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Mixed-Media Stamp, Stencil, and Storybook Set European Scripts - Robyn Mcclendon - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Create beautiful mixed-media art with this new collection of stamp and stencil kits that bring the inspiration of lush European scripts and symbols from the Silk Road to your studio, featuring original designs by accomplished international artist Robyn McClendon.

Mixed-Media Stamp, Stencil, and Storybook Set Asian Scripts - Robyn Mcclendon - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Create beautiful mixed-media art with this new collection of stamp and stencil kits that bring the inspiration of lush Asian scripts and symbols from the Silk Road to your studio, featuring original designs by accomplished international artist Robyn McClendon.

Mixed-Media Adventures with Kristy Rice - Kristy Rice - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A wonderful new mixed-media twist to the standard watercolor and coloring book: the watercolor art is already there, waiting for you to add the "lines" . . . with pens, metallic markers, paints, collage bits, or anything else that seems called for as you add fun, relaxing, creative time to your life Includes special bonus bookmarks and wish cards to embellish. All pages are high-quality watercolor stock, gumbound for easy display or gifting. With this special twist on the watercolor and coloring book, enjoy a new way to relax, express your creative self, and add joy to your life. You''ll have dozens of pages to keep or give as beautiful mixed-media creations. On these pages of high-quality watercolor paper, the color is already there and waiting for you. Now handle the fun part of making the lines . . . with pens, metallic markers, collage bits, paints, or anything else that inspires you. Throughout, Kristy Rice offers you thoughtful ideas and prompts to meet your every creative whim, whether you''re in the mood to improve some art techniques or just to relax. The pages are gumbound for clean removal. With two copies of "messing up"—you always have another version, so you can try again. Let this multimedia adventure bring you hours of enjoyment and creative play. Also includes ready-to-embellish bonus bookmarks and wish cards.

Mixed Media Jewelry Techniques - Lana May - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Written for jewelry makers of all media and skill levels, this book encourages the mixing of techniques with the skills of others to create unique designs. A collaboration of eleven multi-talented instructors makes this book unique. It features 9 exciting projects combining various materials into new jewelry designs for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more. Each project brings together two or three jewelry making techniques, each of which could also be used for independent projects. The techniques include wire work, beading, chain mail, glass beading, macramé, bead stitching, metal & polymer clay, netting, and PMC. Includes detailed instructions from designers Lana May, Irina Serbina, Kathy St. Martin, Olena Bugrimenko, Dale “Cougar” Armstrong, Laurie Nessel, Albina Manning, Geri Cook, and Meredith Arnold. In the gallery are works by Jean Campbell and Tatiana Van Iten.

86 Cane Patterns for the Woodcarver - Tom Wolfe - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Forever fascinated by canes, the author has always collected them—he even has his grandma's and grandpa’s walking sticks. And, as a professional woodcarver, he knows there’s a good market for them. Walking sticks come in three basic categories: the cane, which is a walking aid or a gentleman’s walking stick; the staff or hiking stick, which is head-high; and the chest-high quarterstaff, which Tom’s grandpa used to call a “thunk stick.” Each of these types is generously represented among the 86 patterns in this book. Their designs include everything from fish to dragons and birds to beavers. This is a valuable reference book for all carvers.

Canes & Walking Sticks - Jeffrey B. Snyder - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Over 760 beautiful color photographs display hundreds of canes & walking sticks that span centuries and a multitude of designs. Elegant formal styles include handles of gold, silver, and ivory. Innovative system sticks display a vast array of objects hidden within their shafts and handles (including a working violin). Fascinating relic canes were produced from shipwrecks and historical sites. Forbidding Memento Mori canes and exotic forms represent dozens of nations around the globe. Folk art sticks bear decorations as unique as the artists who created them. This wide-ranging volume weaves historical tales through the narrative, bringing walking sticks to life in the reader''s imagination. Additionally, discussions of walking stick anatomy, care, etiquette, and valuation are included, along with an extensive bibliography and index. Values for the canes displayed are found in the captions. This book will be enjoyed by every walking stick collector and a fascinating read for all who have been intrigued by the romance of walking sticks.

