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Book Synopsis My Ideal Bookshelf by : Thessaly La Force
Download or read book My Ideal Bookshelf written by Thessaly La Force and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books that we choose to keep -- let alone read -- can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most; books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. Contributors include Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Keller, Michael Chabon, Alice Waters, James Patterson, Maira Kalman, Judd Apatow, Chuck Klosterman, Miranda July, Alex Ross, Nancy Pearl, David Chang, Patti Smith, Jennifer Egan, and Dave Eggers, among many others. With colorful and endearingly hand-rendered images of book spines by Jane Mount, and first-person commentary from all the contributors, this is a perfect gift for avid readers, writers, and all who have known the influence of a great book.
Download or read book Handmade Prints written by Anne Desmet and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a general guide to printmaking by hand. Comprehensive and innovative, this practical introduction ranges from potato prints to multi-colour linocuts; from collage to screenprints; from prints made with pipe cleaners and burger boxes to three-dimensional indented sculpture. The advantage of the techniques covered are that they do not require expensive equipment or much space, and are suitable for all age groups. Easy to follow for the beginner, Handmade Printsalso offers invaluable insights for the experienced printmaker. All the methods described require little specialised equipment and can be carried out at home on the kitchen table. They can be accomplished at many levels of expertise: in an artist s professional practice; as a school or college activity; or by enthusiasts of all ages to make unusual, inventive artworks or to transform home decor. The text is clearly written and highly illustrated with work done by people of all ages.
Download or read book Printing by Hand written by Lena Corwin and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-color, illustrated guide that teaches stamping, stenciling, and screen painting, with tips on making hand-made stamps and stencils.
Book Synopsis Low-Tech Print by : Caspar Williamson
Download or read book Low-Tech Print written by Caspar Williamson and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a global showcase of 100 of the craft’s most exciting and influential practitioners, Low-Tech Print is an exploration of hand-made printmaking techniques and how they are used in contemporary design and illustration. It examines the huge recent resurgence in the popularity of printmaking, with chapters on screenprinting, letterpress, relief printing and other printing methods. The book shows how practitioners develop a love affair with these hand-made techniques and use them to create beautiful contemporary designs, explaining the process behind each technique and its historical context. ‘In focus’ sections profile practitioners such as the ‘Lambe Lambe’ hand-made letterpress printers of São Paulo’s Grafica Fidalga studio and cult printing techniques such as Gocco (Japan) and Chicha (Peru). Low-Tech Print is a must-have for all design, illustration, craft and printmaking enthusiasts.
Book Synopsis Print & Stamp Lab by : Traci Bunkers
Download or read book Print & Stamp Lab written by Traci Bunkers and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tells readers how to turn everyday materials and objects into custom stamps and printmaking tools . . . The graphics are colorful and inspiring." —Barbara Delaney, Cloth Paper Scissors Artist and popular workshop instructor Traci Bunkers can turn just about anything into an interesting stamp, printing block, or tool. In this book, she shows readers how to see overlooked, everyday objects in a new way, and how to "MacGyver" them like she does. You'll learn to create fifty-two easy-to-use print blocks and stamp tools, all from inexpensive, ordinary, and unexpected materials—string, spools, bandages, flip flops, ear plugs, rubber bands, school erasers, and a slew of other repurposed and upcycled items. The book also shows how to use those simple tools to make gorgeous multi-layered prints and patterns that can be used to enhance journal covers, stationery, fabrics, accessories, and more.
Book Synopsis The Art and Craft of Handmade Books by : Shereen LaPlantz
Download or read book The Art and Craft of Handmade Books written by Shereen LaPlantz and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative approach to bookbinding explains techniques that elevate handmade books into extraordinary artworks. Simple, well-illustrated directions explain how to make pop-up panels, pages that "explode" from the spine, slipcases, and more.
Book Synopsis The Custom Art Collection - Art for the Traditional Home by : Jamin Mills
Download or read book The Custom Art Collection - Art for the Traditional Home written by Jamin Mills and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On serrated pages for easy removal from the book, this collection of frameable art prints will help you stop spending a fortune and start filling your walls with beautiful prints. Includes tips on framing and arranging these stunning pieces. This collection focuses on traditional, original pieces.
Book Synopsis Print Workshop by : Christine Schmidt
Download or read book Print Workshop written by Christine Schmidt and published by Potter Craft. This book was released on 2011-08-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for low budgets and high ambition. Read it and you will learn how to put images of things onto other things. You will start by rolling up your sleeves. Your shirt will be stained anyways. At some point, you will harness the power of the sun. Go ahead, look inside. You will see that you do not need a fancy studio to print a T-shirt or a picnic blanket. There is no specialized machine required to print anything you want in any room you want. A mural, a dartboard, a deck of cards, these are all possible. In a week or a month, you will wake up to find you know words like acetate and substrate. You will be comfortable talking about ink and shopping at military supply stores. Perhaps most important of all, you will be printing images of things onto other things.
Download or read book Notes to Myself written by Hugh Prather and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Notes To Myself is one of those rare experiences that comes only once in a great while. The editor who discovered the book said, "When I first read Prather's manuscript it was late at night and I was tired, but by the time I finished it, I felt rested and alive. Since then I've reread it many times and it says even more to me now." The book serves as a beginning for the reader's exploration of his or her own life and as a treasury of thoughtful and insightful reminders.
