Item category 1: Folio

'This Is Not a House' takes a close look at spaces that reformulate the idea of what home means, in innovative houses in cities around the globe. 'This Is Not a House' showcases recent projects that represent the vanguard of architects creating innovative spaces for living in the twenty-first cen...

This is a beautifully produced art book by a highly acclaimed Australian artist. Thornton Walker is a Melbourne based artist whose work is represented in collections in the British Museum and Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan and throughout Australia including the National Gallery of...

Tom Roberts is a household name across the entire Australian arts-interested population and beyond. His portraits have never been the subject of a book. Those portrayed are figures in the nations history and lead-up to Federation in 1901, and therefore the book is also a social history.

First, the chapter on tools, materials and basic techniques will help you decide what equipment you will need to get started, although for many of the techniques in the book, not much more is needed than paper, scissors and glue. Once you've got the basics covered, you will be amazed at the varie...

In eye-capturing style The Upholsterer's Handbook offers everything you need and more, in order to prepare and inspire you to create beautifully upholstered furniture. The upholstered pieces range in skill level from simple seats to more complex items such as a button-back chair. Various styles o...

In 1878, at age 25, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) arrived in the area of Belgium known as the Borinage to work as a Protestant evangelist in rural coal mining communities. He failed in that vocation, and after months of soul-searching, in August 1880, he decided to become an artist. This fascinati...

This critical survey of Danila Vassilieff's painting and sculpture is illustrated and fully documented with catalogues of his creative output in both areas. It also provides a moving story of a legendary character who died, poverty-stricken, in 1958 at the age of 60. Author from University of Mel...