Clip Art Books

very good book shipped soon beatifull examples I feel very pleased whit this book

If you're looking for a variety of great stencil designs this book has it all - medallions, tile designs, borders, all-over repeats. Most are quite ornate but can be simplified. The designs photo-copied and enlarged with clean crisp lines. If you're new to stencilling this book would work best combined with a stencil decorating book like The Stenciled Home to see how these designs could be adapted to walls, furniture and other surfaces.

I have both books by the late Jorge Enciso who did the world a great service by carefully collecting these various designs from the archeological digs of the Mexicas, Toltecs, Totonacs and others.All the designs are black and white and come from various museums and private colections including that of the great Mexican painter Diego Rivera. The designs come from malacates which were small spindles made of clay by the pre-columbiam cultures. There are approximately 2-4 designs per page which allows for clarity for the artists use for reproduction. With the use of computers many of these images may be reproduced for use in any type of creative endeavor where a Mexican motiff is desired. An artist may find the designs inspirational for a new creation or use the existing image as is. Simple geometric designs, including images of humans, animals, flowers both real and imagined give a concise and visual glimpse at the ancient cultures imagery . This is an excellent source book that is useful for a variety of projects and applications for all interested in pre-columbian motiffs. Recommended for teachers, students and artists of all ages. Guaranteed to amaze all with the simplicity of the motiffs yet astound with the imaginative results. This is a worthwhile addition to ones personal libray to be filed under Art or Mexico. School librarians would be helping their students by adding this to their collection of books.

Reprint of portion of Bureau of Ethnology Report #17, 1895 and #33 (I don't know the date). Not the easiest reading, but important primary resource. Fewkes was not the most meticulous archaeologist, but for his day he was pretty good, and he obtained his information at an early period in the ethological research of the Hopi culture.

Early American Stencil Designs by Charlene Tarbox is a 78 page 8 3/8 x 11" soft cover book created from the author's original designs based on Pennsylvania Dutch designs. All 195 patterns are easy to trace and make the stencils for wall borders and the like. The designs are on heavy stock paper so they will be sturdy enough to use over and over without showing much wear.

Hearts, birds, grapes, leaves, pomagranates, and more are in these wonderful pages. The designs can easily be combined with each other or modified to make exactly what the reader would want. It is all here.

This is a great source of patterns for craftspeople and those do-it-yourself artists who wish to embellish walls, furniture, and other decorative desires.

I really liked the book, and wish it was available on CDrom. If it was I would certainly buy it.

P.S. If anyone knows where to get a gif of the mermaid border please email me

I bought this book to add to my library. It is great! The designs are timeless and classic.

Captures over 900 hundred of the French Empire Style period designs in delicate outline form suitable for use by the architectural or interior designer.

A must for any serious designer.

A definite coffee table book for anyone who loves spanish art and/or vintage posters. What a collection!!! The author manages to capture simultaneously, the history of the vintage poster in Spain, and the decades involved. The book is worth the high price.

I'm so glad I bought this book/cd because I love fairies. The graphics are black and white, however, that shouldn't distract you from buying it. If you want to use the pictures for arts and crafts such as stenciling and rubber stamping--there are enough of them with simple to trace details. Also, the images could be used for coloring book projects for your kids. I will use my projector to size an image and trace it on the wall and then paint it in. There are playful images surrounded by nature--leaves, flowers, animals--mostly birds.