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- Kumihimo wire jewelry : essential techniques and 20 jewelry projects for the Japanese art of braiding / by Imperia, Giovanna,author.(CARDINAL)780570;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In ancient Japan, beautiful yet functional cords made with the traditional braiding art of kumihimo adorned everything from kimonos to samurai armor to prayer scrolls. In Kumihimo Wire Jewelry, innovative jewelry artist Giovanna Imperia offers a fresh twist on this time-honored technique, adapting it to create stunning wire jewelry. In addition to a concise history of kumihimo and an overview of its essential materials, tools, and techniques, readers will learn the basics of this braiding method, plus how to create 20 striking projects--stylish bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces--all supported with detailed, step-by-step instructions and illustrations. This comprehensive book, which also includes pieces by prominent kumihimo jewelry artists from around the world, will inspire jewelry makers, beaders, and wireworkers at all skill levels to take their craft in a vibrant new direction"--Publisher.- Subjects: Jewelry making; Wire craft; Braid;
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- Traditional origami / by Gardiner, Matthew,author.(CARDINAL)621578;
Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.Symbols -- Types of folds -- Paper crane -- Senbazuru -- Butterfly -- Yakko-san -- Samurai helmet -- Fish -- Kimono -- Tato -- Windmill -- Pajarito -- Cup -- Swan -- Menko."Origami is a Japanese art that's been practiced for hundreds of years. Origami figures, such as paper cranes, windmills, and butterflies, are known throughout the world. Readers learn to make these traditional origami projects and more as they follow sets of simple instructions accompanied by helpful visual aids. Each step in the process is clearly presented to readers, and each finished product is shown to them in colorful detail. Along the way, readers discover fun facts about each piece of traditional origami, learning about Japanese history and culture in a creative way"--Provided by the publisher.- Subjects: Origami.; Paper work.;
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- Miniweapons of mass destruction. Build and master ninja weapons / by Austin, John,1978-(CARDINAL)477807;
"Author and toy designer John Austin provides detailed, step-by-step instructions with diagrams to show stealth warriors how to build 37 different ninja weapons for the modern era. Each of the projects in MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction: Build and Master Ninja Weapons is built from common household and office items--plastic utensils, markers, clothespins, paper clips, wire hangers, and discarded packaging--all clearly detailed on materials lists. Builders are offered a variety of samurai stars, blowguns, throwing darts, siege weapons, and ninja tools to choose from. Once they've assembled their armory, the author provides novices several targets to construct to practice their shooting skills. Armed, trained, and shrouded in black, readers are now prepared for missions of reconnaissance, sabotage, and other grim errands"--- Subjects: Martial arts weapons.; Handicraft.; War toys.; Ninja.; Ninjutsu.;
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- Videodrome [videorecording] / by Cronenberg, David,1943-screenwriter,director.(CARDINAL)735697; Woods, James,1947-actor.(CARDINAL)843922; Smits, Sonja,1958-actor.; Harry, Debbie,actor.(CARDINAL)726818;
Disc one: The film -- Disc two: The supplements.Music by Howard Shore ; special makeup, Rick Baker ; director of photography, Mark Irwin ; edited by Ronald Sanders.James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky.A cable channel programmer stumbles into Videodrome, a project using television to control people.MPAA rating: R.- Subjects: Horror films.; Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brainwashing; Television broadcasting;
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- I can draw manga : step-by-step techniques, characters and effects / by Powell, Marc,author,author.(CARDINAL)616766; Neal, David,illustrator.(CARDINAL)616781;
In this stylishly packaged, full-color book you'll find everything you need to know about drawing manga characters - from cute chibi fairies and mini-monsters to goliath samurais and action heroines. Whatever your ability, I Can Draw Manga will teach you to create dynamic and unique figures by following its step-by-step drawing projects. By following broken-down examples and using the practice grids inside, you will learn: How to use basic tools and materials How to identify and draw different manga styles, such as shojo, kodomo and shen Techniques to draw faces, expressions and basic anatomy Proportions and poses Adding dynamic movement, including punches and power kicks Within no time you will be able to create your own mechanical mecha characters or spectacular dragons and bring your stories to life. ABOUT THE SERIES: I Can Draw teaches a variety of specialist drawing styles, aimed at beginners or those wishing to hone their skills. With step-by-step instructions and practice grids to try out new techniques, these full-color drawing guides will help artists bring their ideas into actuality.- Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.; Drawing; Figure drawing;
