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Cocinando!by Pablo Ellicott Yglesias
Springer 2005; US$ 19.95Driving beats, coursing rhythms, swaying skirts, and swaggering bandleaders playing deep into the sultry night: Latin music is a celebration of life and sensuality, and nowhere are these essential values better reflected than the dazzling record covers that present this music to the world."Cocinando!: Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art" draws together the most beautiful, sexy, colorful, innovative, and creative Latin record covers from all the various genres of Latin music: mambo, salsa, bossa nova, tropiclia, Latin jazz, and rock. Featured are covers by such legendary performers as Joo Gilberto, Machito, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Ray Baretto, Caetano Veloso, Santana, and countless others.Author Pablo Yglesias provides a compelling... more...
Label 228by Camden Noir
Soft Skull Press 2009; US$ 24.95Label 228 is a gathering of street art executed on priority mail labels (Label 228, in official parlance) and displayed in public spaces. Its a remarkably prevalent method of exposure featured by graffiti artists worldwide. These labels are free, portable, and quick and easy to exhibit, offering artists the chance to spend more time creating their work than if they were to paint and write directly on walls, vehicles, and public objects. camden noir launched his Label 228 project by putting out a call to artists, asking them to send him their artwork or anything, for that matter, on priority mail labels. Within six months, he received over 500 labels from artists all over the world. At this point, he has over 1,500 labels from over 600... more...
Das Medium Postkarteby Anett Holzheid
Erich Schmidt Verlag 2011; US$ 64.12Hauptbeschreibung Mit diesem Buch wird die Postkarte als Kommunikationsmedium erstmals zum zentralen Untersuchungsgegenstand erhoben und ihre spezifische Entstehungs- sowie Nutzungsgeschichte rekonstruiert. Für den Zeitraum von 1850 bis 1920 wird die Postkarte als eigenständige Kommunikationsform in Abgrenzung zu Vorläufer- und Komplementärmedien porträtiert und ihre funktionale Entwicklung als Universalkorrespondenzmittel nachgewiesen. In Anwendung eines mehrdisziplinären Analyseverfahrens werden die spezifischen Mediencharakteristika untersucht - die Verbindung aus Privatheit und Öffentlichkeit, aus Konventionalität und Originalität sowie die potenzielle Offenheit für multikodale Botschaften aus sprachlichen und bildlichen Zeichen. Eine... more...
Coloring Techniques for Card Makingby DRG Publishing
DRG 2010; US$ 14.95Introducing current, popular coloring methods for card making, this guide is divided into three instructional chapters that showcase a specific medium—watercolor, colored pencils, and alcohol ink. With an introduction to each medium, every one of the eye-catching designs in this book include a detailed walk through, a materials list, and coloring tips. A special section on how to accentuate designs includes suggested use for glitter pens and gel pens as well as techniques on shading and creating texture. Projects include Fairy Thanks, Meowy Christmas, Geranium Get Well, Secret Fishing Spot, Beary Happy Birthday, Sharing a Cookie, and Special Friends. more...
(Sashiko) Greetings Cardsby Editors of David & Charles
F+W Media 2012; US$ 2.99Bring a touch of the Orient to your greetings cards with sashiko, the Japanese method of decorative stitching to create striking patterns on fabric with lines of simple running stitch. They are ideal for small pictorial sashiko samples, allowing you to practice the technique and also experiment with different thread and fabric colour combinations. These two cards feature a maple leaf and a simple flower ? both easy to stitch but so stylish and effective. more...
(Sashiko) Greetings Cardsby Editors of David & Charles
F+W Media 2012; US$ 2.99Bring a touch of the Orient to your greetings cards with sashiko, the Japanese method of decorative stitching to create striking patterns on fabric with lines of simple running stitch. They are ideal for small pictorial sashiko samples, allowing you to practice the technique and also experiment with different thread and fabric colour combinations. These two cards feature a maple leaf and a simple flower ? both easy to stitch but so stylish and effective. more...
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