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Handmade Tile is a contemporary guide for ceramic artists and anyone interested in custom tile installations-from making, designing, and decorating to designing your space and installation.
No matter how many years of experience you have as a ceramic artist or how many home-improvement projects you've tackled, nothing prepares you for the unique world of ceramic tile. From concept and design, through firing and installation, ceramic tiling is one...
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Rich and immensely practical source of design inspiration for royalty-free use by artists and craftworkers. Includes 132 characteristic motifs: crosses, churches, fleur-de-lis, stylized plant forms, mythological creatures, stars, abstract and geometric figures, other authentic elements. Ideal for use in woodburning, leathercraft, stained glass work, fabric painting, ceramics, more.
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Selected from rare l9th- and early-20th-century manufacturers' catalogs, the 97 full-color tile designs in this splendid collection display a host of patterns, many revealing striking Moorish influence. Predominantly blue, green, red, and brown with white backgrounds, the tiles incorporate stylized flowers, leaves, and other plant forms, abstract and geometric figures, stars, and suns.
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Spectacular plates reprinted from rare 19th- and early-20th-century English, French, and Spanish manufacturers' catalogs. 400 royalty-free examples inspired by more than 2,000 years of tile designs produced by the civilizations of Islam, Greece, Rome, and Byzantium, among others. Largest collection of color tile designs in a single volume.
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250 lovely designs from a rare early-20th-century tile catalog include beautiful floral and foliate motifs on wall tiles for bathrooms, multicolored stenciled friezes, decorative panels of all sizes, plus eye-catching signs for meat markets, food shops, and other establishments. Brimming with Art Nouveau flavor, this inexpensive collection will serve as a splendid resource.
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Take your doodles to a whole new level with this best-selling and preeminent guidebook to the meditative art of the “Zentangle”, featuring the incredibly beautiful and inspiring artwork of author Beckah Krahula. This step-by-step book is divided into six chapters, each with seven daily exercises.
The “Zentangle” method was created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation through drawing by using repetitive...
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The real-life techno-thriller from a bestselling author and aviation expert that recaptures the historic moments leading up to the launch of the space shuttle Columbia and the exciting story of her daring maiden flight. Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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The renovation of a home is a unique and complex design and construction project. This video provides an overview of the steps taken and the people involved in the renovation of an existing home. In this real-life situation, students can gain an understanding of the problems and issues facing designers, builders and tradesmen. Chapters include: Design and concept, excavation, concreting, block laying, interior demolition and construction, rendered...
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The most important concepts of home design, décor, and furnishing simplified into 300 friendly, easy-to-understand graphics.
Home Decor Cheat Sheets shows you the dos, the don'ts and the timeless design rules for a perfectly coordinated space. These colorful, easy-to-understand illustrations teaching you everything needed to beautifully furnish, arrange and decorate your home. In mere seconds, you're able to grasp the vital concepts needed to give...
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Penworthy
Pub. Date
2021
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Play and learn with this circuits kit. Develop problem solving, cause and effect, and logic skills in this addictive marble circuits game or learn the fundamentals of circuitry with this imaginative play set made to teach key engineering and design principals. Wrap it all together with a look at 101 incredible technology facts that every kid should know.
Kits are available to Plaistow card holders only. Kits are not able to transfer between libraries....
15) A December bride
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Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Aspiring interior designer Layla is dreading the Christmas time wedding of her cousin whos marrying Laylas ex-fiance. Although Seth is the one responsible for introducing the bride and groom, she begrudgingly accepts his offer to be her date as she's out of options. Seth gets carried away at the reception and announces they're engaged, forcing a mortified Layla to keep up the pretense.
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Thames & Hudson Inc
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2022.
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From deep in the countryside of Southwest France comes a comprehensive guide to surrounding yourself with French country style wherever you are. Capturing the beauty and quietude of the region, interior designer and journalist Sara Silm distils the unique colours, textures and flavours of this distinctive corner of the world. Inherent in Sara's detailed knowledge of French country style are philosophical lines drawn between colour, temporality, style,...
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