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Craft Corps: Celebrating the Creative Community One Story at by Vickie Howell

By Vickie Howell

A social gathering of the great—and growing—crafting neighborhood by way of everyone’s favourite artful grrrl: the really good VICKIE HOWELL

 

Bestselling writer and stitchery dynamo Vickie Howell places down her needles to pay tribute to her fellow crafters! Her impressive new assortment gains interviews with 30 winning expert craftspeople in addition to profiles of a various team of roughly 60 amateurs. and each interview features a photograph of the topic, plus a peek at their paintings or their studio.

This project—a real exertions of love—also files how social networking websites, teams like sew ’n’ whinge, and replacement revenues shops resembling Etsy have helped create a detailed group of crafters captivated with their paintings and every other.

 

Includes interviews with such influential crafters, designers, and company humans as:

Renowned quilter Denyse Schmidt

The artful Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo

Artist and dressmaker Mary Engelbreit

Emmy-nominated host of Creative Juice, Cathie Filian

Indie craft documentarian Faythe Levine

Scrapbooking legend Sandi Genovese

Project Runway winner and upholstery fashion designer Jay McCarroll

TV Host and writer Mark Montano

Craft pioneer Carol Duvall

Famed textile fashion designer Amy Butler

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Taxi! 2 : Cahier d'exercices by Anon, Menand

By Anon, Menand

This early paintings on taxidermy is an engaging learn for the beginner or specialist taxidermist and likewise comprises a lot info that remains important this day. Contents comprise: instruments, fabrics, the first step - Skinning, Step - getting ready the surface, Step 3 - the unreal cranium, Step 4 - Wiring meeting, Step 5 - ultimate Mounting and a provider record. the various earliest books, fairly these relationship again to the 1900s and prior to, at the moment are tremendous scarce and more and more dear. we're republishing those vintage works in cheap, top of the range, glossy variations, utilizing the unique textual content and art.

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Creations en papier

Издание посвящено созданию всевозможных поделок из бумаги. 243 проекта самых разных открыток на любой вкус и для любого случая из бумаги и картона. 60 проектов подарочных упаковок и оформления подарков. 60 креативных проектов различных аксессуаров для дома и семьи, выполненных в разных техниках: папье-маше, квиллинг, скрапбукинг и других. А также 60 идей для компьютерного дизайна фотографий. Каждый проект сопровождается иллюстрированными пошаговыми инструкциями и двумя дополнительными вариантами данного проекта.

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Jewelry Making and Beading For Dummies, 2nd Edition by Heather Dismore

By Heather Dismore

Make bracelets, necklaces, rings, jewelry, pins, key chains, and more
Want to make jewellery and presents from scratch? This new version of bijou Making & Beading For Dummies offers the easy-to-understand info that makes it easy.
- up to date details on getting begun and establishing the must haves of a jewellery makers workshop
- New leading edge rules for fabrics resembling making beads from scratch, customizing elements like glass pendants, and up-cycling discovered gadgets for brand spanking new creations
- up-to-date tendencies together with Victorian, Steampunk, Indian-inspired, and wrap bracelets
- recommendation on the best way to achieve undertaking principles via web pages like Pinterest with out infringing on someones rights
- New and up to date info on establishing a storefront, turning your pastime right into a enterprise, and gaining publicity via Etsy.com, blogs, and social media sites
- From attaching clasps to operating with twine to stringing beads, the spouse DVD positive factors watch-and-learn episodes that express you step by step the way to create extraordinary designs utilizing beads, glass, came upon gadgets, designated mementos, and more
With 1000's of particular photos—now featured in full-color—Jewelry Making & Beading For Dummies is the proper source youll flip to time and again to create exclusive jewellery items and various presents.

