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Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts titles - 18,481 results

2000 Colour Combinations: For Graphic, Web, Textile and Craft Designers

2000 Colour Combinations: For Graphic, Web, Textile and Craft Designers...

Garth Lewis

Art & Architecture; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Reference works; Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts

Paperback

Offers a resource for various designers looking for guidance on colour combinations. This book provides 2000 colour combinations... [more]

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Dark Art: How to Draw & Paint Witches & Worlds

Dark Art: How to Draw & Paint Witches & Worlds

Bob Hobbs

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Painting & art manuals

Paperback

Suitable for fantasy artists who want to explore the history of witchcraft and enhance their images of witches, wizards and... [more]

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Sculpting Mythical Creatures Out of Polymer Clay: Make a Gnome, Pixie, Halfling, Fairy, Mermaid, Gorgon, Vampire, Griffin, Sphinx, Unicorn, Centaur, Leviathan and Dragon!

Sculpting Mythical Creatures Out of Polymer Clay: Make a Gnome, Pixie, Halfling,...

Boris Tilov, Dinko Tilov

Art & Architecture; Carving & modelling, moulding & casting

Paperback

Starting with simpler characters, and moving toward more complex ones, this title shows readers step-by-step how to build... [more]

$35.00  $31.50

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Planes for Brains: 28 Innovative Origami Airplane Designs

Planes for Brains: 28 Innovative Origami Airplane Designs

Michale G. LaFosse, Richard L Alexander

Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts; Origami & paper engineering; Aircraft: general interest; Languages & ESL

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Enthralled with origami from a young age, master designer Michael LaFosse has used those skills to design and perfect paper... [more]

$21.99  $19.80

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Trash Origami: 21 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials

Trash Origami: 21 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials

Michael G. LaFosse, Richard L. Alexander

Origami & paper engineering; Languages & ESL

Mixed media product

Two famed origami artists and award-winning authors offer 25 fun and innovative origami projects from their renowned Origamido... [more]

$31.95  $28.75

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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Betty Edwards

Art & Architecture; Drawing & drawings; Painting & art manuals

Paperback

A brand-new edition of the world's most widely used drawing instruction book, expanded and updated with more than 50 per cent... [more]

$29.99  $27.00

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Life Drawing: How to Portray the Figure with Accuracy and Expression

Life Drawing: How to Portray the Figure with Accuracy and Expression

Robert Barrett

Art & Architecture; Drawing & drawings; Painting & art manuals

Hardback

Offers readers the tools needed to draw people expressively. This book , uses a variety of materials to give the intermediate... [more]

$29.99  $27.00

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Collins Artist's Little Book of Colour

Collins Artist's Little Book of Colour

Simon Jennings

Art & Architecture; Painting & art manuals

Paperback

An attractive handy guide to the fascinating world of colour, Collins Artist's Little Book of Colour is an essential sourcebook... [more]

$21.99  $19.80

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Quick Sketching

Quick Sketching

Carl Cheek

Art & Architecture; Drawing & drawings; Painting & art manuals

Paperback

Offers an introduction to the technique of quick sketching . Drawing upon an artist's emotional responses, this book provides... [more]

$9.95  $8.95

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Drawing Hands

Drawing Hands

Carl Cheek

Art & Architecture; Drawing & drawings; Painting & art manuals

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Pointing to subtle differences between young and old, male and female hands, and hands engaged in a variety of activities,... [more]

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Essentials of Landscape Composition

Essentials of Landscape Composition

Leonard Richmond

Art & Architecture; Painting & art manuals

Paperback

Guides budding artists to focus on basic drawing techniques. Starting with simple lines, then moving on to landscape elements... [more]

$20.95  $18.85

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Origami Paper Kimono Patterns Small

Origami Paper Kimono Patterns Small

Tuttle Publishing

Origami & paper engineering; Languages & ESL

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Kimono fabrics and patterns are opulent, exquisite and unique. This title... [more]

