-weight fabrics such as cotton poplin or raw silk are ideal), fabric glue, and a hand sewing kit. As the flowers become more complex, kanzashi flower makers, which are plastic templates in five different shapes corresponding to a specific petal type, are used. Flowers can be finished with beads or buttons and incorporated into numerous projects, including jewelry or handbags, or used as an embellishment or an accessory. Step-by-step directions for sewing 16 different kanzashi are provided; 12 projects supply ideas for using the finished flowers as well as further variations. VERDICT Crafters with an interest in embellishment or in traditional Japanese crafts will enjoy this collection. * Library Journal USA *I adore fabric flowers and I am always amazed by the very effective and beautiful results achieved by the manipulation of small pieces of fabric. Kanzashi is the Japanese art of making these divine creations, and even though they look intricate and difficult to make they really are quite simple. Use them to adorn your bags, hats and home decor, you can even make earrings and necklaces which could be given as gifts to your favourite friends. Japanese Fabric Flowers is one of those books that is just a joy to look at. The beautiful designs are stunning and really amazing. Each design has a pattern, including tools needed and extra advice on cutting your fabric and even using embellishments. Templates are included and with simple visual diagrams there is no reason for you not to create something wonderful. This is a beautiful craft and well worth the effort as the final results are just stunning. -- Tracy Shephard * Postcard Reviews *Wow 65 different flowers to decorate things with. Sylvie brings together her skills to show you how to make beautiful flowers that can be easily be made with regular fabric. Not only does Sylvie share her step by step instructions to make beautiful flowers you also get step-by-step instructions for making different projects to add your flowers to. Sylvie explains the history behind these beautiful flowers and talks you through creating and using templates. Some of the flowers use the clover kanzashi (the name of the beautiful flowers) flower makers. These templates make it easier for you to make matching flowers all the time. In the book clear instructions are given so that you can make the flowers very easily. Each of the 65 designs have their own look Some look like specific types of flower and others are unique. Sylvie also takes you through using other materials to finish off your designs. You can use everything from buttons to chain. The book makes the flowers in multiple colours to create different designs. Plain fabric is used and then on others patterned fabric is used to create a completely different look. The flowers are fantastic to make with scraps of fabric and can be easily altered to match your decor or outfit. With so many flowers to make and so many projects to use them on this book offers so much. The book is full of amazing colours! For the full review and images please visit: www.crochetaddictuk.com * Crochet Addict UK *Kanzashi flowers are those beautiful fabric flowers associated with traditional Japanese hairstyles, especially those of geishas. They are not hard to make, and can be used to adorn more than hair decorations; they are also a great way of using up oddments of fabric. This book, translated from the French shows you how to make both the styles with just fabric, and those using the plastic Clover Flower Makers. There are sixteen different flowers to choose from, plus the more Western yoyo (aka Suffolk puff), rosette and padded “pumpkin” shape reminiscent of pincushions. Each flower has a series of captioned diagrams that are well laid out on the page but would be even better if they were all in a dark line color rather than red, pink or orange. There is a handy gallery of all the finished types, and then it is on with the projects. All these are illustrated with large photographs, often giving more than one view of the finished piece and separate parts. The print is quite small, and instructions don’t always feature staged diagrams so some sewing experience is essential for the more challenging projects. You won’t find any Japanese style hair decorations in here and the hanging “falls” are omitted, but instead there are many ingenious ways of using the flowers to decorate all kinds of other things. These are beautiful and unusual – waterlily table decorations, lots of jewelry, Christmas decorations, Peter Pan collar with flower and a crafter’s bag to name some. If you have always wanted to make your own kanzashi this is the place to discover how, and also how they fit into modern Western life. * Rachel Hyde - Myshelf.com *Great value book with full colour photos and instructions to make 65 fabulous flowers. Some you can make with card, for others it recommends a template maker. Love the ideas and end results in this book. Use your fabric stash and scraps, you need 3 inch diameter circles. You learn the basics first - rounded petals, pointed petals and so on and then specific flowers. I love them all. Easy to make flowers that match your handmade outfits. * Karen Platt- yarnsandfabrics.co.uk *
£10.44
Laurence King Publishing Creating a Brand Identity: A Guide for Designers
Book SynopsisCreating a brand identity is a fascinating and complex challenge for the graphic designer. It requires practical design skills and creative drive as well as an understanding of marketing and consumer behaviour. This practical handbook is a comprehensive introduction to this multifaceted process. Exercises and examples highlight the key activities undertaken by designers to create a successful brand identity, including defining the audience, analyzing competitors, creating mood boards, naming brands, designing logos, presenting to clients, rebranding and launching the new identity. Case studies throughout the book are illustrated with brand identities from around the world, including a diverse range of industries digital media, fashion, advertising, product design, packaging, retail and more.
