Synopses & Reviews
"A friendly invitation to an accessible art. Some crafters think there's a fire wall between craft (what they do) and art (what those alien life-forms called "artists" do). In fact, lots of art techniques are invaluable to crafters and no more demanding than knitting a sweater or designing a bracelet of polymer clay. Written in upbeat, non-technical language, this is a reader-friendly book for crafters, beginning artists, and anyone else who likes to play with form and color but who can't draw a straight line. A collage is simply a composition of materials and objects attached to a surface. While the surface has traditionally been paper or canvas, there's no reason it can't be, let's say, a lunch box...or a birdhouse...or a wastebasket. (We are particularly proud of our "History of Texas Trash Can.") Our materials include handmade paper, fabric, costume jewelry, magazine pages, beads, pieces of metal, buttons, family snapshots-the possibilities are endless. By discovering how (and why!) a designer selected, arranged, and attached the objects in a particular collage, the reader will absorb basic techniques and design ideas for creating his or her own unique composition. There's also a gallery of images from well-known collage artists in a host of media, complete with friendly "museum tour" descriptions.
Synopsis
“Collage remains an exciting medium for stampers. 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, youll find this...ideal for a weekend of creativity.”—
RubberStampMadness.