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Download or read book Gem Tree Sculptures written by Dana James and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gemstone Wire Tree Sculptures is a guide to help create and design gem trees as another form of the lapidary arts. Gem, mineral and bead enthusiasts as well as those who love craft projects, now have the opportunity to learn this lost art form and how it is used as a creative outlet. All instructions are designed with the beginner in mind and include photos and diagrams to help navigate through the steps. This is a great hobby for creating inexpensive gifts for family and friends that will delight and amaze them. Learn how the trees can be personalized for that special person by using gemstones, beads and charms. As a bonus, a chapter has been included on how this hobby can become a positive influence on your personal development and help manage your stress. One of Dana's students once commented that she didn't realize that just the simple act of twisting gems on wire could be so relaxing and take your mind off other worries.
Book Synopsis Collecting Gem Stone Tree Sculpture from Around the World by : Rita Laws
Download or read book Collecting Gem Stone Tree Sculpture from Around the World written by Rita Laws and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Gem Stone Tree Sculpture Buying Guide was written to help the buyers of international gem tree sculpture understand the background of this fascinating collecting field, learn about some of the most popular types of gem trees, and find resources for purchase, with photos throughout. One tree is beautiful but a gemstone forest is awe-inspiring! Tree sculpture is an ancient art form that can be made from many different materials. Gem trees are a sub-type of tree sculpture and can be made of anything as long as there is some type of gemstone present on the base or tree, whether polished, rough, or faceted. These are also referred to as gemstone trees, jade trees, wire trees, Ming or Peking trees, feng shui trees, lucky money trees, happiness trees, jiji (pronounced jeeka), faux bonsai, and artificial bonsai tree sculpture. Some of the most popular gems used in gem trees include jade, jadeite, amethyst, garnet, peridot (olivine), malachite, quartz, turquoise, rhodonite, rhodochrosite, citrine, agate, lapis, carnelian (red agate), onyx, jasper, aventurine, amazonite, amber, and emerald. As an art form, gem trees are part of many different cultures around the world, especially those with rich deposits of naturally occurring gemstone.This series of booklets, Buying Guides for International Collectables, celebrates folk art and collectable items from around the world, including some that are not well-known but that are relatively affordable and fascinating. Ceramics, wood carvings, semi-precious gemstones, embroidery, sculpture, and sterling silver figurines are just some of the areas explored. Let's feast our eyes on the traditional arts and crafts of India, Mexico, Russia, Ghana, South Africa, USA, Brazil, Japan, China, and many other nations.Table of Contents: Definition, Where To Buy Gem Trees, Displaying And Caring For Gem Trees, Type I: Manufactured Gem Trees, USA: Swoboda, Franklin Mint And Hawaii, Swoboda Sizes, The Famous Swoboda Jin And Other Branch Information, Re-Attaching Gem Leaves, Rare Swoboda Trees, Similar But Not Swoboda, Franklin Mint, Hawaiian Palms, China And Hong Kong, Japan, Related But Not A Gem Tree, Poland, South Africa, India, And Brazil, Type Ii: Artist-Made Gem Trees, And Proper Shipping For Trees.
Book Synopsis Gem Trees, Beaded Trees, and Wire Tree Sculptures by : Dana A James
Download or read book Gem Trees, Beaded Trees, and Wire Tree Sculptures written by Dana A James and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gem Trees, Beaded Trees, and Wire Tree Sculptures is a design book with instructions on how to make tree sculptures using wire. Gemstone trees is a form of Lapidary Arts that Gem and Mineral enthusiasts (rockhounds) have enjoyed making for decades. Everyone, children as well as adults, can enjoy making these works of art. All the tree designs have step-by-step instructions, including colorful pictures, to help in the design process. As a bonus, checklists and design/note pages have been included to keep track of your designs. A Gallery has also been included which shows additional trees that can be made using the instructions included in the book. Gem Trees, Beaded Trees, and Wire Tree Sculptures is Dana's second book. The first book Gem Tree Sculptures, published in 2009 is a beginner book, with a few different tree designs, and is still available.
Book Synopsis Creating Gem, Beaded and Bonsai Wire Trees by : Sal Villano
Download or read book Creating Gem, Beaded and Bonsai Wire Trees written by Sal Villano and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of more than three years of work. My inspiration for writing my third book on the subject of creating wire trees and other pieces using wire, came to me while showing my work at many art and craft shows, and in art galleries. Interested people would ask me how I got started, and, some people, who were really interested in my work, said I should write a book showing how I create my tree sculpture. I have taken great care in creating this third book, not only adding many more different types of sculpture, but also adding many extras I think the reader will find very helpful. I not only explain and illustrate for you, how to create each piece, I also show or explain how to use a basic item to create many more variations of each item. This book contains 138 pages with over 400 photos and illustrations. Plus, based on my over 30 years of creating and showing my work, I have added many pages I have called "Extras". These extras will help you with many different topics, such as: Photography, Pricing your work, Shipping your work, Accepting commissions, Attending art and craft shows, Consigning your work, and many more. You can view all my tree sculpture in full color at: www.salvillano.com The inspiration for creating my sculpture grew from a lifetime love of trees. I am in awe of the stately presence and silent majesty they posses. I find the structure of trees to be one of the perfections in nature. With their roots embracing the earth; in winter they show their bones, in spring gentle buds, in summer a canopy of green and in fall a magical kaleidoscope of colors. Beauty, pure beauty.
