The Country Diary Book of Stencilling

by Jane Cheshire and Rowena Stott

Book Overview

STENCILLING IS QUICK, EASY AND FUN. NO SPECIAL APTITUDE OR SKILL IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE WONDERFUL RESULTS INSTANTLY, WITH A MINIMUM OF EQUIPMENT AND PRACTICE. RENEW ROOMS, CO-ORDINATE FABRICS, DECORATE BATHROOM TILES - THE POSSIBILITIES OF STENCILLING ARE ENDLESS. THE BOOK DESCRIBES IN DETAIL HOW TO STENCIL ON A VARIETY OF SURFACES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING OVER THIRTY ORIGINAL STENCILS, BASED ON EDITH HOLDEN'S EXQUISITE PAINTINGS FROM THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY. IT ALSO INCLUDES A WELL ILLUSTRATED CHAPTER ON THE HISTORY OF STENCILLING AS WELL AS PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAINT FINISH SUCH AS RAGGING AND SPONGING AND COLOUR MIXING. THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS TIPS ON HOW TO DESIGN STENCILS, AND FULL DETAILS ARE INCLUDED FOR COPYING THE DESIGNS FEATURED IN THE BOOK. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT IN COLOUR WITH SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHS OF INTERIORS AND MANY LINE DRAWINGS.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863501796
• ISBN13: 9780863501791
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Webb & Bower
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A huge disappointment

This book has illustrations, but no stencils. You must trace the illustrations on Mylar and then cut out the traced shapes to make your own stencil. The instructions for this lack clarity and are inadequate. The book has photos of beautiful stencils, but none of those stencils are actually in the book. The illustrations in the book are nothing like any of the photos. The illustrations themselves are wispy and extremely timid. They do not have much in common with Country Diary, that I can see anyway. The book is now in the donate pile. I was really disappointed with it.