Mysterious and mathematical at once, the magical visual world of Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972) has captivated scientists and scholars and made its mark on popular culture, inspiring book covers, album art, films, posters, and puzzles. This set puts Escher's tessellated wonders right at your fingertips with 17 easy-to-assemble paper sculptures. Folding along the score lines, you can transform the artist's richly geometric designs into three-dimensional polyhedra with forming and reforming patterns, including genius arrangements of flowers, butterflies, lizards, and seashells. The book includes a review of the geometric principles and artistic invention underlying Escher's optical marvels as well as concise instructions.

Paul Cezanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose works inspire us all with his beautiful use of colour and light. Our Cezanne Still Lifes FlipTop Notecard set comes in a FlipTop box with magnetic closure and features 20 note cards - 4 each of 5 images - featuring gorgeously reproduced still life images. This collection of cards contains a variety of still life painting reproductions, incorporating one of them wrapping around the outside of the box, creating a lovely keepsake when the cards are done. 20 notecards and envelopes 4 each of 5 images Each card: 177 x 120mm. Flip top box with magnetic closure Box measures 139 x 196 x 8mm.

London, New York, Paris, Rome and more - have the exotic world of travel at your papercrafting fingertips with this exciting new book from the talented Japanese illustrator Kai Iwani. With over 150 super-simple paper cutting designs you will be spoiled for choice on how to use them. Ideal for holiday memories, cardmaking, scrapbooking, stationery and much, much more these adorable and inspiring motifs will bring endless hours of papercraft fun!

Forever cherish your favorite Christmas traditions and celebrations with this heirloom-quality memory album! With an elegant linen cover, archival-quality paper, and hand-drawn illustrations, Our Christmas Story: A Modern Christmas Memory Book will be a family treasure for years and generations to come. Cherish your Favorite Memories: Write down meaningful traditions Remember holiday celebrations you hosted or attended Record special gifts given or received Save photos with Santa or annual family Christmas cards Preserve treasured family recipes And so much more! Heirloom Quality: Chic, timeless design Elegant linen cover Acid-free and archival paper Generous 9.75" x 9.75" trim size offers ample space for photos and cards Lay-flat design allows you to easily write in the book A pocket to safely store letters to Santa and other Christmas keepsakes Lovingly designed artwork and thoughtful prompts encourage you to reflect and celebrate PS: It's the perfect holiday gift!

Explore the full potential of your Cricut machine! Digital die-cutting machines are the ultimate creative tool for crafters, but beginners sometimes don't know where to start. This book provides a simple, down-to-earth guide to using your machine, including Cricut and Sizzix, and shows you how to make 37 amazing projects. This first book in the new Cut & Craft series introduces you to the basics - including the tools and accessories you need and a quick guide to using the software. The step-by-step projects offer an exciting array of ideas and designs that will really spark your imagination, and all come with clear instructions and photos, plus over 70 free downloadable SVG files. Learn how to make gorgeous paper flowers, intricate papercuts, journal embellishments, engraved jewellery and etched glassware. Explore different materials including paper, fabric, acetate and vinyl, and personalize your creations to make unique gifts and themed accessories for weddings, birthdays, Christmas, baby showers and more. If you have just bought your first digital die-cutter or already own one and are looking for fresh ideas and new techniques, then this is the book for you!

Following up on the successful Everything Is Wild and Free puzzle and stationery set comes a new group of paper products from Flow and the artist Valesca van Waveren. Taking as its inspiration a quote from Francis Hodgson Burnett, and translating it into stunning images that capture the magic we find in nature, particularly on a starlit night, Everything Is Made Out of Magic is a suite of pure delight. The Everything Is Made Out of Magic Sticker Book will have sticker lovers rejoicing, as they get to play with even more images from the artist's compelling color palette. Includes 28 sheets and 1,000+ stickers to decorate a journal, notebook, envelopes, random notes, and wherever else stickers are used.

In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope. The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture, distribution, and reception. Here are different types of production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and individual study to public instruction and entertainment. It is a history of manufacture, craftsmanship, dissemination, reading and debate. Yet the history of books is not simply a question of material form, nor indeed of the history of reading and reception. The larger question is of the effect of textual production, distribution and reception - of how books themselves made history. To this end, each chapter of this volume, succinctly bounded by period and geography, offers incisive and stimulating insights into the relationship between books and the story of their times.

Welcome to the world of miniature aviation, intergalactic style. It's entertainment on the fly for the office, backyard, classroom (don't get caught!), or anywhere there might be a party, featuring 12 Lilliputian-size models that create 63 planes altogether. From the Dynamo to the Alien Clipper, Cosmojet to the Spectre, these intergalactic flyers are vibrantly colored and gorgeously designed to resemble various spacecraft. Fold up the straight-shooting Star Quest and an Aerobot that's part spaceship, part robot. Includes step-by-step folding instructions and tips on how to send each plane soaring at its full aerodynamic potential.

