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Traci Bautista

Printmaking Unleashed: More Than 50 Techniques for Expressive Mark Making Paperback – July 9, 2014

by Traci Bautista (Author)

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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.

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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.

Flip through the pages and learn how anything with interesting texture or shape (rubber bands, vintage lace, the bottom of a bottle) can be incorporated into printmaking for exciting, unique effects. You will never look at a toothpick, freezer bag or plastic zip tie in the same way again!

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128 pages
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English
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North Light Books
Publication date

July 9, 2014
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8.25 x 0.38 x 10.88 inches
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1440333912
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978-1440333910
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"It is pure inspiration on painting, printing, stamping, and collaging." --Courtney, Artists Daily

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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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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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Clotilde Menendez

Love It!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2022

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So many techniques to choose from all with so many possibilities! The creative juices just gush into a waterfall of inspiration, full of colors and textures. If you are into Mixed Media, get this book!

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Mermaid Di

Unleashing Ideas and Inspiration

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 5, 2016

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This is a terrific book for ideas and inspiration. There are enough projects to keep anyone busy!

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!

6 people found this helpful

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Ronald K. Ridley

Great Printing Ideas

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2014

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Traci has many ideas in this book. I like the patterns she makes out of different material for stamps and in a collage. I especially like her ideas starting on page 62 on Translucent Acrylic Skins. I have not worked with Collage Pauge as of yet. But my wife, Sandy, would love this. With 50 different techniques to choose from, we will have lots of fun coming up with all sorts of projects. Sandy wants to paint fairies using some of these techniques. I told her that for a background for her fairies this book and other books like it will give her lots of ideas. I plan to do paintings of Viking and Greek warriors on ships with mermaid in the water using Hollywood character faces from movies.

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Cee

Paid too much for this! Was expecting some new and exciting tips

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2022

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Nothing new in this. Don't buy this!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 2, 2015

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While I am an experienced potter who works with layering slips and underglazes, I am relatively new to the world of printmaking. So it may be my knowledge gaps, but I am confused about the end point of these exercises. For example, on p. 26, the reader is invited to first wrap sticks and place them onto construction paper, then spray ink over them, continuing to add color in various ways. OK, then what? Is this the finished work? Or is a sheet of a better paper placed over the design which is then transferred. If the former, this is not what I would call printmaking (it is, however, similar to techniques I might use in clay), and I question why anyone would want to use construction paper, which is notorious for fading, to support a work of art. If the latter, then how does the artist transfer the print? At what stage of dryness? And with a brayer? Some 50 pages later, the author talks about transferring paint. but this is disconnected from the first part of the book and is not sequential. And the "end result" does not always appear to relate to the steps illustrated. The author admits she builds upon her previous books, but I wanted something I could use as a stand alone.

34 people found this helpful

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Nina23

Full of ideas

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2019

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This book is full of ideas, just not many that I would use for my art. However, it did what a good book is supposed to do - it brought me inspiration and made me think outside the box on a few ideas.

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Heidi Anderson

Excellent Technique Book for Mixed Media Artists and Art Journalers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 3, 2018

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I have only just recently purchased Printmaking Unleashed and Doodles Unleashed and I can tell you that Traci puts her heart and soul into them. The content is well laid out. There are tons of ideas and examples, and wonderful eye candy. I will purchase her 3rd book soon and any future books. If you are interested or already doing mixed media or art journaling I highly recommend these books from Traci Bautista.

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Wendy

Printmaking unleashed will spark endless ideas!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2020

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I like this book. Tracie has a unique style of painting that is playful and substantial at the same time. This book will spark endless ideas for all types of creative projects.

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Tangy

within the first few pages I came across techniques using a glue gun that I thought were inspired and the book goes on and on wi

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 11, 2014

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Initially the first review of this book put me off, I have several printmaking books already and really didn't need a rehash of techniques. However, within the first few pages I came across techniques using a glue gun that I thought were inspired and the book goes on and on with great ideas and a little how to use those ideas at the end of each section. Hot stamping into wood, mono printing, the use of positive and negative foam shapes, layering.

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.

29 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

I think it is a fun book, filled with great ideas and techniques

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 9, 2016

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I bought 2 one for me and one as a gift for someone else, I think it is a fun book, filled with great ideas and techniques,
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.

5 people found this helpful

fg21

Useful for prompting ideas

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 20, 2015

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Some interesting techniques although many seem a little 'primary schooly'. I do like the outcomes, especially the use of such vibrant colour schemes, however, finished articles often appear very similar.

5 people found this helpful

Tracy

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 18, 2014

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love this book, vivid illustration with bright colours..if you are in to print making, I would.highly recommend this book!

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marie Burraston

Brilliant book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 17, 2015