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"Fun and easy to learn, soap carving is both a perfect craft for beginners and an ideal practice medium for advanced carvers. Complete Guide to Soap Carving shows you everything you need to get started, from choosing and preparing soap to handling carving tools and making basic cuts. Woodcarving teacher Janet Bolyard provides 26 step-by-step projects that guide you through all major carving techniques, including caricature, relief, carving in the...

We don't know their names. They don't appear to have much money. Where they work, what they believe in, how they vote -- it's a mystery. These five anonymous adults, a child, and a dog (with a human face!) comprise a statue group by noted Pacific Northwest artist Richard Beyer called "People Waiting for the Interurban." They're patient, having stood for 20 years at a congested intersection near Seattle's Fremont Bridge -- one of the busiest drawbridges...

Offers a guide to creating clay stop-motion animations featuring robots and futuristic scenery, with step-by-step instructions for creating the clay figures and backgrounds.

Nancy the elephant remembers all kinds of things in all kinds of ways, but now she knows she has forgotten something. But what could it be?

Thorough step-by-step guide discusses anatomy of horse, lion, and bull; methods of construction; tools, materials, etc. Also comprehensive exposition of casting in plaster. 63 full-page photographic plates. 138 drawings and diagrams.

Paper is perfect for drawing and writing, but what happens when this 2-D material is given a 3-D twist? Budding artists will love creating paper sculptures with this fun book, from crinkly trees to slithery snakes. Simple step-by-step instructions ensure readers can fly through projects, such as crafting their own pterodactyls. Photographs of each step, a materials list, and helpful hints ensure each craft is accessible and fun. Using household supplies,...

This detailed overview traces the story of western sculpture from its beginnings to the present day, passing through the Aegean, classical Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, and Modern periods along the way. The text explains how Western sculpture evolved over time as it adapted to changing cultural contexts. All the while, the book also highlights influential sculptors and key works. Rich in detail, highly...

Lo que este texto y su autor Jaime Reyes nos presenta, es un fragmento del camino creativo de José Balcells en la escultura, donde el escultor concibe la obra en relación a un nombre y los ejecutantes que la construyen están en el ejercicio de la fidelidad a la obra en su forma. Esta fidelidad es el libre some-timiento al sentido que la obra de arte propone. La palabra fidelidad aparece aquí con justeza porque sostiene a quienes están en una...

A doggy detective with a nose for sniffing out clues joins new friends in the Pup Investigators Pack to stop feline fiends from committing nefarious capers in Pawston's criminal underbelly.