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Whatu Kakahu - Maori Cloaks by Awhina Tamarapa
$82.95 AUD
Category: Art
The revised edition of this award-winning book opens the storeroom doors of the Te Papa Tongarewa Maori collections once again, illuminating the magnificent kakahu and the art and tradition of weaving itself. More than 50 rare and precious kakahu are specially featured, with glossy colour detail illustr ...Show more
Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum by Dougal Austin
$71.95 AUD
Category: Art
Of all Maori personal adornments, the human figure pendants known as hei tiki are the most highly prized and culturally iconic. This book showcases photographs of a large selection of hei tiki, most from the taonga Maori collection at Te Papa. The collection of over 270 hei tiki is the largest in New Ze ...Show more
Let Me Be Frank by Sarah Laing
$38.95 AUD
Category: Art
Let Me Be Frank brings Sarah Laing's popular autobiographical comic series together for the first time. Sarah Laing began blogging her comics in 2009 as a way to shed light on her fiction writing and to record life before it evaporated. The comics soon had a large audience, eager for the next installmen ...Show more
Seeking Chicago - The Stories Behind the Architecture of the Windy City - One Building at a Time by Tom Miller
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
Chicago started life with a split personality. By the end of the Civil War wealthy Chicagoans and their wives were struggling to prove that their city was as affluent and civilized as its East Coast counterparts, New York, Philadelphia and Boston. Mansions rose, an art museum was founded, and music hall ...Show more
Frances Hodgkins European Journeys by Catherine Hammond & Mary Kisler
$79.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
A vivid and revealing book published alongside a landmark exhibition focused on one of New Zealand’s most internationally recognised artists, Frances Hodgkins. Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth New Zealand-born Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) arrived in London in 1901 and, by the 1920s, h ...Show more
Practical Pop Ups and Paper Engineering by PHILLIPS TRISH MONTANARO ANN
$44.95 AUD
Category: Art
Pop-ups are ingenious mechanical paper devices that are designed to surprise, entertain and educate, and this informative practical guide reveals all the secrets of making them yourself. Projects begin with basic mechanisms such as the V and A fold, and then progress on to more complex paper engineering ...Show more
Acrylics & Gouache Mastering the Art of Oils by SIDAWAY IAN
$44.95 AUD
Category: Art
Learning to paint using oils, acrylics and gouache requires training in specific painting skills. This practical guide is an ideal introduction to all three media for beginners, as well as including exercises and projects to challenge more experienced artists. The introduction details the materials and ...Show more
Dried Flower Arranging by BARNETT FIONA
$29.95 AUD
Category: Art
Moving far beyond the standard dried-flower display, this book presents a veritable harvest of innovative ideas. From the simplest lavender- and rosebud-filled terracotta pot to breathtaking structures of lichen, leaves and twigs, there are projects here to suit both every taste and every level of ab ...Show more
Art Box - How to Draw and Paint by HARRISON HAZEL
$59.95 AUD
Category: Art
A box set of project books on how to master the use of water paints, oils, acrylics, pencils and pastels, with step-by-step techniques. Hazel Harrison is a highly experienced and respected figure in the world of practical art publishing. She is a practising artist, having studied at the Royal Academy Sc ...Show more
How to Draw and Paint Figures & Landscapes: Expert Techniques, and 70 Exercises and Projects Shown in Over 1700 Illustrations by MILNE VINCENT EDGAR ABIGAIL & HOGGET SARAH
$44.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: General Adult
This title helps you produce beautiful and lively studies in oil, acrylic, gouache, waterpaints, pencil, charcoal and pastels. Professional art teachers guide you through essential techniques, with practical tips on using models or working from photographs, sketching, creating strong poses and backgroun ...Show more
The Practical Encyclopedia of Watercolour by JELBERT WENDY
$23.95 AUD
Category: Art
This title features mixing paint - brush strokes - gouache - masking out - glazing - wet into wet - drybrush painting - washes - using resists - sponging - light to dark - sgraffito. It is a complete teaching course of watercolour painting techniques, for beginners to intermediates. Each of the 25 proje ...Show more
The Pre-Raphaelites: Their Lives and Works in 500 Images: An Illustrated Exploration of the Artists, Their Lives and Contexts, with a Gallery of 290 of Their Greatest Paintings by MICHAEL ROBINSON
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art
This is an illustrated exploration of the artists, their lives and contexts, with a gallery of 290 of their greatest paintings. It offers a vivid account of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who sought to defy the modern aesthetic and to return to classical artistic ideals. It includes fascinating biograp ...Show more