Archive for December, 2009

Color, Light, Sight, Sense by Moritz Zwimpfer

Color, Light, Sight, Sense by Moritz Zwimpfer, hardback published by Schiffer Publishing in the USA. ISBN 978-0-88740-139-8, price 39.95 GBP available in the UK from www.bushwoodbooks.co.uk, European customers ordered from this website, USA customers can order from www.schifferbooks.com
Sometimes when you open a book your heart sinks a little. That happened to me with this book [...]

African Fabric Design by Shirley Friedland et al

African Fabric Design by Shirley Friedland and Leslie Pina,  softback published by Schiffer Publishing in the USA. ISBN 978-0-7643-0831-4, price 19.95 GBP in the UK from www.bushwoodbooks.co.uk, European customers use this webiste, USA customers use the publishers own website  www.schifferbooks.com
In this book, the authors explore the typical designs of African cloth. The focus is on [...]

Zentangle

Zentangle created by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. A Zentangle Kit is priced at 49 US dollars and is available from www.zentangle.com.
I was very excited to receive my Zentangle Kit. I am a born doodler, I doodle whilst I am thinking, I doodle when talking on the phone, I think I even dream of doodling. [...]

Paper Crafts by Trice Boerens

The Complete Photo Guide to Paper Crafts by Trice Boerens, softback published by Creative Publishing in the USA. ISBN 978-1-58923-468-0, price 16.99 in the UK. Available from www.creativepub.com
This is a fascinating reference kind to many kinds of paper crafts. Each one is accompanied by detailed instructions, many suggestions and illustrated with good photography. I found [...]

Quilting Art by Spike Gillespie

Quilting Art by Spike Gillespie, hardback published by Voyageur Press in the USA. ISBN 978-0-7603-3526-0 price 35 US dollars from www.voyageurpress.com
There is a debate in tis book as to whether quilting is a craft or art. The essence of the book takes a look at several quilt artists and explores there work. A variety of [...]