Rosemaling Boxes [Paperback]

Diane Edwards (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0967458331 | ISBN-13: 978-0967458335 | Publication Date: January 1, 2001 | Edition: 1st

How-to-paint book of Norwegian Rosemaling (Decorative Painting) on twenty-two wooden boxes of traditional and usual shapes. Each box is painted using easily available colors and has designs included with complete instructions. Beautiful colors photos of each box are included. Boxes range from small and easy to paint to larger and more complex pieces. Traditional Norwegian pieces include Norwegian Bible boxes, tines (lunch boxes), recipe boxes and salt boxes. Some boxes are chip carved. There is complete source information included and supply lists. All pieces and supplies can also be ordered from the author. Many of the boxes are available from local craft shops and are inexpensive.

Other books by the author include: Rosemaling Strokes, Volume I (for absolute beginners in the art) , Design Basics for Telemark Rosemaling Volume II (information on painting on many different surfaces) and Design Basics for Swedish Folk Art.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

I have taught and painted Norwegian Rosemaling for over twenty-five years and have found one of the most difficult design pieces for beginners is boxes and containers. This book was created to help Rosemalers paint on three-dimensional objects of many different types. All the pieces are easily available and are painted with acrylic paint and/or oils. Conversion charts are available for any paints that you wish to work with. All supplies are available from my store if unavailable in your area. My first book, Design Basics for Telemark Rosemaling, Volume 1, (Rosemaling Strokes) has sold over 12,000 copies and has been very helpful for new and continuing Rosemalers. I hope that you will enjoy this book also. The projects are in the Telemark style, Os style, Valdres and Vest Agder style. Most of these styles are presented with easy color mixtures and designs.

About the Author

Diane Edwards had been painting full time since 1966 and has a BS and MA in Art and Education. She is the Adjunct Professor of Art for Aims Community College in Loveland and teaches oil and watercolor painting in her shop, Nordic Arts in Loveland. She is the author of the following books: Rosemaling Strokes, a beginner book on Telemark Rosemaling. Telemark Rosemaling Volume II, a book on projects and how to paint on any surface; and Swedish Folk Art, a beginning book on Swedish Folk decoration. She is married to Dale and has two children, Liesl and Brion, a daughter-in-law Mihoko, and a granddaughter, Faith. Her most recent book is Aarseth's Rosemaling Design, about the renown Norwegian Rosemaler, Sigmund Aarseth.

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Rosemaling & Crafts; 1st edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967458331
• ISBN-13: 978-0967458335
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #93 in Books > Arts & Photography > Painting > Acrylics

More About the Author

I am the author of eight books on Swedish and Norwegian Folk Art...painting primarily on wood and traditional objects made from wood such as plates, bowls, trunks, boxes and other handmade wooden pieces.
My books are written for the beginner to intermediate painter who would like to learn how to do the traditional Swedish and Norwegian painting known as rosemaling or kurbits painting.

I spend lots of time doing research on the old painting from 1700 through the 1900's in Sweden and Norway. The type of paint and brushes they used, the various designs they created and all the history pertaining to that style and type of painting. I am very interested in the colors and types of background paint that was used in the early 19th and 20th centuries and how to emulate it with the paint that we have available today.

I have also written a book with Sigmund Aarseth, called "Aarseth's Rosemaling Design which was written in 2001 and have editted several of his books, namely "Painted Rooms", a book about the rosemaled and decoratively painted interiors that Sigmund has painted; and "Sigmund Aarseth: Norway Painted in Light and Color" which is a book about his landscape painting.