Parchment Craft (Art of Crafts) (Hardcover)

~ Carla Larter (Author) "When I was asked to write a book on the basics of parchment craft, my first thoughts were that I was greatly honoured, but could..." (more)
Key Phrases: Kombi Grid, Art Nouveau

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Product Description

Parchment craft has quickly established itself as a popular hobby, allowing the crafter to create beautiful cards, boxes, bookmarks and gift tags, personalized for the recipient. This instruction manual is designed as an introduction for beginners wanting to learn the basic skills of parchment craft. Carla Larter guides the reader through the different stages of designing, painting, perforating and embossing parchment, to make over 25 projects. She also provides 150 step-by-step illustrations and colour photographs to show the reader how to build up their designs, including decorative effects, using inks, painting and completing the work.

About the Author

Carla Larter runs a parchment craft academy, a parchment craft store, and an online parchment craft business.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK) (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861262140
• ISBN-13: 978-1861262141
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,507,367 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to have for Parchers!, August 2, 2001

By	Esther Lien (MA, USA) - See all my reviews

The instructions and illustrations are clear and concise. Many step-by-step picture illustrations are included. Book also illustrates the different ways to dorso a plain paper. This is great as I can now have coloured parchment paper the way I need them. If you have problems in cutting the `X', this book goes into detail how to make them. It also provides good diagrams to illustrate correct and incorrect cuts made. In all, there are more than 30 patterns in this book. These patterns will be able to keep any parchment craft lovers occupied for hours. Overall, this book is well-organised and I'm sure you will enjoy the book as much as I have.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parchment Craft (Art of Crafts) by Carla Larter, August 2, 2005

By	Linda Hansen-fisher (PA- USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was pleasently surpriced receiving this book. I am a novice in this field, constantly improving after taking a class. This book is EXCELENT. First the book is hardbound, but the pages are on a ringbinder, so when you go to trace or make a copy to enlarge a pattern( for personal use only), you can actually get the whole pattern.
Her instructions are VERY precise, and her teaching was a great help to me, easy to follow, and lots of "tricks of the trade"-hints with expl. Would look foreward to any further books with patterns from this author. Sincerely Linda Fisher

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, June 1, 2009

By	Mom to 3 (Texas,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Parchment Craft (Paperback)

I am a complete beginner and this book has proven more useful to me than any other parchment craft or Pergamano books. The instructions are very easy to follow, and there are plenty of patterns to practice with (or to make projects with.)If I'd gotten this book first, I may not have gotten some of the other books I've spent money on.
What I especially love about this book is that you don't feel like you have to buy a hundred different tools and lots of other fancy supplies just to get started! Looking at other books, you could get turned off by how expensive parchment craft can be.