£18.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Earthly Delights
Book SynopsisA Sunday Times Art Book of the Year: written by one of the UK's foremost art critics, this new narrative history of the Renaissance takes in the whole of Europe and its global context. What was the 'Renaissance'? In the nineteenth century this flowering of creativity and thought was celebrated as the birth of the modern world. Today many historians are sceptical about its very existence. Earthly Delights rekindles the Renaissance as a seismic change in European mentalities, in a panoramic history that encompasses Florence and Bruges, London and Nuremberg. Artists from northern as well as southern Europe, including Leonardo, Bosch, Bruegel and Titian, star in a captivating and beautifully illustrated narrative that sets their lives against a period of convulsive change across a continent that was finding itself as it discovered' the world. Art critic and writer Jonathan Jones tells the story of Renaissance artists as pioneers, adventurers and geniuses', a Renaissance concept. AlTrade Review'A pearl of a book, a delight to read, full of language and ideas that form a tumbling elegy to the “eruption of curiosity” of the age' - Anna Keays, The Times'Jonathan Jones, the art critic of the Guardian, rides into battle like the knights in Uccello’s Battle of San Romano, gives you big ideas and bold themes, then, dismounting, writes with lyrical loveliness about the “light-catching locks” and spiralling curls of Leonardo’s angels or the slender, honeytrap Venuses of Lucas Cranach the Elder ... This is the Renaissance of Botticelli and Bosch, of heavenly goddesses and teeming hells' - Laura Freeman, Art Books of the Year, The Sunday Times'Jonathan Jones has reimagined the Renaissance for our times in a beautifully written love letter to the art of Leonardo, Bosch, Dürer, Titian, Michelangelo and so many others ... it is a tale of artistic innovation and exchange in a world of sex, piety, revolution and discovery. From Van Eyck to Caravaggio, each page makes new connections and offers brilliant revelations about works we thought we knew, but which appear anew under Jones’ period gaze. His love of the art of the period is passionate and infectious: a superb achievement' - Jerry Brotton, author of 'The Renaissance Bazaar''Earthly Delights captures the extraordinary transformation in Europe of thinking from 1400 to 1600 ... Packed with the stories of the geniuses who made the art of this period soar -- from Leonardo and his ideas for a flying machine to Michelangelo and his St Peter’s Basilica – this book is both beautifully illustrated and hugely readable' - Art Society Magazine'One of the most compelling and widely read critics of our time … Jones deftly side-steps the great morass of scholarly verbiage that has built up around this pivotal era, and goes straight to the works of art themselves. We stand at his shoulder as some of the greatest paintings and sculptures of all time reveal their meanings to him - and to us. The result is a highly readable book that makes an extraordinary, but now distant period of human history feel fresh, immediate and very relevant to now. And not least through Jones's own unquenchable passion for his subject' - Mark Hudson, art critic and author of 'Titian, The Last Days''The author surveys a wide range of artists and key paintings, providing his own perspective on masterpieces such as Donatello’s Judith and Holofernes (1455-60) sculpture in Florence' - Art Newspaper'Jonathan Jones sets out to rebut the view that the very idea of the Renaissance is “a wheezing old steam train, a 19th-century construct”. Instead, he argues, it constituted a revolutionary new focus on the earthly realities of the world, human flesh among them. He makes the case vigorously, persuasively and entertainingly' - Martin Gayford, Books of the Year, Spectator'Fast-moving and zestful … re-presents the story of the Renaissance as a rollicking, whizz-bang, can-do, will-do, must-do tale of daring innovation driven by a hoard of brilliant, maverick schemers and adventurers such as Bosch, Brueghel, Durer and Michelangelo. Can be easily read to the accompaniment of several glasses of the best, needless to say' - The Tablet'Jones’s reading of Leonardo’s Cecilia Gallerani is as illuminating as it unexpected … his knowledge makes him a sure-footed guide through this seismic two hundred years of European history … We might not have “needed” another history of the Renaissance, but now that we have it, it is worth celebrating' - Literary Review'Jones paints a picture that is more multidimensional, fragmented and complicated, one in which profound changes in art and thought were also spurred by curiosity about other continents and the spirit of scientific enquiry. The entertaining and accessible text discusses all the titans – Leonardo, Diirer, Bruegel, Holbein, Botticelli, Michelangelo – as well as finding a