Drawing Autism

Jill Mullin

Drawing Autism celebrates the artistry and self-expression found in the drawings, paintings, and collages created by people diagnosed with autism. The work of over fifty contributors exhibits an array of unique perspectives on how these individuals see the world and their places in it. A stunningly produced and thought provoking book.

HC      $49.95      160pp

Scarves

Nicky Albrechtsen & Fola Solanke

From Art Deco through 1950s Hollywood, the Swinging Sixties, and beyond, scarves have expressed the constant evolutions in style, representing every major decorative arts movement over the past century and into the present one. This marvelously illustrated compendium showcases the work of a wide range of international designers: Paul Poiret, Elsa Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Mary Quant, Gucci, Christian Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, Zandra Rhodes, Nicole Miller, and many more. Here are more than 250 scarves, beautifully reproduced in color, and many never before seen in print.

HC      $70.00      303pp

Cutting Edges: Contemporary Collage

Editors: R. Klanten, H. Hellige, J. Gallagher

Cutting Edges documents the revival of collage in current art and visual culture. Today’s artists, illustrators, and designers are increasingly drawn to this artistic technique by the challenges of seamlessly melding traditional craftsmanship with skilled computer montage. They are not only composing a wide variety of visual elements, but are also deliberately omitting, deleting, and destroying them. This book is an inspiring collection of these unique examples of contemporary collage.

HB      $85.00      224pp

Australia in Maps: Great Maps in Australia’s History from the National Library's Collection

Australia in Maps is an essential read for all bibliophiles, cartographers and those who simply love beautiful books. Aimed at introducing readers to the breadth and diversity of the National Library of Australia’s collection of more than 600,000 maps of Australia, the countries of the world, the oceans, and the skies, this richly illustrated book showcases some of the finest items from the Maps Collection.

HC      $59.95      148pp

A Brush with Birds: Australian Bird Art from the National Library of Australia

Penny Olsen

Drawn from the National Library of Australia’s collection, A Brush with Birds showcases bird art from 1788 to the present day. Reproductions of work by artists John Hunter, George Raper, John Lewin, John and Elizabeth Gould, the Cayleys, Ebenezer Gostelow, Lilian Medland, Betty Temple Watts and contemporary artist William Cooper are beautifully presented and accompanied by studies of the artists’ lives. This lavishly illustrated book is a wonderful display of some of the extraordinary birds that live in Australia and the amazing art that first brought them to the worlds attention.

PB      $39.95      120pp

Patricia Piccinini: Nearly Beloved

Helen McDonald

The first major publication on Patricia Piccinini, one of Australia’s most celebrated artists ever since her Young Family exhibition caused a sensation at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Piccinini creates an imaginative world peopled with families of charming and slightly unsettling beings. There are mutants who are half human and half beast, baby trucks and humanized scooters, sentient lumps of flesh and delicious bits of car. This book reproduces and discusses all Piccinini’s major works.

HC      $69.95      180 pages

Botanical Riches: Stories of Botanical Exploration.

Richard Aitken

Century after century, intrepid plant hunters and botanists travelled to exotic climes, collecting seeds and specimens. Searching for plants with economic value, medicinal benefits, or purely for lavish display. Botanical Riches is magnificently illustrated with some of the world's most glorious engraved, lithographed and hand-coloured botanical illustrations. From the earliest Renaissance herbals, to the more elaborate and beautiful volumes from the birth of printing, books celebrating plants from far-off lands brought with them a sense of wonder. With illustrations of extraordinary splendour and beauty, Botanical Riches is a colourful history and enthralling tale of botanical exploration. Highly recommended.

243pp       $55.00          PB

The New Artisans: Handmade Designs for Contemporary Living

Oliver Dupon

The practice of handmade craft has undergone a huge resurgence in recent times. This book captures the new mood—a return to the unique and the artisanal. The first part of the book profiles over 70 international artisans who represent an astonishing array of crafts. The profiles include information on what inspires each artisan and how they create their products, often in innovative or eco-conscious ways. The second part of the book consists of an invaluable directory of products, divided into categories: art, ceramics, furniture, glasswork, jewelry, lighting, metalwork, paper and woodwork, stationery, tableware, and textiles. More than 800 color photographs illustrate the huge variety of design work on offer. Resources include contact details for the artisans, recommendations of shops, websites, and blogs to visit.

