Frank Lillie Pollock. The Woods Rider. New York, The Century Co., 1922.
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The Art of Book Design: The Woods Rider
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Frank Lillie Pollock. The Woods Rider. New York, The Century Co., 1922.
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I found this video to be informative and interesting, as well as very painful to watch. I cannot imagine doing something like this to a knife that I have spent several days making. I would do it if I got paid and the destruction were for a purpose, as it is in this case, but even so – ouchouchouch…
L. Frank Baum. The Lost Princess of Oz. Illustrated by John Neill. Chicago, Reilly & Lee Co., 1917.
This is a fun children’s book and the illustrations are fabulous, so if you’re looking for something to do I recommend checking it out at the link below.
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Olive Thorne Miller. True Bird Stories from my Notebook. Illustrated by Louis Fuertes. Boston & New York, Houghton, Mifflin, 1903.
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Alice Lounsberry. Gardens Nar the Sea. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1910.
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Mary Mapes Dodge. When Life is Young. New York, The Century Co., 1894.
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Andrew Lang. The Green Fairy Book. Illustrated by H. J. Ford. New York, Longmans, Green, 1902.
This week it’s the Green Fairy Book and I’ve plucked a few of my favourite illustrations to share with you. Most of the artwork that I’ve chosen involves animals. My absolute favourite drawings, though, are from the last story in the book, The Three Dogs. Enjoy!
My next bobbin lace project was a picture of an orchid. It was inspired by the orchids that my father grows on the windowsill in our living room, but it is not, of course, intended to be an accurate representation of any specific plant/species. This time I did not use paper and pencil at all, I started rightaway drawing on my PC with my tablet and I ended up with this coloured sketch.
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From the sketch, I have made a template that could be printed out. The important thing to not forget by an assymetrical design like this is to mirror the image – the lace has a front and back. In this case not only all the knots are on the back side, but important is also the stalk of the blossoms which is in front of the right leaf.
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The final step was, of course, making the actual lace. It took me circa 40 hours. you can look below the fold whether it was worth the effort.
Ambrose Pratt. The Living Mummy. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910.
Yesterday brought us news about the search for Oma, which reminded me that I probably met a distant relative of Jack’s fairy friends.
maybe Jack can ask them if they’re related, the little fairy was a bit shy and didn’t talk to me.
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