Staff Pick
This is a sort of Design 101 for crafters who may want to up their art skills. The techniques section is inspiring as it shows how to meld various multimedia aspects. The composition chapter offers up small doses of easy to understand design lessons. The charm of If You Can Cut is that it balances a perfect line between being informative and being inspirational. Not just good for paper art, I found a lot of inspiration for quilt design and general craftiness as well. Recommended By Tracey T., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
If You Can Cut, You Can Collage is specially designed for people who feel like they can't make art. Want to know a secret? You can You just need a little inspiration, instruction, and confidence.
Collage is a wonderful creative outlet, particularly for people who want to make art, but don't feel they have the skills or confidence for other endeavors. You can still explore and experiment with color, composition, and various themes and end up with exciting and often unexpected results.
If you Can Cut, You Can Collage takes some of the mystery out of collage through easy illustrated pages that show you the basic techniques of collecting and cutting imagery, composing and adhering compositions, and then provides a wealth of exercises that get readers going on their own creative projects.
We'll get you started with simple, focused, projects like making a collage with only circles, where you'll learn important concepts like how to create a focal point, how to use repetition successfully, how to achieve contrast, balance, symmetry, and more. You'll be incorporating vintage ephemera, typography and lettering, and even urban and found materials in no time