319pp         $49.95           HC

From Felt to Fabric

Catherine O'Leary

Acclaimed Australian fiber artist Catherine O'Leary introduces her distinctive, painterly approach to nuno felting with trademark techniques that make the craft easier to master, more creative, and more personal. Her exciting innovation, nuno pre-felts, integrates commercially printed fabric into the process and then uses these patterned pieces as design elements to create artful wearables and accessories. O'Leary explores principles of art and composition, like shape, colour, and texture, and offers aspiring feltmakers inspirational projects plus a gallery of works illustrating the wide-ranging possibilities of her method.

127pp             $25.00          PB

INDIGO: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans

Jenny Balfour-Paul

Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans tells the compelling story of the world's oldest and best-loved dye, the iconic blue behind one of the world's ubiquitous fabrics: denim. Brilliant photographs and eloquent text describe the process of making indigo dye from plants and how indigo is used. It weaves stories of indigo's producers, its cultural traditions and history, its importance in global trade, and the modern textile artists and fashion designers who are reviving indigo for sustainable development. Highly recommended to all those working with indigo or merely interested in the cultural history of that dye.

264pp    $39.95      PB

Pot Book

Edmund de Waal

The history of ceramic art is ingrained in the history of mankind. Clay is one of the very first materials 'invented' by man. An essential part of our lives, it has been moulded, thrown, glazed, decorated and fired for over 30,000 years. In more recent times clay has been used not just by artisans and potters, but also by artists, designers and architects. The Pot Book is the first publication to document the extraordinary range and variety of ceramic vessels of all periods, in a comprehensive and accessible A to Z format. Each entry is beautifully illustrated, sequenced in alphabetical order by the name of the artist/potter, the school, or style, creating a grand tour through the very finest examples of the art form.

319pp          $59.95             HC

500 Felted Objects: Creative Explorations of a Remarkable Material

Nathalie Mornu

From garments to carpets to vessels, from home decor to installations, 500 Felt Objects is an impressive, flagship display of masterful felt creations. Packed full of inspiration this incredibly diverse collection honours the work of traditional fibre artists side-by-side with that of avant-garde designers. The broad range of styles, colours and forms included reveal felt's full potential and are a constant surprise and delight. Highly recommended to those interested in felt or the textile arts.

420pp      PB           $30.00

The Mandala Book: Patterns of the Universe

Lori Bailey Cunningham

The Mandala Book is a visual symphony, filled with 500 stunning mandalic images from nature and civilization. Drawing from history, science, religion, and art, Lori Bailey Cunningham leads a journey that spans from prehistoric petroglyphs to Carl Jung, from tiny particles of matter to entire galaxies. She explains the concepts of mandalas, showing how they are at the root of life itself. An absolutely fascinating title.

312pp      HC           $30.00

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Andrew Bolton

Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions. Published to coincide with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art organized by The Costume Institute, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the full breadth of the designer’s career, from the start of his fledgling label to the triumphs of his own world-renowned London house.

240pp      HC           $59.95

Graffiti 365

Jay Edlin

A fun, wide-ranging survey of the international graffiti movement, this book uses more than 600 rare, previously unpublished, or legendary images to introduce and describe important artists and styles. Along the way, Graffiti 365 covers different eras, cities, legendary walls and crews, police and public responses to graffiti, and more. Unparalleled in its breadth and depth of coverage, Graffiti 365 is a wide-angle snapshot of an entire movement.

744pp      HC           $39.95

How to Be Creative with Textile Art

Julia Tristan & Rachel Lombard

Everyone who works with textiles understands the importance of mastering fundamental techniques. And everyone has experienced the excitement of coming across a new idea. Yet putting art and craft together--the creative act--can seem intimidating. Now two expert artists and teachers share their insights about how to turn ideas into designs, and designs into beautiful finished textile art. They offer advice on choosing fabrics, layering, creating texture, embellishment, edges, finishes, and all the key techniques.

128pp      HC           $40.00