Carving Fancy Walking Sticks - Tom Wolfe - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Of all the things that Tom Wolfe carves, none is more popular among collectors and students than his canes and walking sticks. Following the success of his fancy cane book last season, Tom is sharing some of his techniques for creating a fancy walking stick. The difference is in the size and shape of the creature. A walking stick is usually longer to provide more support for the hiker, and has a knob at the top rather than a handle. This knob provides the carver with many possibilities. In this book Tom carves a woodsman's head. He takes the reader through the process from the beginning of the carving to the attachment of the head to the shaft and the decoration of the shaft. Each step is illustrated with a color photograph and a clear explanation. The gallery give other ideas for carving the knob, and patterns are provided for several of them. A great book for new carvers and old pros.

Victorian Homes of San Francisco - Terry Way - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Victorian architecture of San Francisco is known the world over for its distinctive look and charm. More than 200 color images show broadshot views of homes tightly stacked together along steep streets, as well as close-ups of details. The text provides a historic background of the architecture that has helped characterize San Francisco as one of the world''s most beautiful cities. Styles featured include Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake/Stick, and Victorian.

Inspired by Insects - E. Ashley Rooney - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Insects have captivated artists for centuries, as shown in their re-creations of them in gold, canvas, fabric, marble, wood, and other media. This book displays 39 contemporary artists’ insect-centric works, showing the extent to which insects fascinate twenty-first century artists and scientists. These American and international artists have many magical and discerning ways to approach their buggy subjects, which each artist explains in their own words. Nearly one million different described species of insects are known today. Now those colorful butterflies, iridescent beetles, little ladybugs, and lacy dragonflies can be with us permanently in many graceful arrangements and a variety of media!

Explorations with Collage! - Wen Redmond - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

42 digital collage techniques taught by renowned artist Wen Redmond, for makers to incorporate into (and enrich) their mixed-media work A digital collage technique layers together virtual images into a new piece of art, ready for mixed-media and collage makers to use as an eye-opening element. Artist and teacher Wen Redmond shows readers how to do this by sharing 42 of her main techniques (and many variations) here. Redmond makes incorporating digital techniques nonintimidating and exciting, thanks to her engaging mantra of "The only limit is your imagination!". These techniques can be added to mixed-media projects, fiber art, or photography. Highlights of this book include: • Step-by-step photos and instructions for each technique, plus demonstration projects • Hundreds of images of Wen''s artworks show options and ideas • One-of-a-kind, innovative methods. For example, creatively converting black-and-white images, making borders using sneaky merging, applying words in ways ranging from stitched to easy silkscreen, creating medium lifts, embedding papers, and experimenting with more than a dozen types of transfer methods. • A new realization to many makers: combining color, text, and imagery in digital ways helps communicate feelings, memories, or an appreciation of our natural world Praise for Explorations with Collage! ... “Generously shares digital imaging techniques, demystifies alternative ways to layer and blend images, and explores the expressive potential of textured or printed paper and fabric substrates...encourages play and personal discovery in the creation of mixed media collages.” —Susan Brandeis, artist, educator, and author, The Intentional Thread and The Cumulative Cloth

Gel Plate Printing for Mixed-Media Art - Robyn Mcclendon - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Gingerbread Gems of Willimantic, Connecticut - Michele Palmer - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

From tiny cottages in a turn-of-the-century camp meeting ground to grand mansions on the hill, the classic New England mill town of Willimantic, in northeast Connecticut, abounds with Victorian architecture. It boasts the greatest number of Victorian homes per capita on the East Coast, and all the major styles are represented: Carpenter Gothic, Queen Anne, Stick, Italianate, and Second Empire. Enjoy details of porches and porticos, doors and windows, towers and gables, all carefully preserved in colorful splendor. Over 175 photographs showcase this charming place, which is enjoying a renaissance based on its Victorian architecture and reflected in its new nickname, "Romantic Willimantic."

Boeing B-47 Stratojet: - Mark Natola - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

During the early days of the Cold War, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet was America''s ""big stick"" with more than 1500 operational aircraft available to attack targets withing the Soviet Union, and was the world''s first operational swept-wing, multi-jet engine bomber. Beginning with the maiden flight of the XB-47 in 1947, and concluding with the final flight of any B-47 in the 1986, B-47 True Stories details the development and operational history of a remarkable aircraft that the USAF initially did not want. Eventually, more than 2000 Stratojets were built by Boeing, Lockheed, and Douglas aircraft companies.

