Reviewed by annieb123 on
Uncommon Paper Flowers is a gallery and tutorial book full of incredibly realistic paper/crepe flowers. Due out 15th Oct 2019 from Chronicle books, it's 240 pages and will be available in ebook and hardcover formats.
This is a really well written and gloriously photographed book full of recognizable sculptured flowers and plants. The layout is logical and accessible. The first part of the book is an herbal with the botanical names of the plants along with some basic info. Each of the plant sculptures is photographed along with some explanatory text.
The second chapter includes basic instructions for building up the elements used for each of the individual plants and flowers in the third part of the book. The photographs and accompanying tutorial texts are clear and understandable.
The tutorials themselves include step by step instructions, tools and supplies listed bullet-point style in a sidebar, as well as tutorial photos showing the process. The tools and supplies are generally easily sourced (there's no resource or links list included, but I was able to easily find all of the supplies online - most well stocked crafts stores will have pretty much everything as well). The book includes full sized well marked templates and an index.
Beautifully presented, easy to understand, clearly photographed - very well done. Five stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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- 14 October, 2019: Reviewed