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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. Using examples from her own farmhouse as well as a range of other homes, this comprehensive guide will help you assess your priorities and instincts, as well as your likes and dislikes, with practical steps for navigating and embracing your authentic design...
Publisher
Fox Chapel Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Compendium of Wooden Wand Making Techniques is here to show you how simple making wands can be -- no mysterious magic necessary! In the first-ever guide for muggles to making wands, you'll learn how to hand carve, power carve, wood turn, and scroll saw 20 unique projects that are sure to delight and manage mischief. Be inspired with a gallery of beloved staff-carrying and wand-wielding characters from the infamous Harry Potter and Lord of the...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"Examines the art of the oldest continuous civilization on earth...Every form of Chinese visual art is featured{u2014}painting, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, figurines, jades, bronzes, gold and silver, photography, video, installation and performance art. The works date from Neolithic cultures of the fourth millennium BC to the most recent contemporary art being produced in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the West."--dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of innovative, brilliant artists reclaiming the idea of 'women's work'. In the history of western art, decorative and applied arts - including textiles and ceramics - have been separated from the 'high arts' of painting and sculpture and deemed to be more suitable for women. Artists began to reclaim and redefine these materials and methods, energising them with expressions of identity and imagination. 'Women's Work' tells the story...
Author
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Tired of those same old ripple afghans, cable and lace blankets? The patterns in this book are inspired by quilts, tile, and other geometric designs. Every blanket is a unique statement of your style or focal point for your room, and all are for the intermediate knitter or confident beginner"--
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The early Middle Ages have been dismissed as a step backwards for civilization--a barbaric time in which warfare and conquest eclipsed learning and progress. But were the Dark Ages really so bleak? Art historian Waldemar Januszczak says no, and then takes us on an artistic journey back to this much-maligned epoch to reveal the evidence. He travels the world, finding beauty and refinement where one might have expected only brutality and destruction....
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The ultimate design bible for the Victorian home, placing period features and 19th-century design in context and exploring how today's designers are adapting these houses in innovative ways for contemporary lifestyles. Loved for their period character, Victorian homes aren't always suited to modern living. Victorian Modern is the ultimate design bible to help you make sense of those inherited quirks and features, showing how leading designers and...
19) Sonia Delaunay
Author
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Sonia Delaunay (1885 - 1979) is one of the most important female artists of the early twentieth century, whose contribution to the European avant-garde was fundamental. Russian-born, she moved to Paris in 1906 where she studied at the Academie de la Palette. Her early work was influenced by the bold Fauvist paintings of Matisse, Gauguin and Van Gogh among others. Shifting her interest to abstraction, she celebrated the modern world and urban life,...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The beauty of Islamic geometric designs, and the breathtaking skill of the craftsmen who created them, are admired the world over. The intricacy and artistry of the patterns can seem almost beyond the powers of human ingenuity. In this handsomely illustrated volume, artist and teacher Eric Broug analyses and explains {u2028}these complex designs for the first time in their historical and physical context. His own original drawings accompany magnificent...
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