Bookmaking is more popular than ever and this book makes the craft available to everyone. Beginners will soon be on their way to folding, gluing and sewing handmade books in a variety of styles. This title includes photographs of the author's own books; this collection is sure to inspire. In the digital world, books may seem like an endangered species, but bookmaking is more popular than ever. Thanks to the 100 ideas in this volume, the craft is now available to everyone. In as little as an afternoon, beginners will be on their way to folding, gluing and sewing handmade books in a variety of shapes and styles, from rolled scrolls to Jacob's ladders, folded flexagons to case bindings. Complete with photographs of the author's own master books and statements by more than 40 established book artists, this collection is sure to inspire.

These fine-quality tear-out wrapping sheets feature twelve traditional Asian prints, suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. An introduction details the history and meaning behind the designs and provides some wrapping inspiration Tuttle Gift Wrapping Papers are an excellent value--a fraction of the price of a single sheet of gift wrap paper from stationery shops Each sheet is removable by tearing along a perforated line There are twelve sheets with twelve different patterns in each book

With this wonderful collection of classic and contemporary papercrafting ideas you can celebrate the festive season in style. Discover over 40 fresh and inspiring designs for greetings, gifts and decorations, including colourful cards and tags and gorgeous garlands and wrapping. Experiment with versatile techniques, a lavish range of yuletide papers and an array of eye-catching embellishments, including beads, wire, ribbon, stitching and more. Combining bright and stylish photography with bold projects and gorgeous page design, this book will be as valuable to the Christmas preparations as the turkey itself!

Marbling will show you how to create and transfer colourful patterns onto things you own while inspiring you to live a more colourful life. Throughout this book, Zeena Shah will help you to find your own eye for colour through marbling. Colour is intrinsically linked to our mood, and this book will explore how this can be translated into your craft. All you need is some inks and paper to start. Discover how accessible marbling can be as you learn to upcycle objects you already own and give them a new lease of life by playing with colour. Including a collection of 20 projects from dyeing postcards and envelopes to scrunchies, picture frames and a patchwork cushion, as well as a section on seasonal projects including baubles and Easter eggs - this book covers everything you need to know to marble. Learn how to find your colour confidence and uncover your love of marbling with this modern guide for craft lovers everywhere.

If You Can Cut, You Can Collage is specially designed for people who feel like they can't make art. Want to know a secret? You can! You just need a little inspiration, instruction, and confidence. Collage is a wonderful creative outlet, particularly for people who want to make art, but don't feel they have the skills or confidence for other endeavors. You can still explore and experiment with color, composition, and various themes and end up with exciting and often unexpected results. If you Can Cut, You Can Collage takes some of the mystery out of collage through easy illustrated pages that show you the basic techniques of collecting and cutting imagery, composing and adhering compositions, and then provides a wealth of exercises that get readers going on their own creative projects. We'll get you started with simple, focused, projects like making a collage with only circles, where you'll learn important concepts like how to create a focal point, how to use repetition successfully, how to achieve contrast, balance, symmetry, and more. You'll be incorporating vintage ephemera, typography and lettering, and even urban and found materials in no time!

PEPIN (R) gift and creative paper books all contain 4 pages of introduction and 12 large sheets of very high-quality wrapping paper. They can easily be removed from the books by tearing them along a perforated line. The wrapping papers are folded to fit into the book; when removed and opened they measure 50 cm x 70 cm (191/2 inch x 271/2 inch; a standard size for gift wrapping papers). Depending on the theme, we have selected a suitable light-weight paper quality. For example, papers with designs in gold, silver or bronze are printed on silky art paper on which the inks show to their best advantage. Designs with an antique or hand-made feel are printed on high-quality creamy offset paper. PEPIN (R) papers make your gift package look very special. In addition, our papers are suitable for scrap booking and all sorts of craft projects. Each volume contains 12 different, exceptional designs.

Say hello to the bullet system: a revolutionary organization method that will increase both your efficiency and your creativity. At its simplest, the bullet method will provide you with a fool proof to-do list that will ensure you never miss a task or appointment again. Take it just a step further and its principals will let you organize your present, take note of the past and plan your future. The 365 Bullet Guide is an easy-to-follow book that will teach you the bullet system. There's an exercise for every day of the year and each takes 365 seconds or less to complete. With simple, clear instructions, this book will show you how to incorporate the bullet method into your life as gradually or quickly as you like. The joy of bulleting is that it is both holistic and completely customizable to your own aesthetics and habits, so you can create your own journal from scratch and put into practice as many of the hundreds of ideas and techniques as your like such as habit trackers, sleep logs, handwriting exercises, and much more! Whether you're a secret scribbler or a to-the-point minimalist, The 365 Bullet Guide is your indispensable guide to an elegantly organized life. With contemporary illustrations by Marcia Mihotich, this book will help you to build a better life. Grab a notebook and pen, and get bulleting!

