Mini Menagerie

Author: Lynn Allingham
Publisher: GMC Publications
ISBN: 9781784944599
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Pop a penguin in your handbag, take an elephant on holiday or chill out on the sofa with a sloth. With these tiny polymer clay projects you can have fun with these adorable animals no matter what size your home is. Including a gorgeous giraffe, cute cat, sweet swan and fabulous flamingo, the projects have clear step-by-step instructions that will ensure your miniature creatures are perfectly formed. The stunning photographs and extensive techniques section will show you everything you need to know to embark on these intricate projects. AUTHOR: Lynn Allingham has been making miniatures for nearly 10 years. It all began when her sister Steff handed her a bag of clay and said: "See what you can do with that." Lynn now has an Etsy shop called Tuckshop, selling miniatures and has written for Making Jewellery and The Dolls' House Magazine. She is also the author of Making Mini Food, also published by GMC Publications. Lynn's work has also been shown on The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice on BBC Two. Lynn lives in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. 740 colour photographs SALES POINTS: * 20 adorably tiny polymer clay creatures to make * Suitable for all skill levels with step-by-step instructions and a techniques section * From the author of the very successful Making Mini Food

Creating Life-Like Animals in Polymer Clay

Author: Katherine Dewey
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440321957
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Enchanting, exquisitely detailed and full of personality, Katherine Dewey's animal sculptures delight all who see them. With the friendly medium of polymer clay and the step-by-step instructions in this book, you can achieve the same magical results! Inside, Katherine leads you through then utterly charming projects, such as a sweet little bluebird, a basset hound and a white-tailed fawn. And that's just the start! The "Making Changes" chapter will help you create your own original animal creations by changing poses, making realistic bases, and even modeling your animals to look like bronze, fade and other materials.

Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay

Author: Katherine Dewey
Publisher: Potter Craft
ISBN: 0770434657
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Katherine Dewey's expressive and elegantly detailed sculptures enchant all who see them. With the magical medium of polymer clay and this book, you can follow in her footsteps. Thorough instructions supported by more than 400 step-by-step color photos and 200 detailed drawings cover the entire process of sculpting realistic figures, from selecting clay and gathering essential tools to the basics of modeling the human figure, to incorporating poses, facial expressions, ethnic and gender subtleties, costumes, and painted finishing touches. Easy-to-read maps of the figure illustrate the landmarks of the body, while scale diagrams indicate the simple shapes hidden within the human form, as well as how to combine and model those shapes. For anyone who loves fantasy, romance, nature—or sophisticated crafting—this book is a must-have.

Making Mini Food

Author: Lynn Allingham
Publisher: GMC Publications
ISBN: 9781784943660
Category : Food in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Now you can indulge in your love for pizza, cake, burgers and ice cream without putting on any weight! With these sumptuous miniature polymer clay food projects you can enjoy all of your favorite treats without any guilt at all. 30 polymer clay miniature projects clear step-by-step instructions beautiful photography includes an extensive techniques section Making Mini Food includes projects are split into three sections based on experience level, and an extensive primer on tools and techniques will tell you everything you need to know to embark on creating these adorable, intricate projects.

Evocative Objects

Author: Sherry Turkle
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262516772
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
Autobiographical essays, framed by two interpretive essays by the editor, describe the power of an object to evoke emotion and provoke thought: reflections on a cello, a laptop computer, a 1964 Ford Falcon, an apple, a mummy in a museum, and other "things-to-think-with." For Sherry Turkle, "We think with the objects we love; we love the objects we think with." In Evocative Objects, Turkle collects writings by scientists, humanists, artists, and designers that trace the power of everyday things. These essays reveal objects as emotional and intellectual companions that anchor memory, sustain relationships, and provoke new ideas.These days, scholars show new interest in the importance of the concrete. This volume's special contribution is its focus on everyday riches: the simplest of objects—an apple, a datebook, a laptop computer—are shown to bring philosophy down to earth. The poet contends, "No ideas but in things." The notion of evocative objects goes further: objects carry both ideas and passions. In our relations to things, thought and feeling are inseparable. Whether it's a student's beloved 1964 Ford Falcon (left behind for a station wagon and motherhood), or a cello that inspires a meditation on fatherhood, the intimate objects in this collection are used to reflect on larger themes—the role of objects in design and play, discipline and desire, history and exchange, mourning and memory, transition and passage, meditation and new vision.In the interest of enriching these connections, Turkle pairs each autobiographical essay with a text from philosophy, history, literature, or theory, creating juxtapositions at once playful and profound. So we have Howard Gardner's keyboards and Lev Vygotsky's hobbyhorses; William Mitchell's Melbourne train and Roland Barthes' pleasures of text; Joseph Cevetello's glucometer and Donna Haraway's cyborgs. Each essay is framed by images that are themselves evocative. Essays by Turkle begin and end the collection, inviting us to look more closely at the everyday objects of our lives, the familiar objects that drive our routines, hold our affections, and open out our world in unexpected ways.

