In 2009; tastemaker and bestselling author Lena Corwin turned the top floor of her Brooklyn brownstone into a studio and began hosting classes for local crafters. In Lena Corwins Made by Hand; she re-creates and builds upon her popular workshop series in order to reach crafters in Brooklyn and beyond. For this "best of" collection; she has chosen expert teachers and her favorite projects: Jenny Gordy introduces us to knitted socks and elegantly sewn tops and dresses; Cal Patch teaches how to make a modern embroidery sampler as well as a braided rag rug; and Corwin herself presents her favorite screen-printing and stamping techniques. There are many lessons/projects; all presented with step-by-step photos and illustrations. Notice: For usability reasons; the digital edition of this book does not include all of the images found in the physical edition.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. should be labeled fiction and boring fiction at thatBy A ReaderA total waste of time. Why bother with silly humorless faux art history when Ad Reinhardts actual art comics are available now.I highly recommend "How To Look" which was just recently published.http://www..com/Ad-Reinhardt-How-Look-Comics/dp/37757376854 of 7 people found the following review helpful. very persuasiveBy BarnabyMr. Corris goes beyond the call of duty to probe into a mind and a practice long known for its fine art commitment and vocation. Yet many assumptions about the formidable Rhinehardt are here redressed; and this does not in the slightest deter from Rhinehardts importance as a painter of first rank. It just merely indicates that the simple story surrounding; perhaps all serious artists; just wont cover the ground. Well done.15 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Completely awful. Pathetic scholarship.By Leonardo ManzettiThis is a truly awful book from start to finish. There are easily more factual errors in it than there are pages and the whole book is a case study in bad faith with its readers.Try to look up a quote and it isnt there. For instance: I wanted to find a quote attribued to Reinhardt on page 12 . A footnote leads to "statement in exhibition catalogue. Betty Parsons Gallery New York 31 October - 9 November 1949; n.p." but having located the exhibition catalogue it turns out no such statement is to be found in the catalogue and the date is off too. Same thing on p. 58. I wanted to read the attack on Reinhardt in the Daily Worker that Corris reports as 1943. Not much information to go on when trying to locate an article in a daily newspaper. Turns out it isnt in 1943 at all but 1942; April 21; p.7 to be exact. And the article is not attacking Reinhardts painting as the author reports but the artists writing; his "gaga beliefs about art" which in mocking the Stalinist party line on social realism means "bad political practice."Even the most conscientious scholar can make a mistake or two but in such a short book to find multiple irregularities on so many of its pages suggests whatever the author is playing at is no accident. The editors must have been asleep at the switch on this one.A total waste of time and money. I returned the copy I purchased.
