Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts Books

Book SynopsisCreate bright and cheerful designs for the holidays, using a box of crayons and a few simple tools! With step-by-step instructions and over 400 images, you can turn inexpensive and everyday items into family treasures. Start with the basics using simple shapes, freehand designs, leaves, and flowers. Decorate tile magnets, ornaments, and other mediums. Find out how to use wax with paper, wood, glass, metals, boxes, eggs, and felt. Discover twice-melted wax and add color to your designs. Learn the methods to use color washes, base coating, and floating color to create a stunning, eye-catching project. From colorful Christmas ornaments, jewelry, and snowflakes to Easter eggs, necklaces, and pumpkins, Miriam Joy will show you how to add a little color to a basket sitting in the corner, make a wonderful Christmas heirloom out of an antique sled, and turn that old saw into a harvest piece to set above the fireplace.

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Book SynopsisThis gourd craft book helps you make 10 different wall pocketsgourds shaped to form useful, decorative storage on your indoor and outdoor walls. Featuring 125 full-color photos, it offers projects for beginners as well as more advanced painters. Patterns, color palettes, supply lists, and gourd preparation guidance are detailed for each project. Then, following Crawford''s step-by-step directions, create 10 different wall pockets with themes including a realistic rabbit, a patriotic eagle, a cheerful candy jar, an intriguing petroglyph design, and more. Crawford's latest how-to book is perfect for gourd crafters, painters, and crafters of any level. These wall pockets give a creative punch to your own décor, and make perfect gifts for family members and friends.

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Book SynopsisMaking more from less is today's trend in crafting, and renowned craft instructor Miriam Joy reveals the amazing design boost you can give your projects by using crayons as an economical source of wax. Try the 15 basic wax designs taught here, from circles to waves to flowers, and then combine them with your own creativity to turn your craftsor everyday objects from the thrift shop or dollar storeinto colorful and eye-catching works of art. The book covers the basic materials needed, the techniques, and the many types of surfaces to which wax can be applied, from wood to glass to felt. Then 11 starter projects help you discover the unlimited things you can transform with wax decorating, from a simple tile magnet to more advanced projects like a masquerade party mask, wall art, and a transformed old guitar. Bonus video links help you learn even more.

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Book SynopsisGourds offer great surfaces to decorate, and this step-by-step book reveals the design boost you can give your gourd projects by using crayons as an economical source of wax.With over 340 detailed photos, in her popular how-to style Miriam Joy explains the inexpensive materials needed and the basic steps of the low-cost, high-impact wax design technique. Next are step-by-step instructions for four examples of creative wax-technique designs on gourds, plus four stunning rim treatments. By using these as your starting point, you can create unlimited gourd artworks of your ownall featuring low-cost, high-impact wax design technique. Projects range from the Midnight Fern gourd with a crocheted beaded ruffle, to the colorful Flowers in the Jungle gourd with a simple shell rim, to the Blue Horizons gourd featuring a unique coiled Arrowhead Points rim. Plus, using wax, learn how to make faux stones to decorate any project.

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Book SynopsisThe meditative mandalas in this coloring book celebrate the amazing biodiversity in nature: the myriad shapes and colors found in animals and the varied habitats and ecosystems in which they live. Explore real and imagined specimens that live in treetops, sweeping grasslands, lush tropical forests, shimmering waters, and colorful reefs in this riff on the natural world. White spaces in each sketch allow artists to be creative, drawing in their own unique dots, dashes, doodles, stripes, and squiggles. Using a variety of markers, watercolors, or gel pens selectively or in any combination, armchair artists are invited to focus their thoughts and unleash their creativity.

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Book SynopsisThe meditative mandalas in this coloring book celebrate the amazing biodiversity in nature: the myriad shapes and colors found in plants and insects and the varied habitats and ecosystems in which they all live. Enter glorious gardens, sweeping grasslands, and lush tropical forests populated with unusual flora and flying creatures in this riff on the natural world. White spaces in each sketch allow artists to be creative, drawing in their own unique dots, dashes, doodles, stripes, and squiggles. Using a variety of markers, watercolors, or gel pens selectively or in any combination, armchair artists are invited to focus their thoughts and unleash their creativity.

