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500 Animals in Clay: Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form (A Lark Ceramics Book)
Lark Books
Lark Books, 2006
Wonderful book
Just like the title indicates--it is a great selection of ceramic animals by contemporary artists. There is everything from realistic to bizarre interpretations of domestic, wild and farm animals, even includes a few bees. Like other books in the Lark ceramic "500" ...
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Image Transfer on Clay: Screen, Relief, Decal & Monoprint Techniques (A Lark Ceramics Book)
Paul Andrew Wandless
Lark Books, 2006
LOVED this book! Highly recommend!
As a beginner to the craft, I am reading everything I can to enhance and broaden my understanding of the entire process. I found this book a wonderful resource, and would definitely recommend it to anyone who, like myself, prefers to "self-teach". I learn much more ...
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The Art of Metal Clay (with DVD): Techniques for Creating Jewelry and Decorative Objects
Sherri Haab
Watson-Guptill, 2007
Great introduction to metal clay
This is a good reference for anyone considering working with precious metal clay. It is well-written, with numerous photographs showing step by step methods to creating unique jewelry pieces. Highly recommended. The only drawback was that the DVD enclosed with the book ...
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The Art of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques: Projects and Inspiration for Creative Canework
Donna Kato
Watson-Guptill, 2008
amazing book from a great artist
The tutorials in the book are very clear. and i already try some of the projects.
Donna invited me to participate in her book and i am so honord .the giraffe in the book is one of my art works . the photo in the book are great and the editing is very reasonable . i ...
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Fairies, Gnomes & Trolls: Create a Fantasy World in Polymer Clay
Maureen Carlson
North Light Books, 2006
Love this book!
Great book to either look at or follow directions and make your own creatures! Maureen is always a fun read!
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The Polymer Clay Techniques Book
Sue Heaser
North Light Books, 1999
All 'Round Book for Beginners
This book has more information in it than any book I've found so far on Polymer Clay.
There is enough information on the basics to get a beginner started. How to handle clay, storage, baking, and differences in products.
There is such a variety of techniques and ...
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The Art of Polymer Clay Creative Surface Effects: Techniques and Projects Featuring Transfers, Stamps, ...
Donna Kato
Watson-Guptill, 2007
Great Resource!
This book is outstanding and extremely useful. It has great projects, detailed descriptions, and plenty of info on where to find suppliers for every tool and material used in the book. I found it very helpful.
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Making Polymer Clay Beads: Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating Beautiful Ornamental Beads
Carol Blackburn
Interweave Press, 2007
Detailed steps, clear guidelines/recommendations provide confidence in making your own beautiful polymer beads!
First off - yes, there are LOTS of books available showing all sorts of different projects using polymer clay and no, you won't become an expert overnight with this one or any other one. HOWEVER, Blackburn has provided a book with updated information and the ...
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Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay: Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures
Katherine Dewey
Watson-Guptill, 2008
Beautiful book, wonderful approach!
Katherine Dewey has done a great job of breaking the process of creating lifelike figures into small, easily understood steps.
Bravo!
An excellent book for beginners and more advanced readers.
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Mixed-Media Mosaics: Techniques and Projects Using Polymer Clay Tiles, Beads & Other Embellishments
Laurie Mika
North Light Books, 2007
No cheese! No kitsch! Just good factual help.
I was very pleased with this book and so was my husband. Very interesting to read, lots of helpful information, and not cutesy girly stuff either. My husband took up mosaics and was really disgusted with the painfully cheap designs and projects in most of the mosaic ...
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Create Anything With Clay
Klutz, 1999
Fantastic ideas!
I wanted to mention a little omething about the reader wndering about page 5 in this book. The writing does stop in mid - sentence but if you want to know how long to bake, just read the individual instructions for each craft and you will find the exact baking time for ...
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A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
Amy Butler Greenfield
Harper Perennial, 2006
Terrific study of the history of cochineal trafficking
This book is one of the very best I have seen in a long time. The author has taken great care to present historically correct and detailed information about the long history of cochineal farming, and sale of this commodity (dried beetles that can be processed to create ...
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The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists (A Lark Ceramics Book)
Lark Books
Lark Books, 2005
What a joy!
Fantastic book! What a joy! I agree with some of the other reviews that this is perhaps, not a book for novice sculptors. However, if you are working in clay; already been creating sculptures; and are looking for a way to increase the size of your work, this is the ...
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How to Make Clay Characters
Maureen Carlson
North Light Books, 1997
How to make Clay Characters
How to make clay characters by Maureen Carlson is not available to buy in Australia. I had it on loan from my local library but only for limited periods and it was never long enough. I am happy to say that although it may have been printed initially a long time ago I ...
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Creating Life-Like Animals in Polymer Clay
Katherine Dewey
North Light Books, 2000
Great book for beginners
This book is full of great projects and techniques for sculptors just starting out creatign animals with polymer clay. Plenty in it for more experienced artists as well. I highly recommend it.
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