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Description for Craftivity
Paperback. Presents DIY projects that make the most of what you have by taking old stuff and turning it into functional art. This book introduces craft techniques with a brief history and background information, and then teaches specific projects based on that technique. The projects are divided up by material. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 4 colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 674.
From the creators of the hugely popular craft site, Supernaturale.com, comes a hip and funky compendium of new DIY projects that reshape, reuse, and redefine the concept of "handmade," moving away from country-cutesy, granny craft into utilitarian craft art for the 21st century. Got a pile of extra buttons and don't know what to do with them? Make a cool bracelet. Need some pillows for your new couch, and have a bunch of old wool sweaters? Turn those sweaters into felt and make pillows so beautiful you could sell them at Urban Outfitters! Knitting, felting, leather tooling, glass and metal ... Read more
From the creators of the hugely popular craft site, Supernaturale.com, comes a hip and funky compendium of new DIY projects that reshape, reuse, and redefine the concept of "handmade," moving away from country-cutesy, granny craft into utilitarian craft art for the 21st century. Got a pile of extra buttons and don't know what to do with them? Make a cool bracelet. Need some pillows for your new couch, and have a bunch of old wool sweaters? Turn those sweaters into felt and make pillows so beautiful you could sell them at Urban Outfitters! Knitting, felting, leather tooling, glass and metal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780060841300
SKU
V9780060841300
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Tsia Carson
Tsia Carson is the founder and editor in chief of SuperNaturale.com, an alternative crafts Web site, as well as a partner at Flat, a multidisciplinary design firm. She teaches design at Yale University and Rhode Island School of Design.
Reviews for Craftivity
"Sophisticated, imaginative and broad in scope...offers a fresh perspective of what crafts can encompass."
Julie Jackson, founder of subversivecrossstitch.com and author of Subversive Cross Stitch "A must-have for any crafter who dares to walk on the wild side of the measuring tape."
Kathy Cano Murillo, national craft columnist, founder of CraftyChica.com and author of Crafty Chica's Art de ... Read more
Julie Jackson, founder of subversivecrossstitch.com and author of Subversive Cross Stitch "A must-have for any crafter who dares to walk on the wild side of the measuring tape."
Kathy Cano Murillo, national craft columnist, founder of CraftyChica.com and author of Crafty Chica's Art de ... Read more