Product Description

The beauty of collage art appeals to all people. Anyone from the hobbyist to the fine artist can use collage techniques to add creativity and dimension to their work. This book provides creative instruction and inspiration through a wide range of projects, and is sure to stimulate ideas and help hobbyists and artists overcome creative blocks.

Dozens of techniques are demonstrated in visual step-by-step instructions and use a variety of materials, from paper and fabric to found objects. Tips for getting started and using a variety of techniques, such as photo transfer, gold leaf, encaustic, assemblage, photo montage, computer collage, fabric collage, cast-paper-pulp collage, tissue-paper collage, decoupage, painting and printing on paper, working with water-soluble oil pastels, frottage, texturing or altering paper, and altering books, makes this a valuable go-to resource for the collage artist.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #228357 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

About the Author
Holly Harrison is a freelance writer and editor. Her first craft book, Angel Crafts: Graceful Gifts, Inspired Designs, was published by Rockport in April 2002. She has also contributed to numerous magazines, including Metropolitan Home. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts. Paula Grasdal is a printmaker and mixed-media artist living in the Seattle area. She has contributed to several other Rockport books, including Angel Crafts: Graceful Gifts, Inspired Designs, The Crafter's Project Book, and Making Shadow Boxes and Shrines. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in the U.S. and Canada. Jennifer Atkinson was the curator for the Fuller Art Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

Greedy Publisher, no new material
What a rip off! I bought this book based upon the description here, thinking it was a new book about collage techniques. It turned out it might claim to be a new book, but it's nothing but a reprint and repackaging of Jennifer Atkinson's nearly decade old "Collage Art: A Step-by-Step Guide and Showcase" and the more recent "Collage for the Soul" by Paula Grasdal and Holly Harrison. It is exactly the same. Since I already had both of the others, it would have been nice to have been told that, so that I could have saved myself the cost and disappointment of getting this. I feel duped. I used to think that Quarry was a half decent craft book publisher, but now I plan to steer clear. What greed!

Misled by publisher
This book is simply a reprint of Collage Art by Jennifer Atkinson and Collage For The Soul by Holly Harrison. Not a bad combination, but definitely a rip-off for those of us who already own both books.

I have an arts and crafts store and have had to put my copies of Collage Art on sale, because it's pointless carrying that book when, for the same price, they can get Collage Sourcebook. I was not informed by the publisher, when I ordered both together, and am very disappointed in them.

The book itself, is very good and, if you don't have the other two, Collage Sourcebook offers a less expensive way of owning them both. I do recomment purchase.

Might be a big waste of your money.
What a rip-off! As others have said, this book is nothing but a compilation of 2 other books. Do the "Look Inside" trick and on the inside first page it credits the two books. This information SHOULD be fully disclosed in the Amazon description, as not everyone to reads all the reviews. Only by chance did I see this book at my local B&N, checked it out and discovered the hoax. Otherwise I might have ordered it and been really mad because I have the other 2 books. The book "Making Memory Books and Journals by Hand" is the same type of rip-off and again, I think Amazon should include this data up-front, in the description.