Making Creative Mobiles (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: balance loop, jump rings, mobile making, Making Creative Mobiles, Timothy Rose, Alexander Calder (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (May 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425988571
• ISBN-13: 978-1425988579
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #410,859 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the beginner, but very short and overpriced, March 3, 2008

By	Kayatika (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

If you haven't created mobiles before and are interested in where to start then you'll probably find this book interesting; it will help teach you the first steps in mobile creation and stimulate your thinking about mobiles.
But I do feel the book is lacking, particularly in that the information seems relevant only to beginners, but also that the book is so short, and for the price this is a big disappointment. Amazon product information shows it as 80 pages but if you subtract the front pages and table of contents it has 73 pages, and of those 13 are blank pages for sketching your own mobile ideas. $18.95 for a 60 page book in black and white with no photos (only sketches) seems a bit expensive to me.
Still, there aren't that many good books on creating mobiles so you may want to splurge on this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars surprising mobile, July 17, 2007

By	A. Burton - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read Tim Rose's book in an afternoon and built my first mobile with things laying about. I turned out the light to leave for the day, and when I looked back into the room, my mobile was dancing in the moonlight. What a good book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Other Mobile Books are Better., October 13, 2008

By	Earl R. Wettstein "Art guy" (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recommend Bruce Cana Fox's book "Making Mobiles" instead. It is more expensive, but the clear color pictures and concise text make a mobile easier to do.