Book Synopsis The Handmade Silver Gelatin Emulsion Print by : Denise Ross
Download or read book The Handmade Silver Gelatin Emulsion Print written by Denise Ross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handmade Silver Gelatin Emulsion Print is a cookbook of simple, basic recipes for making black and white printing paper and paper negatives, along with creative options for printing, toning, and coloring. Author Denise Ross draws from photographic literature from the last 135 years, adapting old recipes to fit modern tools, materials, and work spaces and modern twists have been applied to traditional techniques. The book is divided into three sections: Section One lays the groundwork for this unique alternative process; Section Two provides the recipes; Section Three highlights contemporary silver gelatin artists. The book features over 200 full-color images and covers key topics including: Vocabulary: a list of terms used by traditional photographers and emulsion makers Creating work spaces with the right tools and materials Basic emulsion chemistry and paper coating techniques Working with various negative options, analog and digital Gaslight chloride contact printing paper Kodabromide-type chlorobromide all-purpose paper Bromide enlarging paper Warm tone paper and developers Making and toning your own printing-out paper (POP) Matte surface and baryta coating surface paper Paper negatives and making hand-drawn and digital masks Toning handmade paper Gum printing over handmade paper Troubleshooting handmade paper Artists working with handmade paper The Handmade Silver Gelatin Emulsion Print is for photographers who love the look and creative potential of black and white traditional photography but who want more control over the process and the end product. It is written for the beginner to experienced photographer, with processes initially explained in such a way that anyone will feel comfortable getting started, as well as information in increasing levels of complexity so that experienced photographers who enjoy a challenge will also find one.
Book Synopsis The High Sierra of California by : Gary Snyder
Download or read book The High Sierra of California written by Gary Snyder and published by Heyday. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The High Sierra of California is a brilliant tribute to the bold, jagged peaks that have inspired generations of naturalists, artists, and writers. Using traditional Japanese and European woodcut techniques, Killion has created stunning visual images of the Sierra that focus on the backcountry above nine thousand feet, accessible only on foot. Accompanying these riveting images are the journals of Gary Snyder, chronicling more than forty years of travels through the High Sierra backcountry.
Book Synopsis The Custom Art Collection - Art for the Contemporary Home by : Jamin Mills
Download or read book The Custom Art Collection - Art for the Contemporary Home written by Jamin Mills and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On serrated pages for easy removal from the book, this collection of frameable art prints will help you stop spending a fortune and start filling your walls with beautiful prints. Includes tips on framing and arranging these stunning pieces. This collection focuses on contemporary, original pieces.
Book Synopsis Robert Motherwell: the Complete Prints 1940-1991 by : Siri Engberg
Download or read book Robert Motherwell: the Complete Prints 1940-1991 written by Siri Engberg and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 2003 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the prints of Robert Motherwell, covering the years 1943 to 1991. This fourth edition is based on research and scholarship. In addition to cataloguing more than 500 prints in virtually every medium, it includes an essay on Motherwell's print-making, an illustrated chronology, concordance, bibliography and exhibition history. 500 colour & 100 b/w illustrations
Book Synopsis Dead Feminists by : Chandler O'Leary
Download or read book Dead Feminists written by Chandler O'Leary and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A national bestseller, this lushly illustrated book is an inclusive celebration of inspiring women who transformed the world and created social change. Dead Feminists is a gorgeously illustrated letterpress-inspired book showcasing feminist history with a vision for a better future. Based on the beloved letterpress poster series of the same name, this book brings feminist history to life, profiling 27 unforgettable forebears of the modern women’s movement such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rachel Carson, and more. Across eras and industries, passions and geographies, this collection of diverse, progressive, and perseverant women faced what looked like insurmountable odds and yet, still, they persisted. Dead Feminists, which features a foreword by Jill Lepore, author of The Secret History of Wonder Woman, is an illuminating and innovative reminder that women can be extraordinary agents of change. The future is female, but in many ways so is the past. Dead Feminists takes feminist inspiration to a new level of artistry and shows how ordinary and extraordinary women have made a difference throughout history (and how you can too). Featured Feminists: Adina De Zavala Alice Paul Annie Oakley Babe Zaharias Eleanor Roosevelt Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Zimmerman Emma Goldman Fatima al-Fihri Gwendolyn Brooks Harriet Tubman Imogen Cunningham Jane Mecom Marie Curie Queen Lili’uokalani Rachel Carson Rywka Lipszyc Sadako Sasaki Sappho Sarojini Naidu Shirley Chisholm Thea Foss Virginia Woolf Washington State Suffragists
Book Synopsis The Time Traveler's Wife by : Audrey Niffenegger
Download or read book The Time Traveler's Wife written by Audrey Niffenegger and published by Night Bookmobile Editions. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who inadvertently travels through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare’s passionate affair endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love. “Niffenegger’s inventive and poignant writing is well worth a trip” (Entertainment Weekly).
Download or read book Kiki Smith written by Wendy Weitman and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is published to accompany an exhibition at MoMA QNS devoted to an under-acknowledged but crucial area of Kiki Smith's art, December 5th, 2003 - March 8th, 2004.
Book Synopsis German Expressionist Prints by : Stephanie D'Alessandro
Download or read book German Expressionist Prints written by Stephanie D'Alessandro and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Specks Collection is noted for its high quality, breadth, and profound graphic power. In celebration of the gift to the museum, the collection is presented here for the first time in its entirety.
