Cartonnage Basics & Beyond

Name: Cartonnage Basics & Beyond
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781543919028
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The Complete Guide for Fabric Box Making

By Claudia Squio and Sherri Jones and Lynn Hodge

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Cartonnage Basics & Beyond introduces the traditional French craft of cartonnage, the art of creating handmade boxes and decorative items from cardboard, glue, and fabric or paper. Featuring approximately 700 full-colour step-by-step photographs, this book guides readers through making beautiful fabric-covered boxes from scratch or using pre-cut DIY kits. It also explores advanced techniques for crafting dividers, trays, and drawers, allowing for highly personalised, functional pieces perfect for home decoration or unique gifts. Simple materials and no specialised tools are required, with additional online videos enhancing the learning experience.
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This book is ideal for craft enthusiasts, beginners interested in learning cartonnage, and those who appreciate handmade decorative and functional art projects. It suits readers looking for a comprehensive, visually detailed guide to creating personalised fabric-covered boxes and more.

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Cartonnage Basics & Beyond delves into the charming handmade art of cartonnage, a craft with roots in France that has been experiencing a revival worldwide in recent years. Known as the "art of box making", this technique involves transforming cardboard, glue, and fabric or paper into more than just boxes—creating unique, functional pieces to adorn your home, for everyday use or as special gifts.

This book provides a master class in crafting beautiful fabric boxes, featuring detailed step-by-step instructions with approximately 700 colour photographs, ensuring no step is missed. From the foundations to more advanced projects including dividers, trays, and drawers, you will learn to cut your own cardboard or utilise DIY kits (sold separately) with precut paperboard pieces. This allows you the fun of using your preferred fabrics.

With minimal materials required and no need for expensive tools, you will also learn techniques to personalise your creations by painting on fabric or adding embroidery. Accompanying online videos enhance the learning experience provided by Cartonnage Basics & Beyond.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781543919028

Publisher: BookBaby

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 January 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: BookBaby

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 707g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Claudia Squio Lynn Hodge Non-Fiction Sherri Jones

About the Author

Claudia Squio is a Brazilian fiber artist living in Michigan and focusing on fabric cartonnage, that is a traditional art of making boxes covered with fabric or paper. She designs fabric boxes and cases and has been teaching this technique at quilt stores and quilt quilds and also through her online cartonnage school. She has authored the book "Cartonnage Basics & Beyond The complete guide to make fabric boxes" and a Lecture "Cartonnage the art of box making". Some of her artwork also includes the preparation of the fabric, painting and sewing, combining techniques to make even more unique pieces. Besides creating the pieces and teaching she developed some DIY kits and tools that can be used for her students to start and facilitate the process of fabric box making.