Book Synopsis Stories in Stone by : Stephen E. Nash
Download or read book Stories in Stone written by Stephen E. Nash and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vasily Konovalenko’s unique, dynamic, and theatrical sculptures stand alone in the gem-carving world—bawdy but not salacious, political but not diplomatic, boisterous and exuberant yet occasionally sensitive. Stories in Stone offers the first comprehensive treatment of the life of this little-known Russian artist and the remarkable history of his wonderful sculptures. Part art catalogue and part life history, Stories in Stone tells the tale of Konovalenko’s impressive works, explaining their conception, creation, and symbolism. Each handcrafted figure depicts a scene from life in the Soviet Union—a bowman hunting snow geese, a woman reposing in a hot spring surrounded by ice, peasants spinning wool, a pair of gulag prisoners sawing lumber—painstakingly rendered in precious stones and metals. The materials used to make the figurines are worth millions of dollars, but as cultural artifacts, the sculptures are priceless. Author Stephen Nash draws upon oral history and archival research to detail the life of their creator, revealing a rags-to-riches and life-imitates-art narrative full of Cold War intrigue, Communist persecution, and capitalist exploitation. Augmented by Richard M. Wicker’s exquisite and revelatory photographs of sixty-five Konovalenko sculptures from museums, state agencies, and private collections around the world, Stories in Stone is a visually stunning glimpse into a unique corner of Russian art and cultural history, the craft and science of gem carving, and the life of a Russian artist and immigrant who loved people everywhere. Co-published with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, home to the most significant collection of Russian gem-carving sculptures by Vasily Konovalenko in the world.
Author :Los Angeles County Museum of Art Publisher :Univ of California Press ISBN 13 :9780520054073 Total Pages :268 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (54 download)
Book Synopsis Art of Nepal by : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Download or read book Art of Nepal written by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Engraved Gems by : Ben van den Bercken
Download or read book Engraved Gems written by Ben van den Bercken and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discuss different types of engraved gems in the collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden, their makers, users and re-users, combining archaeological, culture historical and geological perspectives.
Book Synopsis Steven Universe: End of an Era by : Chris McDonnell
Download or read book Steven Universe: End of an Era written by Chris McDonnell and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris McDonnell’s Steven Universe: End of an Era is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling behind-the-scenes companion book Steven Universe: Art & Origins. Foreword by Hugo Award–winning author N. K. Jemisin Showcasing new concept art, storyboards, background paintings, and exclusive interviews, End of an Era will update the history of the Emmy Award–winning series to cover season four through to the critically acclaimed finale, “Change Your Mind,” and beyond. Fans will find a special focus on creator and showrunner Rebecca Sugar’s elaborate process for creating the lore for the series, as she and the crew reveal how they discovered and developed the complete story arc for each character, as well as how they were able to design a show that so refreshingly captures and celebrates the experience of childhood. Steven Universe: End of an Era is a heartfelt send-off to one of the most progressive, imaginative, and beloved animated series of our time. “This book extends the life of this treasured animated series.” —Variety
Book Synopsis Modern Sculpture Reader by : Jon Wood
Download or read book Modern Sculpture Reader written by Jon Wood and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many anthologies of art, sculpture is given short shrift in relation to other media, if it is treated at all. Modern Sculpture Reader aims to rectify this situation by presenting a collection of important texts that have defined sculpture’s radically changing status and role since the end of the nineteenth century, a time marked by a general reappraisal of the forms and functions of art. From the rigorously theoretical to the experimental and poetic, Modern Sculpture Reader offers a lively discourse on the medium by a range of artists, writers, critics, and poets—Marcel Duchamp, Louise Bourgeois, Claes Oldenberg, André Breton, Ezra Pound, and Clement Greenberg—in a variety of genres: poems, lectures, transcribed interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, and artists’ statements. These diverse text selections offer valuable insight into the development of the critical language of sculpture and its connections to other media in an era of increasingly conceptual artistic practice. Many of the essays highlight key ongoing concerns such as sculpture’s physical properties and conditions of display, both of which have important implications for the viewer’s tactile and emotional interaction with sculptural works.