Pennsylvania's Adams County Ghosts - Steve Mcnaughton - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Scores of ghosts roam Civil War battlefields, streets, homes, and businesses in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Hear pots and pans rattle at the Klingle House as a ghostly woman prepares food on the battlefield for soldiers long dead. Meet Alice, the spirit of a little girl who appears at the Chestnut Hall Bed and Breakfast. Encounter a photogenic ghost in the basement of the historic Cashtown Inn. Learn about Jeremy''s tragic death and how his mourning father still walks the halls at the Farnsworth House. Read a police officer''s confession: he watched Flossy walk from the turret balcony into the Bechtel Victorian Mansion...without opening the door. Stick close as you walk the towns of Adams County; you may not be walking alone.

Cape May's Gingerbread Gems - Tina Skinner - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sixty-five color images of summer cottages and guesthouses create a treasured souvenir for all who have visited New Jersey’s southern cape, and an indispensable reference for anyone who loves Victorian Era architecture and exterior ornamentation. This is a visual smorgasbord of Victorian architecture and ornamentation, adorned with sparkling coats of colorful paint. Gorgeous examples of Carpenter Gothic, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Edwardian, American Bracketed Villa, and Stick Styles are presented. Most date from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, and all are dripping with finely wrought wood bric-a-brac and ornaments. Includes work by celebrated architects Frank Furness, Samuel Sloan, and Stephen Decatur Button. This selection of summer cottages and guesthouses was drawn from one of the greatest collections of late 19th century buildings in the United States.

Ghosts of Delaware - Mark Sarro - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Frightening, sometimes amusing, always entertaining, this collection spotlights haunted tales from around the First State. Experience a sixth-grader''s terrifying "game" with a talking board and a beautiful spiritual send off for a dying patriarch. Visit Fort Delaware where ghostly "chatter" may raise your hackles and read about one family''s "ghost stories" spanning four generations and eighty-years. Discover the haunts of Cape Henelopen, Sussex, Kent, and New Castle counties, Newark, Wilmington, Delaware City, Dover, Smyrna, and more. Stories range from the strange and ghoulish, to the slap-stick comical. Urban legends are also explored to determine if the hype is trustworthy – some remain unexplained, while a few are debunked as pure invention. Included are results from several firsthand "haunted investigations," with a surprise ending to one inquiry that nobody saw coming!

Flash Dragons - Spider Webb - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The artwork of Spider Webb explodes across these pages with bold strokes and bright flashes. Here are eighty dragons you have never seen before. Well known for his tattoo imagery, Spider takes the dragon myths of many cultures and gives them a modern twist that resonates with twenty-first century viewers. Believed to symbolize impending doom to some and great good fortune to others, Spider''s dragons, captured in lead, ink, acrylic, and mixed media, leap forth, from whimsical and unusual to sexual and frightening. Be stimulated and inspired by his original interpretations.

Reptiles & Amphibians in Contemporary Art - E. Ashley Rooney - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The reptiles and amphibians surrounding us are more than 17,000 species of fascinating and beautiful wildlife that many of us usually ignore. In this colorfully illustrated book, 20 artists have taken those cold-blooded animals as inspiration and transformed them into pieces of art that change the way we perceive our world. The unusual shapes, glittering colors, and perfectly adapted bodies of chameleons, turtles, snakes, frogs, and even dinosaurs offer us new ways to see and be inspired, in media ranging from fiber to glass and from paper to gold.

The Painted Word - Caitlin Dundon - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The charming trend of "putting a word on it" continues to grow in popularity, and this step-by-step approach explores more than 48 techniques for enhancing your art. Create captivating work using simple methods with just a few paint colors. Talented mixed-media artist and professional calligrapher Caitlin Dundon offers expert tips to make your learning easier, including quick fixes for correcting typos. Learn ways to work with your own choice of inspirational words and quotations using collage, rubber stamping, embossing, typewritten fonts, calligraphy, gel plate printing, and others.

