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Rock art! : painting and crafting with the humble pebble / Denise Scicluna.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hauppage, NY : Barron's, 2015Edition: First edition for the United States and CanadaDescription: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781438005324
  • 1438005326
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.7/23 23
LOC classification:
  • TT370 .S35 2015
Contents:
Getting started -- Rock your pebbles -- Using your rock art.
Summary: Rock painting is one of the oldest forms of artistic expression known to man. The varied surfaces, shapes, and sizes of rocks also make them perfect for crafts. From brooches to bookends, paperweights to place cards, miniature owls to patterned pebbles, you can create just about anything with the right rock and a bit of imagination.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Great uses for rocks: throwing, skipping, kicking...how about painting? Rock painting is one of the oldest forms of artistic expression known to man. The varied surfaces, shapes, and sizes of rocks also make them perfect for crafts. From brooches to bookends, paperweights to place cards, miniature owls to patterned pebbles, you can create just about anything with the right rock and a bit of imagination. In Rock Art! , visual artist Denise Scicluna provides inspiration and advice for rocking our artsy side with: Tips for finding and identifying rocks and preparing them for paint Techniques for creating the perfect "rock" from polymer clay A guide to gathering tools, from paint, pencils, and brushes to wood filler and varnish Dozens of projects for bringing pebbles to life with personality and style
Simple, step-by-step instructions, and more than 250 full-color illustrations that practically pop off the page make this fun and unusual book perfect for crafters of all ages.

Includes index.

Getting started -- Rock your pebbles -- Using your rock art.

Rock painting is one of the oldest forms of artistic expression known to man. The varied surfaces, shapes, and sizes of rocks also make them perfect for crafts. From brooches to bookends, paperweights to place cards, miniature owls to patterned pebbles, you can create just about anything with the right rock and a bit of imagination.

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Library Journal Review

Everyday river rocks aren't commonly considered a craft material, but rock painting is easy to do and inexpensive enough for beginners to try without much financial commitment. Visual artist Scicluna advocates for letting the shape of the rock help determine how it should be painted-for example, a rock that gently tapers toward the top suggests the form of a leaf. As one might expect, many of the samples are whimsical-think cartoonish birds and monsters-but there are also mandalas and abstract pieces, including several ideas for minimalist painting that allow the natural material to show. Scicluna also provides suggestions for creating your own faux rocks out of polymer clay, as well as tips for finishing your rock art for posterity. VERDICT Crafting with natural materials is a popular topic, and although painting rocks seems like an simple enough task without the assistance of a book, the inspiration and project suggestions provided here may be helpful to crafters. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Humans drew on rock before they had written language, using wild berries or minerals or animal blood to draw tales of the hunting and the gathering. Scicluna, a crafter, photographer, and painter, updates the millennia-old craft, showing how to endow the pebble with another life as an owl's face, jellyfish monster, dinner place card, or pebble pet. Pebbles, actually a class of rocks "larger than a granule but smaller than a cobble," become cactus gardens, frilly fish, "misfit monsters" and doorstops. Among the pages of colorful inspiration, readers will find advice on selecting and prepping pebbles; sources for those not into hunting down their own rocks; and 250 color photos with instructions suitable for all ages. There are also many photos of rocks, and explanations of terms like metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary. Most of the pebble up- grades are easily created, though some, such as the "pebble people" representing various nations and occupations, might be better suited for more experienced artists. Scicluna's rocks are not to be skipped. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Denise Scicluna is a freelance visual artist, specializing in photography, painting, and crafts. She is interested in the "handmade" culture and often incorporates this concepts in her projects.
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