Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Techniques - General

It's easy to learn tapestry weaving from start to finish with Nancy Harvey, one of America's best-known teachers of this exciting craft. Using the same clear step-by-step approach that makes her workshops so successful, Nancy leads you through building a simple frame loom, to mastering the basic techniques, to completing handsome pieces based on her designs. She even provides tips on how to prepare designs of your own. In this book, you will find:

• Beginning and intermediate samplers to help you learn the basics
• Hundreds of highlighted tips for weavers of all levels of...

Set against the backdrop of the world's tallest peaks, author Andrea Jurgrau's New Heights in Lace Knitting helps knitters create a beautiful collection of lace shawls and accessories and gain confidence in creating standout knitted lace.

Before starting any journey, knitters need to load their packs (or in this case, their knitting bags) with the right supplies. New Heights in Lace Knitting outlines exactly what knitters need in order to cerate a successful finished project. Knitters are guided through choosing the right yarns for lace, basic lace techniques, and a...

24 Practical, Beautiful Designs to Wear Every Day

Knitters love stitching pieces that become mainstays: garments and accessories to wear year after year. They are steadfast companions in your daily adventures: walking the dog, working outdoors, or simply tucking in for a cozy night at home.

Rugged Knits is a collection of 21 functional, lovely, and interesting knitting patterns for men and women. Side-by-side with hearty wool sweaters and sock patterns are more unexpectedly delicate-looking pieces, such as a warm, resilient shawl with lace trim and a cozy cowl with...

Diese Publikation dokumentiert das gleichnamige Kunstfestival der Universitat fur angewandte Kunst Wien in einer multimedialen Gesamtschau. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Hybrids aus Buch und digitalen Medium steht ein Datentrager mit Kurzfilmen und Interviews der teilnehmenden PerformancekunstlerInnen. Die Dokumentation vergangener Interventionen im offentlichen Raum wird so in eine permanente Ausstellung transformiert.

• Sophisticated sweaters, ponchos and shawls
• Stylish hats, scarves, and gloves
• A hip messenger bag with a contrasting fabric liner and a snappy shrug that's perfect for a night out with...

Die Publikation prasentiert einen Querschnitt des kunstlerischen Schaffens von Michael Wegerer der durch seine grafischen Papierskulpturen, Rauminstallationen und interdisziplinare Ausstellungsprojekte international bekannt wurde. Essays von AutorInnen aus Kunst, Philosophie und Musik erganzen die vom Kunstler gestaltete Monografie. Fur die Publikation haben zwei geladene Kunstlerinnen eigens visuelle Interventionen entworfen.

Around the world, tourists are drawn to visit murals painted on walls. Whether heritage asset, legacy leftover, or contested art space, the mural is more than a simple tourist attraction or accidental aspect of tourism material culture. They express something about the politics, heritage and identity of the locations being visited, whether a medieval fresco in an Italian church, or modern political art found in Belfast or Tehran.

This interdisciplinary and highly international book explores tourism around murals that are either evolving or have transitioned as instruments of...

Fiction research has traditionally developed its theories from narrative texts. While narratology has engaged in media comparisons for some time, such comparisons are still at an early stage in fiction theory. This volume examines the phenomena of fiction through a comparative arts and media perspective, thereby helping to create a theory of fiction grounded in transmediality.