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Gangbare naam: Irish, Lora S.
Geslacht: female
Woonplaatsen: Maryland, USA
Opleiding: University of Maryland
Korte biografie: [excerpted from author's website]
Trained as a Fine Artist at the University of Maryland, she is the author of a series of woodcarving, pyrography, and craft pattern books. L. S. Irish shared the Woodcarver of the Year – 2007 with Ed Gallenstein, editor and publisher of Chip Chats Magazine, for her support and teaching efforts in the wood carving community. Working from her rural mid-Maryland home studio, Lora S. Irish is currently exploring new crafts and hobbies including wire bent link jewelry, metal sheet jewelry, piece patch and applique quilting, gourd carving, gourd pyrography, and leather crafts.

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Lettering on Wood, Paper and Leather: A Pyrography… door Lora S. Irish

Lettering on Wood, Paper and Leather by Lora S Irish is an excellent introduction to pyrography through learning to letter.

With the exception of the old woodburning sets my parents used to get me back in the 60s, my experience with pyrography began this past holiday season when I received a kit. I have been tinkering and just kinda getting the feel, but when I saw this as an eARC I jumped at it. It gave me good information about what is available in the way of equipment, which gives me something to aim for as I improve. The hints and practice is wonderful and the projects give me a chance to get better as I progress from basic to less basic.

I am still learning and expect this book to be one of quite a few that will guide me. If you're a beginner, or if you've perhaps mostly been trying your hand at designs and want to learn to letter, I think this book will help you. It certainly helped me, both with technique and with motivation.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (meer)

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pomo58 | Apr 26, 2023 |

Great Book of Tattoo Designs, Revised Edition: More… door Lora S. Irish

Many look like board tattoos and the profiles/ portrait. were lackluster

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Brian-B | 1 andere bespreking | Nov 30, 2022 |

The Art of Leather Burning: Step-by-Step Pyrography… door Lora Susan Irish

Who besides cowboys think that leather art can be beautiful? Most of us associate it with souvenir wallets and dog collars.

Burnt leather drawing is a lot like pen and ink drawing, and in "The Art of Leather Burning" Lora Irish instructs you, as a skilled artist, in how to realize beautiful effects on leather using extreme heat. Starting with how to choose tools, Ms Irish then proceeds to show how to draw and perhaps color various styles of artistic designs.

This book seems to be comprehensive, with good photos of tools and close-ups of artistic techniques. I think it would be very useful for someone who is already skilled at sketching, and who wants to begin working in leather.

I am quite put off by the excessive number of fonts and visual design elements used in the text. There also seems to be an unusually large number of typos and composition flaws in this ARC.

I received a review copy of "The Art of Leather Burning: Step-by-Step Pyrography Techniques" by Lora S. Irish (Dover) though NetGalley.com.… (meer)

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Dokfintong | 1 andere bespreking | Feb 27, 2017 |

The Art of Leather Burning: Step-by-Step Pyrography… door Lora Susan Irish

The Art of Leather Burning Step-by-Step Pyrography Techniques by Lora Susan Irish is a wonderful craft book I am going to try out asap! I like to wood burn but I want to expand to different fields and this looks so fun! This book gives so much info on not just burning but the types of leather, tips, projects and more. Everything to get someone like me, a newbie, started on a new fun hobby! These would make presents for birthdays and Christmas too! Great book, thanks NetGalley for letting me read this, can't wait to try this out! The projects in here are so beautiful! All with pictures and easy step by step instructions. Awesome!… (meer)

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MontzaleeW | 1 andere bespreking | Feb 10, 2017 |

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