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Silk Painting: The Artist's Guide to Gutta and Wax Resist Techniques
by Susan Louise Moyer
Watson-Guptill Publications
Featured Article in Arts & Crafts. An excellent resource and a beautiful book.
Silk Painting for Fashion and Fine Art: Techniques for Making Ties, Scarves, Dresses, Decorative Pillows, and Fine Art Paintings
by Susan Louise Moyer
Watson-Guptill Publications
Elevates silk painting to incredibly new heights! A must!
Marketing Your Arts and Crafts - Creative Ways to Profit from Your Work
By Janice West
The Summit Group - Fort Worth Texas
A terrific book on marketing and selling your art. Read the review
The Universal Bead
By Joan Mowat Erikson, Mary Austin (Illustrator)
W.W. Norton & Company
May 1, 1993
The author examines the role of the bead throughout history, from its use as decorations, insignias, bearers of magic powers, and as currency. Beautifully illustrated with full-color plates. A terrific treatise on the bead!
Paint Shop Pro Web Techniques
By T. Michael Clark, Michael Clark
New Riders Publishing
May 1, 1997
A top-notch book on using the Shareware powerhouse Paint Shop Pro to produce unique and outstanding web page graphics. Using step-by-step tutorials, the author shows how to create logos, text effects, buttons and bars, animated graphics, and how to use many of the "filters" that are freely available on the web to add even more graphics power to this program. Take your web pages a giant step ahead in professional appearance.
Celtic Art:The Methods of Construction
By George Bain
Dover Publications
June 1973
One of the definitive books on the mystery of Celtic Knotwork. Bain studied this art for years, and presents a method of understanding its construction, and enables the reader to create new patterns as well as the old patterns. This was the subject of an Arts & Crafts article.
New Ways With Polymer Clay
By Kris Richards
Chilton Book Co.
February 1, 1997
An exceptional book on Polymer Clay Technique. Read the in-depth Review on the Arts & Crafts Website.
Artist's Manual : A Complete Guide to
Painting and Drawing Materials and
Techniques
By Angela Gair (Editor)
Chronicle Books
September 1, 1996
An outstanding resource perfect for beginners and experts alike. Includes detailed information on all forms of drawing and painting, and discusses the media and composition tools that the artist needs in his repetoire.
The Complete Metalsmith: An Illustrated Handbook
By Tim McCreight
Davis Publications
August 1, 1991
An indispensable resource for all craftspeople who work with metal. Many familiar and new techniques are taught with clear text and illustrations, and any metalworker or jeweler will find a wealth of information here for an incredible price.
Techniques of the Great Masters of Art
By Waldemar Januszczak
Book Sales
September 1, 1996
A remarkable history of painting techniques from 1300 to the current time. Profusely illustrated with many examples of the works of the Masters, this beautiful coffeetable sized book is a must for all students and historians of Art.
The New Clay: Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making
By Nan Roche
Flower Valley Press
March, 1992
An absolute MUST for all aspiring and experienced
polymer clay artists. Besides many techniques
being explained in detail, the exquisite photos of
the many projects are worth the price alone!
Included are history and safety issues of polymer
clay.
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