The Arts & Crafts Busy Book

The Arts & Crafts Busy Book
Author: Trish Kuffner
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1442411236

The Arts & Crafts Busy Book should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching children. It is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. The Arts & Crafts Busy Book contains 365 screen-free, fun, creative and educational arts and crafts projects for children ages two to six that provide a great alternative to using TV as a babysitter. It shows parents and daycare providers how to: Stimulate creativity and self-expression with activities that encourage a child to explore his or her place in the world. Create experiments with paint, glue, playdough, paper, and markers that focus a child's energy constructively. Encourage the development of a child's concentration and coordination, as well as organizational and manipulative skills, with well-chosen arts and crafts projects. Save money by making arts and crafts supplies such as paints, playdough, and craft clay with ingredients that can be found around the home. Celebrate the holidays and other occasions with special projects and activities.

Bronze Sculpture Casting & Patination

Bronze Sculpture Casting & Patination
Author: Steve Hurst
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Bronze founding
ISBN: 9780764321641

This magnificent work is a summary of 35 years experience as a sculpture caster. An illuminating text combines with 646 color photographs and 78 line drawings of the lost wax (cire perdu) and modern variant of sand casting processes involved in forming metal sculpture, as well as contemporary and historic examples.Metal finishing processes are explored in detail, including an unprecedented 177 patination recipes and working practices. An important addition to libraries of art schools and universities as well as professional and amateur sculptors.

3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft

3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft
Author: Bridgette Mongeon
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2015-07-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1317549031

The possibilities for creation are endless with 3D printing, sculpting, scanning, and milling, and new opportunities are popping up faster than artists can keep up with them. 3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft takes the mystery out of these exciting new processes by demonstrating how to navigate their digital components and showing their real world applications. Artists will learn to incorporate these new technologies into their studio work and see their creations come to life in a physical form never before possible. Featuring a primer on 3D basics for beginners,interviews, tutorials, and artwork from over 80 artists, intellectual property rights information, and a comprehensive companion website, this book is your field guide to exploring the exhilarating new world of 3D. Follow step-by-step photos and tutorials outlining the techniques, methodologies, and finished products of master artists who have employed 3D technology in new and inventive ways Learn how to enlarge, reduce, and repurpose existing artwork and create virtual pieces in physical forms through a variety of mediums Research your options with an accessible list of pros and cons of the various software, 3D printers, scanners, milling machines, and vendors that provide services in 3D technology Listen to podcasts with the artists and learn more tips and tricks through the book's website at www.digitalsculpting.net

MouldMaking and Casting

MouldMaking and Casting
Author: Nick Brooks
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2013-12-21
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1847977308

Mouldmaking and Casting is a technical manual of the many techniques of this ancient craft and art form. With step-by-step illustrations, it explains the materials required and the processes involved to create reproductions of a range of pieces. The book covers traditional techniques as well as today's more advanced technical methods.

The Artful Year

The Artful Year
Author: Jean Van't Hul
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0834840375

Celebrating the seasons provides a wonderful opportunity to embrace creativity together as a family. It’s also a fun way to decorate for, prepare for, and learn about the holidays we celebrate. In The Artful Year, you’ll find a year’s worth of art activities, crafts, recipes, and more to help make each season special. These artful explorations are more than just craft projects—they are ways for your family to create memories and mementos and develop creatively, all while exploring nature, new ideas, and traditions. The book includes: • Arts and crafts, using the materials, colors, and themes of the season • Ideas and decorations for celebrating the holidays together • Favorite seasonal recipes that are fun for children to help make (and eat!) • Suggested reading lists of children’s picture books about the seasons and holidays The 175+ activities in this book are perfect for children ages one to eight, and for creating traditions that appeal to all ages.

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts
Author: Charles Holme
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1916
Genre: Art
ISBN:

A review of the work executed by students in the leading art schools of Great Britain and Ireland.

Metalcasting

Metalcasting
Author: C. W. Ammen
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2000
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780071342469

A-to-Z guide to low-volume metalcasting There's plenty of demand for one-shot or low production metalcasting job work, but the work often goes begging for lack of anyone to do it. Interested? Metalcasting by C.W. Ammen is packed with step-by-step guidelines for getting started and working effectively and efficiently in this time-honored craft. You get hands-on advice and cost-cutting tips, plus sound ideas for safety and productivity. In easy-to-understand language, this guide shows you how to use metalcrafting's tools and processes, casting and mold making...molding sands...molding equipment....metal melting, handling, and pouring devices...alloys...and more, including: *Patination of cast metals *Working with chemically-bonded molds *Newest molding, casting, and pattern-making techniques A Frequently Asked Questions section anticipates and responds to typical beginner's queries about applications and repair techniques and other metalcasting issues.

The Arts and Crafts

The Arts and Crafts
Author: William Morris
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2024-08-08
Genre: Design
ISBN: 152879995X

Curated by the pioneering designer William Morris, discover a compelling collection of essays on the Arts and Crafts Movement by some of the most influential figures of the period. Shining a light on one of the most important periods in the history of art and design, Arts and Crafts Essays explores the main areas of the Arts and Crafts movement written by the likes of William Morris, Walter Crane, Somers Clarke, and Emery Walker. First published in 1893 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, this brilliant essay collection remains a vital resource for understanding the principles and practices that shaped the Arts and Crafts movement. Its contents include: Of the Revival of Design and Handicraft by Walter Crane Textiles by William Morris Stone and Wood Carving by Somers Clarke Printing by William Morris and Emery Walker Of Book Illustration and Book Decoration by Reginald Bloomfield Of Modern Embroidery by Mary E. Turner Colour by May Morris Design by John D. Wedding This collection captures the spirit of the movement at its zenith and explores the ethos of the period's designers and makers. With its wide range of topics appealing to creative disciplines, it’s an essential text for artists and designers interested in the theories and criticism of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement.