Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the painter as poet". The worldwide admiration he commanded remains unparalleled by any artist of the 20th century. Chagall's paintings steeped in mythology & mysticism portray colourful dreams & tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins. The memories & yearning they evoke recall his native Vitebsk & the great events that mark the life of ordinary people: birth love marriage & death. They tell of a world full of everyday miracles
- in the room of lovers on the streets of Vitebsk beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Heaven & earth seem to meet in a topsy-turvy world in which whimsical figures of people & animals float through the air with gravity-defying serenity. This art album presents Chagall's work."
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The low-tech & unique approach to combining beads with wire in traditional chain-maille designs has tremendous appeal for jewellers looking to try something new. This title is suitable for jewellery makers beaders & wireworkers at all skill levels who are looking for a unique approach to chain-maille technique & jewellery design. In Chain & Bead Jewelry Geometric Connections" wirework jeweller teacher & author Scott David Plumlee shares his techniques for creating a variety of unique geometric & beaded chain-maille designs combining the entry-level elements of jewellery making with in-depth instruction & compelling design." ...

Chain maille
- creating jewelry by intricately linking small metal rings
- has become a popular & standard offering at jewelry

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Sandi Toksvig
- broadcaster writer actor & seeker of all things whimsical has turned her probing mind to many of the most intriguing
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Unchain your creativity! Whether you are new to chain mail or a seasoned weaver Chained will introduce you to the art of combining metal jump rings into intricate designs in a new way. No other book shows how to use so many weaves in so many ways or gives this ancient art such a beautiful & modern twist. Techniques once used for armor now have a new life & can be used to create elegant adornments. Open Chained & find: Clear detailed step-by-step photos that will take you from opening & closing jump rings to finishing your first (or fiftieth!) project Easy-to-navigate Weave in a Nutshell" options for many weaves that will show advanced chain mail weavers the weave of a project in just a few steps 22 beautiful projects plus dozens of variations including earrings bracelets necklaces & pendants each with its own skill level & time investment rating Endless options: choose your favorite colors your favorite metals customize the size of your project & find inspiration to add your own unique stamp to any piece of chain mail jewelry Gather your pliers & piles of jump rings & weave your way to beautiful jewelry with Chained." ...

This is the best book available on making fabulous jewelry chains. Chains can unchain a jewellers creativity! These 25 non-traditional designs showcase an array of metals in dazzling combinations of sterling silver gold copper aluminium brass & bronze
- along with a range of finishes & textures. From shimmering delicate silver teardrops to mixed-metal boxes that hold caged pearls these dramatic necklaces bracelets & earrings are absolute showstoppers
- joys to make & wear.

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Step-by-step instructions for creating four different eagle designs from a tree trunk or log are detailed in this chainsaw carving guide. The four projects include an eagle head plaque a standing eagle with a fish a soaring eagle & an eagle bench. Each project features a detailed sketch instructions for carving step cuts texturing adding final details & finishing options & techniques. An extensive gallery of finished pieces provides inspiration for novice chainsaw carvers & showcases the work of both authors. A great deal of space is dedicated to chainsaw safety including tools clothing clamping & work areas. ...

The Chakra Bible" is a guide to understanding every aspect of chakras the energy-centres in our body that have a profound effect on health energy & well-being. The book features a detailed guide to each of the chakras their associated colour Indian deity healing stone & emotional & physical actions. It also

Includes:: step-by-step yoga exercises & meditations to strengthen & heal each chakra plus a guide to aura reading & healing closely connected with chakras."

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This is a wickedly sharp history-bending cosmos-colliding novel from one of Britains most iconic authors. Meet Frances Fays might-have-been younger sister an unreliable narrator who bends history & blends universes to create a sparkling & prophetic portrait of a once & future Britain. Its 2013 & eighty-year-old Frances is listening to the debt collectors pounding on the front door of Number 3 Chalcot Crescent. While she waits for the bailiffs to give up & leave Frances writes. She writes about the boyfriends she borrowed & the husband she stole from Fay. She writes about the Shock the Crunch the Crisis & the Bite about NUG the National Unity Government about ration books & National Meat Loaf (suitable for vegetarians). She writes about family secrets... The problem is that fact & fiction are blurring in Frances mind. Are faceless assassins trying to kill her younger daughter? Are her grandchildren really plotting a terrorist coup upstairs? What on earth can NUG have against vegetarians? & just what makes National Meat Loaf so tasty? ...

The brilliant new novel in the internationally renowned Sister Fidelma crime series by Peter Tremayne. Ireland AD 670. When an eminent scholar is found murdered in his cell in the abbey of Lios Mor fear spreads among his brethren; his door was secured from the inside with no other means of exit. How did the murderer escape? & what was the content of the manuscripts apparently stolen from the scholars room? Abbot Iarnla insists on sending for Sister Fidelma & her companion Brother Eadulf to investigate the killing. But even before they reach the abbey walls there is an attempt on their lives. As the mystery deepens Fidelma & Eadulf must also wrestle with problems of their own which threaten to separate them for ever... ...