The Artisan Furnituremaker

Darrell Peart

Description

• Advance reader copies
• Targeted endorsements
• Targeted reviews in book trade publications
• Targeted reviews in publications and websites covering crafts, arts, education, personal growth, creativity and lifestyle
• Targeted reviews in major newspapers
• Targeted radio and podcast interviews
• Promotion on author’s website
• Social media promotion

Key selling points:

• New analysis of the creative aspects of custom furniture design.
• Offers a clear path to understanding basic furniture design techniques.
• Discusses the intersection of aesthetics, function, and creativity.
• Advice on how to enhance your design and creative abilities.
• The role of intuition in creativity.

Audience:

• Custom furnituremakers.
• Anyone interested in enhancing their creative abilities.
• People involved with any type of creative design or responsible for creative design. 
• Readers interested in the work of Greene & Greene.
• Craft professionals and hobbyists. 
• Readers with an interest in artistic self-improvement.

Introduction

The Artisan’s Place in Today’s World

• Defining an Artisan
• The Maker Movement
• Handmade (or Not)
• Workmanship of the Imagination
• Humanizing the Machine
• Thinking Back, Looking Forward

Putting Creativity to Work

• Design Approach
• Form and Function
• Design Approval
• Intuition and Inspiration

Rules of Design

• A Starting Point
• Rules as Training Wheels
• Regulae Stultis Sunt
• Primary Mass
• Dominant Section
• Horizontal Divisions
• Vertical Divisions
• Combination Divisions

Fundamental Principles

• Function as a Restraint
• Designing with Gravity in Mind
• Perceived Strength
• Negative Space
• Positive Space
• Legs and Visual Weight
• Examples from Greene and Greene

Using Your Imagination to Design

• Design DNA
• Ask Is the Answer!
• Expanding the Scheme
• Sources of Inspiration
• Finding Inspiration
• Creativity and the Hazards of Technology
• Daydreams
• Examples of Inspiration and Imagination
• Consider Context

Establishing a Style

• First Steps
• Expose Yourself!
• Natural Style
• Trends
• Restyling a Misstep
• Overstating a Design Feature
• Striking Out
• Outrageous Statements and Cheap Thrills
• Successful Rebellion

Learning by Discerning

• Reproducing Your Inspiration
• Lessons from the Thorsen Sideboard
• Rethinking Your Own Work
• Exercise in Comprehension
• Getting to the Essence

Putting It All Together

• Taking Off the Training Wheels
• Approaches to Design Rules
• When to Say Goodbye to Rules
• Intuition as a Filter
• Staying Focused and on the Path
• Confidence in Your Work
• Importance of Portfolio
• Be Careful What You Ask For
• To Do What We Do

Sujets

• DIY (Do It Yourself)
• Hágalo usted mismo
• Do it yourself
• Woodwork
• Hobbies
• Crafts
• Greene and Greene
• Furniture
• Woodworking
• Artisanat

Informations

• Publié par: Linden Publishing
• Date de parution: 29 août 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781610354059
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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