Playing with Books: The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book by Jason Thompson

English | 2010 | ISBN: 159253600X | PDF | 152 pages | 38.6 MB
 In these pages, Jason Thompson has curated an extensive and artistic range of both achievable upcycled crafts made from books and book pages and an amazing gallery that contains thought-provoking and beautiful works that transform books into art.
The content encompasses a wide range of techniques and step-by-step projects that deconstruct and rebuild books and their parts into unique, upcycled objects. The book combines in equal measure bookbinding, woodworking, paper crafting, origami, and textile and decorative arts techniques, along with a healthy dose of experimentation and fun

Scores of elegant designs incorporating flowers and fruit — adapted from motifs on antique textiles — are useful for a host of applications. Floral borders, centerpieces, and allover patterns are ideal for commercial artists and designers but will also appeal to hobbyists who enjoy embroidery, designing textiles, and other crafts. 275 black-and-white illustrations.
 

These 20 patterns, ranging in difficulty from beginner to advanced, take knitters on a world tour of coats, jackets, and wraps. Inspired by open-front garments and textiles from around the globe—including Austria, England, Japan, Peru, and Norway—these figure-flattering designs bring a contemporary edge to a variety of knitting traditions.

This is a welcome reprint of Frances Salter's classic book on Bargello. Bargello is a canvaswork craft produced in wools and silks and characterised by parallel lines of straight stitches that produce geometric formations, often with remarkable 3D effects. Being quicker than other forms of needlework and basically comprising repeat patterns, it is a relatively simple technique to master. This book contains 34 stitch patterns of both traditional and modern patterns. All are carefully explained and graded according to difficulty to guide the user and help build confidence and proficiency.

A great and early civilization arose on the subcontinent of South Asia that in time spread northward to the Himalayan region and eastward to Southeast Asia, a vast area including Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Myanmar. This resource introduces works of art from this area selected from the superb South and Southeast Asian and Islamic collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fifty-three digital images (of which forty are also reproduced as slides) present examples of Buddhist and Hindu temple art and the later court arts of South Asia; these range from miniature painting and luxurious textiles to elegant personal possessions.

You're sure to find projects you'll love making in this collection that combines clever takes on favorite blocks and applique motifs with fresh, contemporary fabrics.
1 pieced and applique quilts for all skill levels, chosen by the editors of C&T Publishing Includes quilts from Alex Anderson, Piece O' Cake Designs, Diana McClun and Laura Nownes, and many more Wide variety of techniques and sizes Styles from traditional to contemporary