Mixed Mania: Recipes for Delicious Mixed Media Creations - Softcover

Debbi Crane; Cheryl Prater

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9781596680845: Mixed Mania: Recipes for Delicious Mixed Media Creations

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596680849 ISBN 13: 9781596680845

Publisher: Interweave, 2008

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Featuring a wide range of mixed media projects, this outrageously fun craft primer takes a decidedly unstuffy approach to an immense range of art methods. Projects--including art quilts, painting, collage, bookbinding, assemblage, doll making, decoupage, and image transfers--are divided into three main sections: Artistic Appetizers, Creative Main Courses, and Sweet Treats and Special Occasions, with each addressing a different level of time invested and difficulty. Whimsically laid out like recipes, each project includes detailed ingredients (materials), instructions (what to mix and add), and tasting tips (how it should look).

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About the Author:

Debbi Crane is an elementary school teacher and an artist. She teaches fabric art workshops and has had works published in several magazines, including Cloth Paper Scissors and Somerset Studio. She lives in Bedford, Indiana. Cheryl Prater is a scrapbooker whose works have been featured in Cloth Paper Scissors and Creating Keepsakes. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Crane and Prater dream up every which way to do collage and scrapbooking—plus how to use cloth, paper, scissors, and a variety of coloring implements. The layout resembles a no-white-space-allowed design; every inch is covered with a she-she dialogue introduction, a true cooking recipe, and acres of instructions and illustrations and examples. After a brief overview of the fundamentals, called “The Well-Stocked Pantry,” such as tools, materials, and the elements and principles of art, there’s an ingenious page on substitutes, such as egg cartons used instead of paint palettes. Next are discussions of appetizers, main courses, and sweet treats: a collection of more than 20 projects to keep crafters busy. Try the nouveau form of paper dolls, self-portraits combining photo imagery and collage, board games disguised, and an all-out color-saturated clutch purse. An apron gallery at the end showcases what incredible results mixed media can produce. --Barbara Jacobs

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