Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing: Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects
10 best books like Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing: Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects (Lotta Jansdotter): Imagine: How Creativity Works, What It Is, The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living, Ways of Seeing, How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum, 1000 Journals Project, How to Make a Journal of Your Life, Bend-the-Rules Sewing: The Essential Guide to a Whole New Way to Sew
Imagine: How Creativity Works
| Author | Jonah Lehrer |
| ISBN | 0547386079 |
Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output?
From the New York Times best-selling author of How We Decide comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the...
| Author | Lynda Barry |
| ISBN | 1897299354 |
How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? For decades, these types of questions have permeated the pages of Lynda Barry’s compositions, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true...
The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
| Author | Seth Godin |
| ISBN | 1591846072 |
In Seth Godin’s most inspiring book yet, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art. Everyone knows that Icarus’s father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun. But he ignored that warning and plunged to his doom. We’ve retold this myth, and...
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
| Author | Twyla Tharp |
| ISBN | 0743235274 |
Creativity is not a gift from the gods, says Twyla Tharp, bestowed by some divine and mystical spark. It is the product of preparation and effort, and it's within reach of everyone who wants to achieve it. All it takes is the willingness to make creativity a habit, an integral part of your life: In order...
The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living
| Author | Julia Cameron |
| ISBN | 1585427470 |
This new book from the author of the international bestseller The Artist's Way guides readers through a year of cultivating a deeper connection to their creative selves.
The Artist's Way has touched the lives of millions of people around the world. Now, for the first time, fans will have a beautifully...
| Author | John Berger |
| ISBN | 0140135154 |
John Berger’s Classic Text on Art
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener...
How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum
| Author | Keri Smith |
| ISBN | 0399534601 |
From the author of Wreck This Journal, an interactive guide for exploring and documenting the art and science of everyday life.
Artists and scientists analyze the world around them in surprisingly similar ways, by observing, collecting, documenting, analyzing, and comparing. In this...
| Author | Someguy |
| ISBN | 0811858561 |
Voyeuristic. Inspirational. Entertaining. One thousand blank journals are currently circulating throughout the world, beckoning contributors who find the journals by chance on trains, in cafés, and anonymously left on doorsteps. Artist Someguy shares more than 250 of the best entries: a collage...
| Author | Dan Price |
| ISBN | 1580080936 |
When nomad artist and free spirit Dan Price began jotting down his musings in the form of whimsical drawings and inspired prose, he hardly could have imagined that his self-published journal-zine, the MOONLIGHT CHRONICLES, would earn him a cult following across the country. Now in its twentieth edition,...
| Author | Amy Karol |
| ISBN | 0307347214 |
potter craft amy karol uses her characteristic sense of humor and style to walk novices through every stitch of the sewing process from assembling basic materials and learning techniques to create 30 simple stylish projects that provide instant sewing gratification and confidence. trendy modern...
| Author | Gwen Diehn |
| ISBN | 1579909566 |
This follow-up to the highly popular Decorated Page offers even more great ideas for beautifying a journal, more breathtaking photos to inspire, and more smart (and simple) ways to endow even the artistically timid with confidence. It simply brims with suggestions and instructions. Find out about...
Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts: Basic Techniques for Sewing, Applique, Embroidery, Quilting, Dyeing, and Printing, plus 150 Inspired Projects from A to Z
| Author | Martha Stewart |
| ISBN | 0307450589 |
Whether you just bought your first sewing machine or have been sewing for years, Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts will open your eyes to an irresistible range of ideas. A comprehensive visual reference, the book covers everything a home sewer craves: the basics of sewing...
Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums
| Author | Shereen LaPlantz |
| ISBN | 0937274879 |
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Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials
| Author | Jeannine Stein |
| ISBN | 1592535240 |
I found the ideas in this book too... self-satisfied. While I'm a big fan of artist's books in general, I a) did not find many of them in this book all that inspiring and b) was annoyed by how few of the projects were meant to be an actual book (aka, a place wherein is written things). It felt like Re-Bound was...
1,000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and Inspirations
| Author | Dawn DeVries Sokol |
| ISBN | 1592534120 |
Over 1,000 journal pages presented in one beautiful full-color bookJournals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant, and reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. There is a fascination with these revealing and often beautiful pages of self-exploration...
Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens
| Author | Lena Corwin |
| ISBN | 1584796723 |
It’s the natural inconsistencies—the accidental differences between one finished piece and another—that make hand-printed fabrics, papers, furniture, and works of art so interesting. The quirks are what show the maker’s intimate involvement in the process, and it’s that unique quality...
Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures Forms
| Author | Alisa Golden |
| ISBN | 1600595871 |
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...
How to Make Books: Fold, Cut & Stitch Your Way to a One-of-a-Kind Book
| Author | Esther K. Smith |
| ISBN | 0307353362 |
From zines you can fold in a minute to luxurious leather journals and sumptuous sketchbooks, How to Make Books will walk you through the easy basics of bookmaking. Whether you’re a writer, a scrapbooker, a political activist, or a postcard collector, let book artist Esther K. Smith be your guide as...
