Tips on how to carve stamps from the book Unfurling, A Mixed-Media Workshop with Misty Mawn

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Unfurling, A Mixed-Media Workshop with Misty Mawn:

Inspiration and Techniques for Self-Expression through Art

by

Misty Mawn

Unfurling is a workshop in book form, offering a unique mix of inspiration and technique exercises to get your creative juices flowing. This book is for any creative person who wishes to open up more to the process of making art. 

The book begins with art exercises in drawing and painting that include portraiture, contour drawing, backgrounds, layering, and working with a still life, followed by collage and image transfer techniques. 

The second section offers exercises and projects in stamp carving, paper pottery, sculpture, origami, paper doll making, and surface design. These tactile explorations offer an enjoyment of the process as well as wonderful handmade projects. 

The last section shares a variety of approaches to visual journaling. There are instructions for binding your own journal, prompts and ideas for working on your pages, and a variety of exercises using photography and poetry as ways to inspire and inform your journal keeping.  

Also included are a set of gift book plates and a beautiful paper doll designed by the author and printed on perforated cardstock in the back of the book.

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Comments

[Barbara Hagerty]

I love the workshop format of "Unfurling", and the cover is beautiful. I can't wait to see it up close and in person.

Also, thanks so much for including the "You might also like:" links. I had forgotten about Angela Cartwright's book "In This Garden". It's one that I had meant to purchase more than a year ago, and your link led me to it again. Sometimes I feel camera challenged, and Angela's wonderful projects are just the thing to get me excited about shooting pics and using them in artwork again!