The Container Book: Basic Processes for Making Bags, Baskets, Boxes, Bowls, and Other Container Forms with Fibers, Fabrics, Leather, Wood,

by Jay Hartley Newman and Thelma R. Newman

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517528983
• ISBN13: 9780517528983
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Instructions to Make Every Type of Container (w/Photos)

From back cover: "If you have been bursting with enthusiasm over the new wave of craft ideas to come along recently, contain yourself! 'The Container Book' is here to provide everyone interested in creating functional, fun, and incredibly varied objects that 'hold' things with enough ideas to last a lifetime. Thelma R. Newman and Jay Hartley Newman, authors of many enormously successful crafts books, bring all their understanding of forms, methods, and materials to bear on this endlessly fascinating assemblage of artistic pieces. Beginners with a short social history of containers, the authors go on to discuss design factors in container-making, revealing ways the artist can develop technique and skill in that area. Once you have developed that skill, what form do you want to work with? If it is baskets, then traditional materials are not the only ones open to you - wire, newspaper, seaweed, yarn, even hair can all be used. If it is soft containers, then stuffed and quilted forms, knitted and crocheted forms, and woven containers are all presented. If it is clay, then pinch pot, coiled forms, slab ware, and thrown pieces are some of the many methods described. For working in leather, there is information on everything from pattern making to dyeing, finishing, and laminating, and for wood, there is advice on joining, gluing, and veneering. There are also invaluable chapters on making plastic containers, metal containers, stained glass containers, and an innovative section of natural and decorative containers (calabashes, gourds, bamboo, bottles, and recycling boxes with decoupage, foil repousse, and split straw mosaic). A beautiful array of superb photographs illustrates the many stunning and expressive works you can fashion with the help of this unique book. It is a truly exhaustive study that will stimulate and excite any artist looking for a new means of self-expression whose creative potential is still untapped."