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A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
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Include books by the same authorWhy We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman
Peter Korn · 179 pages
Following his personal experiences as a novice carpenter, designer/maker of fine furniture, and a teacher, Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol · 248 pages
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Elizabeth Gilbert · 288 pages
Elizabeth Gilbert digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity, offering insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need i
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Olivia Laing · 336 pages
"You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by thousands of strangers. The Lonely City is a roving cultural history of urban loneliness, centered on the ultimate city: Manhattan, that teeming island of gneiss, concrete, and glass. What does it mean to be lonely? How do we live, if we're not intimately involved with an
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
Laurie Lisle · 447 pages
This chronicle of the life and career of a unique modern artist is based on her correspondence and interviews with friends, relatives, and colleagues.
Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy
Mark Doty · 75 pages
The White Road: Journey into an Obsession
Edmund de Waal · 416 pages
"An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and coveted"--
The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful
Myquillyn Smith · 208 pages
"Drawing on her years of experience creating beauty in her 13 different homes, Myquillyn will show you how to think differently about the true purpose of your home and simply and creatively tailor it to reflect you and your unique style--without breaking the bank or stressing over comparisons"--Amazon.com. Perfection is overrated. Smith is all about embracing reality-- especially when it comes to
What It Is
Lynda Barry · 208 pages
***What It Is*** demonstrates a **tried-and-true creative method** that is playful, powerful and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or remember. Bursting with full-colour drawings, comics and collages, autobiographical sections and ***gentle creative guidance***, each page is an invigorating example of exactly ***what it is: 'The ordinary is extraordinary'.*** Lynda Barry e
It's Kind Of A Cute Story
Rolly Crump, Jeff Heimbuch · 192 pages
Noa Noa
Paul Gauguin · 148 pages
Paul Gauguin fled what he called "filthy Europe" in 1891 to what he hoped would be an unspoiled paradise, Tahiti. He painted 66 magnificent can vases during the first two years he spent there and kept notes from which he later wrote Noa Noa—a journal recording his thoughts and impressions of that time. Noa Noa—the most widely known of Gauguin's writings—is reproduced here from a rare early editio
Life with Picasso
Francoise Gilot · 373 pages
Extensive portrait of the artist written by a woman who lived with him for 11 years and was the mother of two of his children.
Confessions of an Art Addict
Peggy Guggenheim · 175 pages
Peggy Guggenheim was born into affluence and a lavish lifestyle. Bored with her seemingly "pedestrian" life in New York, she headed for Europe in 1921, where she would sow the seeds for a future as one of modern art's most important and influential figures. In the midst of Europe's avant-garde circles. she reveled in her love affairs with prominent artists and also became a serious collector. Her
Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger
Ken Perenyi · 368 pages
Ten years after the case was closed by the FBI, an artist with an uncanny ability to mimic the work of the old masters confesses and describes his thirty-year career as a professional art forger.
How About Never—Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons
Bob Mankoff · 285 pages
"Memoir in cartoons by the longtime cartoon editor of The New YorkerPeople tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. Never one to beat around the bush, he explains to us, in the opening of this singular, delightfully eccentric book, that because he is also a cartoonist at the magazine he actually has two of the best jobs in the world. With the
Chuck Close: Face Book
Chuck Close, Ascha Drake · 56 pages
Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself
Sabrina Ward Harrison
POPism: The Warhol Sixties
Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett · 402 pages
Drawing Blood
Molly Crabapple · 345 pages
The underground artist and journalist presents a memoir of her years between September 11 and the Occupy movement in New York City to discuss the impact of historical events on her work and her decision to become a witness journalist. "In language that is fresh, visceral, and deeply moving--and illustrations that are irreverent and gorgeous--here is a memoir that will change the way you think abo
Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson · 616 pages
The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improv
Tove Jansson: Work and Love
Tuula Karjalainen · 304 pages
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Marina Abramovic · 370 pages
The child of Communist war-hero parents under Tito's regime in postwar Yugoslavia, Marina Abramović was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, she lived at home under her mother's abusive control, strictly obeying a 10 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctl