South American Parchment Craft
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1844480658
AuthorJanet Wilson
Janet Wilson has lived and breathed papercrafts since early childhood, when she was first given a pair of scissors and some paper to keep her occupied. Since then, she has become proficient in a wide range of paper skills including parchment craft, quilling, paper cutting, embossing, paper pricking, casting and sculpting. Other outside interests involve her in amateur dramatics, especially in the fields of music hall and costume design.Janet lives in Berkshire. She is also the author of the best-selling books Parchment Craft, The Art of Parchment Craft and the Craft of Quilling, all published by Search Press.
SummaryRenowned paper crafter Janet Wilson shares her passion for South American parchment craft in this inspiring and practical guide. Beginning with a guide to tracing, embossing, colouring, cutting out and mounting a simple project, Janet goes on to demonstrate the beautiful parchment styles of Brazil and Argentina. There are nine step-by-step demonstrations including greetings cards, a gift bag, a scrapbook page, a tea light frill and a convent style book cover.
A helpful techniques section shows how to trace, emboss, colour, cut out and mount a simple project, and there are sections on decorative perforating, Richelieu work and Brazilian style lace. Janet then shows how to make nine beautiful projects, including beautiful greetings cards, a gift bag, a scrapbook page, a tea light frill and a convent style book cover. Supplier detailsAll South American tools, lace grids and other materials available from:Centagraph, 18 Station Parade, Harrogate, N. Yorks HG1 1UE, tel: 01423 566327www.centagrah.co.ukColouring materials:Polychromos coloured pencils available in boxes or single colours from CentagraphLyra blender pencils from CentagraphProMarker pens from Letraset, www.letraset.comAdhesives- all available from most craft shopsDouble-sided tape: 9mm wide vinyl tape from Kars (code no. 119490/5502)Permanent spray adhesive: 3M PhotomountSmall repositionable glue dots: Glue Dots Micro Dots in sheetsGlue strips and lines: Glue Dots Glue LinesMini glue dots: Didi Glue DotsSuper non-spray adhesive: Letraset Studio Tac SuperBox for Box Cover project from Bag 'n' Box Man, Unit 1, West Street, Shutford, Banbury, Oxon. OX15 6PHTel: 01295 788522 www.bagnboxman.co.ukCode no. of box used: H65-sPaint: Lumiere metallic acrylic paint - 555 pink gold and sponge - Centagraph
No of pages80pp
FormatBC Paperback
PublisherSearch Press
ISBN1844480658
EAN9781844480654
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