High Voltage Tattoo by Harper Design $29.99
High Voltage Tattoo is a graphic perspective on today's global tattoo culture by Kat Von D, star of The Learning Channel's L.A. Ink and one of the most talented and popular artists working today. Designed in a style that is reminiscent of a handmade Gothic journal with its red padded cover, ornate typography, and parchmentlike pages, it throws the door wide open to tattooing culture in the way...
Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement by Swallow Press $29.95
The story of the American Quilt Trail, featuring the colorful patterns of quilt squares writ large on barns throughout North America, is the story of one of the fastest-growing grassroots public arts movements in the United States and Canada. In Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement Suzi Parron travels through twenty-nine states and two Canadian provinces to visit the people and...
Coffee: 2012 Wall Calendar by Andrews McMeel Publishing $15.99
A small, quiet farmstead in Burlington, Wisconsin, is an unexpected setting for the abundance of creative activity that bustles out of it. Here, Dan DiPaolo creates his signature artwork that is used on his popular calendars. His subjects vary greatly, but all retain a playful sense of whimsy rendered with a winning blend of country charm and easy sophistication.Dan DiPaolo has brewed up another...
Mexican Muralists: Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros by Chronicle Books $35.00
Los tres grandes: Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Now legendary, these men have emerged as the most prominent figures of the famed Mexican mural movement, which lasted from the '20s through the early '70s and was hailed as the most significant achievement in public art of the 20th century. The dramatic story of the movement is told here in a fascinating history of...
2012 Lang Folk Art Wall Calendar by Perfect Timing - Lang $15.99
Lang Folk Art Wall Calendar
Wire Jewelry VISUAL Quick Tips by Visual $14.99
Expert tips and tricks for making beautiful wire jewelry are at your fingertips–anywhere you go. Wire Jewelry VISUAL Quick Tips has the answers you need. With detailed color photos and concise instructions, it shows you how to use wirework tools and supplies to make attractive necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings using the hottest techniques: making jump rings, head pins, and eye pins;...
The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860-1900 by Lynn Federle Orr $65.00
The Cult of Beauty focuses on a period at the end of the nineteenth century when a group of artists, architects, and designers found themselves linked by the search for anew Beauty. The Aesthetic Movement, as it came to be known, united romantic bohemians, such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris, and Edward Burne-Jones, with maverick figures like James McNeill Whistler. The Cult of Beauty...
Donna Dewberry's Big Book of Decorative Painting: A Complete Guide to One-Stroke Tips & Techniques by All American Crafts $27.95
The Ultimate Donna Dewberry guide to her popular one-stroke painting technique. This well known author and decorative painter also shares tips and ideas for creating beautifully painted items for the home A must-have guide for decorative painters.
Mehndi Designs: Traditional Henna Body Art (Dover Pictorial Archive) by Dover Publications $6.95
Scores of lovely designs, adapted from authentic images used in the ancient art of henna body painting, incorporate scores of lovely patterns. Used to cover hands, forearms, and feet during celebrations, these 166 black-and-white designs include fine line, lacy, and paisley motifs, as well as assorted floral borders, heart-shaped insets, and repeat patterns.
Art Beyond the West by Laurence King $74.98
This is the first major survey of the arts of Africa, India and Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Korea, the Pacific, and the Americas. The vast and fascinating range of arts outside the Western tradition are explored within a predominantly geographic and chronological framework, from the beginnings of civilization to the present day. Using maps, time charts and a wide selection of famous and lesser...