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Printmaking Unleashed: More Than 50 Techniques for Expressive Mark Making Paperback – July 9, 2014
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Unleash your inner artist and join Traci Bautista as she shares inventive ideas for making marks with handmade tools, nontraditional materials and simple DIY printmaking techniques. Pulsing with exploration and whimsy, Printmaking Unleashed features 60+ step-by-step demonstrations and countless possibilities for creating original prints, fabrics, art journal pages, mixed-media collage, and so much more.
WHAT'S INSIDE...
- Tools Galore! Create a variety of handmade mark-making tools and texture plates using everything from encaustic paints, Collage Pauge and chipboard letters to modeling compound, needlepoint canvas and recycled cardboard.
- Mix-and-Match Techniques! Discover digital and traditional techniques for producing one-of-a-kind monoprints. Start with the basics, then build up layer after luscious layer of color and texture.
- Pure inspiration! Every page offers new ideas, original artwork and creative jumpstarts.
- Print length128 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherNorth Light Books
- Publication dateJuly 9, 2014
- Dimensions8.25 x 0.38 x 10.88 inches
- ISBN-101440333912
- ISBN-13978-1440333910
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"It is pure inspiration on painting, printing, stamping, and collaging." --Courtney, Artists Daily
Product details
- Publisher : North Light Books; 1st edition (July 9, 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1440333912
- ISBN-13 : 978-1440333910
- Item Weight : 1.43 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.25 x 0.38 x 10.88 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #396,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #116 in Printmaking (Books)
- #238 in Mixed Media (Books)
- #273 in Mixed-Media Craft
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About the author

After a successful career climbing the corporate ladder in Silicon Valley, marketing high-tech start ups and brands like IBM and Animal Planet, Traci left the corporate world to pursue her passion for art. 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of launching her creative business endeavor treiC designs. Prior to becoming a full-time artist, she worked as a graphic designer, event planner, marketing director, professional cheerleader, elementary art teacher, fashion designer, and web designer—to name just a few positions. Experiences that she gained through these positions, coupled with her innate drive to explore and create without boundaries, are what contribute to her success as a mixed media artist. Her passion for sharing art has led her on a worldwide tour, teaching mixed media workshops in handmade books, art journaling, collage, art marketing, and surface design.
Traci is the author of the bestselling book, Collage Unleashed, and is currently working on her next book, Doodles Unleashed which will be released January 2012. Her art has been featured in over 15 art/mixed media books and 40 craft magazines, including Somerset Studio, Altered Couture, cloth.paper.scissors, Art Journaling, Art Quilting Studio, Belle Armoire, and Craft. Her column “Creativity Unleashed” was featured in Somerset Studio Magazine. She has been a regular guest on DIY/HGTV Craft Lab. Her creative business includes designing licensed product lines, Collage Pauge adhesive, and {kolLAJ} paper crafts. She has developed business partnerships with numerous craft manufacturers, and has built her online presence solely on her own, designing every aspect of her brand and marketing strategy. Follow her at www.treicdesigns.com and her blog http://kollaj.typead.com.
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On the whole, I love this book. When I first saw the sample pages of glue gun stencil and stamp samples, I was sold!
However, I must add a small note to one of the project techniques I've tried. It is "Making Clay Plates." Using Crayola's Model Magic brand air-drying clay is easy. However, cleaning and washing paint off these "stamps" affects this clay. There is no mention of "washing" the paint off in the book, just wiping the paint off.
Some of the photos of the textures on the clay are very hard to discern. The images show yellow Model Magic, with practically no details.
There is a good You Tube video by "The Frugal Crafter," which shows how to make stamps using Sculpey's Bake and Bendable Clay. I've just bought some of that clay. Since it is a polymer clay, it will not be affected by water after baking and cooling.
But reading these pages from the book inspired me to look at other ways of making my own stamps -- so all was not lost.
I'm surprised the author didn't include foam plates -- which are a great way to recycle, draw and play with -- even if they are described in other books and videos. Her slant on these would have been unique, I’m sure.
One great bonus with this book is the reference to the "Artists Network.com" It is a wonderful site with lots of different tutorials of different art techniques in all kinds of media.
Unleash your Inner Child, Play, and Have Fun!
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The only downside is that the book is firmly American orientated so many of the products need a bit of googling to find an alternative.
I am glad I didn't let the first review put me off, sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.
I am sure both I and the person I have bought it for will find it helpful and useful at university, lots of inspirational pages.
I thought it was a perfect gift so lets hope so. Service was fast, delivered well before time.








