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Diane Maurer
PO Box 78, Spring Mills PA 16875
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Paper in Three Dimensions
explores the amazing world of paper sculpture and shows you how to transform your own handmade or purchased paper into exciting, dimensional paper art. The lavishly illustrated full-color book examines low-relief, embossed and cast paper as well as three-dimensional paper "in the round." Many of the reknowned contributing artists are teachers, authors and leaders in their fields. The tips and techniques they present in visits to their studios help you quickly navigate various paper art media. The work that they present in the gallery section following each chapter provides a rich source of ideas and visual examples to inspire both new and experienced paper artists to create their own exciting and unique designs.

•128 pages, 8.5"x10.5", full-color, paper bound.
$19.95 + $4.60 priority shipping

The Art of Making Paste Papers
All the techniques for creating beautiful decorative paste papers are covered in this stunning full-color book. Patterning sections will guide you through making combed, stamped, textured, brayer-printed and hand-drawn images. Leading paste paper designers, calligraphers, and book artists share their secrets and show how they use friskets, underpaintings, stencils and other design techniques to create gorgeous paste-painted works. A special section will show you how to use your paste papers to create woven baskets, hand-bound books, lidded boxes and other exciting projects. (See my accordion-fold books for the handbound title, Making Paste Papers)

•112 pages, 8.5"x11", OUT OF PRINT-Copies still available! $29.95 + $4.60 priority shipping

Paper Art is a beautiful full-color book featuring the work of fifty-three paper artists. Clear, concise instruction and step-by-step photos make the book a valuable reference for craft professionals and students. Papermaking and reverse-image pulp painting are explored, as well as eighteen methods for decorating paper with rich surface design.

•160 pages, 7.75" X 10", flexible cover.160 pages. $35.00 + $4.60 priority shipping (OUT OF PRINT, a few copies are still available.)

Offered as an alternative to the "peel & stick" scrapbook craze, this book covers binding, paper decorating, lettering and layout techniques that can be used in many paper and book arts projects. Art of the Scrapbook will teach you how to make heirloom scrapbooks or wildly imaginative art journals and albums.

•144 pages, 8.5" X 10.5", flexible cover. $24.95 + $4.60 priority shipping

The Handcrafted Letter will help you rediscover the art of letter writing. It's full of ideas for writing beautiful letters that will embrace, amuse and inspire long lost friends to correspond with you again. Suggestions for improving your penmanship, sending innovative letter enclosures, and creating decorative stationery with artful envelopes abound. Lavish full-color photography throughout.

•112 pages, 8" X 8", hard cover with jacket. $14.95 +$4.60 priority shipping

The Ultimate Marbling Handbook is a gorgeous reference on the art of marbling, with clear instruction for suminagashi, oil color, watercolor and fabric marbling. Novices can use it to produce stunning papers, fabrics and three-dimensional objects. Advanced marblers will be inspired to explore artful unconventional designs using ideas and techniques from marbling artists world-wide.

•144 pages, 8.5" X 10.5", flexi-back cover.$50.00 + $4.60 priority shipping (OUT OF PRINT, considered to be a rare book, a few copies are still available.)