place for some lesser-known women artists and patrons' - Art Quarterly'Revisits this well-trodden period from a more globalist perspective. Tracing influences across northern and southern Europe and its colonies, Jonathan Jones argues that the Renaissance was not the 'muted, peripheral phenomenon of elite culture' many believe it to have been' - The New York Times Book Review'Some say the Renaissance is a fantasy of aesthetic gluttony dreamt up in the 19thcentury. But The Guardian’s art critic Jonathan Jones is having none of it, and in Earthly Delights: A History of the Renaissance, his joyous, reflective, and beautifully illustrated account, he explores in panoramic detail an age of discovery fuelled by curiosity and delight' - The New European'It is a passion which, in Earthly Delights, Jones pursues with intelligence, knowledge and some splendidly iconoclastic readings and opinions … his reading of Leonardo’s Cecilia Gallerani is as illuminating as it is unexpected – a sly celebration of the human over the divine. Elsewhere, his knowledge makes him a sure-footed guide through this seismic two hundred years of European history … We might not have “needed” another history of the Renaissance, but now that we have it, it is worth celebrating' - Sarah Dunant'An enlightening and entertaining account of what happened when western culture went back to the future. Rather fittingly, it’s the kind of book you finish only to find yourself looking forward to reading again' - Stephen Smith, GuardianTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Arnolfini Nude 2. The Naked Citizen 3. The Triumph of Love 4. Profane Angels 5. Worldly Knowledge 6. Haywain To Hell 7. The Garden of Earthly Delights 8. Render Unto Caesar 9. Melancholia 10. Pulse of Life 11. Judgements 12. Carnival and Lent 13. Curiosities
£24.00
Amber Books Ltd Castles of the World: From Ancient Citadels to
Book SynopsisRobust, romantic and imposing, castles capture our imagination when we were children and continue to hold interest throughout our lives. From Europe to Haiti, from India to Japan, Castles of the World explores forts, strongholds, towers and citadels from the ancient world up to the 20th century. Entries range from well-known examples such as Corfe Castle in England, the crusader stronghold of Krak des Chevaliers in Syria and the romantic palace of Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, to lesser-known curiosities such as the Genoese Fortress in the Crimea, Rudkhan Castle in Iran and Morro Castle in Havana. Arranged chronologically, each entry includes a striking colour photograph and expert text briefly telling the story of the castle’s history. Built, rebuilt and expanded many times, castles often don’t just tell us about one period in history, but about many different times. They offer us layers of history – and sometimes mystery, too. With 200 outstanding colour photographs, Castles of the World is a beautiful examination of worlds gone by.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Ancient Times to 700 CE Rayen Citadel, Iran David’s Citadel, Jerusalem, Israel Arg-E Bam, Iran Gongsanseong Castle, South Korea Samuil’s Fortress, Ohrid, Macedonia Citadel, Berat, Albania Durrës Castle, Albania Al-Ukhaidir Fortress, Iraq Early Medieval Period: 700–1200 Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Château de Chillon, Lake Geneva Mehrangarh, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Rayen Castle, Iran Qasr Kharana, Jordan Blagaj Fort, Bosnia & Herzegovina Hochosterwitz Castle, Austria Rabati Castle, Akhaltsikhe, Georgia Alcazar Castle, Segovia, Spain Blagai Castle, Bosnia Herzegovina Rudkhan Castle, Iran Burg Gussing, Austria Elz Castle, Germany Edinburgh Castle, Scotland Guaita Fortress, San Marino Leeds Castle, Kent, England Krak des Chevaliers, Syria Trim Castle, Ireland Nafpaktos Castle, Greece Heidelberg Castle, Germany Bran Castle, Romania Conwy Castle, Wales Windsor Castle, England Spiš Castle, Slovakia Peyrepertuse, France Late Medieval Period: 1200–1500 Alcázar of Seville, Spain La Alhambra, Granada, Spain Ananuri, Georgia Belogradchik Fortress, Bulgaria Bodiam Castle, England Castle Stalker, Scotland Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland Karlstein Castle, Czech Republic Bač Fortress, Serbia Koluvere Castle, Estonia Khotyn Fortress, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine Malbork Castle, Poland Soroca Fort, Moldova Donegal Castle, Republic of Ireland Royal Fort, Lahore, Pakistan Early Modern Period: 1500–1750 Marmaris Castle, Turkey Osaka Castle, Japan Camber Castle, Rye, East Sussex, England Chateau de Chambord, France Egskov Castle, Denmark Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba Red Fort, India Castillo San Felipe de Barajas, Colombia Castle of Good Hope, South Africa Four Metal Cross, Ghana Modern Era: 1750 to the Present Citadelle Henry Christophe, Haiti Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Germany Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany Hohenzollern Castle, Germany Bojnice Castle, Slovakia Palacio Da Pena, Sintra, Portugal Vajdahunyad Castle, Hungary Pena Palace, Portugal Maunsell Forts, English Channel Watchtower, Gull Bay, Channel Islands
