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B3204. Making Mechanical Cards: 25 Paper-Engineered Designs
Making Mechanical Cards: 25 Paper-Engineered Designs by Sheila Sturrock. 2009. 160pp. 8.25"x10-7/8". Paper $17.95.
Mostly based on Victorian and Edwardian cards featuring paper engineering, the techniques/designs in this book include pull-tab butterflies, bouquets, fans and scrolls; dissolving pictures and kaleidoscopes; and Venetian blind variations. Also, a puzzle purse, a box stage with musicians playing, and animals on a revolving wheel. The designs progress from very simple to really intricate, all with good step-by-step instructions and diagrams. Templates are provided for you to photocopy onto your card stock.
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B3153. Mail Me Art / Di Lieto
Mail Me Art: Going Postal with the World's Best Illustrators and Designers by Darren Di Lieto. 2009. 224 pp. 10.6" x 8.1". Paper. List $30.00.
For those interested in decorated envelopes, here is a wide ranging collection of 200 illustrated envelopes, postcards or packages, all actually mailed, and all reproduced in full color. The contributors are professionals and amateurs, young and old, and from all the continents but one. There is everything here: birds/cats/flowers, graphic novel, doodle, line illustration, cartoon and more. None of envelopes are calligraphic.
This showcase features the best results from the Mail Me Art challenge, an online decorated envelope/package project. Di Lieto reproduces 200 of the best pieces and includes interviews with 17 of the contributing artists.
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B3157. Pushing the Envelope / Le Van
Pushing The Envelope: Crafty Packaging for Cards of All Kinds by Marthe Le Van. 2009. 8.5" x 10". 128pp. Paper $17.95. JNB Price: $16.95.
Instead of focusing on what's in the envelope, this book has projects on the envelopes themselves. Some projects involve embellishing commercial envelopes with surface treatments, such as stamping and stenciling. Others explore folding techniques, and a few use unconventional and recycled materials. There are projects for packaging CDs, photographs, gift cards, and more.
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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.
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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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.
AVAILABLE LATE June 2010
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B3069. Magic Books & Paper Toys / Smith
Magic Books & Paper Toys: Flip Books, E-Z Pop-Ups & Other Paper Playthings to Amaze & Delight by Ester K. Smith. 2008. 7.5x7.5. Paper
Step-by-step instructions for more than two dozen clever projects, including a classic crisscross magic wallet, woven heart baskets, pop-up maps, pocket movies, flip books, spinners, and cootie catchers. The finished examples show you that even these playthings for kids can become sophisticated in execution, as well as just things of fun.
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B3130. Origami Card Craft/Thomas
Origami Card Craft: 30 Clever Cards and Envelopes to Fold by Karen Elaine Thomas. 2009. 128pp. 8.5x10-7/8". Paper. List $21.95
Whether you are looking for new ways to use your origami skills and papers or looking for different card ideas, this book is for you. It has 30 card and envelope projects that take origami and origami box projects and morph them into wonderful creations that fold flat and then open back up for cards, booklets, origami pop-up boxes, stars, and more you can mail.
Click here to see a sample spread from the book.
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B3122. 1,000 Handmade Greetings / McFadden with Baskin
1,000 Handmade Greetings: Creative Cards and Clever Correspondence by Laura McFadden, with Deborah Baskin. 2009. 320pp. 9"x9". Paper $25.00. JNB Price $19.99
A delightful showcase of 1,000 hand-crafted greeting cards. Features a wide array of paper craft techniques, including: paper cutting, paper stencils, stamping, punching, stitchery, monoprints, screenprints, paper piecing, and more.
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B3067. Creating Art from Nature / Doughty & Larsen
Creating Art from Nature: How to Handprint Botanicals by John Doughty and Sonja Larsen. 2008. 80pp. 8.5x11. Paper
Nature printing produces amazingly detailed images by applying inks and paints to leaves, flowers, and plants and pressing them onto various surfaces. This fully illustrated, step-by-step, practical guide to the craft and art is by two of its masters. It presents easy projects for kids with tempera paints, as well as numerous techniques for adult crafters and artists. Illustratrated with 200 color photographs.
Chapters include:
Easy prints using stamp pads
Easy-to-advanced greeting cards
When to use brush, brayer or dauber
Drying plants for successful printing
How to make your own printing press
Creative background techniques
Flower pounding -- natural dyes
How to print with metallic powders
Printing on tiles, glass and clay
Complicated printing made easy
Tips on composition with botanicals
Sources for new and old processes
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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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