Papers Books

This book is the most best paper doll book I've gotten by Tom Tierney so far and I have a lot Paper dolls that he made and I think that it is one of his best. In this book it shows three generation like most of the other paper doll books. The grandparents are Thaddeus and Matilde and their child is Benjamin and his wife is Lucinda. Lucinda and Benjamin's children are Clara,Annabelle, and the twins Clara and Elery. They also have an adopted child who is Lucinda's cousin's child. Because the men here are depicted as soldiers they dont have any clothes only army clothes similiar to Thaddeus's shown on the cover. But the women and the boy have four sets of beautiful clothes. It shows what they would wear for parties,riding,walks and all kinds of other things.With easy to read notes this is a great book and it would help you understand more about what people wore during the Civil War. This book is a MUST for paper doll fans and I HIGHLY recommend it.

I am 12 years old, and I already have a collection of more than 25 paperdoll books. This a wonderful book. It includes the grandparents, Thaddeus and Matilde, their son Benjamin & wife Lucinda, & their children, Montgomery(18), Jean Marie(15), Annabelle(10) & twins Elery and Clara(5). It shows the family during the beginning of the war, and includes outfits for all occasions. My favorite is the ball dress for Jean Marie & the one for Clara. I HIGHLY reccomend this book.

My 10-year-old daughter needed to create a 3-D scene for a Social Studies Fair project, so she cut out these dolls and glued on the costumes she thought would be best suited for the subject (the Salem Witch Trials). Then she arranged them on a wooden floor with a witness stand and judge's table. To give them stiffness and assure that they would stand up, she glued craft sticks to the backs. These are wonderfully authentic period dolls and we couldn't have been more pleased. She place second in the U. S. History category in her age division.

All of Tom Tierney's work is excellent, and these are no exception. The illustrations are colourful, historically accurate, and beautifully done. I use these in my history classes for illustration.

One of the most helpful darkroom as well as general photographic guides that I have found. The best thing about it is that it informs you on all the major brands on the market i.e. Kodak, Fuji, Agfa, Ilford, etc. unlike guides published by the companies themselves who of course only advise you about their products. As a consumer you need to know about all of them. I have been waiting for an update for a few years now, which is what I hoped to find when I looked it up in Amazon. The guide is still helpful but there are many new products since 1993.

This book is invaluable for the darkroom worker, both amateur and pro. It lists properties and develop times of all films, describes printing papers in depth and gives information on every kind of photo chemical you ever wanted to use but were afraid to buy. I only wish it were updated to include newer films and papers, but it's still the handiest book I own.

I was at the Whitney Museum this week and came across this book, which I've been planning on buying already--being a big fan of Sillman's work. Besides her art talents, the book in itself is a piece of art. It's not your regular white pages with a picture in the middle, it's done very creatively. It's not on the top of my wish list pile.

This book is really a work of art itself. I love the work of Amy Sillman and though I can't afford one of her works, this book is as close as one can get. You can really experience the work up close and the different qualities of the paper and comments by Koestenbaum are pure poetry! Its truly a dedication to a great woman artist.
If you are an art lover, you need to experience this artist!!!

This is a wonderful book that extensively covers the architecture of buildings in New York, from past to present. Full of interesting background information. I can recommend this book to anyone that is interested in New York architecture. Unfortunately, photographs are kept to an essential minimum. Other than that, it was everyting I hoped for.

I bought this book a few days before my first visit to New York City. However, just reading very first part of this book gave me good knowledge of both history and architectures of NYC.

This book starts with the born of New York City in 17th century, and covers many famous (and not so famous) architectures with about 200 photos taken by the author. It covers Georgian influence of 18th Century, Greek revival of 19th century, the Chicago school...etc. The Art Deco Skyscrapers, such as the Empire State building and the Chrysler building are well described. A whole chapter is devoted to Rockefeller Center. The history of MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) is interesting...

For me, this book seems to have some small shortcomings. This book lacks "up to date" information. (This revised edition was first published in 1994.) Also, as a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright, I hope Guggenheim Museum have been covered more.

I just got this book and it is wonderful! This book is well laid out, with step by step instructions, and lots of pictures. These are not cards for your kids to make. These are cards adults or older children will make that the recipient will keep as treasured keepsakes. Techniques such as marbling, crayon batik, bleach stamping, embossing, teabag folded cards, pop-up cards and calligraphy. Unfortunately that list doesn't do justice to the variety and beauty of the examples and explanations shown in the book.

This isn't just another idea book-- it's an art primer. It goes beyond rubber stamping, although there are some very good instructions for rubber stamping. You can also explore plastic wrap prints, fabric and salt prints, and marbling to name a few. There's even a section on creative card lettering! This is for exploring many types of art media in card making endeavors. I highly recommend it.

I got the book within a week of order. The book arrived in great condition. It was a good experience, stress free.

The book was in great shape and arrived quickly. I was very pleased

I used to think of John Berkey as just a sci-fi artist. But after viewing this book its clear Berkey is quite simply an excellent artist on all levels. What I find masterful about his work is that upon close viewing you see that he uses simple brush strokes for his approach. Yet, when viewed from a distance his art appears as detailed as any photograph I've seen. This is what it means to be a true artist: Being able to convey a clearly conceived and well-executed idea while maintaining an original sense of style and technique. Mr Berkey's work should be viewed by all, whether sci-fi fan or not.

For those of you who were inspired by John Berkey's fantastic visions of the future decades ago, you will find continued inspiration in Jane Frank's new book, The Art of John Berkey. This book complements the earlier Painted Space book well, but stands on its own as a serious work about John Berkey. Several pages of autobiographical notes from Mr. Berkey himself followed by several chapters chronicling the many phases of Berkey's remarkable career. Back before computers, Berkey mastered the brush, inferring technological complexity with only minimal strokes in a way few other artists can. He ranks high along with legendary futurist artists like Syd Mead and Ralph McQuarrie. The book is beautifully printed, with lush colorful pages that bring Berkey's paintings to life. I recommend you purchase this book-it will take you on a fantastical journey you will want to come back to time and again.

This is an excellent origami book by an author who specialises in producing origami books which are beautifully photographed and diagrammed by using a series of photographs of step folds. This particular example is in softback but the book has been produced on quality paper with heavy card for the covers.

The book kicks off with a sumptuous gallery containing illustrations of some more modern pieces from the 1990s. Mr Beech then provides some of the best instructions I have seen for creating your own duo papers, and provides some instructions also on how to work some of the sequences of folds which appear in the models.

Although the book starts with a series of relatively simple models it very quickly progresses to models which would be classed in a convention as high intermediate, including pieces such as Enomoto's Elephant and Adolpho Cerceda's wonderful Peacock. I would therefore regard it as suitable for someone who has done origami before and would like to progress into slightly more advanced work.

Rick Beech is an excellent teacher and his selection of models will keep most people happy for some time.

This is an excellent book for anyone at an intermediate level, and maybe even talented beginners. The diagrams are given as photos, and they are all quite clear and easy to follow, excepting perhaps Beech's predilection for using patterned papers, which can become a little confusing. But he's one of the better authors out there. Incidentally, don't bother buying more than one of his books: they mostly contain the same projects in different orders.

Excellent, information packed, a good reference as well as how-to book, belongs in every collection, lots of images of artists' work. I return to it for moldmaking for casting paper.

This book has saved us many times when we've been searching high and low for the information we need. Good technical ( but not boring ! ) descriptions of processes, materials, techniques. This is an essential book for all papermakers and paper artists.