Book Synopsis the art of the greeks by : h.b. walters
Download or read book the art of the greeks written by h.b. walters and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Art of the Greeks by : Henry Beauchamp Walters
Download or read book The Art of the Greeks written by Henry Beauchamp Walters and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive history of ancient Greek arts beginning with Homeric, Mycenaean and Minoan periods, through the classical age, into the Hellenistic period. Includes numerous plates and sketches of famous works and buildings, lists of existing Doric and Ionic temples, as well as a chronology of Greek arts.
Book Synopsis The Art of the Greeks ... with 112 Plates and 18 Illustrations in the Text by : Henry Beauchamp Walters
Download or read book The Art of the Greeks ... with 112 Plates and 18 Illustrations in the Text written by Henry Beauchamp Walters and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Townley Gallery of Classic Sculpture in the British Museum by : British Museum
Download or read book The Townley Gallery of Classic Sculpture in the British Museum written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Townley gallery of classic sculpture, in the British museum by : sir Henry Ellis
Download or read book The Townley gallery of classic sculpture, in the British museum written by sir Henry Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Jewel Tree of Tibet by : Robert Thurman
Download or read book The Jewel Tree of Tibet written by Robert Thurman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-02-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few teachers in the West possess both the spiritual training and the scholarship to lead us along the path to enlightenment. Robert Thurman is one such teacher. Now, in his first experiential course on the essentials of Tibetan Buddhism, adapted and expanded from a popular retreat he led, Thurman -- the first Westerner ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself -- shares the centuries-old wisdom of a highly valued method used by the great Tibetan masters. Using a revered, once-secret text of a seventeenth-century Tibetan master, along with a thorough explanation for contemporary Westerners, The Jewel Tree of Tibet immerses you fully in the mysteries of Tibetan spiritual wisdom. A retreat in book form as well as a spiritual and philosophical teaching, it offers a practical system of understanding yourself and the world, of developing your learning and thought processes, and of gaining deep, transforming insight. Tibetans think of their cherished tradition of Buddhism as a "wish-fulfilling jewel tree" for its power to generate bliss and enlightenment within all who absorb its teachings. Happiness, in fact, is the true goal of Tibetan spirituality, and the wish-fulfilling jewel tree will put you on the road to that reachable goal. This beautiful jewel-tree imagery, which acts like a mandala or a yoga pose to focus your attention on truths larger than yourself, will help you break through worn-out ideas and habits, strengthen positive abilities, develop more energy and creativity, and change your life -- and future -- for the better. As Thurman writes, "Readers learn to cultivate the sensitivity and appreciation to love more fully, feel compassion more intensely, and become a fountain of cheerfulness for all they meet and know." Because the path to enlightenment requires more than sitting in meditation, The Jewel Tree of Tibet offers a rich, intellectually riveting course with many specific spiritual practices, including: eleven steps to create the spirit of enlightenment, here and now; the truths and stories of the ancient Indian and Tibetan sages; and guided meditations to experience the blessings of the wish-fulfilling jewel tree. You can do these practices with others or on your own, while living your daily life. And as you travel this road to deeper self-realization, self-understanding, and infectious happiness, you will also learn how the principles of Tibetan Tantra can open the doors to "infinite compassion and continuity," and how to discover states of consciousness that transcend even death. One of the most explicit teachings of the steps to the path of enlightenment available, explained by a skilled Western teacher, The Jewel Tree of Tibet will enable you to honor the full subtlety and hidden depths of the Tibetan Buddhist path and realize at last its deeper mysteries and rewards -- for yourself and others.
Book Synopsis Crown Jewels or Gems of Literature Art and Music by : Henry Davenport Northrup
Download or read book Crown Jewels or Gems of Literature Art and Music written by Henry Davenport Northrup and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Smithsonian National Gem Collection—Unearthed by : Jeffrey Edward Post
Download or read book The Smithsonian National Gem Collection—Unearthed written by Jeffrey Edward Post and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scandals, mysteries, and human stories behind the world’s greatest gems are brought to life by the curator of the Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection Dr. Jeffrey E. Post, curator of the National Gem Collection for more than 25 years, separates fact from fiction in an all-new and original book, revealing fresh information and regaling the reader with anecdotes and tales of some of the world’s greatest and most famous gemstones. Dr. Post is the author of the now out-of-print book The National Gem Collection (Abrams, 1997), which has sold more than 50,000 copies. In this brand-new book, he tells the stories of the Smithsonian’s most famous gems, including the Hope Diamond, Star of Asia Sapphire, Carmen Lucia Ruby, Hooker Emerald, and Blue Heart Diamond—and also presents the tales, details, and fascinating facts surrounding rarely displayed gems from the Smithsonian vault and additions made to the collection since 1997. Not only a resource for learning about rare and beautiful gems, the book also presents the stories of the people who once owned or were associated with these jewels—from ordinary people to kings, emperors, maharajas, celebrities, and captains of industry.
