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"Slow down and embroider your way through the changing seasons with the beautiful debut book from embroidery artist and rising star Emillie Ferris. Needlepainting, also known as thread painting or silk shading, is a form of embroidery that creates a realistic, lifelike effect using a single strand of thread and one simple stitch - the 'long and short' stitch. You can create gorgeous colour gradients, magical details and flowing stitch directions that...
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"Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media--from poetry and screen painting to tea ceremonies, flower arrangements, and annual observances. In Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons, Haruo Shirane shows how, when, and why this practice developed and explicates the richly encoded social, religious, and political meanings of this imagery. Refuting the belief that this tradition reflects...
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Random House
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[2021]
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English
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""How are you feeling?" It's a difficult question to answer, let alone capture in visual form. But Manjit Thapp, popular Instagram artist and illustrator of The Little Book of Feminist Saints, does just that with touching honesty, exploring the depth, variety, and manifestation of the emotions that we all share, but often struggle to articulate. With lyrical, poetic prose and stunning graphic art, this book excavates what lies beneath that all too-common...
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Search Press Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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This book invites you into the world of traditional Chinese brush painting. With its easy-to-follow approach, even those with little or no experience will quickly master the basic skills explained within; while experienced artists will find much to enjoy in exploring this rich and fascinating artistic discipline.
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White Owl
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Take advantage of nature's bounty and craft in time with the seasons! Whether potting up dandelion honey, cooking and crafting with rose petals or preserving autumn leaves and acorns, there are so many wonderful gifts, ornaments and treats that can be made from either a short walk in the woods or a rummage in your cupboard. With an emphasis on foraging and upcycling, Becci explores the ways we can create beautiful projects using materials readily...
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[Landouer Publishing]
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[2021]
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English
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"From quilting artist Sherilyn Mortensen, who is part of the Sew Kind of Wonderful team, comes this brand new book that's perfect for quilters of any skill level. Quilting Through the Year features four step-by-step quilting projects for every season - spring, summer, winter, and fall. Each design repeats, reshapes, or reorganizes the same or similar motifs, so once you've made a few blocks, the rest is a snap!.. Using traditionally cut geometric...
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North Light Books
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2015.
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English
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"Learn to combine art techniques with spirit as you discover your very own personal process of making marks. Using acrylic paint, ink, collage papers, stencils, watercolor, gel pens, paint markers and more, you'll be gently guided by twelve exercises, taking cues from the process, but carrying each in your own direction. This process, first taught by Alena Hennessey in her popular course. A Year of Painting, will help you through a timely expressive...
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Woodcut Artist Mary Azarian, winner of the Caldecott Medal, lives in the rugged Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. This retrospective volume displays and celebrates the parade of the seasons in New England. Reproducing fifty hands colored woodcuts and an equal number in black and white, it is a large format book that reflects the way she works and is finely printed on an uncoated paper with a commendably lucid text. It does the full range of her work justice;...
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Abrams
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Scenes from the seasons created by black paper and knife, with color and text added later.
"A follow-up to Collect Raindrops, You Are Not Alone is full of McClure's original artwork. Organized by season, this collection reminds us of the important things, such as the change of seasons, slowing down the world for a moment so we can actually experience it, and looking up at the stars to dream."--Dust jacket.
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