£999.99
Prestel Ernst Haas
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£36.00
Silvana Enzo Mari: Drawings
Book SynopsisEnzo Mari was an inventor of languages, a constructor of grammars - intended as methods or sets of rules -, deeming these instruments necessary to “communicate knowledge with improved quality and efficiency”.It is impossible to define his discipline or his profession: he is an artist, an industrial designer, a graphic designer, an architect, but also a theorist, a pedagogue, an intellectual, possibly a philosopher, certainly a utopian who knew how to programme quiet revolutions which are, even today, often misunderstood when not totally unknown; these are some of the many facets of a complex and revolutionary personality. The root of his design methodology, which characterises the process of all the studies he later conducted, originates in his initial research into the field of visual arts, i.e. the research into the perceptual ambiguity of three-dimensional space that he undertook in the early 1950s, when he was still a scenography student at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. What characterises Mari’s design process is a “scientific” method made up of codes, theorems, theses, the construction of tools and instruments, tests, the comparison of models and the transcription of results deriving from his observations. This volume intend to return to the public a mnemonic atlas, a mapping system that can be used to explore and understand the complex nuances of the research conducted by Mari. Semantic research and verifications that have resulted in the programming of art, and which constitute the basis of the method that defines a process common to all the research, disciplines and utopias he pursued. Text in English and Italian.
£28.80
Search Press Ltd How to Draw: Kittens: In Simple Steps
Book SynopsisChoose your new cuddly companion from this collection of 28 cute kittens. Best-selling artist Susie Hodge teaches you to transform simple shapes into adorable furry felines in a range of playful poses. There are 28 different kittens to draw; each project starts with a few basic outlines and progresses into a finished tonal drawing, and a final coloured version shows you how to develop your drawing even further. Perfect for beginners, as well as budding artists, you’ll be amazed how easily you too can bring these friendly furballs to life with this inspiring guide. Trade ReviewLearn how to draw kittens in simple steps with the latest addition to Search Press's How to Draw series. Best-selling artist, Susie Hodge, will teach you how to transform simple shapes into convincing kitten, with 28 different kittens to draw. Each of these projects starts with a very basic outline, which Susie develops in stages into a finished tonal drawing. There is also a final coloured version to show you how to develop your drawing even further. * Leisure Painter, April 2023 *Table of ContentsCream Tabby Shorthair 5, Tabby and White 6, Domestic Medium Hair 7, Calico 8, Siamese 9, Ragamuffin 10, Domestic Shorthair 11, American Shorthair 12, British Shorthair 13, Orange/Ginger 14, Small Tabby 15, Russian Blue 16, Tabby and White Siberian cross 17, Tabby leaping 18, Tabby waiting 19, British Shorthair sitting 20, Domestic Shorthair sitting up high 21, Burmese 22, Calico with head turned 23, Tabby with a ball 24, Siamese facing front 25, American Shorthair sitting 26, Savannah 27, Bengal 28, Abyssinian 29, Ginger Tabby 30, Norwegian Forest 31, Maine Coon 32
£6.23
Bonnier Books Ltd Tiffany & Co.: The Story Behind the Style
Book SynopsisTiffany & Co.: The Story Behind the Style is a beautifully illustrated, handbag-sized visual history of one of the world's most iconic brands. Open the world's most famous little blue box to discover the story of Tiffany & Co. since its founding in 1837. Packed with photographs and information from the company's 185 years, get a glimpse of the legendary designs that have made Tiffany & Co. a household name. Starting in New York City in 1837, you will discover just how far plucky upstart Charles Lewis Tiffany went to be crowned the King of Diamonds. It is a tale of fortunes won and lost, the discovery of new gems and design talent, and the making of some of the most iconic jewels of our times - including the classic Tiffany engagement ring. Tiffany & Co.: The Story Behind the Style is the perfect gift for any fashion or jewellery lover. Also available: Cartier: The Story Behind the Style
£12.34
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the
