Publisher: Search Press
Edition: BC Paperback
Publication: 16 July 2012
ISBN 13/EAN: 9781844487325
Stock: Temporarily Out of Stock
Size: 222x222 mm
Illustrations: 100
Pages: 64
RRP: $24.99
Series: Design Library

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Design Library: Art Deco Designs (Dl05)

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100 decorative, stylised designs inspired by the beautiful linear patterns and images of the Art Deco movement. The book is divided into six sections: scenic, floral, figures, animals, abstract and patterns, and the inclusion of a CD means that designs can be easily scanned, enlarged, reduced, or used same size, adapted, or mixed and matched with other illustrations to create original projects and artworks.
This new and exciting style permeated all areas of life in the 1930s, like no other artistic movement before or since then. encompassing architecture, fashion, furniture, textiles, jewellery, art, graphic design and illustration. Even the most basic utilitarian objects were influenced by the linear style. The angular forms that were developed by Art Deco craftsmen and artists were streamlined and simplified in original and wonderful ways. The illustrations in this book offer many ideas and images for translation into stitch, colour and form - for anyone researching an idea, or looking for different ways to approach a project.

100 specially commissioned designs in a neat square format
100 great illustrations that can be used for many different art and craft projects
A great source book of ideas accompanied by a CD

About the Author

About Polly Pinder

Polly Pinder studied graphics at Leeds Art College. Her first job was with a Yorkshire newspaper, and she subsequently worked as a lecturer in graphic design at Wakefield District College. She has written and illustrated a number of books on a variety of other subjects including cake decoration and growing herbs, papermaking and paper crafts. Her illustrations in Muck and Magic were commended when that book won the 1993 Sir Peter Kent Conservation Book Prize. She has also designed bed linen and wallpapers, and the graphics for a wallpaper book based on newly-discovered eighteenth-century wallpapers.

Polly now works from her pottery studio creating beautiful, small-batch candle holders and large food platters.

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Machine Knitting Monthly

March 13

Here are 100 new and original hand-drawn, copyright-free designs inspired by the Art Deco movement. The free CD means designs can be adapted or mixed and matched for many original projects. There are masses of ideas and images to translate into stitch, colour and form for anyone researching ideas or looking for different ways to approach a project.

Fabrications

Dec 12/Jan 13

The term 'Art Deco' is taken from the title of the great Paris exhibition of 1925 'L'Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs', but it was only coined when the style was revived in the late 1960s. This is a fantastic design sourcebook containing 100 original designs, which can be combined with other images, or enlarged and used as the main theme for a special piece of work. All images are copyright free and the package includes a free CD-Rom with contains 100 Tiff and Jpeg images.

Workshop On The Web

Dec 12

Art Deco Designs and Art Nouveau Designs: Both these books, published as part of Search Presss Design Library, feature new designs relating to the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. There is a good variety of designs here. In Art Deco, these include figures, animals and floral motifs. Quite a few of the designs were bold, there were some iconic Art Deco designs, and a good number would translate well to textile design. Art Nouveau Flowers also held a variety of styles, with several suitable for creating stencils. I could also see sections that would be striking (leaves for example), and the borders had some bold shapes that could be developed further. If either of these periods appeals to you in terms of the work you do, then they would be a useful addition to your library.

Papercraft Essentials

Issue 83

This book is packed with 100 decorative, stylised designs inspired by the beautiful linear patterns and images of the Art Deco movement. The book is divided into six sections scenic, floral, figures, animals, abstract and patterns, and the inclusion of a CD means that designs can be easily scanned, enlarged, reduced or used same size, adapted, or mixed and matched with other illustrations to create original projects and artworks. This new and exciting style permeated all areas of life in the 1930s, encompassing architecture, fashion, furniture, textiles, jewellery, art, graphic design and illustration. The illustrations in this book offer many ideas and images for translation into stitch, colour and form, for anyone researching an idea or looking for different ways to approach a project.

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