For those who have a basic knowledge of sewing a simple doll pattern, but desire to add a more realistic, three dimensional look to their dolls, this book is for you! Written with the intermediate to... More > advanced doll maker in mind. You are taken on a journey with full color photos and written instructions. Inside this book, are the steps to turn a simple cloth doll pattern(of your choosing)into a beautiful soft sculpture doll, using the realism of the nylon, batting, and wire methods. The instructions focus on the face and hand, nylon sculpting methods. Let me show you how to create, your very own Nylon Soft Sculpture!< Less
Exhibition catalogue of "Soft Tissue: Sculpture and Works on Paper by YaYa Chou" at Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, USA, 2010.
This catalogue includes an essay by Sarah Aubrey,... More > Curator of American Art at Fort Wayne Museum of Art, artist statement, 18 plates of water color drawings and 13 plates of sculpture.
Inspired by anatomy illustrations, Chou re-interprets the meaning of organs by combining western terminology and eastern philosophy with detail rendered drawing and intuitive writing.
Glass sculpture hand blown according to artist's original maquettes, as well as other lab and household glass containers represent human and plant organs. Each vessel houses found/natural objects, body parts and handmade small sculptures; some embellished with either one word, one phrase or a poem. They depict life events shared by common human and animal experience of existence.< Less
Exhibition catalogue of "Soft Tissue: Sculpture and Works on Paper by YaYa Chou" at Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, USA, 2010.
This catalogue includes an essay by Sarah Aubrey,... More > Curator of American Art at Fort Wayne Museum of Art, artist statement, 18 plates of water color drawings and 13 plates of sculpture.
Inspired by anatomy illustrations, Chou re-interprets the meaning of organs by combining western terminology and eastern philosophy with detail rendered drawing and intuitive writing.
Glass sculpture hand blown according to artist's original maquettes, as well as other lab and household glass containers represent human and plant organs. Each vessel houses found/natural objects, body parts and handmade small sculptures; some embellished with either one word, one phrase or a poem. They depict life events shared by common human and animal experience of existence.< Less
This exquisite full colour, coffee table book features the artwork of 65 professional and emerging artists in and around Orillia, Ontario Canada. It showcases nearly 200 original works of art.
What began as a exploration of the language of my studio and the dilemmas
in my practice, has become a somewhat indexical envoy. The book
is composed of poems, personal anecdotes, quotations, short... More > essays, lists,
footnotes, and visual references. The order of the text is so to help draw
connections and through-lines, which result in a distinct feeling of the piece
as a whole (or hole).
Though there are multiple streams continuously running through my
work, ultimately, it comes down to a single struggle: The struggle to keep
the loop open between what we know and what we search to know, between
fantasy and reality, the ground and everything beyond.< Less
More than 20 cloth doll and costume sewing tutorials, including embroidering facial features on cloth dolls and knotting on yarn wigs. The 2nd part of the book includes traceable patterns for the 12... More > inch Anneke fabric doll, and choice of 4 views of dresses, a pantaloons pattern and apron instructions. For beginning to advanced sewers. Email included for sewing questions. Fully illustrated. Click on preview to see complete table of contents. 80 pages.< Less
More than 20 cloth doll and costume sewing tutorials, including embroidering facial features on cloth dolls and knotting on yarn wigs. The 2nd part of the book includes traceable patterns for the 12... More > inch Anneke fabric doll, and choice of 4 views of dresses, a pantaloons pattern and apron instructions. For beginning to advanced sewers. Email included for sewing questions. Fully illustrated. Click on preview to see complete table of contents. 80 pages.< Less
Mary, a.k.a. Mary Ann, looked around the expensively decorated master bedroom. There were abstract paintings on the wall, a sculpture of a naked woman without arms in the corner, and a bear rug near... More > the fireplace at the end of the huge bed. She sat down comfortably on the king-sized bed, her feet not even reaching the floor, and she sunk down into the extremely soft
quilt and mattress< Less
Mary, a.k.a. Mary Ann, looked around the expensively decorated master bedroom. There were abstract paintings on the wall, a sculpture of a naked woman without arms in the corner, and a bear rug near... More > the fireplace at the end of the huge bed. She sat down comfortably on the king-sized bed, her feet not even reaching the floor, and she sunk down into the extremely soft
quilt and mattress< Less
No character in history has had more written, painted, imagined or sculptured about them than Jesus Christ. He has been presented in the image of characters ranging from A to Z; the most popular one... More > being the soft, delicate effeminate man dressed in a white robe with proper grooming. He has been presented as the easy going Savior with the Burger King disposition of you can have it your way. His name and Christianity has been used as a marketing tool to sell everything from candy to coffee cups. Yet, when we take a close look at the Son of God in the Bible we see anything but such a character. Contrary to what a Biker once said, Jesus is not a wimp. This book in ten chapter sets forth the radical teachings, life and death of Jesus Christ; a message few desire to hear today. It is a plea to follow the radical Prince of Peace. You need to study this book about the radical lion and lamb, Jesus Christ.< Less