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The successful 500 series shines a spotlight on today’s most breathtaking ceramic sculptures. Selected from more than 8,000 entries by the distinguished art critic, historian, and professor Glen R. Brown—an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva—these exquisite works will inspire both beginning and professional ceramists, as well as collectors and enthusiasts. They include Esther Shimazu’s hand-built, Asian-influenced nudes, Von Venhuizen’s mixed-media, wheel-thrown stoneware, and Katy’s Rush’s slip-cast and press-molded porcelain. Every work is amazing.  

On display: the most magnificent collection of handmade glass creations ever assembled!Handmade glass objects are taking the craft world by storm with their great variety and beauty. Juried by Maurine Littleton, a gallery owner and distinguished presence in the studio-glass field, these 500 outstanding pieces capture the finest work done by top artisans worldwide. Cast your eye over flameworked goblets, cast vases, blown cups, and fused and slumped bowls. Jane Lee's stoneware "Rainbow Bowl" is a symphony of brilliant color, while Keith Weiss-Cole's graceful furnace-blown "Sculpture of Two" glows with light. The magnificent techniques on display include mosaics, enameling, engraving, carving, and etching, and the unique shapes and eye-catching designs will amaze any art or craft lover.

One look at these breathtaking suspended neck ornaments, and it’s clear why Lark’s series of jewelry design books has become so wildly popular. Every pendant is a masterful work of art, whether it’s symbolic and purposeful (amulets, talismans, and charms) or purely decorative.  Juried by Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt, co-founders of the esteemed jewelry gallery Velvet da Vinci, this beautiful color collection includes pieces crafted from diverse materials and techniques (including forging, casting, forming, and stone setting). “Fecund,” Tricia Lachowiec’s intricate construction of oxidized sterling silver, electroformed copper, enamel, and resin, is every bit as luscious as its title suggests. In “0210,” Seth Papac constructs a ghostly and atmospheric cityscape out of poplar wood, architectural siding, and building materials, as well as gold, silver, and elastic. Jane Adam’s signature use of softly colored aluminum always astounds, and decidedly so in “Flower Pendant” with its multiple fronds of gracefully arching metal. Jewelers, metalsmiths, and collectors will all find inspiration in these one-of-a-kind works.

Gems are the rarest and most enticing material a jeweler can work with, and this newest entry in the acclaimed "500 "series showcases a rainbow of stones, from rough and natural to fully-faceted precious jewels. The pieces include rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants, and even a tiara, and they're set in every imaginable kind of material, both precious and non-precious: gold, glass, platinum, palladium, iron, resin, silver, and more. The work ranges from Christo Kiffer's delicate and expressive "Tourmaline Moth Brooch," with its rich green tourmalines and sparkling diamonds, to a devastatingly beautiful necklace by master jeweler Daphne Krinos.

A vibrant and growing community of crafters has embraced quilting and this outstanding international collection will inspire and captivate them. Juried by Karey Bresenhan, one of the most prominent figures in quilting, it presents 500 magnificent contemporary art quilts, made in fabric and other media, and showcasing diverse designs, materials and techniques. From their very inception, these quilts were destined for display rather than practical use, with an extraordinary quality of image, form, line and composition.

This newest entry in the popular "Masters" series presents 38 of the world's most notable potters and sculptors - and dozens of vibrant, functional, sculptural and figurative pieces of earthenware to explore. "Masters: Earthenware" reveals the tremendous imagination, innovation and technical facility that today's artists bring to the oldest ceramic medium. This stunning volume gives each featured artist a mini-retrospective of approximately eight pages that showcase 12-14 of his or her best works, illuminating comments from the creators accompany the images, and outlining their development and artistic philosophy.

Fine artists worldwide have discovered the spectacular range of expressive effects that can be achieved with beadwork. This remarkable showcase of gallery-quality works - including jewelry, sculpture, wall hangings and many ohter types of beaded objects will excite collectors, inspire craftspeople and delight anyone who loves art.

The magnificent tiles showcased in this impressive collection will inspire beginners and professionals, as well as collectors and enthusiasts. Some of the larger displays were made to decorate public and private spaces; others use single tiles to interpret nature, tell a story, or make cultural observations. As always in this acclaimed series, all the contributors are accomplished artists, renowned in the field. Mary Lynn Buss creates a field of mosaic-tiled long-necked irises. Peter King and his wife and working partner Xinia Marin fashion large, expressively rendered and sculptural installations. And Melody Ellis' low-relief earthenware tiles pack intriguing narratives into every tile.

