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The Design Library - Book II
Judy Balchin
Search Press
11 January 2012 / ISBN-13: 9781844487394
How-To Books/Design
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
If you are wondering what Search Press is going to do for a follow
up to their bestselling Design Source Book series then here it is
- the Design Library. Each title contains a hundred motifs in print
plus a CD ROM with them all in both .jpeg and .tiff format. This
second entry features heart and flower designs.
If you have read my review of the first book in the series Art
Nouveau Designs by Penny Brown (also featured on this site)
then you will know what to expect. The first page has a brief introduction
to what lies within, and the rest of the book is the designs themselves.
Each page has a line drawing or two and in this book you can find
borders, frames, cartouches and motifs all on the hearts and flowers
theme. There are hearts filled with flowers, hearts made of flowers,
borders featuring both as well as motifs of either one or the other.
If you are a fan of art nouveau then you will be pleased to see
that the style many of these are drawn in echoes this movement,
as well as art deco and typical Victorian romantic artwork. As with
the earlier Design Source Books these are not copyright free, but
the small print at the back permits you to use up to fifteen of
the drawings on a single project as long as you give a quote as
to where they came from. What projects you use them on is up to
you; scale them up or down and use them for whatever art or craft
you enjoy. I look forward to seeing the rest of the titles in this
series.
Reviews of other titles by this author
Outline
Stickers
Making
Christmas Tree Decorations
Party Masks
Celtic
Alphabets With Borders and Motifs
Making
Christmas Cards
Glass
Painted Projects
Papercrafts
For Christmas
Decorative
Initials
Compendium
of Celtic Crafts
Designs
From The Book of Kells
Encyclopedia
of Cardmaking Techniques
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