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Another top quality, beautifully illustrated, book from the Quilting Arts LLC publishing team, with a
forward by Patricia Bolton.
From the back cover:
Enter the richly textured world of Mixed-Media Explorations.
With a sense of humor and creative abandon, renowned mixed-media artist Beryl Taylor shows you how surprisingly easy it is to turn fabric, paper, stitch, and embellishment into artistic treasures to keep and share. Using her own art as examples, Beryl gives step-by-step instructions for making projects like greeting cards, wall hangings, and books, using the latest mixed-media products and techniques, all the while encouraging readers to follow their own instincts and experiment.
- Apply basic design principles like layering, highlighting motifs, and creating grids to give your art depth and meaning.
- Use six simple embroidery stitches to add interest and texture.
- Turn favorite papers into fabrics that can then be stitched or quilted.
- "Age" your art by etching, burning, and tearing.
- Create richness with metallic threads, paint, and rub-ons.
- "Embed" fibers and found objects.
Use everyday items like brown grocery bags, wallpaper scraps, and bleach to create texture.
- Stitch through metal.
Soft Cover, 112 pages.
Price: $38.90 ($35.36)
Contents:
Ch 1
The Early Years
Getting Started
Materials & Tools
Ch 2
Bleaching Paper
Bleaching Velvet
Working with Shiva Paintstiks
Stitching on Hot Water-soluble Fabric
Working with Model Magic
Working with Water-soluble Paper
Embedding & Sandwiching
Working with Pellon® Interfacing
Etching into Velvet
Ultra-thick Embossing
Enamel on Fabric
Xpandaprint
Tyvek Paper
Stitching Metal
Friendly Plastic
Foiled Brown Paper
Wallpaper and Wallpaper
with Plaster of Paris
Fabric Paper
Six Classic Hand Stitches
Ch 3
Design Tips & Tricks
A Closer Look
Practicing with Small Projects
Greeting Cards
Postcards
ATCs
Ch 4
Corset
Mounting, Hanging & Framing
Gallery, Three Projects:
Bird Hanging
Angel Hanging
Heart Quilt
Ch 5
Book Vocabulary
Styles & Bindings:
Accordion Style
Single-page Style
Traditional Style
Gallery
Book Project:
Checkerboard Book
Book Sculptures
Resources
About the Author
