Project Collage

Author: Bev Speight
Publisher: Ilex Press
ISBN: 9781781575772
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Cut it, stick it, twist it! Project: Collage is packed with great ideas for creating eyecatching collages, with 50 step-by-step projects to inspire you. Collage is the art of reinvention. This magical and tactile process invites you to collect, experiment, combine and transform. These creative mashups don't require specialist equipment, only everyday materials. It is an art form for everyone and every budget. From striking architectural builds to taxidermy ensembles, this book offers lots of fresh ideas and guidance to help you cut and paste your way to creating your own unique artwork.

Collage Workshop for Kids

Author: Shannon Merenstein
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 1631595202
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 155

Book Description
Be inspired and delighted by Collage Workshop for Kids, a colorful art instruction book on collage techniques for children—made in cooperation with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Collage Workshop for Kids pairs essays by educators from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art with instructions on collage technique. Chapters explore favorite art themes for kids and demonstrate how to work with colored tissue paper, newspaper, fabric and buttons, painted paper, torn paper, and more. In each chapter, Reggio-inspired author and teacher Shannon Merenstein explores each technique with original ideas. Members of the museum's education staff offer expert advice on creating art with children. Everything you need to know about collage is in this book, making it a great reference for teachers, librarians, and parents.

Collage Lost and Found

Author: Giuseppina Cirincione
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1600612458
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
What's old is new—discarded items from a bygone era unite to form unorthodox collage jewelry, cards, journals and more. Collage Lost and Found delivers projects that not only have a saucy style, but a story to tell as well. From a sailor missing the love he left ashore, to a school boy's crush on his teacher, the stunning pages of this book will inspire you to dust off the vintage ephemera you've been collecting for years and combine it with basic collage elements to create romantic pieces you can wear as well as display. In addition to delectable inspiration for a multitude of projects, you'll learn several practical techniques that can aid you in all your creative endeavors, including: • Simple soldering techniques that anyone can do right away • The art of layering with beeswax to add an intriguing depth to your work • Magic tricks for turning metal repair tape into aged sheet metal • In-the-know sources for finding vintage ephemera, as well as tips for transforming new items into ones that appear to have stood the test of time Give in to the seduction of the past. Let Collage Lost and Found take you to a world where collage sings to you of a simpler time where your creativity knows no bounds!

Storytelling with Collage

Author: Roxanne Evans Stout
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440340501
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
Every collage has a tale to tell. Tell your story in paper, fabric, and objects collected from your world. Storytelling With Collage will inspire you to capture your poetic thoughts, fond memories and passionate daydreams in a soft and simple style. Using simple tools and supplies that delight you, you'll learn to work with a variety of prompts and will discover how each element you select--from small shells collected on your last trip to the pretty paper you unwrapped from a recent gift--has its own part of a complete narrative. Nine collage prompts will walk you step-by-step through a collage creation as you work with textured papers, fabric, stitching, found objects, images, natural materials, color, wax and metal. In addition, inside you will find: • Numerous Tasks--ideas for combing your world for collage fodder • Beautiful photos to inspire you to customize your own worktable • Perspective on finding inspiration outside your window through the seasons • Extra inspiration in each chapter from the Collage Stories and works by 25 contributing artists Capture the textures and colors of your moments today through your own Storytelling With Collage!

Mixed-Media Collage

Author: Holly Harrison
Publisher:
ISBN: 1616735007
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description

The Art of Eric Carle

Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1984813404
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Carle is one of the most beloved illustrators of children's books. This retrospective is more than just an appreciation of his art, however. The book also contains an insightful autobiography illustrated with personal photographs, an anecdotal essay by his longtime editor, a photographic essay on how Carle creates his collages, and writings by Carle and his colleagues. Still, it is the artwork in the oversize volume that seizes the imagination. More than 60 of his full-color collage pictures are handsomely reproduced and serve as a statement of Carle's impressive talent. - Booklist

The Collage Ideas Book

Author: Alannah Moore
Publisher: Ilex Press
ISBN: 9781781575277
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Collage allows your creativity to run riot. It lets you juxtapose disparate elements, styles and media against each other and create something entirely novel, bizarre, arresting, beautiful, ironic or unsettling. Old and new can be fused together; digital and handproduced can be combined. What you can create with collage knows no bounds. Expertly curated with an eye to the fresh, the exciting collection of new collage ideas will inspire collage artists at every level, from those dipping a toe in the art form to experts.

Tate: Project Collage

Author: Bev Speight
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1781577110
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
Cut it, stick it, twist it! Collage is the art of reinvention, a magical and tactile process that invites you to collect, combine and transform existing imagery and ephemera, both old and new, into entirely original compositions. Tactile, versatile and accessible, collage encapsulates the magic of experimentation. Collage can elevate trash into treasure, reinterpreting the familiar and mundane. Requiring no specialist equipment - only everyday materials - it is an art form for everyone and every budget. The 50 contemporary collage projects within this book will both inform and inspire you to experiment with a range of materials, techniques and themes. Each chapter centres around a different subject, and the projects within develop on this theme and offer a variety of fresh approaches to it. Simple step-by-step directions demonstrate the creative process behind an example artwork. With a great mix of collage styles to choose from, you can start at the beginning and work your way through the book, or dip in and out of the projects as you wish. From striking architectural builds to mixed-media menageries, this book offers fresh ideas and guidance to help you cut and paste your way to your own unique artworks.

The Collage Workbook

Author: Randel Plowman
Publisher: Lark Crafts
ISBN: 9781454701996
Category : Collage
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Both a popular hobby and a recognized art form, collage encompasses a wide range of creative styles and techniques--explored here by the creator of the popular A Collage a Day blog. Offering step-by-step instruction, visual inspiration, and even a library of copyright-free images, this hands-on guide covers all the necessary materials, tools, and know-how, from adding color and transferring images, to décollage (tearing away layers). And to spark the reader's imagination, there are 52 creativity prompts, such as a collage using the letters of a single word.

Lines that Wiggle

Author: Candace Whitman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781934706541
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A variety of monsters and other creatures demonstrate some of the different things that lines can do, from curve and curl to zig-zag.