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Book SynopsisTake a twisted trip through the mind''s eye of pop culture legend Dirty Donny Gillies as he brings us the best of his black-and-white ink drawings for artists to color and customize. Deemed one of today''s most influential artists, Donny has been spreading his art across all mediums for decades, including work for Metallica, Snap-on Tools, Vans skate shoes, Creature Skateboards, and Stern Pinball, to name a few.

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Book SynopsisBloom brings the work of designer Diane Kappa to a coloring book of 27 original floral patterns. Known for fusing the traditional and contemporary in her fabric, stationery, and home furnishing designs for national retailers such as Jo-Ann Fabric, Marshalls, and HomeGoods, Kappa''s inspirations range from Bali''s bold geometric batiks to the intricate folk patterns of Budapest''s painted eggs. Whether you find your focus with colored pencils, watercolors, or pastels, these nature-inspired illustrations will bring tranquility to artists of all ages and interests. When you've finished coloring a page, simply remove it from the book, frame, and display.

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Book SynopsisForty-one craftspeople answer the questions of who, what, when, where, and how he or she started and maintains a career in the arts. Accompanied by more than 260 photos showing the artists, their work spaces, and their creations, each interview gives experience-based answers to anyone interested in the lives of artists. For students and career changers to makers at all levels, this resource captures insight into the entrepreneurial nature of living a life in the artsand the choices, bits of luck, joys, and tenacity one needs to overcome hurdles in useful and surprising ways. The 41 artists from across the United States work in many types of media; they include, for example, woodturner Dixie Biggs, fiber artist Carol Eckert, metalsmith Pat Flynn, glass artist Judith Schaecter, and ceramist Mara Superior. As their answers unfold, what develops is a collection of independent voices that follow unique, creative journeys in the arts, despite the twists and turns life takes. This distillation of expertise is a valuable resource to all who are considering a creative career.Trade Review"The very best way to understand the unique and special world of craft is to experience it first hand. *ITAL*Making Good*END* offers a glimpse into the lives of the people *ITAL*behind*END* the art. By getting a feel for their values, motivations and characters we can enjoy their skilled work even more through a richer understanding of their creative spirit." —Ennis Carter, Founder, Social Impact Studios"The best of contemporary craft is imbued with memorable diversity and echoes the continuum of craft history: with insightful references to function, a commitment to exceptional ideas, to one’s chosen palette and process, an individual, evolving vocabulary and a developing mastery. And, always in evidence, for both maker and viewer, a celebration of the tactile enticement of materials, a zest for challenges and exploration and excesses of passion! This book honors all of that and introduces some of those, at different levels of experience, who understand and offer that shared joy in abundance." —Gail M. Brown, Curator of Contemporary Craft"A much-needed exploration of what it takes to make an artistic life for oneself; it is not an easy path. This book aims to demystify how some artists achieve a life of art making. The wide range of artists and scenarios presented underlines the fact that there is no one right answer. Read this book if you want to be inspired by creative passion, learn about the personal history of these artists, or draw lessons from how each has carved out a living by pursuing their art." —Jennifer Zwilling, Curator of Artistic Programs, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia*Profiles forty-one artists' careers that include their education, influences, personal approach, and insight into the complex process of creating and making a broad range of objects. While each has developed their own path they have in common the challenge and rewarding experience of working with materials to create personal expressions for others to cherish and enjoy." —Paul J. Smith, Director Emeritus, Museum of Arts and Design

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Book SynopsisEvery two years, 50 to 60 top artists in all mediums travel to the tiny town of Aiguines in Provence, France, and spend six days and nights collaborating, cross-pollinating ideas, and trying out mediums they''ve never used before. In these pages, learn about this valued source of energy in today's artistic world: the collaborative creativity seminar. Short texts by participants enhance over 275 engaging photos of artists in the process of collaborating, as well as the resulting masterful artworks. See how the artists created, in those six days, a total of 176 gallery-quality pieces by joining together across mediums--for instance, a woodturner, a glassblower, and a weaver working together on a project. This view inside the Aiguines event offers inspiration for artists and art organizations to increase their work's quality and their own vision's scope.

