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Nature Crafts : Japanese Style Plant and Leaf Projects (with 40 Projects and over 250 Photos) / Yukinobu Fujino, Yuji Miura, and Hiroyuki Oka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fujino, Yukinobu, author.
- Miura, Yuji, author.
- Oka, Hiroyuki, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature craft.
- Leaf craft.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (148 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- Interior decorating just got a green thumb! Harness the beauty of plants, leaves and foliage--green decor--in this unique collection of 40 nature projects that are fun, easy and inexpensive to make. Six of Japan's leading floral and plant designers offer a range of ideas to turn found and foraged materials into stunning arrangements and displays. With these visionary stylists as your guides, a few materials you already have at home and easy-to-obtain tools, you'll be able to : Create charming glass-encased air plants and spoon-based succulents Weave, bend and stack palm fronds into eye-catching arrangements Style your own one-of-a-kind leaf fashion accessories, from corsages to bracelets Create living jewelry and one-of-a-kind plant handbags Make a signature leaf tapestry and leaf wrapping paper And much, much more! This book features over 250 gorgeous photographs and straightforward, step-by-step instructions that show you how to turn your surroundings into a verdant showcase for nature's beauty.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Welcome to the World of Plant &
- Nature Crafts!
- LEAVES: THE BASICS
- How to Handle Leaves
- DIVIDING YOUR LEAVES INTO GROUPS
- Pale Greens Tinged with Blue
- Fresh and Energizing Greens
- Cool Black-Tinged Greens
- Greens with Pure White Tones
- Succulents and Air Plants
- Slender Lines of Green
- LEAFY TECHNIQUES
- Weaving
- Leaf Adhesives
- Bent Out of Shape
- Stacking
- LEAVES ON DISPLAY
- Collectible Collages
- Air Plants Under Glass
- Glass Containers Filled with Greens
- Succulents on a Spoon
- Moss As a Bonsai Alternative
- Graphic Striped Designs
- Bringing Form to Coincidence
- A Winding, Spiraling Eddy
- A Winding, Spiraling Eddy 2 (Loosely Wound)
- A Winding, Spiraling Eddy 3 (with Long, Spindly Extensions)
- A Birdcage Filled with Greenery
- Greens Among the Books
- LEAF CREATIONS
- Botanical Mobiles: Plants that Dance in Mid-Air
- Small World: A Succulents Terrarium
- Antique Additions: A Dried Bouquet
- A Layered Look with Dried Leaves
- Dried Plants
- Green Framing
- A Hanging Garden
- A Woven Box Dried-Leaf Ornament
- For Sake Lovers: A Ball of Creeping Cedar
- WEARABLE LEAVES
- Hat with a Leafy Feather
- Hat with an Air Plant Accessory
- A Living Pocket Square
- There's a Vine in Your Pocket!
- Vine Bangles
- Wearable Eucalyptus
- A Lacy Bracelet
- Knitted Cap Accessories
- FREESTYLE LEAF CRAFTS
- Reviving a Withered Cactus
- Dots of Color
- Coffee Carnival
- Green-Leaf Wrapping Paper
- Enliven a Precious Pot
- A Glossy Green-Leaf Tapestry
- Our Featured Florists
- Hiroyuki Oka
- Takanori Shimizu
- Yukinobu Fujino
- Yuji Miura
- Takaya Yamamura
- Masahiro Yoshizaki
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781462922628
- 1462922627
- OCLC:
- 1257077345
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