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Book The Shape of Craft

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ezra Shales
  • Publisher : Reaktion Books
  • Release : 2017-10-15
  • ISBN : 1780238843
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book The Shape of Craft written by Ezra Shales and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today when we hear the word “craft,” a whole host of things come immediately to mind: microbreweries, artisanal cheeses, and an array of handmade objects. Craft has become so overused, that it can grate on our ears as pretentious and strain our credulity. But its overuse also reveals just how compelling craft has become in modern life. In The Shape of Craft, Ezra Shales explores some of the key questions of craft: who makes it, what do we mean when we think about a crafted object, where and when crafted objects are made, and what this all means to our understanding of craft. He argues that, beyond the clichés, craft still adds texture to sterile modern homes and it provides many people with a livelihood, not just a hobby. Along the way, Shales upends our definition of what is handcrafted or authentic, revealing the contradictions in our expectations of craft. Craft is—and isn’t—what we think.

Book The Shape of Design

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank Chimero
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9780985472207
  • Pages : 131 pages

Download or read book The Shape of Design written by Frank Chimero and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Corduroy s Numbers

Download or read book Corduroy s Numbers written by MaryJo Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate 50 years of one of the best-loved teddy bears with this rhyming concept book. One rowdy rooster cock-a-doodle-doos! Two friendly cows stretch and moo. Join Corduroy in counting on the farm, going from one rooster all the way through ten chicken eggs. With minimal text, bright illustrations, and a loveable character, this board book is perfect for even the youngest readers.

Book The Shape of Me and Other Stuff  Read   Listen Edition

Download or read book The Shape of Me and Other Stuff Read Listen Edition written by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in silhouette, the fun and fanciful art of Dr. Seuss is instantly recognizable in this Bright and Early Book classic: "a bug, a balloon, a bed, a bike. No shapes are ever quite alike." Looking at ordinary shapes is great when seen through the eyes of the remarkable Dr. Seuss, but of course it's the extraordinary shapes that really make an impression. Would you want to be shaped like a BLOGG? Bright and Early Books are perfect for beginning beginner readers! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1968 with The Foot Book, Bright and Early Books use fewer and easier words than Beginner Books. Readers just starting to recognize words and sound out letters will love these short books with colorful illustrations. This Read & Listen edition contains audio narration.

Book Squares   Other Shapes with Josef Albers

Download or read book Squares Other Shapes with Josef Albers written by Josef Albers and published by Phaidon. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to shapes through the acclaimed art of Josef Albers The influential art of Josef Albers is used to teach shapes in this stylish read-aloud board book, which takes children through Albers' range of geometrics, one artwork per page, beginning with squares and returning to them as a familiar refrain throughout. The variance of colour, scale, and quantity adds to the richness of the visual arc, and the accompanying text provides a humorous and engaging commentary. Readers will not only learn their shapes, but also grow familiar with fine art in this second title in the 'First Concepts with Fine Artists' series. Includes a read-aloud 'about the artist' at the end.

Book There Is a Tribe of Kids

Download or read book There Is a Tribe of Kids written by Lane Smith and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . . he trails a colony of penguins, undulates in a smack of jellyfish, clasps hands with a constellation of stars, naps for a night in a bed of clams, and follows a trail of shells, home to his tribe of friends. If Lane Smith's Caldecott Honor Book Grandpa Green was an homage to aging and the end of life, There Is a Tribe of Kids is a meditation on childhood and life's beginning. Smith's vibrant sponge-paint illustrations and use of unusual collective nouns such as smack and unkindness bring the book to life. Whimsical, expressive, and perfectly paced, this story plays with language as much as it embodies imagination, and was awarded the 2017 Kate Greenaway Medal. This title has Common Core connections.

Book Mouse Shapes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ellen Stoll Walsh
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2017-09-12
  • ISBN : 1328740536
  • Pages : 43 pages

Download or read book Mouse Shapes written by Ellen Stoll Walsh and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three mice make a variety of things out of different shapes as they hide from a scary cat.

Book Little Ewe

    Book Details:
  • Author : Laura Sassi
  • Publisher : Beaming Books
  • Release : 2021-02-23
  • ISBN : 1506466664
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Little Ewe written by Laura Sassi and published by Beaming Books. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Ewe would rather jump on logs and investigate spider webs than follow the shepherd when he calls. But what happens when she gets lost? How will she find her way home? Told in whimsical rhyme, this humorous counting book for our littlest ones is a delightful reminder that, like a loving parent, our Shepherd will find us and care for us, even when we wander from the path. In Little Ewe: The Story of One Lost Sheep, award-winning author Laura Sassi and illustrator Tommy Doyle tell an endearing tale of a distracted sheep and her persistent shepherd, inspired by the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15.

Book Scissors Skills  Grades PK   1

Download or read book Scissors Skills Grades PK 1 written by and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build essential skills while having fun with Home Workbooks! Now updated with fun, colorful pages and engaging art, each book measures 7" x 9.25" and is filled with 64 pages of age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games. These teacher-approved books are perfect for home, school, summer breaks, and road trips! Skills covered include hand-eye coordination, following directions, pasting, fine motor, and more! An incentive chart and 140 full-color stickers are also included to help parents or teachers track student progress. Home Workbooks are available for prekindergarten through grade 3 students, and feature titles in a wide variety of skill areas to suit any need.

Book The Art and Craft of Handmade Books

Download or read book The Art and Craft of Handmade Books written by Shereen LaPlantz and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative approach to bookbinding explains techniques that elevate handmade books into extraordinary artworks. Simple, well-illustrated directions explain how to make pop-up panels, pages that "explode" from the spine, slipcases, and more.

