Customer Reviews

Amazing Clay Flowers: Creating Realistic Flowers & Floral Arrangements

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I make clay flowers as a hobby and use Miyai's two Clay Art books, as well as this one as references. This book has lots of photos that show step by step how each flower is created. There are some crucial steps missing, but I kind of expected that, since that is the case for Miyai's two books also.

My one question: What the heck happened to colored photos?

The book starts out beautifully with lots of colored photos showing the flowers, arrangements, and steps...only to suddenly have black and white photos for the last 30-some pages. What a let down!

The cover of this book is gorgeous and you really need to look closely at the photographs and then closer again to tell the examples are not real flowers BUT then why oh why do you put the step by step instructional photographs in Black and White? I found the black and white photos a huge turn-off, they would have been better off leaving them out. They are hard to follow and so uninspiring I don't think I'll bother with those chapters. Very disappointing and a huge let down to what could otherwise be described as a lovely book.

I also make clay flowers and have another book by the same author.
They are very informative and quite nicely presented. However, I agree with the last post ie: what happened with the color pictures at the last few chapters??? The book has some lovely color photos of finished works and also much of the step by step instructions are also in color...then, everything changes to black and white photos. Could this be a flawed edition or was that the intention of the books designers? Seems very odd to me that 3/4ths of the book would be in color and the last 1/4 in B&W...a bit disappointing.

This is an excellent book but half the book is in black & white. As clay flower making is about getting the colours right too, it's quite disappointing to have pictures in black & white.

A book with good pictures, explanations, the whole process of sculpting the flower presented with maximum clarity, indicated even some clay and what color to take, then there is a book suitable for all skill levels. Chosen a very good set of flowers for sculpting. Master - many thanks.

I love this book is priceless. Step by step to make beautiful flowers. The lettering are too small but its ok. If you like handmade flowers you need to buy this book.

I bought this book and love the flowers....I emailed the book publisher and asked then about the color photo's in the front and the black and white ones in the back...They said that since the book was actually published in Japan....That they do their craft books with the beautiful picturres in the front and the instructions in black and white....Here is the actual response from the publisher....Here is the answer from our Publisher:

The back of the book is in black and white because the is how the original publisher created it. The book originated with a japanese publisher and it is very comment in the japanese market to show the beauty photography in color and then provide the step instruction in black and white.

The air dry clay is available at most craft stores including Michaels, AC Moore, Hobby Lobby etc.

Sincerely,
Lori

Hope this answers the questions about this book....I bought it....I love it.....And I wish I knew where to buy more of her books.....

I ordered this book from Amazon and was not disappointed. The book arrived in a timely matter and in excellent condition.