World Famous Comics: Artful Paper Dolls: New Ways to Play with a Traditional Form
Artful Paper Dolls: New Ways to Play with a Traditional Form
By: Terry Taylor Publisher: Lark Books Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Lark Books Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: March 03, 2009
Terry Taylor—the bestselling author of Altered Art—brings the same keen sense of imagination, design, and play to a classic favorite: paper dolls. These creatively constructed versions are all grown up and influenced by Altered Art’s wide-ranging and wildly popular techniques. From representational to abstract, human to animal, the interpretations are limitless.
A Lot of Fun! What a fun book! I truly enjoyed the journey from dolls I have played with in my lifetime to experimental ways to play with the idea of a paper doll. It is fun, and an inspiration. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves paper dolls, or really to anyone who just wants to play with dolls as an art form.
artful paper dolls I have always like toying in an artsy way with paper and images, and this is one of the greatest books I have seen for generating ideas and showing some techniques and approaches to paper collages, diaramas, collages. I had first gotten this at the library and loved it- knew it was worth owning. It has lots of different ideas and approaches, and I am glad to own it so I can peruse it from time to time for ideas and just for pleasure- I highly recommend this book!
not pleased This was not at all what I expected and in some cases a little creepy. The idea of creating paper doll images by using different items such as photos,magazine cutouts,newspaper clips,feathers, etc. seemed like fun - but then he gets into jointed paper dolls that look more like marionettes with limbs way out of proportion, using exotic bird heads on top of female bodies, sad and angry childrens photo faces on magazine bodies and finally let's not forget the skeletons 'dressed up' in clothes and the 'ever so mirthful' shrine dolls. Some of the book is good and I'm sure the artists showcased are well respected in their fields.. but I'm involved with this type of collage art to create 'happy' or 'contemplative'designs - not stuff that makes me wince when I see it
Just totally inspiring! I adore this book. First, it was so much fun to read. Second, it made me so happy just to see the stuff. I am just starting to use paper doll images in my work and wanted a little "push," but didn't expect so much info and inspiration. The writing was clear and concise and the photography and artwork easy to see and understand. Terry has a terrific voice and such affection for her subject. Even if you don't have a paper doll "thing", if you use images of women, or people in general, in your work, you could get some ideas from just looking at the kind of stuff featured. The work is original, and amusing. I think (being a bit sexist) that this would make a great book for a woman friend, even if she isn't an artist. Almost all of us played with paper dolls at one time and this is a sophisticated why to relive that experience.
History and Design I was very impressed with the history of paperdolls. Written with style and humor. Very informative and entertaining. I also welcomed the variety of designs. A must for every paperdoll collector.
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