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  • The Toaster Project

    Or A Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch

    Hello, my name is Thomas Thwaites, and I have made a toaster. So begins-áThe Toaster Project, the author's nine-month-long journey from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where he creates a crude foundry. Along the way, he learns that an ordinary toaster is made up of 404 separate parts, that the best way to smelt metal at home is by using a method found ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Everything She Touched

    Life of Ruth Asawa

    by Marilyn Chase ...
    Everything She Touched recounts the incredible life of the American sculptor Ruth Asawa.This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art. In this compelling biography, author Marilyn Chase brings Asawa's story to vivid life. She draws on Asawa's extensive archives and weaves together many voices—family, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo’s early life was spent in Florence, his maturity in Milan, and the last three years of his life in France. Leonardo’s teacher was Verrocchio. First he was a goldsmith, then a painter and sculptor: as a painter, representative of the very scientific school of draughtsmanship; more famous as a sculptor, being the creator of the Colleoni statue at Venice, Leonardo was a man of striking ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rodin

    Influenced by the masters of Antiquity, the genius of Michelangelo and Baroque sculpture, particularly of Bernini, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is one of the most renowned artists in history. Though Rodin is considered a founder of modern sculpture, he did not set out to critique past classical traditions. Many of his sculptures were criticised and considered controversial because of their sensuality ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Art of the Devil

    by Arturo Graf, ...
    “The Devil holds the strings which move us!” (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.) Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer… the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as images of fear or veneration, depending on the society, representations of the underworld served to instruct believers and lead them ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beginner's Guide to ZBrush

    Edited by 3dtotal Publishing ...
    Series series Beginner's Guide
    - This will be 3dtotal’s most accessible 3D tutorial book- ZBrush is one of the leading industry softwares but can be daunting a newcomer, with no similar books to this available- This book will also be applicable to ZBrushCore, Pixologic’s newly announced “lite” version of ZBrush- Clear, simple instructions and high-quality images by professional artists working in the 3D industry- Downloadable ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Picasso

    Picasso was born a Spaniard and, so they say, began to draw before he could speak. As an infant he was instinctively attracted to artist’s tools. In early childhood he could spend hours in happy concentration drawing spirals with a sense and meaning known only to himself. At other times, shunning children’s games, he traced his first pictures in the sand. This early self-expression held out ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay

    Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures

    Katherine Dewey's expressive and elegantly detailed sculptures enchant all who see them. With the magical medium of polymer clay and this book, you can follow in her footsteps.Thorough instructions supported by more than 400 step-by-step color photos and 200 detailed drawings cover the entire process of sculpting realistic figures, from selecting clay and gathering essential tools to the basics of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Greek Sculpture

    by Nigel Spivey ...
    Ancient Greek sculpture seems to have a timeless quality – provoking reactions that may range from awe to alienation. Yet it was a particular product of its age: and to know how and why it was once created is to embark upon an understanding of its 'Classic' status. In this richly illustrated and carefully written survey, encompassing works from c.700 BC to the end of antiquity, Nigel Spivey ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The Art of Cardboard

    Big Ideas for Creativity, Collaboration, Storytelling, and Reuse

    by Lori Zimmer ...
    Breathe new life into that old cardboard box! Though paper and cardboard seem common and humble materials, discover the totally unexpected, beautiful and intricate art that can be created using the repurposed and up cycled resource.The Art of Cardboard showcases the grand and imaginative scale of cardboard art and design. Inside, you'll find jaw-dropping cardboard creations from around the world! ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Modigliani

    Modigliani (1884-1920) was a painter of great unhappiness in his native Italy and felt only sorrow in his adopted country of France. Out of this discontent came forth Modigliani’s original work, which was influenced by African art, the Cubists, and drunken nights in Montparnasse. His portrayal of women—sensual bodies, almost aggressive nudity, and mysterious faces—expresses their suffering and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

    Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer and a braggart, a shameless adventurer who at different times experienced both papal persecution and imprisonment, and the adulation of the royal ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • There is no soundtrack

    Rethinking art, media, and the audio-visual contract

    Series series Rethinking Art's Histories
    There is no soundtrack is a study of how sound and image produce meaning in contemporary experimental media art by artists ranging from Chantal Akerman to Nam June Paik to Tanya Tagaq. It contextualises these works and artists through key ideas in sound studies: voice, noise, listening, the soundscape and more. The book argues that experimental media art produces radical and new audio-visual ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Crafting Cute: Polymer Clay the Kawaii Way

