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Award-winning fiber artist and teacher Jaana Mattson's needle-felted landscapes explore fresh territory and help you master the method behind needle-felted landscapes.

This compilation of lessons brings together the simplest characters from the' Master Guide to Drawing Anime' series for beginning anime artists.

The essential start-to-finish guide for knitters of all skill levelsincluding over twenty-five easy-to-follow projects. This indispensable reference includes: an overview of the yarns and equipment available todaya step-by-step guide to the basics, with knit and purl, casting on and binding (casting) off, and reading patternscreative options like cables, fair isle, and laceembellishments, embroidery, and other new ideas for more experienced knittersan extensive stitch librarya wide selection of patterns and projects, linked back to the techniques throughout the book With The Knitter's Bible, you can explore your developing skills and experiment with a variety of motifs to make your knitting sessions not only easier but more enjoyable than ever.

An inspiring, direct guide to painting beautiful portraits alla prima.

Transform your ideas about creative, fabric embellishment for textile art that's full of meaning and astounding texture, in this inspiring book by award-winning textile art tutor and artist Jan Dowson.

Quilt your way through the calendar with 24 of Mary Hertel‿s paper-pieced, mix-and-match quilt blocks, and seven fun projects to decorate your home. Projects include snowmen, gnomes, butterflies, turkeys, and more!

20 fabulously cute amigurumi, kawaii-style crocheted Christmas projects to make.

In this book all the flowers are designed with stems so that they are easy to use as accessories. There are 101 kinds of flowers which are explained with step-by-step photos.

A stunning collection of patterns inspired by floral folk art from all over the world. Projects are simple, fun and easy to stitch.

The Hand Tool on the Cutting Edge of History In the hands of lumberjacks, homesteaders, farmers, and foresters, the axe forged a path to a new way of life in North America. This simple tool - "a wedge with an edge" - cleared forest for farmland, delivered raw materials for housing and heat, and fueled the fires of industry. Explore the axe's fascinating evolution from colonial innovation to today's collectors' obsession, from a hand-forged workhorse to a sleek modern specimen, from a weapon in wartime to a recreational pastime.

A comprehensive and practical guide to drawing cartoons successfully with expert projects and exercises.

. Explains the popular Bullet Journal method from Ryder Carroll, as well as several other popular journaling systems, and helps you discover which is right for you. Breaks down complicated organizing systems and helps you make them your own-whether you're a busy parent, college student, or simply want more order in your life!. Guides you mapping out your goals and offers quick and easy tips to help you bring more "calm productivity" in your life

Featuring more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful winged forms, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring artists, fantasy and scientific illustrators, urban sketchers—anyone who's seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills. This contemporary, step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art concepts like proportion, anatomy, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a full range of winged creatures, all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author Melissa Washburn's clear and elegant drawing stylewill make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come. Learn how to:Establish basic shapes and symmetryArticulate lines for body shapes, wing forms, and shadingAdd defining detailsDraw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects is a library essential for any artist interested in learning how to draw the fascinating forms of birds and winged insects. The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.

From the bestselling author of Start Where You Are comes a beautifully illustrated and interactive journal for easing our everyday anxieties. Designed to help us better understand and dial down the worries getting in our way, these thoughtful journal pages are a safe space for reflection.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with a precious metal, usually gold, silver or platinum. The technique celebrates the history of the object and, rather than disguising a repair, highlights it and makes it beautiful. Kintsugi has come to the West, where it found fertile ground through its kinship with the current trend of 'make do and mend', as well as for its lyrical metaphoric loading, which has been used in areas such as psychology and therapy, well-being, music, and emotional healing and spirituality. It is also being presented as a model for sustainability.This book explains what traditional kintsugi is and how it is done, giving historical examples and using interviews of traditional kintsugi masters in Japan. It reflects on the possible reasons for its development, looking especially at a cultural attitude of "creativity through destruction." Different kinds of repairs will be discussed, including the earlier "staple" repair often seen in Chinese ceramic wares and the development of yobitsugi, in which shards from different vessels are pieced together in a patchwork, and other kintsugi techniques.The underlying concept of kintsugi, which encompasses the wabi aesthetic of accepting the imperfect, has struck a chord in other fields such as fine art, textiles, graphics, and product design. The metaphoric richness of a broken pot made stronger and more beautiful is both universal and deeply personal. The book will discuss how this is being used in music and literature, with the inclusion of short works of fiction and/or poetry separating the chapters. There have been recent ceramic exhibitions with a kintsugi theme, including "Golden Seams" at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery in Washington DC. Other exhibitions outside of ceramics that have had a kintsugi theme include a photography and installation piece by Koo Stark at the Leica Gallery, London. An example of its metaphoric application can be seen in the Radio 4 programme, 'Mending Cracks of Gold' (part of the series Something Understood, which presents 'ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry'), for which Bonnie was a contributor. There have been two TED Talks about kintsugi.

Fourteen original projects, ranging from jets to missiles to UFOs, allow less-experienced folders the chance to develop their skills. Step-by-step drawings and instructions accompany the models, which can actually fly.

Would you like to access a treasury of incredibly bizarre and beautiful images to create dynamic and impressive collages with? Cut & Collage Volume.2 will provide you with precisely what you have been searching for. This offering from the team at Vault Editions features full-colour anatomical illustrations, incredibly rendered botanical and sea life artwork including octopi, squid, tropical fish, eels and more. Also featured are a compelling collection of birds, snakes, scorpions, skulls, scientific illustrations, 17th-century portraits of men and women, insects, animals and oddities.Features: We understand that mistakes happen when working with paper crafts, which is why we have included a unique download link that will provide you with access to a print-ready PDF of all artwork featured. Reuse your favourite images as many times as you like without having to scan or purchase the publication again. Accessing the PDF will allow you to scale the size of the images so that the pieces of your collage fit together perfectly.The reverse side of each page is lined with unusual decorative patterns and ornamental motifs so that your offcuts can be used to add stunning textural elements to your designs. When accessing your downloadable PDF, you will also get the Vault Editions Skulls and Anatomy sample pack completely free.About the author: This book was curated and authored by the creative director of Vault Editions, Kale James. Kale has published over 12 acclaimed books within the art design space and has worked with brands including Nike, Samsung, Adidas and Rolling Stone. Kale's artwork is published in numerous titles including No Cure, Semi-Permanent, Vogue and more.Whether you're an advanced collage artist or a first-timer looking to explore creative outlets, this book will provide you with the necessary means to make artwork that will impress both your clients and peers. Gain access to your files and start creating bizarre and beautiful collages today.

In Draw 1,001 Animals, award-winning artist Mark Bergin shows how simple shapes can be transformed into a vast variety of animals. There are pages looking at materials and techniques, and step-by-step projects that train the eye to deconstruct the simple shapes that go into constructing a detailed drawing.

"A how-to guide for planning, creating, and using creative spaces for needlework of all kinds as well as other crafts. The book includes extensive photography of outstanding artist studios"--

Mosaics can be created from various materials, ceramics, dinnerware, polymer clay, beads, etc., but its true magic lies in crafting with glass.This book will teach you how to work with different types of glass. It contains an assortment of projects with step-by-step descriptions and images enabling you to create unique and original mosaics. In this Book: 14 original projects with clearly worded step-by-step workflow instructions Each work stage in the project is depicted in images In the book, projects are arranged from simple to complex A variety of cutting methods and tips for handling glass Glass squares and glass panels - differences and how-to's A secret technique for dyeing glass on your ownMoreover, you'll find a link at the end of the book for downloading every example.This book is intended for beginners or anyone interested in experimenting with glass mosaics.