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  Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages

  by Lynne Perrella

  Creative souls want and need a special place for recording and decoding their interior world a place to download all their creative ideas, a place to remember the events of the day, or a place to doodle, to draw, and to dream. This book is an engaging and intimate glimpse into the personal pages of a wide variety of select artists and journal keepers whose works not only provide visual delight and inspiration but... (more)
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  In This House: A Collection of Altered Art Imagery and Collage Techniques

  by Angela Cartwright, Sarah Fishburn, Alice Scott-Morris

  A beautiful collection of collage art and techniques exploring the theme of home In This House showcases a collaborative art project that explores innovative altered art and collage techniques by top mixed media artists. Using the theme of "home," each artist designed five altered art rooms to complete an individual 9"x12" 'house' that closes like a book or can stand accordion style. Each house is a part of a... (more)
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  True Colors: A Palette of Collaborative Art Journals

  by Kathryn Bold

  "Sort of like Mardi Gras, where there are daytime parades, and nighttime reveleries, and pauses for banquets, and full-dress balls, and promendades - but it's ALL Mardi Gras."
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  Beyond Paper Dolls: Expressive Paper Personas Crafted with Innovative Techniques and Art Mediums

  by Lynne Perrella

  The publisher of Somerset Studio and Art Doll Quarterly is proud to present Beyond Paper Dolls, a new publication dedicated to expressive paper personas crafted with innovative techniques and art mediums. Artist, author and designer Lynne Perrella, has invited over 50 mixed media artists to contribute to this book of over-the-top imaginative interpretations of the human form. Far more than paper dolls,... (more)
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  Alphabetica: An A-Z Creativity Guide for Collage and Book Artists (Quarry Book)

  by Lynne Perrella

  Mixed media techniques have come to forefront again, with artists in every field combining materials and effects to create journals, altered art, collage pieces, memory art and more. With all the creative experiementation developing at such a fast pace, it is pertinent to know how various techniques and combinations work and whether they are right for your latest project. Alphabetica illuminates new techniques... (more)
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  The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks & Albums Made Simply Beautiful

  by Gwen Diehn

  “Diehn opens up a new dimension—the artist’s vision of visual memories. Consider this a superscript above all other entries.”— Booklist . “Encourages those who hesitate to start in on the pristine pages of a nicely bound blank book.... Lively and interesting illustrations make this a good selection for public library collections.”— Library Journal.
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  Making Journals by Hand: 20 Creative Projects for Keeping Your Thoughts

  by Jason Thompson

  Is your journal collecting dust instead of keeping your thoughts? Have you gotten out of the habit of writing on a daily basis? Making Journals By Hand will get you excited about keeping a journal again, with fresh ideas on how to make and keep your own daily journal, travel journal, garden journal, art journal, recipe journal, and more. Use art studio techniques such as rubber stamping, wax resist, leaf... (more)
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  1,000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and Inspirations

  by Dawn DeVries Sokol

  Over 1,000 journal pages presented in one beautiful full-color book Journals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant, and reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. There is a fascination with these revealing and often beautiful pages of self-exploration and personal expression. Journals offer a tantalizing, voyeuristic view of an interior life. This would be the first book... (more)
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  Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet: Making Designer Metal Jewelry

  by Mary Hettmansperger

  Making gorgeous handcrafted jewelry can be an amazingly simple process that even beginners will quickly master—as long as they have this guide by their side. Written by an experienced artist and teacher, and generously illustrated with attractive how-to photos and drawings, it demonstrates a wealth of easy techniques in superb detail. Twenty dazzling projects—including a twisted wire choker, bangle bracelet, bead... (more)
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  In This Garden: Exploration in Mixed-Media Narrative

  by Angela Cartwright, Sarah Fishburn, Alice Scott-Morris

  Angela Cartwright 's art and photography is exhibited and collected internationally. Her unique techniques are explored in her book Mixed Emulsions (Quarry 2007) .  Known for her acting roles in Make Room for Daddy , The Sound of Music, and Lost In Space, she curates A Studio Gallery in Los Angeles, California where she makes her home and garden. Sarah Fishburn describes her work as mixed-media... (more)
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  The Nine Modern Day Muses: 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers, and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence

  by Jill Baldwin Badonsky

  Artist's Way -inspired teacher and acclaimed workshop leader Jill Badonsky shows how to unblock creativity and awaken the muses of imagination and inspiration in this unique guide to self-expression. Meet Spills, Bea Silly, Albert, and Marge. No, they aren't TV's latest cartoon characters. They're just a few of the new and improved Muses. Combining the whimsical and spiritual appeal of Sark with the... (more)
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  Digital Art Studio: Techniques for Combining Inkjet Printing and Traditional Artist's Materials

  by Karin Schminke

  Utilizing the combined experience of three traditional artists turned digital imaging pioneers, Digital Art Studio champions combining traditional art techniques with digital media. From their unique position as artists, educators, and technology consultants, the authors provide a wide range of ways to integrate digital processes, using them in unusual and challenging ways to reinvent traditional art techniques.... (more)
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  500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form (Lark Jewelry Book)

  by Marthe Le Van

  More artists make necklaces than any other form of jewelry—and these pieces are among the most exquisite ever created. Selected from over 5,000 entries, they range from unique chokers to artful collars. Some showcase precious metals and gems, while others use more unusual materials, including plastic, wood, paper, and glass. They’re forged, cast, and woven, and have surface embellishments that run the gamut from... (more)
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  Griffin and Sabine Trilogy: Book 2

  Sabine's Notebook

  In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Continues

  by Nick Bantock

  Created by Griffin to ease his loneliness, his imaginary lover Sabine takes on a haunting independent existence, leaving him beautifully strange postcards, letters, and a sketchbook diary, all of which are included in this sequel to Griffin & Sabine . 100,000 first printing.
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  Becoming a Writer

  by Brande, Dorothea Thompson, Dorothea Brande

  Even in 1934, Dorothea Brande knew that most writers didn't need another book on "technique" -- and this, before so many more would be published. No, she realized, as John Gardner notes in his foreword, "the root problems of the writer are personality problems," and thus her wise book is designed to simply help you get over yourself and start writing, with techniques ranging from a simple declaration to... (more)