Decorative Arts

The delightful patterns collected in this book, which have been created by talented designers from all over the world, are inspired by botanic shap...

The visual exploration of Indias decorative genius presented here focuses on architecture forts, palaces, havelis or mansions, tombs, temple and m...

Beautiful photographs capture this artist's original approach to floral design Surrounded by flowers from a very young age, the decision to become ...

Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printe...

In a period of meaningless mass manufacturing, our growing appetite for hand-made objects, artisan food, and craft beverages reveals our deep cravi...

Just moved into your new home? No idea where to start or what to do? Landlord won''t let you paint your walls? Hate your sofa but can''t afford a n...

In Handbuilt, A Potters Guide, pottery expert Melissa Weiss shows you the basics of crafting without a wheel, how to harvest and work wild clay, an...

The ability to use imagination and envision future needs is crucial in art, design and architecture. Future thinking and making require imagination...

Disrupting Craft presents the work of Tanya Aguiniga, Sharif Bey, Dustin Farnsworth, and Stephanie Styjuco, four artists who take innovative approa...

In this beautifully illustrated volume, published in celebration of the Renwick Gallery's fortieth anniversary, author Nicholas Bell highlights for...

Representing the third generation of Vuittons, Gaston-Louis''''s wide interests and voracious curiosity were intimately bound with the future of th...

New Territories examines creative practices in today''s globalized world, in which disciplines overlap more than ever before. Looking in particula...

Islamic geometric designs are admired worldwide for their beauty and marvellous intricacy, yet in truth they are seldom understood. Indeed, their c...

'Craft' is no longer a trend; it is now an enshrined aspect of modern life. This sequel to Olivier Dupon's bestselling The New Artisans the book t...

The present volume collects Professor Armstrong's papers on miniaturists active in Venice and Northern Italy in the 15th and early 16th centuries, ...

Craft for a Modern World highlights nearly 200 of the extraordinary craft objects held at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Nor...

This book is an unprecedented documentation of the relationship between sculpture and mosaic, its birth and evolution. This book explores the diff...

Inspiring Ikebana is the sequel to Exploring Ikebana, the first book by world famous ikebana artist Ilse Beunen. Throughout her career she has been...

  Make adorable mini plushies with Sew Your Own Ice Cream Animals by Klutz! The follow-up to the cute and popular Sew Your Own ...

A beautifully illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass and its manufacturers and designers. Victorian stained glass - magnifice...

How Walt Disney and the Disney Studios wove the aesthetics of French decorative arts into the fairy-tale worlds of beloved animated films, from Cin...

An overgrown concrete bunker at Ypres; a rusting gun carriage in a field in Flanders; perfectly preserved trenchworks at Vimy, northern France; a r...

Learn how to make beautiful, bespoke candles for you and your home in this easy-to-follow guide. Sarah Ditchfield, founder of Candle by Events, sh...

Temples have been places of worship, a focus for spirituality and a place for communities to gather since the earliest days of human civilisation. ...

Works of art in enamel are among the most attractive, colourful and revealing objects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Enamel was employed to em...

William Morriss interests were wide-ranging: he was a poet, writer, political and social activist, conservationist and businessman, as well as a br...

The wealth of surface pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation in the many objects that enrich our lives is testament to the inventiveness of de...

Whether you want to fill your home with a riot of different patterns, or are looking for a single motif for a feature wall, theres an amazing array...

In this beautifully designed and illustrated volume, leading craft scholars, curators and artists come together to assess the post-War history and ...

This catalogue of illuminated manuscripts in the V&A's National Art Library provides a history of an art form over eight centuries. It document...

An authoritative survey situating some of the Western worlds most renowned buildings within a millennium of Islamic history Some of the most outsta...