Book The Art of Japanese Craft

    Book Details:
  • Author : Felice Fischer
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book The Art of Japanese Craft written by Felice Fischer and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Japan's first forays onto the international stage of world's fairs in the late 19th century to the dynamic creativity of the 1920 and 1930s, from the heady post-World War II period to the present day, Japanese crafts have exhibited a rich diversity of media and techniques. One of the first illustrated surveys in English of modern-era Japanese crafts--including ceramics, lacquerware, metalcraft, and wood--this elegant book, with 70 color illustrations, is an invaluable guide for the collector and scholar. Focusing on an important collection of Japanese crafts destined for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the text discusses the artists and ideas that shaped and defined the aesthetic of 20th-century Japan, noting that this nation--which so deeply appreciates and fosters its crafts traditions--hails its artists as "living national treasures." The book also includes artists' biographies and reproductions of their signatures and marks. Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: Philadelphia Museum of Art (December 6, 2008 - fall 2009)

Book CraftFail

    Book Details:
  • Author : Heather Mann
  • Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
  • Release : 2014-10-21
  • ISBN : 0761183086
  • Pages : 177 pages

Download or read book CraftFail written by Heather Mann and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor Bridgit, who overestimated the size of her head—her homemade frilly lace shower cap came straight down to her chin. And who can blame Lindsey for thinking “glitter shoes” sounded like a cool, easy project instead of what it turned out to be: a puddle of sparkling glop. And really, whoever posted that incredible Spaghetti-Stuffed Garlic Bread on Pinterest should be sued. When Mindy pulled hers from the oven, it looked like a “hot mess of intestines streaming out of doughy flesh.” Mmmm, thank you, Pinterest! Written by Heather Mann, publisher of CraftFail.com, her hilarious blog with millions of page views and hundreds of thousands of followers, CraftFail celebrates the creative process, but from the other side. This is the stuff that gets the “A for Effort” and LOL for outcome. But once the laughter dies down, it also inspires a warm feel-good respect for crafters who aren’t afraid to fail. After all, even if there’s not a mortal alive except Martha who can make a Waxed Heart worthy of hanging in your window to catch the sun, why shouldn’t many try? When it goes wrong, why shouldn’t the rest of us enjoy this Epic Fail? And then look at all the full-color photos that document it. Home decor fails, fashion fails, holiday fails, food fails, kid crafting fails— as one anonymous crafter said: “It wasn’t supposed to end this way.” Luckily for us, it did.

Book Masters of Craft

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard E. Ocejo
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2018-11-13
  • ISBN : 0691183198
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book Masters of Craft written by Richard E. Ocejo and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s new economy—in which “good” jobs are typically knowledge or technology based—many well-educated and culturally savvy young people are instead choosing to pursue traditionally low-status manual labor occupations as careers. Masters of Craft looks at the renaissance of four such trades: bartending, distilling, barbering, and butchering. In this engaging book, Richard Ocejo takes you into the lives and workplaces of these people to examine how they are transforming once-undesirable jobs into “cool” and highly specialized upscale occupations. He shows how they find meaning in these jobs by enacting a set of “cultural repertoires,” resulting in a new form of elite taste-making. Focusing on cocktail bartenders, craft distillers, upscale men’s barbers, and whole-animal butcher shop workers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and upstate New York, Masters of Craft provides new insights into the stratification of taste, the spread of gentrification, and the evolving labor market in today’s postindustrial city.

Book Paper Craft Home

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah Louise Matthews
  • Publisher : Shambhala Publications
  • Release : 2018-07-17
  • ISBN : 1611806097
  • Pages : 145 pages

Download or read book Paper Craft Home written by Sarah Louise Matthews and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paper craft is given a stunning and contemporary look through these easy-to-make projects for home décor. Transform a simple sheet of paper into something extraordinary! Explore the versatility, beauty, and simplicity of paper. From a geometric paper-folded vase to paper petal lights and a unique paper cuckoo clock, you’ll discover 25 projects that use basic materials and easy techniques to create stunning home décor items. Taking inspiration from the shapes and repetition found in architecture and nature, designer and paper-lover Sarah Louise Matthews offers contemporary designs that will add a creative flair to your home or make for wonderful gifts. With clear step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs, you’ll explore techniques like paper cutting, folding, and engineering to create gorgeous results.

Book Castle

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen Biesty
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN : 9780751350463
  • Pages : 27 pages

Download or read book Castle written by Stephen Biesty and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter through the keep and be transported back in time to everyday life in a medieval castle. The format draws readers into this hive of activity in realistic and compelling detail - the luxurious apartments of the lord and the lady of the manor, the squalor of the cesspit cleaner, and prisoners left to rot in the secret dungeons, all embellished by text with odles of astonishing facts.

Book Oak Meadow Crafts for the Early Grades

Download or read book Oak Meadow Crafts for the Early Grades written by Oak Meadow and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, you will find a wide selection of creative ideas and projects, including working with clay, with detailed instructions and beautiful hand-drawn illustrations especially designed for children in the early grades.Often using natural materials, these crafts help develop basic fine motor skills as well as an artistic sense.

Book The Michaels Book of Arts   Crafts

Download or read book The Michaels Book of Arts Crafts written by Dawn Cusick and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From America's largest specialty retailer of arts and crafts merchandise comes an extraordinarily big, beautiful, and encyclopedic collection of techniques and 175 projects--from beading and woodworking to glass and fabric crafts.