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 enlarge | Author: Traci Bautista
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
List Price: $22.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 32783
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1581808453
Dewey Decimal Number: 702.812
EAN: 9781581808452
ASIN: 1581808453
Publication Date: May 29, 2006
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 Not for the faint of heart September 14, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
If you are a beginner or not a serious collager this book is not for you. If you have been collaging for some time and looking for new techinques this book is great. If you are looking to find your true style or adding some fun to an exisiting style this book is for you The color explosion is worth buying the book.
 The cure for art inertia is at hand ! August 25, 2006
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
This is quite a fantastic book. If you've been a fan of Sabrina Ward Harrison's books, for example, but couldn't figure out how to achieve those kinds of effects, this book will help you. I'm a novice but there were so many projects and ideas I wanted to try. Actually, it became overwhelming, especially at the end with the more advanced techniques using stitching and bookbinding, but there's plenty here to keep everybody going for a long time. Mainly Bautista shows us how to layer, layer, layer, and reminds us not to worry about finished effects. Also, she's a great fan of "leveraging" her art, which means to make numerous photocopies at various stages and keep the copies so that she always has a ton of stuff to work with and can build on previous ideas with new work.
I started to feel depressed and enervated as I went through the final chapters, but eventually it dawned on me that I had to go make something ... RIGHT NOW! This book is just so stimulating and serves both as inspiration and encouragement, and as an idea sourcebook. Bautista is funny and light, in contrast to some of the self-serious, angst-ridden artists. She believes in experimenting and having fun, and her enthusiasm is wonderfully infectious. Thanks, Traci!
A crafty cocktail of extreme colors and textures!!! August 22, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
If you are looking to bump your art techniques up to a new level, you really have to check out this book. Traci's ideas are so wild and colorful, kind of like a cocktail swirling with vivid colors and extreme textures. You'll learn about everything from drawing to stitching and see ideas of how to incorporate them into a variety of one-of-a-kind projects. A must-have for every artist and crafter!
JUST PLAIN FUN! August 14, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
i love this book! i have had this book since it was first published and i continually look at it just for the eye-candy! the techniques are doable and i love to use it for ideas. this is one of my fav books for inspiration and i highly recommend it to anyone who just needs to have some fun! thank you traci for the fun and inspiration!
Very impressed August 13, 2006
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I used to buy just about any art journaling book that came out because 5 years ago they were few and far between. Not so anymore and I've gotten more picky - trying to match my purchases with my tastes a bit better.
I had stayed away from this book because it seemed many of the reviewers seemed to know the author or took her classes - which would make them perhaps more biased to like her work. Some books on collage just drive me nuts too - if I see another collage done with someone taken from an old timey photograph wearing a pointy clown hat I will puke!
I picked up this book at a local store though and looked through it and immediately knew I had to have it. You might not exactly want to copy her style but she has a TON of good ideas. She does combine many techniques and maybe you don't want to use them all (like fabric and sewing) but you will probably be tempted. I love her doodling style. The back of the book even has some pages meant to be photocopied and used in your own artwork and pages to use to make stencils, etc. This is one of the best books on collage I've seen - maybe THE best book.
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