Author: Morgyn Geoffry Owens-Celli
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9781579900786
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Make amazing natural projects ranging from simple but lovely plaits to creations fit for museums. The 20 different weaving techniques will prepare you to make house blessings including fans and harps; love knots, used to preserve and promote love; ancient and traditional designs such as Celtic knots, Earth Mother, Glory Braid, and much more.
The Book of Wheat Weaving and Straw Craft
Author: Morgyn Geoffry Owens-Celli
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9781579900786
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Make amazing natural projects ranging from simple but lovely plaits to creations fit for museums. The 20 different weaving techniques will prepare you to make house blessings including fans and harps; love knots, used to preserve and promote love; ancient and traditional designs such as Celtic knots, Earth Mother, Glory Braid, and much more.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9781579900786
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Make amazing natural projects ranging from simple but lovely plaits to creations fit for museums. The 20 different weaving techniques will prepare you to make house blessings including fans and harps; love knots, used to preserve and promote love; ancient and traditional designs such as Celtic knots, Earth Mother, Glory Braid, and much more.
Wheat Weaving and Straw Art
Author: Linda D. Beiler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780811704922
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wheat weaving is an ancient folk art made to celebrate a successful harvest. Today straw designs are admired for their beauty and intricacy. This title provides advice on the tools and materials needed to get started; tips on preparing the straw; and step-by-step projects for mastering the techniques of plaiting.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780811704922
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wheat weaving is an ancient folk art made to celebrate a successful harvest. Today straw designs are admired for their beauty and intricacy. This title provides advice on the tools and materials needed to get started; tips on preparing the straw; and step-by-step projects for mastering the techniques of plaiting.
The Complete Book of Straw Craft and Corn Dollies
Author: Doris Johnson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486252490
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Complete illustrated introduction to the age-old craft of plaiting harvest, or good luck figures from straw. 150 illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486252490
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Complete illustrated introduction to the age-old craft of plaiting harvest, or good luck figures from straw. 150 illustrations.
Swiss Straw Work
Author: Veronica Main
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954179502
Category : Straw work
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954179502
Category : Straw work
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Make Your Own Walking Sticks
Author: Charles Self
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607658984
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Features step-by-step projects for a variety of sticks, staffs and canes. Includes a history of walking sticks, reasons to make your own, full-color gallery, and information on how to market your work. Carvers, turners and woodworkers of all skill levels will discover 15 fun projects and patterns for crafting canes. Includes 25 original carving patterns from renowned artist Lora S. Irish.
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607658984
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Features step-by-step projects for a variety of sticks, staffs and canes. Includes a history of walking sticks, reasons to make your own, full-color gallery, and information on how to market your work. Carvers, turners and woodworkers of all skill levels will discover 15 fun projects and patterns for crafting canes. Includes 25 original carving patterns from renowned artist Lora S. Irish.
Rumpelstiltskin
Author: Jacob Grimm
Publisher: NorthSouth (NY)
ISBN: 9781558581890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king, on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Publisher: NorthSouth (NY)
ISBN: 9781558581890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king, on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Karen Hesse
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545517125
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545517125
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.
Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice
Author: Arie Wallert
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892363223
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892363223
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Mourt's Relation
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 0918222842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Presents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 0918222842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Presents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.
Decorative Straw Craft
Author: Barbara Fitch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855328245
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores the techniques of straw marquetry & embroidery, and reviews the lost craft of Swiss straw work - the use of straw to make decorative trimmings and braids. Detailed step-by-step photographs illustrate all the techniques.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855328245
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores the techniques of straw marquetry & embroidery, and reviews the lost craft of Swiss straw work - the use of straw to make decorative trimmings and braids. Detailed step-by-step photographs illustrate all the techniques.