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Lena Corwin
Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens
by STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book (Spiral-bound)

It’s the natural inconsistencies—the accidental differences between one finished piece and another—that make hand-printed fabrics, papers, furniture, and works of art so interesting. The quirks are what show the maker’s intimate involvement in the process, and it’s that unique quality that first attracted textile designer and illustrator Lena Corwin to hand-printing. Even though decorative prints are more in vogue than ever, there was until now no up-to-date hand-printing guide—no single source explaining the tools and materials that are used today, or reflecting a contemporary aesthetic. Corwin has given us that guide. Using step-by-step instructions and up-close photos, Corwin teaches crafters everything they need to know to master stamping, stenciling, and screen printing, from making their own printing devices to trouble-shooting when plans go awry. Her inimitable collection of projects ranges from stamped stationery and simple-to-sew pouches, to stenciled tote ...

Lotta Jansdotter
Lotta Prints: How to Print with Anything, from Potatoes to Linoleum
by Chronicle Books (Paperback)

Beloved Scandinavian designer Lotta Jansdotter shows how easy it is to print patterns on all sorts of surfaces. Using stencils, rubber stamps, homemade screens, and other easy techniques, the projects and processes range from simple prints easy for beginners to more involved projects for experienced artists. Stencil leaves on the walls, stamp flowers on wrapping paper, screen-print on a skirt the sky's the limit. Beautiful photographs inspire while step-by-step instructions and illustrations explain the basics. Plus, Lotta has included eight ready-to-use stencil pages with hand-drawn patterns, so crafters can easily achieve her signature style. Our innovative format, with perforated stencil sheets and a catchall envelope at back, makes this a fantastic resource for any aspiring printer.

Nick Paparone, Jamie Dillon, Luren Jenison
Print Liberation: The Screen Printing Primer
by North Light Books (Paperback)

Print Liberation is a comprehensive DIY guide to screen printing for both novice crafters as well as experienced artists. The book begins by giving readers a brief history of screen-printing while outlining the basic principles of the process including the equipment and tools needed to get started. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by full-color photographs show readers the various methods for making great screen prints and tips on how to avoid screen-printing mistakes. Information about printing on various surfaces from wallpaper to t-shirts, cylinders and more gives readers a general understanding of the various applications for screen-printing and solid information on how to turn their screen prints into a personal art or business. Bonus sample images formatted for screen-printing are included for readers to use in their own screen prints.

Gustave Dore
The Dore Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy
by Dover Publications (Paperback)

fantastic and grotesque scenes depict the passion and grandeur of one of Dante’s most highly regarded works—from the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise. Includes plates produced for The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. Illustrations accompanied by appropriate lines from the Longfellow translation.

George Cuhaj
Standard Catalog Of World Paper Money, General Issues (Standard Catalog of World Paper Money Vol 2: General Issues)
by Krause Publications (Paperback)

This tested and trusted United States currency catalog delivers a fresh full-color format, with large-size images, many appearing in print for the first time, concise descriptions and current market values in up to 4 grades of preservation. Between the pages of this popular guide you’ll find monetary issues including large size, small size, fractional currency, National Bank Notes, error notes, and encased postage, among others.

Gustave Dore
The Dore Bible Illustrations
by Dover Publications (Paperback)

detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, depictions of the life of Jesus and visions of the new Jerusalem. Each plate is accompanied by the appropriate verses from the King James version of the Bible.

Gabriele Fahr-Becker
Japanese Prints (Big Art)
by Taschen America Llc (Paperback)

This volume reproduces 139 Japanese woodblock colour prints by 43 famous masters of ukiyo-e, the popular art of the 17th to the 19th century. The originals are in the Riccar Art Museum in Tokyo, the world's largest and most celebrated collection of such prints. On account of their rarity and value, 87 of them have been designated Japanese National Treasures or Major National Cultural Heritage Items. The introductory essay, "Ukiyo-e - Origins and History", by the Curator of the Riccar Art Museum, Mitsunobu Sato, familiarizes the reader with the history of this art form. This is followed by the chapter "Cherry - Wood - Blossom", in which Thomas Zacharias, Professor at the Munich Academy of Art examines the technique, content and style of Japanese prints and their influence on European art at the turn of the century. The major section of the book consists of the 139 reproductions, grouped by artist, each accompanied by a detailed, sensitive commentary. Street scenes, lovers' trysts, ...

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Modern Issues 1961-1999 (5th ed)
by Krause Pubns Inc (Paperback)

A comprehensive reference of modern world paper money, with values for more than 11,500 notes and over 7,000 photos and illustrations.

M.C. Escher
M.C. Escher: Mini Masterpieces (The Miniature Masterpieces Series)
by Random House Value Publishing (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1994-10-31)

Renowned artist M.C. Escher is not a surrealist drawing us into his dream world, but an architect of perfectly impossible worlds who presents the structurally unthinkable as though it were a law of nature. Weird, beautiful, finely detailed illusions.

Gustave Dore
Dore's Illustrations for "Paradise Lost" (Dover Pictorial Archives)
by Dover Publications (Paperback)

All 50 of Doré’s powerful illustrations for Milton’s epic poem, with quotes from the text and a plot summary of the entire poem.

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