Book Art: Creative ideas to transform your books - decorations, stationery, display scenes, and more - Hardcover

Clare Youngs

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9781908170927: Book Art: Creative ideas to transform your books - decorations, stationery, display scenes, and more
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1908170921 ISBN 13: 9781908170927
Publisher: CICO Books, 2012

Synopsis

Book Art has 35 innovative designs to transform your books from their original purpose into something attractive and inspiring.

Do you have a shelf of old books that you love, but rarely touch? Well why not give them a new lease of life and use them to create one of the 35 beautiful projects Clare Youngs has developed? Divided into five chapters, you will discover ways to make greetings cards, stationery, animals, display scenes, and more using pages from all kinds of different books. The beautiful typography and vintage-style artworks will provide interesting color, pattern, and texture to designs such as the owl and pussycat pop-up scene. The illustrations in children’s books give a vintage feel to bunting or an alphabet to decorate a kid’s room, while maps and atlases work well on lampshades or birthday cards. Use elegant images from interiors books to decorate a wardrobe and chest of drawers or cut away at a hardcover book to make displays like the cliff and lighthouse scene. The designs use a variety of crafting techniques—from quilling to collage and die-cutting—and each project comes with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step artworks. There’s also a helpful techniques section at the back that will be of real use to first-time crafters, handy time-saving tips that more confident crafters will appreciate, and a templates section.

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About the Author

Clare Youngs has loved making beautiful handcrafted objects since childhood. She studied graphic design and has worked in product design, illustration, and book jacket design before deciding to turn her attentions to craft full-time. Clare’s other books include My First Art Activity Book, Papercrafting in No Time, Christmas Crafting in No Time, Scandinavian Needlecraft, Find It, Make It, and The Perfect Handmade Bag, all available from CICO Books The author is based in Kent, UK.

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Publisher
CICO Books
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1908170921
ISBN 13 
9781908170927
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
128
Rating
  • 3.90 out of 5 stars
    86 ratings by Goodreads

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