Gourd Crafts

Gourd Crafts

Author: Ginger Summit

Publisher: Lark Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781579901523

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Contains twenty easy projects using gourds to create candleholders, a birdhouse, drinking cups, bracelets, and bowls.


Light Science and Magic

Light Science and Magic

Author: Fil Hunter

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2013-05-02

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1136091890

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This book is renowned for being the book to own to understand lighting! This is better than all the other how to books on the market which just provide set examples for photographers to follow. Light Science and Magic provides photographers with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light to allow individual photographers to use lighting to express their own creativity. It will show you in-depth how to light the most difficult subjects such as surfaces, metal, glass, liquids, extremes (black-on-black and white-on-white), and people. With more information specific for degital photographers, a brand new chapter on equipment, much more information on location lighting, and more on photographing people, you'll see why this is one of the only recommended books by www.strobist.com.


Epic Grandeur

Epic Grandeur

Author: Masaki Mori

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780791432020

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Examines both Western and Japanese epic traditions to argue for a new concept of the epic--an epic of peace, toward which the genre is evolving globally.


Light Science & Magic

Light Science & Magic

Author: Fil Hunter

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2015-01-09

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 131796358X

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Photographic lighting is a topic that will never go out of style, no matter how sophisticated cameras and other technology get. Even with the most high-tech gear, photographers still need to put a lot of thought and vision into lighting their photographs in order to get great results. This key skill has the power to dramatically and quickly improve photographs. Light Science and Magic provides you with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light, with examples and instructions for practical application. Featuring photographs, diagrams, and step-by-step instructions, this book speaks to photographers of varying levels. It provides invaluable information on how to light the most difficult subjects, such as surfaces, metal, glass, liquids, extremes (black-on-black and white-on-white), and portraits. This new edition includes: All new chapter titled "Setting Up Your New Studio" A re-vamped and expanded chapter 8 now titled "Making Portraits" New appendix of reliable photo gear sources Over 100 new photographs and informational sidebars Updated information about advances in flash equipment, LED panels and fluorescent lights Styles of lighting continue to change, but the nature of light will always remain the same. Once photographers understand the basic physics of lighting, they can apply that knowledge to a broad range of photographic styles.


Glorious Gourd Decorating

Glorious Gourd Decorating

Author: Mickey Baskett

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781402727757

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Transform simple garden gourds into beautiful and functional decorative objects. Follow the guides to growing, selecting, cleaning, and preparing your gourds. Learn about different methods to decorate the gourds.


Gourd Pyrography

Gourd Pyrography

Author: Jim Widess

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2007-03

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781402745027

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A guide to gourd pyrography--using heat to create works of gourd art--that discusses gourd prep and work basics, provides step-by-step instructions for several designs and techniques, and presents secrets from fifty artists.


Creole Religions of the Caribbean

Creole Religions of the Caribbean

Author: Margarite Fernández Olmos

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0814728251

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CreolizationOCothe coming together of diverse beliefs and practices to form new beliefs and practicesOCois one of the most significant phenomena in Caribbean religious history. Brought together in the crucible of the sugar plantation, Caribbean peoples drew on the variants of Christianity brought by European colonizers, as well as on African religious and healing traditions and the remnants of Amerindian practices, to fashion new systems of belief. Creole Religions of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive introduction to the syncretic religions that have developed in the region. From Vodou, Santer a, Regla de Palo, the Abakui Secret Society, and Obeah to Quimbois and Espiritismo, the volume traces the historicalOCocultural origins of the major Creole religions, as well as the newer traditions such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism. This second edition updates the scholarship on the religions themselves and also expands the regional considerations of the Diaspora to the U. S. Latino community who are influenced by Creole spiritual practices. Fernindez Olmos and ParavisiniOCoGebert also take into account the increased significance of material cultureOCoart, music, literatureOCoand healing practices influenced by Creole religions. In the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series"


The Halcyon Dislocation

The Halcyon Dislocation

Author: Peter Kazmaier

Publisher: Word Alive Press

Published: 2012-09-26

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1770697470

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After a risky physics experiment transports the island University of Halcyon to a new world, engineer Dave Schuster and his fellow students struggle to survive in this alien, hostile environment. As tyrannical forces within the University use the catastrophe to strengthen their power and control, Dave encounters an even greater menace which threatens the very existence of their fledgling colony.