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- Heyday : the 1850s and the dawn of the global age / by Wilson, Ben,1980-author.(CARDINAL)690384;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-460) and index.Preface to the American edition -- 1851 : precipice in time -- Boom : the age of gold. 1851 : Annus mirabilis : London : The hairystocracy : Melbourne ; Bonanza : Newfoundland ; On the road : Nebraska ; Star of empire : Minnesota ; The hashish of the West : Kansas -- Faultlines : the age of silver. The ramparts of freedom ; El Presidente : Nicaragua ; Tsunami : Yokohama ; The civilising mission : Hong Kong ; Retribution : Lucknow -- News of the world : the age of bronze. Empire of news : Fleet Street ;m Master of time : New York-London ; Best of times, worst of times : Beijing, Turin, Montgomery ; Blood, iron, cotton, democracy : Bombay -- 1873 -- Chronology of events."From the author of the bestselling Empire of the deep, a globe-spanning narrative history of the 1850s--a time of electrifying change--seen through the eyes of the men and women who embraced the adventurous spirit of the times. Heyday brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in modern history. From 1851, in the space of little more than a decade, the world was reshaped by technology, trade, mass migration and war. As instantaneous electric communication bridged the vast gulfs that separated human societies, millions of settlers travelled to the far corners of the Earth, building vast cities out of nothing in lightning-quick time. A new generation of fast steamships and railways connected these burgeoning frontier societies, shrinking the world and creating an interlinked global economy. In the company of fortune-seekers and ordinary migrants, we journey to these rapidly expanding frontiers, savouring the frenetic activity and optimism of the boom-towns of the 1850s in Australia, New Zealand the United States. This is a story not only of rapid progress, but of the victims of an assurgent West: indigenous peoples who stood in the pathways of economic expansion, Asian societies engulfed by the forces of modernisation. We join, among others, Muslim guerrilla fighters in the Caucasus mountains and freelance empire-builders in the jungles of Nicaragua, British free trade zealots preying on China and samurai warriors resisting Western incursions in Japan. No less important are the inventions, discoveries and technologies that powered progress, and the great engineering projects that characterised the Victorian heyday, notably the transatlantic telegraph cable. In a fast-paced, kaleidoscopic narrative, Ben Wilson recreates a time of explosive energy and dizzying change, a rollercoaster ride of booms and bust, witnessed through the eyes of the men and women reshaping its frontiers. At the centre stands Great Britain. The country was the peak of its power between 1851 and the mid-1860s as it attempted to determine the destinies of hundreds of millions of people. Heyday is a dazzlingly innovative take on a period of extraordinary transformation, a little-known decade that was fundamental in the making not only of Britain but of the modern world"--Publisher's website.- Subjects: Eighteen fifties.; History, Modern; Social change; Globalization; Free trade; Imperialism;
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- War baby/love child : mixed race Asian American art / by Dariotis, Wei Ming,editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)855816; Fojas, Camilla,1971-contributor.(CARDINAL)855822; Gaffney, Stuart,contributor.; Guevarra, Rudy P.,Jr.,contributor.(CARDINAL)855818; Kim, Eleana Jean,1971-contributor.(CARDINAL)855819; Kina, Laura,1973-editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)855537; Machida, Margo,contributor.(CARDINAL)279815; Murphy-Shigematsu, Stephen,contributor.(CARDINAL)671821; Ono, Kent A.,1964-writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)855817; Pierce, Lori Anne,contributor.(CARDINAL)855821; Schlund-Vials, Cathy J.,1974-contributor.(CARDINAL)855820; Taiwo, Wendy Thompson,contributor.; Tanabe, Ken,contributor.; University of Washington Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)855545;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index."War Baby / Love Child examines hybrid Asian American identity through a collection of essays, artworks, and interviews at the intersection of critical mixed race studies and contemporary art. The book pairs artwork and interviews with 19 emerging, mid-career, and established mixed race/mixed heritage Asian American artists, including Li-lan and Kip Fulbeck, with scholarly essays exploring such topics as Vietnamese Amerasians, Korean transracial adoptions, and multiethnic Hawai'i. As an increasingly ethnically ambiguous Asian American generation is coming of age in an era of "optional identity," this collection brings together first-person perspectives and a wider scholarly context to shed light on changing Asian American cultures. Laura Kina is associate professor of art, media, and design at DePaul University. Wei Ming Dariotis is associate professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. "War Baby / Love Child is an interesting, original, and innovative project that expands the field of Asian American studies by using visual art as a point of entry and analysis for the discipline."--Mark Johnson, editor of Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970 "One of the strengths of this original volume is its holistic combination of interviews with premier fine artists along with the textual, historical, and scholarly context provided by established and emerging scholars in Asian American Studies."--Nitasha Sharma, author of Hip Hop Desis: South Americans, Blackness, and Global Race Consciousness"--"War Baby / Love Child examines hybrid Asian American identity through a collection of essays, artworks, and interviews at the intersection of critical mixed race studies and contemporary art"--- Subjects: Asian American art; Asian American art; Asian Americans; Multiracial people;
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