Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Art and Craft

Ai Weiwei's archaeological exploration of the histories and skills that have been ignored or erased, through objects from his personal collections. Known around the world for his powerful art and activism, Ai Weiwei (born 1957) does not differentiate between disciplines: his practice glides acros...

"Akademie X is an art school without walls. Unrestricted by geography and open to all, it brings together the finest faculty of arts educators from across the globe ... Its tutors have the freedom to instruct and guide according to their individual style, revealing wisdom drawn from their own exp...

Akira Isogawa delves into the creative world of one of Australia's best known and most loved designers. Beautifully illustrated and with more than 50 garments, it explores the background, inspirations, impulses and cultural references that have contributed to the making of a fashion original.Born...

"Albrecht Dürer was the first artist to truly employ the power of reproduction. He reinvented the way people looked at, and understood, art. He painted signs and wonders; comets, devils, horses, nudes, dogs, and blades of grass so accurately that even today they seem hyper-real, utterly modern i...

When a bestselling author and a much-esteemed painter meet at a party, they soon cook up the idea to collaborate and make a book about the life cycle of a woman...Two brilliant artists get together and plan a dramatic book in words and images about the twists and turns in the life cycle of a woma...

"This publication, Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse, accompanies the NGV exhibition of the same name. It includes texts authored by curators at LACMA that explore the cycles of inspiration and existential themes that provided the foundation for the unique worlds that McQueen built with each ...

All Animal Beings is a 'coffee table book' containing beautiful photographs of the animals in our lives that we think we know best. Some of these animals we call family, some we call foe, some we call food.

Have you ever looked at a button and wondered about its history? Where it's from? The craftmanship involved in its creation? In A Button a Day, author Lucy Godoroja takes readers on a visual tour of buttons great and small, offering fascinating insights into their peculiar history and sharing an ...

Every schoolchild recognises their protagonists: the Avengers, the X-Men, your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. The superhero comics that Marvel has published since 1961 make up the biggest self-contained work of fiction ever created: over half a million pages and counting. Eighteen of the 100 ...

Make something fun for the kitchen -- pretty placemats, or an apron for the cook. Each project comes with step-by-step instructions and adorable artworks by Gemma Correll -- so just grab a needle and thread and get down to some seriously creative crafting.

When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students dreaming of dealing art for a living. Their friendship lasts for fifteen years until one day, Inigo - by then the most successful dealer of his generation - disappears, accused of a fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the ...

All the Buildings in Sydney is a love letter to author James Gulliver Hancock's home town of Sydney, told through his unique and charming drawings of the city's diverse architectural styles and cityscape. His buildings are colourful and full of fun and offbeat details, yet he successfully capture...

"What do we hope to get out of seeing a famous piece of art? Jeannie Marshall asked that question of herself when she started visiting the Sistine Chapel frescoes. She wanted to understand their meaning and context--but in the process, she also found what she didn't know she was looking for. All ...

This book presents a new account of one of the most distinctive, long-lasting and fascinating chapters of modern British art: how artists have used painting to record their personal, sensuous, immediate and often intense experiences of life. Spanning a century, this history encompasses a diverse ...

With his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) defined the look of the fin-de-siecle. In evocative shades of peach, gold, ochre and olive, his seductive compositions of patterns, flowers and beautiful women became a mainstay of ill...