Book SynopsisSpurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new fabrics and the use of highly prized ingredients imported from the New World. In response to a thirst for the new, fashion's pace of change accelerated, the production of garments provided employment for an increasingly significant proportion of the working population, and entrepreneurial artisans began to transform even the most functional garments into fashionable ones. Anxieties concerning vanity and the power of clothing to mask identities heightened fears of fashion's corrupting influence, and heralded the great age of sumptuary legislation intended to police status and gender through dress.Drawing on sources from surviving garments to artworks to moralising pamphlets, this richly illustrated volume presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to iTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Elizabeth Currie (freelance lecturer and author specialising in the history of fashion and textiles, UK) Chapter 1 – Textiles Maria Hayward (University of Southampton, UK) Chapter 2 – Production and Distribution Susan Vincent (University of York, UK) Chapter 3 – The Body Isabelle Paresys (Université de Lille, France) Chapter 4 – Belief Cordelia Warr (University of Manchester, UK) Chapter 5 – Gender and Sexuality Ann Rosalind Jones (Smith College, USA) Chapter 6 – Status Catherine Richardson (University of Kent, UK) Chapter 7 – Ethnicity Eminegül Karababa (Middle East Technical University, Turkey) Chapter 8 – Visual Representations Anna Reynolds (Deputy Surveyor of Paintings, Royal Collection Trust, UK) Chapter 9 – Literary Representations Gerry Milligan (City University of New York, USA) Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
£26.59
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Everyone is Creative: 7 Steps to Unlock Your
Book SynopsisHave you ever had a great idea but didn’t know where to start? The rules of creativity are simple. Founder and CEO of creative network Zealous, Guy Armitage shows you how to unlock your creative potential with seven easy steps. Everyone is born creative (have you ever met a child who wasn’t creative? Neither have we). Our experiences directly impact our ability to stoke our imaginations and let that creativity flow – and that is what this book aims to unlock. Part manifesto, part how-to guide, using humour and simple, playful prompts and exercises, Guy Armitage arms you with the tools you need to unleash your creative spark.From making space for creativity in your life to creating your own inspiration, and from planning your project efficiently to seeking proper feedback that will spur you on, Armitage addresses so many of the restraints that hold us all back in one way or another. Change is never easy (and if you want effective change, neither should it be) but the invaluable lessons found within will help enable you to rediscover your creative self.Whatever type of creative you are, this is the only book you’ll need to get started, stay motivated, keep your creativity flowing and make your ideas happen.Trade ReviewThe exact book I need when I want to get my creative juices flowing! -- Lulu Mayo, illustratorWe're all creative and this book shows us how to unlock that creativity in an entertaining and fun read -- Tabish Khan, art critic, Londonist
£13.49
ACADEMIE DU VIN LIBRARY LIMITED Chateau Musar: The Story of a Wine Icon
Book SynopsisWinemaking is never easy – but in the case of Chateau Musar, the most famous wine to come out of Lebanon, there have been times when it has been almost impossibly difficult. Serge Hochar would say ‘in Lebanon, difficulties are our habit. We are addicted to difficulties!’ and he famously continued to make his wines regardless of the bombing and shelling attacks going on around him. This is his story, and the story of Gaston, Marc, Ralph and Tarek, the new generation that follows him, carrying on the tradition of making wines of charisma and character with minimal interference. It is a tale of our times; winemaking at its most instinctive and natural, inspired by Mother Nature, and resonating powerfully with the spirit of survival that has sustained the Hochars’ troubled homeland, Lebanon. With contributions from Kevin Gould, Elizabeth Gilbert, Catherine Miles, Edward Ragg MW, Fongyee Walker MW, Jancis Robinson MW, Michael Broadbent, Steven Spurrier, Andrew Jefford, Bartholomew Broadbent and Susan Keevil, Chateau Musar, The Story of a Wine Icon is the perfect read for those who want to learn more about this incredible wine and delve into the multi-millennia-tradition of Lebanese wine.Trade Review"The Académie du Vin Library is an important publication of wine literature… every work is a must for wine lovers." - Weinseller Journal
£31.50
Quercus Publishing Designing Knitted Textiles: Machine Knitting for