America's Army and Air Force Airplanes - Francis H. Dean - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This book provides a pictorial overview of the progress of American military airplane design from approximately the end of World War I to the present time. It covers all types including attack, pursuit or fighter, cargo, trainer, and other models via a series of type sections. There are introductions to each section followed by photographic coverage along with extensive photo captioning providing highlights of characteristics and service use. Thus over three quarters of a century of Army and Air Force airplanes are displayed. Primary sections include production airplanes and variants, and a following photo gallery section covers experimental models. A few important export military types are also included. The illustrations and text portray in quite dramatic fashion the advances in U.S. military plane design over the period, including progress from “stick and wire” craft to the latest sleek turbine powered types.

Making Bows with Children - Wulf Hein - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

If you want to build yourself a real bow, here is where the adventure begins! Learn how to build 2 different bows, arrows, bowstrings, and a quiver with step-by-step instructions. For beginners, we recommend the "Bent Stick" model with simple arrows. As your skills develop, turn to the more advanced Stone Age bow, "Holmegaard," and matching arrows. Building bows, arrows, and other accessories is an easy, popular project in school, youth groups, or at home with adults. Archery is a recreational sport for big and small, young and old. Practicing with the simple devices featured inside hones concentration. Materials can be found in nature or purchased cheaply at your local hardware store. This well-illustrated book also takes you on a brief excursion through the history of this ancient implement. Building your own set is just the beginning of your adventure.

Ghosts of Maryland - Mike Ricksecker - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Explore the supernatural history of Maryland through ghost stories and legends, and discover why the state may be one of the most haunted in America. Learn how a woman, killed by an oil lamp, locked the parlor doors of her house from her coffin. Play cards with the devil in a home where a ghost led a player to a hidden gold chain. See the impression left in a bed at the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd house and discover what person of infamy may have left it. Solve the mystery of the ghost of a headless peddler that kept pointing a stick at the ground, and read about the testimony of a ghost used in court. These and other stories form a comprehensive collection of ghosts in Maryland, including details unearthed for the first time in decades!

Puppets & Marionettes - Jan Lindenberger - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

For centuries, entertainers have strung their audiences along with these captivating characters. This author does the same, chronicling the global fascination with puppets over thousands of years. From Pinocchio to Kermit the Frog, from Indian stick figures to Jerry Mahoney puppets, these collectibles have entertained and educated generations. They are a perfect medium for telling stories, some quite serious and deeply meaningful and others meant simply for entertainment and laughter. Puppets and Marionettes will bring back memories of childhood, of the early days of television and the hours of delight these animated characters have brought into our lives. In this new book, Jan Lindenberger, with the help of her friend Joel Martone, offers a wide range of puppets and marionettes in more than 500 full-color photographs. Concisely captioned with current prices, this is the perfect book for the collector to take into the field.

More Connecticut Lore - Zachary Lamothe - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Journey through Connecticut using this unconventional guidebook containing 82 odd locations to visit on your next outing. Travel to the far-reaching corners of the state to discover Branford''s Thimble Islands and the Beckley Furnace in East Canaan. Learn about larger-than-life characters, like the legendary strongman Elmer Bitgood and the dead-and-ghostly religious zealot Jemima Wilkinson. Read spine-tingling accounts of a Norwich area medium and the specters of Woodbury. In addition to the extraordinary stories, discover tidbits sprinkled throughout that will give you "While You''re There" ideas to add to your trip and a section highlighting destinations along the way, like restaurants, breweries, and inns. There are 45 colorful images to enhance your tour. Connecticut has plenty of strange and unusual history and folklore that will have you wandering slightly off the beaten path. Carry a big stick!

Carving Egg Heads - Mary Finn - Bog - Schiffer Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This book is the perfect start for anyone interested in learning how to carve detailed faces. Mary Finn uses her “practice stick” method to show you how to carve each feature - eyes, nose, closed mouth, open mouth - with step by step directions that even beginners will find easy to follow. Then she shows you how to arrange all of these pieces into one wooden egg to make a convincing head! This method has helped hundreds of Mary’s students, and is a sure-fire way to get started! “Egg head” projects included in this book are an old man, a pirate, and the Mad Hatter. Mary shows you how to adapt her carving techniques to flatter surfaces to make jewelry (like a bolo tie project) and how to paint your pieces for maximum impact. This book is terrific for beginners, and a great way for more advanced carvers to enlarge their skills.