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Book SynopsisFabric is an essential part of life in West Africa; people wear colorful fabrics not only as a fashion statement, but also as a way to express their views. These 20 exquisite drawings show scenes from daily lifespending time with family, kids pounding millet as part of their daily chores, and even the process of checking bee hives! Each scene includes a textile backdrop featuring the cloth of West Africa. These fabrics are part of Hollis Chatelain's personal collection from her 12 years in Africa.

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Book SynopsisBring the otherworldly spirit of Meow Wolf to life at home with this coloring book and become a part of the renowned artist collective s strange and beautiful world.

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Book SynopsisTunis, with his painstaking attention to authentic detail and his vast knowledge, could present such a complete treasury of the way things were done before machines obliterated this phase of early American life.Trade ReviewOf great interest to historians of technology including blacksmiths... Tunis's work is a useful overview of tools and processes in the hand-craft era and the beginning of the industrial revolution... With their well-balanced blend of text and drawings they provide an interesting sampling of colonial craft practices, as well as a delightful 'flavor of the times.' We [blacksmiths] should all become familiar with this widely read book. -- John Austen The Newsletter of the Blacksmiths' Guild of the PotomacTable of ContentsPreface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. New World, New WaysChapter 2. Country WorkChapter 3. Town ShopsChapter 4. Bespoke WorkChapter 5. Group WorkChapter 6. Manufactories

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Book SynopsisForty colour plates illustrate some of the finest achievements of medieval painting, including the ''Lindesey Psalter'', the ''Oscott Psalter'', the ''Liber Regalis'', the ''Beaufont/Beauchamp Hours'' and the rarely reproduced ''Sherborne Missal''. A detailed commentary accompanies each of the plates.

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Book SynopsisContains 240 multipurpose peel-and-stick labels and stickers on tear-away sticker sheets. This work features illustrated buttons, thread, thimbles, yarn, sewing machines, calligraphy pens, and other items from the crafting world.

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Book SynopsisAdvises on how to best choose a tree (real or fake?), mitigate the negative effects of necessary travel, organize and recycle post-holiday, and more. This title presents holiday craft projects and ideas for: pinecone wreaths; recycled sweater pillows; and, organic appetizers.

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Book SynopsisHandcrafted details are at the heart of a beautiful wedding – adding charm, meaning and style.

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Book SynopsisThis coloring book is a celebration of chromatic homes, the alluring and ornate structures that grace our most charming and beautiful cities.

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Book SynopsisAn essential book packed with exquisite photographs and amazing floral displays for planning every aspect of the wedding day and beyond, from London’s leading floral designer. Paula Pryke taps into the desire of every bride to make her wedding day special, and the choice of flower color, fragrance, and display is one of the most effective and fun ways to do so. She gives the bride the confidence and ability to design her own floral theme and work with a florist to execute it, or perhaps even undertake some of the arrangements herself for a truly personal touch. The book explores wedding traditions as well as suggestions on how a modern bride can depart from them. It addresses every type of seasonal concern; distinguishes decorative, ceremony, and reception flowers; provides great ideas for floral accessories; and, of course, devotes much consideration to the all-important choice of the bouquet. With step-by-step instructions throughout, the book demonstrates how brides, bridesmai

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Book SynopsisCultivating traditional skills and simple approaches to achieving a sustainable—and beautiful—life.This is the essential guide to living a more beautiful, purposeful, and fulfilling life inspired by the whimsical world of cottagecore, complete with flower pressing, foraging, needlework, spinning, crafting, and other fun and charming yet practical activities. From savoring the aroma of freshly baked bread and tending a beloved herb patch to enjoying sunlight filtering through hand-sewn curtains, cottagecore is a philosophy as well as an aesthetic that brings together many strands of a sustainable lifestyle: unplugging, slow living, embracing nature, learning new skills, growing food, and much more.Each chapter explores different ways of embracing the cottagecore lifestyle, such as interacting with nature, eating seasonally, and getting creative. Inherently low-impact and green, cottagecore embraces reuse and recycling and celebrates an old-fashioned no

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Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to the history and makers of Adirondack guideboats

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