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Discover a Deeper Connection to Your Artist Self! Artists and athletes alike benefit from strength training. Building creative stamina takes encouragement, mentoring, and regular practice. In Creative Strength Training, you'll discover powerful strategies that combine writing and hands-on art-making to overcome creative stumbling blocks, develop a unique voice and make creating art a regular habit. • Overcome resistance while dismantling "the Committee" (that group of inner critics). • Explore 10 exercises for making art that stands apart as uniquely yours. • Receive support and inspiration from contributing artists who share how each chapter has improved their practice and helped them...
Explains a system of layering simple processes to produce intriguing surface designs - Fabric - Colours - Applications, stamping, stencilling and silk-screening - Processes, dyes, bleaches, paints, foils and glitters and photocopy transfers - Embroidery - Beading.
Unlock the magic of printing paper and fabrics with real leaves and flowers! This thorough guide explains how to choose plant materials and includes non-toxic formulas for chemical solutions that make prints vibrant and permanent. Use a simple metal pot to steam your botanical prints and then learn to enhance them with brightly colored dyes, gold leaf, watercolor and more! Dunnewold's vast experience with the surface design techniques she describes in detail in these pages, revolutionizes botanical printing. Make art prints to frame, cards to give as gifts, and beautiful collages . All of the processes in this book can also be used on fabrics.
When Jane Dunnewold's book Complex Cloth was published in 1996, it quickly became the bible of surface design for fiber artists. In the years since, the world of surface design has significantly expanded: now fiber artists, art-to-wear designers, and art quilters have a much broader range of surface design products to choose from, and there are a wealth of technique combinations that can be used to create art cloth. Art Cloth picks up where Complex Cloth left off, showing how to layer processes with the latest products to create stunning cloth for use in a variety of fiber art. Following Jane's techniques with step-by-step photography, you will learn to create art cloth using dyes, color rem...
A guide to over a dozen surface applications for the silkscreen, including wax, flour paste and interfacing stencils. Including hand-printed art cloth samples illustrating different screen applications, and full color gallery.
This is a guide to understanding the lamination process. Follow the basic instructions and use the photographs as inspiration. Once you understand how lamination works, you can experiment with the possibilities or pursue your own ideas.
"A superb design handbook for the student and the established artist. It accompanies the artist from the beginnings of an idea through to its completion and offers inspiration, exercises and insight. A practical and useful guide covering all elements of design and composition. A transatlantic collaboration between Jane Dunnewold, Claire Benn and Leslie Morgan, this books aims to help those who are seeking a surer artistic voice by providing practical exercises and guidance on different ways forward. Both an inspirational and how to book, it is a guide to accompany artists on their journey. Each exercise is clear, written in plain English and well illustrated with photographs and examples. The authors write it in a user-friendly way that encourages beginners to get started and helps more experienced artists on their way"--Publisher description
Using a heat press revolutionizes botanical printing. This complete guide describes the features of a press you should look for, explains all the chemicals needed in detail, and discusses the time, temperature and set up you'll need to begin producing exciting prints from foliage and flowers right away! Add color with carriers and textures that will set your prints apart from anything you've ever made before. The press also allows you to make larger prints - up to 16" x 20", and can be used to print scarves and yardage in addition to papers of all kinds. Never made a botanical print before? No worries! Everything a beginner needs to know is included in this handsome book, which is richly illustrated with prints made by the author and other talented artists from around the world.
Journey into the captivating world of beadmaking with textile artist Jane Dunnewold. Discover unlimited artistic possibilities with expert instruction for 15 innovative beadmaking techniques. Use your original bead designs to customize wearables, adorn quilts, or make stunning one-of-a-kind jewelry.
Do you want to create unique, brilliantly designed works of craft? Make the most of your studio time? Develop your artistic "voice," skills, and career? Then this book is for you. Written by award-winning textile artist Tien Chiu, Master Your Craft: Strategies for Designing, Making, and Selling Artisan Work provides sharp insight into the creative process, from the first spark of inspiration to careful contemplation of the finished piece. Perspectives from 22 master artisans fuse with industrial product design techniques and the author's own craft experience to offer a powerful framework for designing, making, and selling your work. Master Your Craft outlines a powerful process for designing...