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Marbling Techniques: How to Create Traditional and Contemporary Designs on...

Begun in 15th-century Persia, marbling looks as mysterious as alchemy: the beautiful swirls and veins of color, familiar as elements in old bookbindings, seem to be based on some exotic, secret recipe....

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Insights From Beyond the Lens: Inside the Art & Craft of Landscape Photography

Insights from Beyond the Lens is a short new book from landscape photographer Robert Rodriguez Jr that explores the art and craft of landscape photography from a holistic perspective. Based on real...

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The Art of Parchment Craft

Discover how to enhance your parchment pictures and patterns by simply adding ink, paint, pastel and crayon. Delicate highlights, rainbow effects and subtle shading can be achieved with watercolor...

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3D Paper Craft Robots

There is a boom of the art of paper-craft detected through the Internet and blogs by designers and artistic creators expanding the knowledge of it to a wider audience. The tri-dimensional evolution of...

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Photo Craft: Creative Mixed Media and Digital Approaches to Transforming Your...

Digital Photography and Mixed Media–a creative match made in heaven! Love photography? Want to make yours better? Want to use your photography as a springboard for fabulous and diverse mixed media and...

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Fraktur: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Learning the Craft (Heritage Crafts...

The Pennsylvania Dutch are noted for the beautiful hand-lettered and designed documents known as fraktur. These include birth and marriage certificates, family trees, bookplates, awards, and house...

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Paper Craft School Hb

Describing a wide range of skills in paper crafts, this book shows the beginner how to create original art forms, including pop-ups, origami, weaving, collage, paper-making, papier mache, and paper...

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The Craft of Lyric Writing

Successful author and songwriter, Davis provides a complete guide to writing words for and to music, showing how to create lyrics with universal appeal. Read more about this…

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Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft

The classic work on papermaking, this book traces the craft’s history from its invention in China to its introductions in Europe and America. The foremost authority on the subject covers tools and...

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Pearl Lowe’s Vintage Craft book

Pearl Lowe has carved out a nice niche for herself with her vintage-influenced homewares and designs for Peacocks. She’s passing on some of her top tips in the new Pearl Lowe’s Vintage Craft book. The...

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Natural Stonescapes: The Art and Craft of Stone Placement

With this start-to-finish guide anyone can design and build stone groupings modeled after geological formations found in nature with professional results. Practical tips for choosing stones and more...

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3D Paper Craft Racing Cars

There is a boom of the art of paper-craft detected through the internet and blogs by designers and artistic creators expanding the knowledge of it to a wider audience. The tri-dimensional evolution of...

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The Sparkle Factory: The Design and Craft of Tarina’s Fashion Jewelry and...

Tarina Tarantino’s love affair with fashion jewelry and accessories began when she was just a little girl. Tarina now owns and operates her famous global jewelry, accessories, and cosmetics brand,...

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Quilling: The Art of Paper Scroll Work (Craft Paperbacks)

First published in 1984 and now reissued in paperback, an introduction to quilling techniques which features ideas for design projects such as greeting cards, mobiles and brooches, as well as...

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Crafts For Children Of All Ages (Art and Craft Activities for Kids)

25 fun crafts and art activities for children of all ages!The crafts in this book are designed so children can participate at their own ability and skill level. There are sections of art activities...

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The Craft of the Japanese Sword

Well over a thousand years old, the tradition of swordmaking in Japan is one of the most highly regarded metal crafts in the world. When all sword manufacture was prohibited in Japan for seven years...

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