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Candlemaking for fun & profit by Michelle Espino

By Michelle Espino

Realize the best way to benefit from Your Craft have you dreamed of studying the attractive paintings of candlemaking' you could! Candlemaking For enjoyable & revenue used to be written with reasons in brain: to coach you the fundamentals of this enjoyable craft and to teach you ways to show those new talents into money! even if you have been crafting for years or are only getting begun, you will study: 'The advantages and delight of creating candles 'The Read more...

summary: become aware of the best way to take advantage of Your Craft have you dreamed of studying the gorgeous paintings of candlemaking' you could! Candlemaking For enjoyable & revenue was once written with reasons in brain: to coach you the fundamentals of this enjoyable craft and to teach you the way to show those new abilities into money! even if you have been crafting for years or are only getting begun, you are going to research: 'The advantages and delight of creating candles 'The correct fabrics, instruments, and gear to exploit 'How to create a distinct "crafting position" in your house 'Ways to promote your creations at craft exhibits, outlets, and different retailers 'Craft-business fundamentals, together with pricing, list maintaining, and copyrighting 'And even more! comprises 6 money-making tasks you could create at domestic! additionally: 'Candlemaking how-to's 'Fun and easy tasks 'Home-business fundamentals 'Helpful source part Barbara Brabec, the For enjoyable & ProfitTM sequence editor, is without doubt one of the world's top specialists on crafting as a company and is the writer of six books at the topic, together with artistic money. She lives in Naperville, Illinois. From the exchange Paperback version

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Tools And How To Use Them - Woodworking, Metalworking by Alfred P. Morgan

By Alfred P. Morgan

A whole ebook, with complete instructions at the use of all up to date instruments, transparent suggestions and guideline on right tools, concepts, and care. the writer tells you and indicates you through over six hundred step by step illustrations how you can get the utmost usefulness and the easiest effects out of your instruments with the least attempt. He explains additionally which instruments are most sensible for every activity. This useful, all-inclusive guide is a vital for amateurs, and skilled carpenters, machinists, and steel staff who will locate it a helpful, regularly necessary reference publication. writer Morgan used to be proprietor of 1 of the most important device collections within the usa and writer of many books at the topic.

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New Ways with Polymer Clay by Kris Richards

By Kris Richards

This is often an exploration of the numerous attainable methods of conditioning, shaping, curing and combining colors of polymer clay. This booklet contains useful suggestion on settling on the logo of clay and the main appropriate instruments, a advisor to acceptable glues and the way to take advantage of them, and pointers on storing polymer clay. Ten step by step initiatives are incorporated, starting from basic to complicated.

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Surface Decoration Finishing Techniques (Ceramic Arts by Anderson Turner

By Anderson Turner

Whilst potters are able to transcend dipping, pouring and combing an analogous palette of glazes onto their paintings, theyll locate the choices to floor ornament provided right here to be a great jumping-off aspect. during this assortment, thirty of the main leading edge and proficient modern ceramic artists proportion the thoughts and approaches that make their paintings distinct and expressive.
Surface ornament completing strategies covers concepts in any respect phases of the ceramic technique, together with forming, leather-hard, bisque or even after the ultimate glaze firing. Artists talk about their operating kinds and instruments, a few offer specified step by step directions, whereas others talk about their successes and trials in broader phrases. Youll locate details on glazes and glazing, recipes, embossing, sgraffito, brushwork, printing, patinas, roulettes, stamping, decals, stains, resists, slips, china portray, stencils, pretend finishes, and extra.

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French-Inspired Jewelry: Creating with Vintage Beads, by Kaari Meng

By Kaari Meng

Celebrated fashion designer Kaari Meng—owner of the Hollywood-based shop, French General—invites beaders alongside to benefit all approximately her targeted French flea marketplace type. Meng’s tasks allure with their classic aptitude and female attractiveness, but all require little or no adventure to make. keep on with Kaari as she digs via her massive own data of vintage beads and creates certain items; alongside the way in which she teaches all of the easy innovations, from uncomplicated wirework to bezel surroundings, and explains easy methods to construct a bead assortment, increase a palette, and get beautiful effects from easy-to-find replica beads. all of the chapters are geared up by way of locations of thought during the French nation-state, each one with its personal colour scheme and specified necklaces, bracelets, rings, and hair embellishes to craft.

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