The Starving Artist's Way : Easy Projects for Low-Budget Living
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Book Description
Follow these tenets of the Starving Artist’s lifestyle to create unique projects that prove that home décor, clothing, gifts, and accessories don’t have to be expensive to be spectacular. Whether you’re an artist or not—if you are brainstorming creative ways to make your pad look like a work of art, or if you are a crafty type looking for fun and original projects that don’t break the bank—The Starving Artist’s Way has something for you. With a wide variety of easy projects ranging from recipes to furniture, bath products to jewelry, this clever guide is your key to the best of funky chic and creativity on a budget, with more than 100 projects, most created exclusively for this book by New York City native and Starving Artist Nava Lubelski, including:
--At-Home-Absinthe, a version of the heady brew seen in Degas’s painting The Glass of Absinthe
--“Octopus Project” Fried Rice, inspired by Japanese installation artist Shimabuku
--Magnet Wall, evoking the Bauhaus aesthetic of Walter Gropius
--Pop Art Tomato Table, a stylish nod to the vibe of Andy Warhol
--Dada Photo Frame, in the quirky spirit of collagist Kurt Schwitters
--Magritte Silk-Screened T-Shirts, with images inspired by the Surrealist’s confounding paintings
With fun and informative sidebars about art movements and the artists (some famous, some just starting out) who make them happen, The Starving Artist’s Way is an insider’s scoop on art history and a do-it-yourself workbook all in one.
About the Author
Nava Lubelski is a visual artist whose work has been seen in galleries in the United States and Europe. A child of Starving Artists, she grew up in the SoHo section of Manhattan when it was still an epicenter of bohemian life, and was a longtime resident of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, a neighborhood made famous by artists and hipsters.
The Starving Artist's Way : Easy Projects for Low-Budget Living
The Starving Artist's Way: Easy Projects for Low-Budget Living,Nava Lubelski,Three Rivers Press,1400051916,Consumer Finance,Crafts & Hobbies,General,Handicraft,Hobbies/Crafts,Low budget cookery,Personal Finance - Budgeting,Crafts & Hobbies / General
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