Awaken your senses with crafts for the home, office or car. Candles, soaps, potpourri, fountains and pillows are among the numerous crafts you can make at home with the help of this book. Each step from stirring the soap to melting the wax should bring with it a sense of calm and relaxation.
Features the young Mary, the richly attired Magi, the protective Joseph, and the toughly clad shepherds gathered round the manger that held the Son of God. This story is based on the Bible account.
Covers tin-enamelling designs, including scrollwork, lace patterns, vases of flowers, Chinese motifs, and other Baroque and Rococo decorations.
Describes flowers, birds, butterflies and other creative designs.
Jewelry, sculpture, wine vessels, caskets, armor and other ceremonial objects.
Includes traditional and contemporary patchwork quilt designs.
The classic styles of the Japanese master woodcut artists are presented in line drawings.
Provides 18 art glass designs including Birds, flowers, Geometric, Southwest and Oceanscape motifs, accompanied with 4 illustrations revealing alternative shapes and configurations. This title offers basic training on using the designs for Fused Glass applications as well as systematic instruction for traditional Mosaic assembly techniques.
Brings together art glass installations using location specific photography. Whether you are researching decorating ideas for your own home or if you're seeking inspiration to create a stained glass work in your art glass studio, this volume helps you.
Malavika Tiwari has been described as a pioneer in the modern stained glass movement in India. This book showcases her work, which includes a variety of design themes from traditional bevel, to nature scenes, Prairie styles and contemporary designs in addition to some that offer a synergy of Indian and Western art forms.
Unlocks the mysteries behind the creation of 3-dimensional art glass bracelets. This book offers 13 chapters covering tools, sizing, preparation, bracelet forming, adjustments, embossing, cane fabrication, pattern bar making, plus much more. It also includes tips and advice to clarify specific concepts that help the reader to achieve best results.
A collection of autobiographical essays by Paul J Stankard, recognised as one of the world's master glass artists. It presents the author's record of his life as a struggling, then highly successful, artist. It reveals insights into the challenges he faced as a dyslexic and how he came to understand, then circumvent, his disability.