Stylised interpretations and beautiful illustrations of designs inspired by Japanese art—birds, flowers, plants, trees, figures, and more.
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Polly Pinder has written and illustrated a number of books on everything from cake decoration and growing herbs to papermaking and paper crafts. Her illustrations in Muck and Magic were commended when that book won the 1993 Sir Peter Kent Conservation Book Prize.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A relatively good book - depends on what you're looking for,
By Aria Murasaka "a world traveler" (http://muses-garden.blogspot.com) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Traditional Japanese Designs (Design Source Books) (Paperback)
I guess why I didn't like this book much is probably more a question of tastes and of personal needs that it did not fit, rather than a problem of quality of the book itself.
There are about 80 different designs throughout the 32 pages. Most of them are pretty big, and all are extremly clearly outlined, making them very easy to copy. Beware though if you're used to make carbon copies, which leave marks on the other side of the page, as pages are printed on both sides. But as an amateur web designer, I was looking for borders and rather "abstract" designs or small "sceneries" that I could adapt to use to decorate my website, as you find in the Dover series. But you don't find such things in that book. It's organized by categories, mostly animals (birds, fishes, butterflies) and plants (trees, bamboos, blossoms), with some traditional objects (fans, masks, buddhistic symbols) at the end. But there is no combination of several elements to create a more complex one. What I mean is that I'd wished that more designs would be like the one on the cover; but instead of having other combinations like that one for instance (two fans within a circle), all the other fans are individually represented. Moreover, I find most of them pretty boring and plain (with a few exception in the blossom/flowers and butterflies sections), lacking the sum of details that you find in other books, a result of over-simplification. I can see that this book could maybe be useful for someone who needs such simplified designs, for batik for instance, and this is why I gave it 3 stars. But for people who draw, either with "traditional" tools or digitally, and who are looking for highly detailed, somewhat intricate ones, they'll want to look elsewhere
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Line art is nice, but wouldn't recommend this for coloring,
By m.a.r.i.l.y.n (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Traditional Japanese Designs (Design Source Books) (Paperback)
This one is firmly in the "decorative reference" category and lends itself best to xeroxing or possibly scanning for craft use. The designs are several to a page, and fairly large. A warning to coloring enthusiasts: it's printed on glossy paper. I think most mediums (pencils, crayons, markers, et al) would react poorly with it. For the price - this series has a 20% higher price-point than their competitor, Dover - I'm not so impressed. "Flip through" and see what you think...
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- Simple Watercolour Backgrounds for Scrapbooks (Scrapbooking series) by Polly Pinder in Front Matter
- Eyelet Greetings Cards (Greetings Cards series) by Polly Pinder in Front Matter
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