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B3165. Impressions of Nature / Cave
Impressions of Nature: A History of Nature Printing by Roderick Cave. 2009. 304 pages. 8.75"x11". Hardcover
Retail Price $120.
In Nature printing the image is created from inking the plant or animal and making the print. These delicate prints are both unusual and beautiful.
In the Middle Ages the technique was used to assist those gathering medicinal plants (the earliest datable nature print dates from 1228). By the 17th and 18th centuries, it became used by botanists to develop systemized collections. During the 19th century, the new photographic technology was used. The great revival in the later 20th century was as a craft and art.
200 color illustrations.
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B3159. Kirigami Menagerie / Hayakawa
Kirigami Menagerie: 38 Paper Animals to Copy, Cut & Fold by Hiroshi Hayakawa. 2009. 128pp. 8.5" x 11". Paper $17.95. SALE. Save $10.00 LIMITED QUANTITIES
The paper folding techniques of Origami are combined with the folding/cutting/unfolding techniques of Kirigami to create 38 different charming animals: sheep, dragons, ostriches, pandas and more. Both you and your children or grandchildren will delight in these sophisticated designs. The projects are for adults and older children. Includes step-by-step illustrations and instructions with photos of the finished animals, as well as full-size templates to photocopy onto card stock.
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B3131. Paper Architect/Bianchini et al
The Paper Architect: Fold-It-Yourself Buildings and Structures by Maria Victoria Garrido Bianchini, Ingrid Siliakus and Joyce Aysta. 2009. 110pp. 8-7/8"x11". Hardcover. Retail Price $24.95
The step-by-step photographs, clear instructions, and especially the color coded templates will help you construct amazing 3D paper replicas of world famous structures including the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Coliseum. Interesting architectural info on each of the 20 buildings is included.
Click here to see a sample spread from the book.
Available February 2009.
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B3171. Paperie for Inspired Living / Bartolomei
Paperie for Inspired Living: Stationery and Decorations for Weddings, Parties, and Other Special Occasions by Karen Bartolomei. 2009. 160pp. 8.5"x10-7/8". Hardcover $24.95. JNB $22.50
Presents beautiful coordinated themed suites of paper projects: a wine-tasting party, elegant dinner party, or backyard barbeque, and more.
Each includes the invitation plus touches such as labels, tags, and keepsakes. For New Year's: Invitation, Menus, Resolution Sign-in/Postcards and Drink Signs. Use your computer (or you calligraphic skills) and purchased embellishments. Includes invitation wording and etiquette, and party tips
Now available
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B3323. Constructing and Covering Boxes / Hollander
Constructing and Covering Boxes: A Beginner’s Guide by Tom & Cindy Hollander. 2009. 64pp. 8.5"x11". Paper
If you want to make boxes, you need to buy this book. It is a treasure.
Tom and Cindy present very thorough instruction for only two box projects: a hinged box and a clamshell box. Each stage of the box is broken down into detailed steps, each illustrated with a good color photo. (There are over 230 photos in the book.) Using the book is similar to having a master box maker demonstrating the construction for you - and also showing you all the small techniques that are so important in a well-crafted box. First, they show and tell you the tools and materials you will need and why you need them. Then they present how to determine the grain of book board, bookcloth, and paper. Next is cutting board and covering materials, followed by two pages and thirteen instructional photos presenting the essentials of gluing. Now you are ready to learn how to make the two boxes! At the end of the book are fill-in-the-blank worksheets to figure each of the pieces needed for different sizes of the two boxes, plus a glossary and thirty examples of boxes to inspire you. Dimensions are given in inches.
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B3343. Real Life Journals / Diehn
Real Life Journals: Designing & Using Handmade Books by Gwen Diehn. 2010. 180pp. 9"x9". Hardcover
List Price: $24.95
This celebration of making and keeping journals will help you design a journal that enhances the experiences you are chronicling. A little book that comes within the main book helps you choose a bookbinding structure that fits your purpose - for example, a travel journal that is portable and has both lined pages and blank ones to paint on. The booklet directs you to the instructions in the main book that explain how to make that specific design. There are instructions and beautiful illustrations for 16 kinds of books and 10 cover styles. A removable foldout found on the inside back cover explains essential bookmaking basics. A variety of people share their processes and their pages. The journals and the profiles of the journal keepers will inspire you to start writing and drawing.
Gwen Diehn, the author of The Decorated Journal and The Decorated Page, showed me her BRAND NEW BOOK, Real Life Journals. It's a marvelous book, full of journal pages, including some of mine. It has great instruction, as well as a huge gallery, and is very accessible to all kinds of people. Perhaps because it was co-sponsored by AARP, the author and publisher were able to produce a really GOOD book. - Annie Cicale
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B3555. An Illustrated Life / Gregory
An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers by Danny Gregory. 2008. 272pp. 10"x8". Paper
Offers a look into the imaginations of top illustrators, designers and artists from around the world through the pages of their personal visual journals. These are sketches, often with text; some are rough, some polished. The pages shown are sometimes startling, sometimes endearing, but always inspiring. The book discusses how and why keeping a consistent, visual journal leads to a more fulfilling creative life.
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