Rinne Allen
Author
Publisher
Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Why do we make things by hand? And why do we make them beautiful? Led by the question of why working with our hands remains vital and valuable in the modern world, author and maker Melanie Falick went on a transformative, inspiring journey. Traveling across continents, she met quilters and potters, weavers and painters, metalsmiths, printmakers, woodworkers, and more, and uncovered truths that have been speaking to us for millennia yet feel urgently...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Colour expert and designer Susan Hable shows how to discover colour in the everyday, create dynamic palettes, and translate them into stunning interior spaces. 'A Colorful Home' reveals how to open our eyes to the colours around us and bring them to life in rooms composed with meaning.
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
As makers, we tend to learn different stitches over time without thinking much about how they relate to one another. But when Natalie Chanin and her Alabama Chanin and The School of Making teams began to look at needlework closely, they realized all stitches are based on geometric grid systems--and by using grids as guides, they could make learning stitches, even seemingly elaborate ones, as easy as child's play. In The Geometry of Hand-Sewing Chanin...