Street Craft

Street Craft
Author: Riikka Kuittinen
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0500517843

An exciting introduction to a new generation of street artists whose spontaneous craft installations are leaving their mark on cities around the world In the past decade, street art has transformed from a practice carried out by anonymous creators, seen by some as vandalism, into a commercial enterprise and a respectable part of the international art market. One of the richest movements in street art has been the development of an alternative, crafts-based, three-dimensional movement, broadly identified as Street Craft. This new generation of artists is creating uncommissioned, site-specific works employing a range of art and craft techniques, including weaving, crocheting, sculpting, painting, gardening, light installation, and more. Street Craft brings together twenty-eight different artists from different countries whose work has redefined what street art can be. By diversifying materials and techniques, Street Craft artists are pushing beyond the two-dimensionality of graffiti and mural-painting, many of them using craft techniques to bring inventive beauty to bland urban surroundings. Tasha Lewis’s blue butterfly swarms decorate derelict corners of Indianapolis and New York, and Mademoiselle Maurice’s origami and lace graffiti beautifies the streets of Paris and Hong Kong. Other artists create sophisticated urban interventions bearing their personal tags, such as the artist SpiderTag, who intertwines sturdy rope and nails to construct abstract graffiti in Madrid, and GorillaLighting, who haunts Berlin’s industrial estates with impermanent projections. Each artist’s profile includes project descriptions, artist statements, and a selection of photographs of their work: a document of the vibrant panorama of Street Craft, which, like the art form itself, engages with its audience in new and exciting ways.

Street Craft

Street Craft
Author: Fernan Vargas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2021-04-14
Genre:
ISBN:

There are many important lessons for navigating the streets, but they cannot always be learned from black belt instructors. Often, the individuals most versed in these skills are the street toughs, hoodlums, roughnecks, and other assorted scoundrels who use them on a daily basis. This is not a traditional "self Defense" Book. The lessons described in this book were not written by martial arts instructors for martial artists. Instead, the lessons contained in this book are intended for the reader who has little or no background in fighting. They represent the "contributions" of memorable characters who populate the streets, and are presented in the hope of sharing with you some of the many unconventional but important lessons of self preservation that can be learned from the "Other Side."

Start Your Own Arts and Crafts Business

Start Your Own Arts and Crafts Business
Author: Entrepreneur Press
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1613080506

Do you dream of spending the day working on your favorite craft? Would you like to make money in the process? If you’re ready to take your crafting to the next level, your favorite hobby can become a fun, lucrative, homebased business. Hundreds of thousands of working artisans earn their entire income from the crafts they produce—selling on eBay, at their own online stores, in retail stores, at carts and kiosks, or at craft shows and street fairs. With this expert advice, you can become one of them. This comprehensive guide is packed with useful information from crafts professionals and dozens of resources, such as helpful organizations, publications, software and websites. It covers all aspects of a crafts business: • Exploring the market and choosing a profitable niche • Setting up a workshop that’s conducive to business success • Making your products available in retail stores, carts and kiosks, craft shows and other local markets • Selling your products on eBay, Half.com, Overstock.com, Amazon.com and other global online marketplaces • Advertising and promotion to get the word out about your crafts • Record keeping, taxes, accounting and other business essentials

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Author: Boston (Mass.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1422
Release: 1891
Genre:
ISBN:

The Encyclopedia of Two-Hour Craft Projects

The Encyclopedia of Two-Hour Craft Projects
Author: Leslie Allen
Publisher: Main Street Press
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2000-07
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780806943428

Includes: Two-hour applique, Two-hour beaded projects, Two-hour cross-stitch, Two-hour Mini-quilts, Two-hour nature projects, and Two-hour painted wood projects.