These art quilts showcase such versatility, innovation, and beauty that readers can’t help but be truly inspired. The gifted artists come from across the globe—including Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America—and their work displays their varying sensibilities and backgrounds. Esteemed curator Martha Siebman contributes an illuminating essay, and each artist is showcased in an eight-page feature.

40 internationally celebrated masters reveal their secrets, explaining just how they work with this incredibly demanding ceramic material, prized for its pristine beauty. Pure white and wonderfully delicate, porcelain is what clay potters usually graduate to only after years of honing their skills. This diverse collection showcases the results of that dedication and the versatility is simply breathtaking: Claire Curneen presents highly emotive, tactile figurative forms. Edmund de Waal's elegant installations are renowned for their meditative presence. Harlan House's finely carved vessels take inspiration from nature's organic forms, while Bodil Manz's eggshell porcelain cylinders are so translucent that you can sometimes discern light and shadow passing through the walls of his pots.

The pieces displayed in "500 Necklaces" are among the most exquisite ever created, ranging from unique chokers to artful collars and showcasing precious metals and gems and more unusual materials, including plastic, wood, paper and glass. They're forged, cast or woven and have surface embellishments from inlay to enamelling. The variety is astonishing: from classic bejewelled chains to avant-garde felted wool constructions. Also featured are enlightening quotes from the creators themselves. Anyone who loves beautiful objects will treasure this extensive collection.

Versatility, innovation, inspiration - that's what "The Masters" series offers crafters, with an engaging survey of the finest contemporary work by approximately 40 leading artists in specific media. Readers will find the showcased pieces eye-opening in their originality and each beadweaving master takes centre stage in an informative eight-page feature that includes around a dozen breathtaking, high-quality photographs and a short essay by the curator placing the impressive work and its creator in context. These outstandingly talented and imaginative artists include Valerie Hector, whose beaded designs are a statement in bold modernity; Jeanette Ahlgren, who fashions intricate loom-woven vessels; and, Marcia DeCoster, who uses a right angle weave techniques to create shimmering. Beadweaver and author Carol Wilcox Wells serves as the judge of this remarkable collection.

The lathe used to be a utilitarian tool only, but in the hands of today's artists woodturning has undergone a beautiful transformation. This stunning international collection showcases the work of 40 pioneering wood turners who have expanded the possibilities of the medium; including a British artist from Burgess Hill. Their pieces range from classic to humorous to sculptural to amazing. Curator Jim Christiansen introduces each master's multi-page gallery with an insightful overview and the creators themselves offer their lyrical thoughts on wood, nature and art. Each volume in the "Masters" series is dedicated to an established art form and showcases the work of its celebrated artists. With a focus on craftsmanship and (global) diversity, these books will inspire beginners, professionals, collectors and enthusiasts alike.

What makes the ceramic bowl such an enduring art form? It has everything: form, volume, surface, texture and colour, plus 10,000 years of history! It can be both useful and decorative, yet it is one of the simplest and most basic forms that potters make. This book provides a visual tour of how ceramists from around the world are interpreting this classic form today. The 500 masterful, inspired works presented in this book prove there are new things to say: the bowl is still being reinterpreted and reinvented every day! * FASCINATING compilation for arts and crafts ceramists and collectors of 500 of the most creative and astounding bowl designs you have ever seen.

The teapot is to the potter what the canvas is to the painter. It has inspired clay artists to create their original works of art since the ancient Chinese first developed vessels for brewing and serving tea. This book provides a visual tour of how potters from around the world are interpreting this classic form today. The 500 figurative, sculptural and traditional teapots astound us with their myriad shapes and delightful combinations of utility and decorative treatment. * FASCINATING compilation for arts and crafts ceramists and collectors of 500 of the most creative and astounding teapot designs you have ever seen. * FABULOUS SOURCEBOOK: pottery enthusiasts will enjoy the huge variety of shapes, surface treatments and techniques: hand built and wheel-thrown, stoneware and porcelain, round and square, wax resistant and slip work, functional and sculptural.

The cup's surface is a canvas that can be embellished with anything from intricate drawings to precious gems to refined Japanese brushwork.