Creative Collage for Crafters
Title | Creative Collage for Crafters PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Duncan-Aimone |
Publisher | Lark Books (NC) |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
"Collage remains an exciting medium for stampers. And that's what makes this...so inviting. It's a rose-and-dandelion hillside of unexpectedly beautiful projects that range from Chinatown Boxes to Collage Paper Dolls to Frayed Fabric Collage. A materials list and full instructions accompany each project, after a helpful introductory section on techniques, composition and other preliminaries. Excellent gallery art...provides inspiration. As an avid beginner or knowledgeable stamper, you'll find this... ideal for a weekend of creativity."--"Rubber Stamp Madness."
Creative Collage Techniques
Title | Creative Collage Techniques PDF eBook |
Author | Nita Leland |
Publisher | North Light Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000-09-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781581800982 |
Collage is a fine art combination of paper and shape, color and texture, imagination and vision. This book can help you bring all of these together in one beautiful creation. Here you'll see magnificent collages by leading artists who show you—in step-by-step demonstrations—how to begin, how to design, how to apply collage techniques in exciting ways. Plus you'll get your chance to use those techniques with nearly fifty projects that challenge you to do your most creative work.
Creative Collage
Title | Creative Collage PDF eBook |
Author | Clare Youngs |
Publisher | CICO Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-11-14 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9781782494898 |
Discover how to make creative, personal collages with advice, techniques, and projects from craft author and graphic designer Clare Youngs. Discover how to make creative, personal collages with advice, techniques, and projects from craft author and graphic designer Clare Youngs. We are all born with an inner desire to express ourselves. Making collages, especially in the form of art journals, gives you an opportunity to express thoughts, feelings, and wishes and to capture memories. It is a way of collating and putting thoughts in order. You can look back at filled pages with a real sense of accomplishment. Most of all it is fun! In Creative Collage, Clare Youngs reveals the secrets of collaging, one of her favorite crafts. Learn about the kinds of paper you can use, such as maps, tickets, photographs, typography, and magazine pages, and how to add texture, use layering, and make use of geometric designs. Some of Clare's amazing collages are included for inspiration, and she explains how she chose the materials and composition for each one. Clare then presents a collection of projects that offer unique ways to display your collages and even make 3-D collages, such as a decoupaged chest of drawers and a family photo wooden block house. Along with helpful prompts to give you ideas for collages, such as “something you saw on a walk” or “a happy memory,” this book provides all you need to get started with this personal, expressive craft.
Masters
Title | Masters PDF eBook |
Author | Randel Plowman |
Publisher | Lark Books (NC) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Assemblage (Art) |
ISBN | 9781600591082 |
"Collage is the perfect art form---spontaneous, forgiving, expressive, descriptive, impetuous, and expansive."---Lynne Perrella --Book Jacket.
Mixed-Media Collage
Title | Mixed-Media Collage PDF eBook |
Author | Holly Harrison |
Publisher | |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Artists |
ISBN | 1616735007 |
New Creative Collage Techniques
Title | New Creative Collage Techniques PDF eBook |
Author | Nita Leland |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2011-09-23 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1440320616 |
Get ready to make great art! New Creative Collage Techniques is filled with the guidance you need to make striking collages with a range of materials and mediums. It’s fun and easy to jump right in, whether you’re an experienced artist looking for something new or a new artist looking to make something unique. From basic methods to the latest innovations, this guide illustrates more than 60 exciting collage projects complete with detailed instruction, quick tips, charts and glossaries. In addition, seven start-to-finish demonstrations show you how to use these techniques to create your own stunning work. You’ll create: • Fantastic found-paper collages formed from items right within your reach • Compelling collage designs using decorative and ready-made papers • Mixed-media collages combining acrylics, watercolor, rice paper and more • Compositions featuring textured backgrounds made from paper, paint, natural materials and other collage materials • Original paper (hand made by you) artfully arranged to form collages that are uniquely yours • Collage that stands the test of time through the use of archival materials and techniques You’ll also be inspired to push the potential of this limitless art form by studying the diverse work of 60 featured artists. As author Nita Leland says, “Experiment. Be Creative. Have fun. You’re a collage artist!†With this guide, you’ve got what you need to get started today.
Collage Your Life
Title | Collage Your Life PDF eBook |
Author | Melanie Mowinski |
Publisher | Storey Publishing, LLC |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2022-06-21 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1635863570 |
Requiring minimal equipment--just scissors, glue, paper, and pens--collage is an accessible craft that offers limitless creative possibilities. Like meditation or journaling, making collage can be an avenue for self-reflection and artistic exploration. In Collage Your Life, artist and teacher Melanie Mowinski teaches a variety of core techniques including lettering, stamping, stenciling, transfers, and adhesive methods, and provides dozens of prompts to jumpstart the creative process and encourage crafters to explore the versatility of collage, such as: make a self-portrait; disrupt your routine instincts; incorporate text; assemble mementos from a trip; process anger or anxiety; collage with others; or try creating block-out poetry with pages from a magazine. Inspiring examples of the author's work along with that of other collage artists are featured throughout. Crafters, journaling fans, scrapbookers, and artists alike will find guidance and support for developing their own distinctive collage style, whether the goal is to create a visual record of daily experiences and special occasions or to expand a creative journaling practice. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.