All New Decoupage

Contemporary decoupage works are made with family photographs, magazine clippings, handmade papers, or any other image that strikes the artist s fancy. Decoupage is a great way to get your cherished memories out of the scrapbook and on display, using them to make over flea-market finds and create one-of-a-kind furniture and accessories for your home. After a brief history of the art and a review of the fundamental techniques of modern decoupage, author Durwin Rice offers complete instructions for more than 18 unique projects - both simple and more challenging - from a delicate vase to a dining room table. You can also transform entire rooms by decoupaging doorways, mantels and even ceilings.

This guide demonstrates how traditional decoupage has moved on. Featuring imaginative ideas and tricks of the trade, it provides all you need to know to create elegant and attractive items decoupaged to suit the stylish simplicity of the 21st century.

Features decoupage projects that make the most of the product's versatility, providing instructions for crafting home accessories, holiday decorations, and jewelry.

Features more than 90 fun projects using one of the most popular decoupage materials available, including instructions and inspiration for making jewelry, picture frames and even home furnishings like headboards and dressers.

The art of applying paper-cuts to a background is a versatile and accessible craft. All you need is a pair of scissors, cut-out pictures, adhesive and a clean background surface. The principles of decoupage are easy to master, and this inspiring new book gives practical advice on all the basic techniques. An introduction details all the materials you will need to produce your own decoupage projects. There are 25 varied and exciting projects to create, including beautiful and functional objects as diverse as a painted chest of drawers decorated with a zebra design, an elegant gilded mirror frame and a headboard for a child's bed. There are traditional designs such as a simple bead tie-back for a stylish curtain, a wastebasket and a Victorian scrap table. Contemporary treatments include a bathroom cabinet with a nautilus design, and a bright kitchen table.With innovative ideas in many styles, this book is both a visual sourcebook and a practical reference guide to a classic craft.

The refined, versatile art of decoupage is the key to creating items that perfectly suit your own personal style. Clear explanations, a detailed discussion of tools and techniques, and how-to photographs introduce sophisticated yet simple ways to decorate everyday objects by applying cut-out designs with glue, paint, and an eye for style. 130 color photos.