PEPIN (R) gift and creative paper books all contain 4 pages of introduction and 12 large sheets of very high-quality wrapping paper. They can easily be removed from the books by tearing them along a perforated line. The wrapping papers are folded to fit into the book; when removed and opened they measure 50 cm x 70 cm (191/2 inch x 271/2 inch; a standard size for gift wrapping papers). Depending on the theme, we have selected a suitable light-weight paper quality. For example, papers with designs in gold, silver or bronze are printed on silky art paper on which the inks show to their best advantage. Designs with an antique or hand-made feel are printed on high-quality creamy offset paper. PEPIN (R) papers make your gift package look very special. In addition, our papers are suitable for scrap booking and all sorts of craft projects. Each volume contains 12 different, exceptional designs.

The unchallenged bible of the publishing industry, Bookmaking is the introduction to editing, design, and production for newcomers, acclaimed as the premier text for students as well as a comprehensive reference for experienced hands. First issued in 1965 and revised in 1979, it has now been thoroughly reorganized and updated to reflect the profound changes in the bookmaking process and in publishing practices in the twenty-first century. The computer-centered method of getting from the author's conception to completed print-or electronic-book has come to dominate publishing, involving not only the setting of type but also the preparation of manuscripts, editing, illustration creation and processing, page makeup, color separation, and preparation for printing. Even more significant than its use for these individual procedures is the computer's role in creating an integrated system that is greater than the sum of its parts. Covering all the publishing processes up to distribution, Bookmaking addresses the needs of publishing professionals, whether they do the work themselves in-house or have it done to their specifications by outside suppliers. But this new edition is not only about technological change; all aspects of bookmaking have been reconsidered. The text that served the industry for nearly three decades has been updated where appropriate, while still providing the unchanging facts and principles of book craft.

Capture the delicate beauty of the great outdoors with this enchanting collection of stickers. Page after page of this book is packed with beautiful vintage drawings of creatures that soar, flutter, and glide. Get creative! Adorn your personal items with more than a thousand bird- and insect-themed stickers, create gorgeous artwork and stationery, or simply enjoy this book as an exquisite keepsake.

Be inspired to create gorgeous handmade papercrafts for the festive season. The simple idea of a snowflake has been harnessed to create 15 original designs that incorporate the myriad patterns of the snowflake's hexagonal structure. Starting with single snowflakes to create cutouts and embellishments for cards, tags, and giftwrap, the projects build in difficulty to more delicate and complex artworks and sculptures. Each project has easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and line illustrations to guide you, together with inspirational photography of the finished projects. All the templates that you will need are grouped together at the back of the book, including an extra template directory with additional patterns for you to mix and match into your designs.

Learn to create bold, modern paper flowers from an award-winning professional in the field. Laura Reed's detailed, colorful paper creations are works of art, and her guide inspires you to make floral designs that bring immediate joy as well as permanent beauty. Paper flower making is an accessible craft that uses simple tools and humble materials, and Reed's methodical approach is perfect for beginners and more-advanced enthusiasts. Reed personally walks you through basic techniques, then step-by-step tutorials to make specific flower forms, each labeled with skill level. Finally, enjoy 7 projects that take you through shaping the first petal to designing full paper flower displays. Projects include a bouquet, boutonniere, table arrangement, wreath, hanging chandelier, garland, and cake topper. By the end of the book, you will not only know how to make a range of flowers but also understand how to design your own blooms and use them in projects. All templates are provided.

In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope. The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture, distribution, and reception. Here are different types of production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and individual study to public instruction and entertainment. It is a history of manufacture, craftsmanship, dissemination, reading and debate. Yet the history of books is not simply a question of material form, nor indeed of the history of reading and reception. The larger question is of the effect of textual production, distribution and reception - of how books themselves made history. To this end, each chapter of this volume, succinctly bounded by period and geography, offers incisive and stimulating insights into the relationship between books and the story of their times.

Let Hiroshige's classic style bring art to your desk. Send or give our Hiroshige notecard set to friends and family for a fun greeting or thank you note. 10 notecards, 1 lovely hand-painted image Foil accents 10 classic white envelopes Packaged in an easy portable clear acetate package Each card measures 127 x 101mm.

Wintercroft masks have caught the imagination of creative people and festival-goers around the globe. Designed by Steve Wintercroft, an artist with a passion for craftsmanship and conservation, these masks have been used everywhere from music videos and fashion shoots to theatre productions and political campaigns. The skull is one of humanity's most powerful symbols and is often adopted as an icon of courage or rebellion. Whether you're looking for an icon of free thinking, want an edgy Halloween costume or an eye-catching accessory for your festival trip this summer, this mask is the perfect choice. With a robust polygon design, the mask is easy to put together with press-out templates and simple numbered tabs. Eye-catchingly illustrated, you can choose to wear the mask as it is or customise with the included Day of the Dead embellishments - let your imagination run wild!