Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft

Discover hundreds of the most interesting and memorable art experiences from around the world!Amazing Art Adventures offers us art and culture as an experience both within and beyond the gallery, opening a door to unexpected adventures - art fairs, festivals, installations, art trails, galleries,...

Get inspired and get glazing! Amazing Glaze Recipes and Combinations provides a captivating collection of sure-fire glaze recipes and electrifying combinations for low-fire, mid-range, and high-fire potters. Hundreds of photos and technically-edited recipes ensure you'll get the best possible res...

An origami box is something very simple but unique, which captures all the emotion of its maker. The pleasure of folding the paper is added to the satisfaction of making an object that is useful or can be gifted, establishing a connection between the maker and the receiver.

Twentieth-century American society wittily and ironically portrayed by a great artist. Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), one of the most popular American artists of the past century, has often been regarded as a simple illustrator and had his work identified with the covers of the Saturday Evening Pos...

"Let Jamie Beck transport you to the South of France with An American in Provence: part art book, part travelogue, part memoir, and part cookbook, and perfect for art lovers, Francophiles, and armchair travellers alike. An American in Provence is a beautiful collection of exquisite portrait, scen...

Presents letters written by the American painter and his brothers and parents from the late 1920s to the late 1940s.

This irresistible collection of 40 food-themed amigurumi makes a delicious treat for crafters. Perfect for beginners, it offers a menu of charming projects, including a plate of pancakes served with strips of bacon, a sandwich (with your filling of choice), and a full dinner of spaghetti and meat...

Discover a world of crocheted characters in this playful collection of amigurumi patterns. Meet Amity, dressed ready for any adventure, as well as a trio of sweet little cactus dolls, a busy bee, a shy Grapefruit girl and friends on Safari. Travel to countries all across the globe to meet their m...

"Crochet your own amigurumi farmyard! Over 20 fabulously cute, quirky and easy to make crocheted farmyard animals, vegetables and accessories using easy-to-follow patterns"-- Provided by publisher.

Make San-X characters and their accessories out of yarn! Amigurumi are cute crocheted stuffed animals from Japan. Combine amigurumi with San-X and you get the most adorable crocheted characters! This book of patterns with full-color photographs shows you how to make characters like Rilakkuma and ...

A visually compelling survey of more than 5,000 years of image-making. Through 300 remarkable works, selected and curated by an international panel of anatomists, curators, academics, and specialists, the book chronicles the intriguing visual history of human anatomy, showcasing its amazing compl...

Created and adapted for the needs of the modern artist this book includes a classic range of illustration re-crafted as an accessible artist's guide. Learn how the body works in blocks and masses. Brilliant for every artist: from digital to pencil, manga to life drawing.

"Step inside the studio of Andres Valencia, the child prodigy who has astonished the art world with his boldly inventive paintings. In 2021, Andres became the youngest artist in history to showcase his work at Art Miami, where his large-scale portrait paintings informed by Cubism quickly sold out...

This book features two of the most consequential artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Published by the NGV, in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Museum and Ai Weiwei, this landmark volume is the first to explore the significant influence of these two exemplary artists on modern a...

"I'm for mechanical art," said Andy Warhol (1928-87). "When I took up silkscreening, it was to more fully exploit the preconceived image through commercial techniques of multiple reproduction." Printmaking was a vital artistic practice for Warhol. Prints figure prominently throughout his career f...