Book SynopsisDesigning Knitted Textiles guides readers through the fundamental skills of machine knitting, while encouraging them to be creative and experimental. It takes a contemporary approach, exploring the countless possibilities of machine-knitted textiles within multiple fashion contexts.Part 1 offers a practical introduction to the subject, with step-by-steps and detailed information on tools, stitch types, fibres and techniques. Part 2 covers colour, pattern, texture, structure and embellishment, highlighting a range of designs from traditional styles such as Fair Isle to the most intricate lace or unusual 3D effects. Finally, Part 3 delves into the construction elements needed to create garments and accessories.Trade ReviewPerfect for beginners' knitwear course, to get a rounded understanding of the machine and capabilities.It covers a wide range of single bed machine knitting techniques and includes inspirational images of knitted samples and garments. The book features technical information explaining how to knit many of the stitches, with clear diagrams and useful tips and hints. I will be recommending this book to all levels, as it has something to offer even the more experienced final year student.This is a very clear a concise approach to machine knitting and design.The book is beautifully written with a lot of excellent illustrations. The pictures of knitted designs are inspiring and relevant to contemporary fashion. An overall excellent book.This book has great illustrations and clear, easy-to-read text. There is a wide breadth of knowledge and a variety of techniques represented, and the tips are succinct and helpful. Equally appreciated are the many sources of knitwear inspiration.A modern approach to machine knitting this book is a much needed breath of fresh air to the craft. - Eleanor Mead, East Coast College -- Eleanor Mead * East Coast College *
£28.00
Hopper & Fuchs Ren Hang
Book SynopsisJet black hair, porcelain skin, bright red lips and fingernails; figures gazing intensely into the camera; young men and women posing acrobatically with bizarre props; animals and plants in the glaring light of the camera's flash, situated in urban landscapes, private spaces, or in nature, among rice fields, lotus ponds, and cacti Ren Hang's photographs are painfully provocative, but also inward looking and dreamily surreal. Ren Hang depicts the human body as an abstract form, often in idiosyncratic arrangements and perspectives, combining iconic images of William Shakespeare's dying Ophelia in a river; of Leda, daughter of a Greek king, and the Swan; and of female nudes seen from behind using a distinctive visual vocabulary that draws on abstraction, Surrealism, Dada, and both historic and contemporary photography. Ren Hang's analog photographs use a playful, humorous visual language to relate the feelings, desires, fears, and loneliness of a young generation in China.
£38.25
Simon & Schuster We Might Just Make It After All
Book SynopsisIn We Might Just Make It After All, Elyce Arons recounts her epic friendship and business partnership with Kate Spade, with whom she co-founded the multi-billion dollar fashion company, and their coming-of-age in 1990s New York.
£17.00
PIE Books Lam Artworks Ikaduchi
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£23.99
Promopress Fashion Patternmaking Techniques: Haute Couture
Book SynopsisHigh fashion unquestionably goes hand-in-hand with sartorial and stylistic perfection. A driving force behind the entire fashion and garment industry, it represents the search for new solutions concerning fabrics, style or patterns. In this context, the patternmaker is an essential figure who makes the stylist’s ideas a reality. In our richly illustrated new volume in the Fashion Patternmaking series, the prolific author Antonio Donnanno describes the methods and techniques used in high-fashion for making drapes, frills and flounces, collars, necklines and sleeves, and high-fashion trousers and skirts in a detailed, understandable and step-by-step way.
£23.80
Phaidon Press Ltd Yoshitomo Nara
Book SynopsisThe definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo NaraTrade Review'Definitive...[a] truly authoritative monograph.' – HYPEBAE'Though he is now best-known for his complicated kawaii girls, the monograph also gives a detailed account of Mr Nara's other artistic ventures. An astonishing assemblage of sculptures, sketches, installations, ceramics, collaborations and photography, its pages reveal Mr Nara's extraordinary range and prolific output.' – Mr. Porter'This monograph, published to coincide with a major solo exhibition at LACMA charts his first influences as a child growing up in an isolated northern town, to the development of his distinct "big-headed girls," and a new politically charged direction, following the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster that affected his home region.' – Elephant Magazine'This book tells the compelling story of Nara's history to date, offering a fascinating glimpse into the internal world of this intriguing artist, whose work is never quite what it seems.' – The Arts Society Magazine
£63.96