$6.99  $6.30

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500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form

500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form

Lark Books

Art & Architecture; Toys: making & decorating

Paperback

Includes handmade creations that range from representational to abstract, from skillful realism to provocative surrealism... [more]

$39.99  $36.00

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Eco Colour: Environmentally Sustainable Dyes

Eco Colour: Environmentally Sustainable Dyes

India Flint

Art & Architecture; Needlework & fabric crafts

Hardback

ECO COLOUR fill a gap in the existing literature and uses an exciting range of projects to demonstrate a variety of techniques,... [more]

$69.95  $62.95

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Fabric Textures and Patterns

Fabric Textures and Patterns

Elisabetta Drudi, Pepin Press

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Fashion design & theory; Needlework & fabric crafts

Paperback

The choice of weave, type and thickness of yarn, and pattern have an enormous impact on the final appearance of clothing.... [more]

$89.00  $80.10

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The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire

The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and...

Tom Zoellner

History; Sociology: customs & traditions; Jewellery & beadcraft

Paperback

How has one stone created empires, ruined lives, inspired lust and emptied wallets throughout history? A diamond version of... [more]

$22.95  $20.65

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Japanese Katakana for Beginners: First Steps to Mastering the Japanese Writing System

Japanese Katakana for Beginners: First Steps to Mastering the Japanese Writing...

Timothy G. Stout

Language self-study texts; Lettering & calligraphy; Languages & ESL

Paperback

Using a method that has helped thousands of students learn katakana successfully, picture mnemonics enhance memory by associating... [more]

$32.00  $28.80

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The Art of Bookbinding

The Art of Bookbinding

Joseph Zaehnsdorf

Art & Architecture; Book & paper crafts

Paperback

Hobbyists can learn from a professional with this classic of the craft. Easy-to-follow advice explains everything from folding... [more]

$24.95  $22.45

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Human Anatomy for Artists: A New Edition of the 1849 Classic

Human Anatomy for Artists: A New Edition of the 1849 Classic

Dr. J. Fau

Art & Architecture; Drawing & drawings; Human figures depicted in art; Anatomy; Painting & art manuals

Mixed media product

This rare 1849 volume features 105 highly detailed and finely executed black-and-white lithographs. A beautiful browsing book... [more]

$23.95  $21.55

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Traditional Character

Traditional Character

Alison Matthews, Laurence Matthews

Writing skills; Lettering & calligraphy; Languages & ESL

Paperback

The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is learning to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese... [more]

$26.00  $23.40

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Second 100 Chinese Characters: Simplified

Second 100 Chinese Characters: Simplified

Alison Matthews, Laurence Matthews

Writing skills; Lettering & calligraphy; Languages & ESL

Paperback

The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is learning to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese... [more]

$18.99  $17.10

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The Warren Cup

The Warren Cup

Dyfri Williams

History; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; Jewellery & beadcraft

Paperback

The Warren Cup is a remarkably important masterpiece of Roman art, created in the first century AD. This book examines the... [more]

$9.95  $8.95

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Seba's Snakes and Lizards

Seba's Snakes and Lizards

Alburtes Seba

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts

Paperback

Features over 200 full color snake and lizard illustrations. [more]

$34.00  $30.60

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Mosaic Techniques and Traditions: Projects and Designs from Around the World

Mosaic Techniques and Traditions: Projects and Designs from Around the World...

Sonia King

Art & Architecture; Carving & modelling, moulding & casting

Paperback

With the work of hundreds of artists on display, this volume showcases mosaics from various corners of the globe and teaches... [more]

$29.99  $27.00

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Artists' Techniques and Materials

Artists' Techniques and Materials

Antonella Fuga

Art & Architecture; Painting & art manuals

Paperback

Offers a discussion of the materials and processes used in eight artistic media - painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture,... [more]

$37.95  $34.15

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