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Disappointed, April 6, 2010
This review is from: Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration: In the Studio and Behind the Scenes with Extraordinary Women (Hardcover)
I am, and was, a huge fan of the first Where Women Create book. I was hoping for more of the same and was very disappointed. The book has a nice layout and beautiful photos just like the first book, but there are no photos of actual studios. The photos are of tiny little vignettes as opposed to room views. I wanted to see and get a feel for the studio space these women work in, not the one slipper on their floor or the one decorated picture frame. There was also very little information about where the studios were located (i.e., attic, basement, extra room, etc). This information is interesting and would be inspiring for finding that space for ourselves. In short, the views of actual studios were limited or nonexistent in this book - very disappointing.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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23 Ways To Be a Studio Spy (and not get caught!!), March 28, 2010
This review is from: Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration: In the Studio and Behind the Scenes with Extraordinary Women (Hardcover)
I am a "studio voyeur" and I bought this book full price without even peeking into it at my local bookstore. No regrets!! Just like Jo Packham's earlier "Where Women Create" book, "Where Women Create - Book Of Inspiration" is a luscious way to ogle other people's stuff and their spaces. Jo Packham and Jenny Doh feature 23 different artists, including themselves. Ms Packham was also featured in her earlier book, and having over 250 publications in her portfolio, she has enough inspiration to fill a book devoted just to herself. The first WWC had chapters that included just a tip and a favorite quotation from each artist. The new WWC has more depth and each artist gets these sections: Her Colors Her Tips For Organization & Exercises To Fuel Creativity She Stays Inspired She Remembers Lots of photos supplement each chapter, but they are not each captioned as they were in the first WWC. I would really enjoy seeing this detail added back in, but some readers may not miss it at all. My only ONLY neutral comment is that guys are restricted by title and gender from the "Where Women Create" series. Personally, I think it would be fascinating to see how men's studios and workspaces reveal their art and inspiration.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Missing the Magic, April 17, 2010
This review is from: Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration: In the Studio and Behind the Scenes with Extraordinary Women (Hardcover)
I loved the first "Where Women Create." I also loved the follow-up "Organizing Your Craft Space." Then came the quarterly magazine, which with a few exceptions, has been good. With so many WWC publications (books and magazines) already out there, I'm wondering why this book was necessary. These profiles could have easily been included in the magazine. I agree with the previous reviewer that more studios would have been preferable to the many close-up shots of bibelots around the studio. And, if I'm not mistaken, several of the artists profiled in this book have already appeared in the magazine (or perhaps other similar books). I was disappointed in this one; or maybe I was just hoping to recapture the magic that I felt with the first book (which I still refer to often). I'd skip this one and buy the magazine instead.
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