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| | Praise for the hardcover edition: "The ultimate reference for stenciling." -Booklist
With the simple stencil -- a template that lets you easily create a painted shape on a surface and allows you to repeat the exact pattern wherever and as often as you wish -- you can transform and beautify just about any surface from boxes to walls to floors.
The Complete Stenciling Handbook is a compendium of the latest techniques, tools, equipment and materials. The book presents innovative methods and products that have taken stenciling from a rustic craft to a breathtaking art form. The book features a wide range of step-by-step projects illustrated with color photographs.
Buckingham comprehensively covers the materials needed for successful stenciling projects and explains the qualities of a variety of media such as the differences between latex and oil paints. Clear, easy-to-read text simplifies the often confusing world of materials such as additives, matting agents, glazes, stains, thinners, finish coats and more. The book also includes instructions about when and how to use applicators such as brushes, rollers, sponges and airbrushes.
Creative topics with step-by-step instructions cover: - Shading and paint effects - Traditional borders and all-over patterns - Freeform stenciling and projection stenciling - Imitation textiles - Architectural elements, fake marquetry - Floor treatments, glass and ceramic tiles - Lettering and stenciling on fabric and paper.
The Complete Stenciling Handbook is the best and most comprehensive guide for crafters from beginner to advanced. |
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| | ISBN: 1552096386 Date Published on 7/10/2006 |
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| This is a guide intended for the experienced upholsterer who works with antiques and period furniture. Part of the book is devoted to a history of styles of upholstered furniture from the 17th to the 20th centuries so that upholstery restoration may be made as authentic as possible. Sections on equipment, techniques, and projects assume some expertise in order to achieve professional results. Although not as practical for the home craftsperson as a basic guide like Michael Torelli and Ellen Haggerty's Reupholstering for the Home Craftsman (1977), this is an elegant, useful book for the antiques restorer. Recommended for decorative arts collections.
- Constance Ashmore Fairchild, Univ. of Illinois Lib., Urbana-Champaign
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
The book starts by teaching about style through the ages with the help of period drawings and paintings... then a walk through materials and techniques. Even a list of addresses of suppliers of professional upholstery supplies is provided. This is an essential reference for anyone thinking about upholstering anything.
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| Now you can come up with design solutions before purchasing fabrics. A “split” format divides both styles and fabrics into segments. A section on embellishments, trimmings, and poles provides the essential finishing touches. “Allows the reader to match up 420 fabric swatches with more than 140 different window treatments.”—Publisher’s Weekly. |
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| | ISBN: 1855858045 Date Published on 5/11/2006 |
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| The aim of The Curtain Sketchbook is to show, in clear line sketches, hundreds of ideas for curtains and window treatments. This is not a "How to do it Book" - it is a book of window decorating ideas. First published in England by Shoestring Book Company.
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| | ISBN: 0953293920 Date Published on 5/24/2006 |
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