Dig Your Hands in the Dirt: A Manual For Making Art Out Of Earth - Couverture souple

Denzer, Kiko

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0967984661 ISBN 13 : 9780967984667

Editeur : Hand Print Press, 2005

Synopsis

Dig Your Hands in the Dirt Teaches you to find, mix, and sculpt the right mud; develop group goals and vision, and translate simple, natural (and easy to draw) patterns into sophisticated and complex designs. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Turn the earth under your feet into natural, cheap, beautiful art: African-inspired murals, fanciful playground sculptures, labyrinths, sundials, sculpted benches, bird houses, & more Complete illustrated how-to guide to mud, art, & community Inspiring stories & color photos from earth-artists here & abroad For teachers, parents, activists, builders, artists, & other kids. Here is inspiration and instruction for anyone interested in making beautiful art out of earth. The author of Build Your Own Earth Oven teaches you to find, mix, and sculpt the right mud; develop group goals and vision, and translate simple, natural (and easy to draw) patterns into sophisticated and complex designs. The resulting murals will transform anonymous "spaces" into real places. Or make "garden art" you can sit on (or in). Get inspirated by earth artists across the country and over the sea. Extensive resources for further study. Join them all in making art to help "join us, harmoniously, to a whole." Brief, elegant, wonderfully and generously illustrated with drawings and 32 pages of color photos.

Biographie de l'auteur

Kiko Denzer is an artist, teacher, and author in the earthen building revival. He serves as artist-in-residence in schools in his home state of Oregon, and has muddied tens of thousands of hands with his popular oven and bread manual, Build Your Own Earth Oven (2007) as well as his guide to mud-based art forms, Dig Your Hands in the Dirt (2005).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hand Print Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0967984661
• ISBN 13: 9780967984667
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible