Altered Curiosities
| Author | : Jane Ann Wynn |
| Publisher | : North Light Books |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2007-09-20 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9781581809725 |
Discover a curious world of assemblage with projects that have a story to tell! Step inside Altered Curiosities, where a wisdom tooth gets its own shrine, a honeybee lights up the room and a taxidermy eye becomes the eye in the back of your head. As author Jane Wynn shares her unique approach to mixed-media art, you'll learn to alter, age and transform odd objects into novel new works of your own creation. Step-by-step instructions guide you in making delightfully different projects that go way beyond art for the wall—including jewelry, hair accessories, a keepsake box, a bird feeder and more—all accompanied by a story about the inspiration behind the project. You'll also learn to: Find your personal symbols and incorporate them into your work. Alter toy figures to create curious new creatures. Master simple soldering techniques that take you beyond the soldering iron. Apply beautiful patinas and etchings to brass and copper. Transform cast resin into pieces that look like metal. The endless possibilities of assemblage are yours to discover! Let Altered Curiosities inspire you to create a new world that's all your own.
Curiosities of Law and Lawyers
| Author | : James Paterson |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 526 |
| Release | : 2024-01-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 3385305322 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Curiosities of street literature
| Author | : Anonymous |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2023-02-21 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 3382118246 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Amulets and Talismans
| Author | : Robert Dancik |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 477 |
| Release | : 2009-07-07 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1440315701 |
Making Jewelry with Meaning The things you collect - the ticket stubs, the coins, the pieces of shell from a beach - hold meaning and significance, reminding you not only where you've been, but also where you're capable of going. Making these items into wearable pieces of art - amplifying their power to become amulets and talismans - is a rewarding experience that's easy to do. Working with the most basic of tools, you will learn cold-connection jewelry techniques to expand your creative process. In addition to basics like creating jump rings and using a file, you will also: • Make your own hook and latch clasps • Cut windows from sheets of metal • Inlay designs into polymer clay • Incorporate concrete into your work • Achieve patinas with heat • Journal your thoughts onto faux bone • Turn paper pulp into realistic rocks • Create "time capsule" beads from Plexiglas • And much, much more! Discover the rewards of making your own amulets and talismans by learning new techniques to drive your creativity in an entirely new direction.
Inspired Remnants, Curious Dreams
| Author | : Kerin Gale |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2010-11-18 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1440313970 |
Imagine being given the "building blocks" that allow you to construct an infinite number of dimensional works of art, using as many elements as you like! Inspired Remnants, Curious Dreams is your construction dream date to building whatever your creative mind can churn out. In this book, author Kerin Gale will introduce you to the incredible possibilities of using epoxy clay to make jewelry, lighting fixtures, accessories, decorative art pieces, a mirror, an evening bag, an aquarium and more! There are many things to discover about this clay and Kerin has much to share with you. Inside you'll learn such things as: • Painting techniques to create striking and aged finishes. • Working with epoxy clay as a construction tool for joining disparate objects. • How to create realistic molds from any objects that catch your fancy. • Combining epoxy clay with polymer clay for additional solutions. • An easy way to make your own texturing tools. • And that's just a start! Become inspired by this exciting new medium. Let Inspired Remnants, Curious Dreams be your imagination's springboard into an incredible new world. You'll never look at dimensional mixed-media art the same way again!