    50 Fantastically Fun Projects

    by Dani Banani ...
    Let Dani Banani of the popular Etsy shop FunUsual Suspects show you how to make 50 kawaii creations out of inexpensive and easy-to-find polymer clay. Kawaii—the culture of cuteness, originating in Japan—is everywhere, and it’s time to join the cuteness revolution with these amazingly fun projects.Just follow the simple step-by-step photos and instructions to create darling characters, ranging from ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Spiral Jetta

    A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West

    by Erin Hogan ...
    Series series Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel
    Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Ilya Repin

    Ilya Repin was the most gifted of the group known in Russia as “The Itinerants”. When only twelve years old, he joined Ivan Bounakov’s studio to learn the icon-painter’s craft. Religious representations always remained of great importance for him. From 1864 to 1873 Repin studied at the Academy of the Arts in Saint Petersburg under Kramskoï. Repin also studied in Paris for two years, where he was ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wabi Sabi Painting with Cold Wax

    Adding Body, Texture and Transparency to Your Art

    by Serena Barton ...
    The ancient philosophy of wabi-sabi honors the imperfect, the transitory and the humble. Cold wax is a perfect vehicle for artists wishing to explore this aesthetic. In this guide, you'll learn how to use this incredibly malleable medium--in combination with oil paint and other mediums--to add layers of texture, atmosphere, depth and meaning to your paintings while developing a more intuitive ... Read more

    $15.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • The Professional Approach to Sculpting the Human Figure

    The Professional Approach to Sculpting The Human Figure is the first book by Andrew Sinclair MRSS SWAC, recognised as a master of world-class figurative sculpture.It is based on Andrew’s ground-breaking Sinclair Method, as taught at The Sculpture School, which completely transforms the building and creation of Contemporary Realist sculpture. This method is revolutionising the approach to sculpture ... Read more

    $4.50 USD

  • Elf, Ogre and Goblin

    Making Fantasy Characters in Polymer Clay

    Series series FaeMaker
    This fun book shows readers how to make standalone fantasy character figures with polymer clay. Readers will learn about materials, special precautions and quick, simple techniques; then they will get 3 step-by-step demonstrations including an Elf, Ogre and Goblin. Each demonstration shows how to make accurate figures, from beginning supports to sculpting the head (including eyes, chins, noses, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts

    Art, Migrations, Development

    Series series Critical Studies in Italian America
    “A rich array of perspectives on the creative work of the eccentric immigrant laborer who created one of the most mysterious landmarks of Los Angeles.” —Donna Gabaccia, Professor of History, University of MinnesotaThe Watts Towers, wondrous objects of art and architecture, were created over the course of three decades by a determined, single-minded artist, Sabato Rodia, an Italian immigrant ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person

    MARY CAROLINE RICHARDS is a potter, teacher, and poet. She received her doctorate in English from the University of California at Berkeley, and has been a member if the faculty at the universities of California and Chicago, Black Mountain College, and the City College of New York. She is author also of The Crossing Point: Selected Talks and Writings (Wesleyan 1973) and Toward Wholeness: Rudolf ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

    A leading expert on the past, present, and future of public monuments in America.An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? Which ones should stay up and which should come down? Who should make these ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Summers with Lincoln

    Looking for the Man in the Monuments

    A journey across America revealing “the history of how seven of these monuments came to be . . . and what they mean to us today” (The Washington Times).Across the country, in the middle of busy city squares and hidden on quiet streets, there are nearly two hundred statues erected in memory of Abraham Lincoln. No other American has ever been so widely commemorated.A few years ago, Jim Percoco, a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fantasy Creatures in Clay

    Techniques for Sculpting Dragons, Griffins and More

    by Neal Deschain ...
    Sculpt fascinating creatures!Explore the world of clay and learn to create the dramatically beautiful forms of some of the most fearsome and awe-inspiring creatures your imagination can conjure. Ranging from ferocious dragons to regal griffins to magnificent underwater beasts--they're all here!Inside you will learn simple techniques for creating realistic individual parts of fantasy creatures. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD $13.99 USD