Miniature Cake Creations

Author: Maive Ferrando
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784945374
Category : Cake in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Indulge in your love for sweet treats with these delectable cakes to wear or collect! These delicious confections will satisfy your appetite for creativity as well as your appreciation of sugary things. There are 30 scrumptious projects to choose from, so you can enjoy all your favorite cakes in calorie-free miniature perfection. The projects in Miniature Cake Creations have: clear step-by-step instructions beautifully photography to whet your appetite an extensive techniques section telling you everything you need to know to embark on these intricate projects

Fairies, Gnomes & Trolls

Author: Maureen Carlson
Publisher: North Light Books
ISBN: 9781581808209
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Welcome to the world of the Faerie Folk Create an idyllic, polymer-clay world filled with fairies, playful sprites, clever gnomes and elves, wise wizards and misunderstood trolls. Whether you are new to polymer clay, or looking to improve your skills, Fairies, Gnomes & Trolls offers everything you need to unlock the characters in your imagination and bring the magic of the fairy to life. Inside you'll find 15 complete projects, including: Isa Rosalia, the flower fairy Dray Van Elm, the elf king Broogen Bogge, the rock troll Ophelia Lilliana, the sprite With an introduction to polymer clay techniques, a complete section on creating polymer clay figures, plenty of tips for working with clay and personalizing your projects, as well as variation projects for many of the characters, Fairies, Gnomes & Trolls is packed with everything you need to create your own fantasy world!

Tactical Biopolitics

Author: Beatriz Da Costa
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262514915
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 535

Book Description
Scientists, scholars, and artists consider the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences. Popular culture in this “biological century” seems to feed on proliferating fears, anxieties, and hopes around the life sciences at a time when such basic concepts as scientific truth, race and gender identity, and the human itself are destabilized in the public eye. Tactical Biopolitics suggests that the political challenges at the intersection of life, science, and art are best addressed through a combination of artistic intervention, critical theorizing, and reflective practices. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, contributions to this volume focus on the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences and explore the possibility of public participation in scientific discourse, drawing on research and practice in art, biology, critical theory, anthropology, and cultural studies. After framing the subject in terms of both biology and art, Tactical Biopolitics discusses such topics as race and genetics (with contributions from leading biologists Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins); feminist bioscience; the politics of scientific expertise; bioart and the public sphere (with an essay by artist Claire Pentecost); activism and public health (with an essay by Treatment Action Group co-founder Mark Harrington); biosecurity after 9/11 (with essays by artists' collective Critical Art Ensemble and anthropologist Paul Rabinow); and human-animal interaction (with a framing essay by cultural theorist Donna Haraway). Contributors Gaymon Bennett, Larry Carbone, Karen Cardozo, Gary Cass, Beatriz da Costa, Oron Catts, Gabriella Coleman, Critical Art Ensemble, Gwen D'Arcangelis, Troy Duster, Donna Haraway, Mark Harrington, Jens Hauser, Kathy High, Fatimah Jackson, Gwyneth Jones, Jonathan King, Richard Levins, Richard Lewontin, Rachel Mayeri, Sherie McDonald, Claire Pentecost, Kavita Philip, Paul Rabinow, Banu Subramanian, subRosa, Abha Sur, Samir Sur, Jacqueline Stevens, Eugene Thacker, Paul Vanouse, Ionat Zurr

Making Animal Characters in Polymer Clay

Author: Sherian Frey
Publisher: Northlight
ISBN: 9781581800418
Category : Animal sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book starts with basic projects that include exact measurements for clay so there's no guesswork. Each character involves building new techniques and experience to work towards more advanced projects.

Clay Creation Workshop

Author: Maureen Carlson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781440336355
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 127

Book Description
From well-dressed dolls to mermaids and fairies, from cute kittens to prideful lions, from cupcakes to beads and bling, you'll create to your heart's content! | Make all kinds of fantastic clay creations with lightweight, air-dry clay. With Clay Creation Workshop's simple to follow instructions, you'll have a whole world of fun! Using super lightweight, air-dry clay (and focusing on a handful of simple shapes), you'll create an entire world of people, animals, scenes and more. From well-dressed dolls to mermaids and fairies, from cute kittens to prideful lions, from cupcakes to beads and bling, you'll create to your heart's content! 20+ step-by-step clay projects for figures, such as mermaids, fairies and dolls, and dress them up with dozens of outfits, crazy and creative hairstyles and accessories. 20+ step-by-step clay projects for animals, ranging from the everyday cats and dogs to exotic penguins and giraffes. Uses inexpensive lightweight, air-dry clay that is easy to maintain and comes in a wide variety of colours.