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Polymer Photogravure A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice

Polymer Photogravure: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice is a three-part book on the non-toxic process of making ink-on-paper intaglio prints from continuous-tone photographs using water-etched photopolymer plates. Author Clay Harmon provides clear and easy to understand instructions that will enable anyone to successfully make a photogravure print. By quantifying the sensitometric behavior of polymer plates Harmon has developed a methodical approach which will enable a new printmaker to produce plates in their own studio with a minimum of time and wasted materials. Section One provides a straightforward guide to setting up the polymer photogravure studio. Section Two covers a step-by-step method of making the print from start to finish. Section Three showcases contemporary artists’ works illustrating the variety and artistic breadth of contemporary polymer intaglio printmaking. The works in these pages range from monochrome to full color and represent a variety of genres including still lifes portraits nudes landscapes urban-scapes and more. Featuring over 30 artists and 200 full-color images Polymer Photogravure is a most comprehensive overview of this printmaking process in print. Key topics covered include: Studio safety Equipment and supplies evaluated from both a cost and utility point of view A brief discussion of the types of ink-based printing Aquatint screen considerations Image preparation and positive printing on inkjet printers Paper preparation A simple and efficient polymer plate calibration process that minimizes wasted time and materials A straightforward inking wiping and printing method Advanced printing techniques such as chine collé à la poupée and printing on wood Troubleshooting guide to platemaking and printing problems Tips on editioning and portfolios A visual survey of the range of artistic expression practiced by contemporary artists Sources for supplies and recommended reading Polymer photogravure plates enable an artist to use an almost-infinite range of image color and papers to make a print. The finished prints are extremely archival consisting of only ink and paper. With Harmon’s instructions continuous tone intaglio prints are within the reach of all. | Polymer Photogravure A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice

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Building Construction and Drawing 1906 A Textbook on the Principles and Details of Modern Construction First Stage (Or Elementary Course)

Originally published in 1881 but here reissuing the 1906 edition with a new introduction by Stephen J. Scaysbrook the Mitchell Building and Construction books offer an unparalleled insight into construction techniques and materials. Originally written to provide a concise handbook and guide for students and for practitioners this reissue of Mitchell’s 1906 First Stage or Elementary Course edition now provides a valuable addition to building pathology allowing students and practitioners to research construction methods and materials pertinent to the period. Including over 1000 drawings it is of no surprise to see Mitchell’s First Stage or Elementary edition start with a detailed explanation of the instruments and methods of drawing with pencil ink and tracing paper emphasising the need to learn basic drawing skills and the need to think about a detail and the materials used to create a detail capable of lasting well over 100 years or more. The simple act of making a scale from a drawing with only one dimension may be lost to modern-day students but not to Charles Mitchell who describes the method and its use. | Building Construction and Drawing 1906 A Textbook on the Principles and Details of Modern Construction First Stage (Or Elementary Course)

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Zen Paintings in Edo Japan (1600-1868) Playfulness and Freedom in the Artwork of Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon

In Zen Buddhism the concept of freedom is of profound importance. And yet until now there has been no in-depth study of the manifestation of this liberated attitude in the lives and artwork of Edo period Zen monk-painters. This book explores the playfulness and free-spirited attitude reflected in the artwork of two prominent Japanese Zen monk-painters: Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) and Sengai Gibon (1750-1837). The free attitude emanating from their paintings is one of the qualities which distinguish Edo period Zen paintings from those of earlier periods. These paintings are part of a Zen ink painting tradition that began following the importation of Zen Buddhism from China at the beginning of the Kamakura period (1185-1333). In this study Aviman elaborates on the nature of this particular artistic expression and identifies its sources focusing on the lives of the monk-painters and their artwork. The author applies a multifaceted approach combining a holistic analysis of the paintings i. e. as interrelated combination of text and image with a contextualization of the works within the specific historical art historical cultural social and political environments in which they were created. | Zen Paintings in Edo Japan (1600-1868) Playfulness and Freedom in the Artwork of Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon

GBP 42.99

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Truth Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia Transitioning from Violence

The signing of the peace agreements between the FARC-EP and the Colombian Government in late November 2016 has generated new prospects for peace in Colombia opening the possibility of redressing the harm inflicted on Colombians by Colombians. Talking about peace and transitional justice requires us to think about how to operationalize peace agreements to promote justice and coexistence for peace. This volume brings together reflections by Colombian academics and practitioners alongside pieces provided by researchers and practitioners in other countries where transitional justice initiatives have taken place (Bosnia and Herzegovina South Africa Sri Lanka and Peru). This volume has been written in the south by the south for the south. The book engages with the challenges ahead for the coming generations of Colombians. Rivers of ink have dealt with the end goals of transitional justice but victims require us to take the quest for human rights beyond the normative realm of theorizing justice and into the practical realm of engaging how to implement justice initiatives. The tension between theory—the legislative frameworks guaranteeing human rights—and practice—the realization of these ideas—will frame Colombia’s success (or failure) in consolidating the implementation of the peace agreements with the FARC-EP. | Truth Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia Transitioning from Violence

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The Second Amendment and Gun Control Freedom Fear and the American Constitution

The Second Amendment by far the most controversial amendment to the US Constitution will soon celebrate its 225th anniversary. Yet despite the amount of ink spilled over this controversy the debate continues on into the 21st century. Initially written with a view towards protecting the nascent nation from more powerful enemies and preventing the tyranny experienced during the final years of British rule the Second Amendment has since become central to discussions about the balance between security and freedom. It features in election contests and informs cultural discussions about race and gender. This book seeks to broaden the discussion. It situates discussion about gun controls within contemporary debates about citizenship culture philosophy and foreign policy as well as in the more familiar terrain of politics and history. It features experts on the Constitution as well as chapters discussing the symbolic importance of Annie Oakley the role of firearms in race and filmic representations of armed Hispanic girl gangs. It asks about the morality of gun controls and of not imposing them. The collection presents a balanced view between those who favour more gun controls and those who would prefer fewer of them. It is infused with the belief that through honest and open debate the often bitter cultural divide on the Second Amendment can be overcome and real progress made. It contains a diverse range of perspectives including uniquely a European perspective on this most American of issues. | The Second Amendment and Gun Control Freedom Fear and the American Constitution

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The Humachine Humankind Machines and the Future of Enterprise

There is a lot of hype hand-waving and ink being spilled about artificial intelligence (AI) in business. The amount of coverage of this topic in the trade press and on shareholder calls is evidence of a large change currently underway. It is awesome and terrifying. You might think of AI as a major environmental factor that is creating an evolutionary pressure that will force enterprise to evolve or perish. For those companies that do survive the silicon wave sweeping through the global economy the issue becomes how to keep their humanity amidst the tumult. What started as an inquiry into how executives can adopt AI to harness the best of human and machine capabilities turned into a much more profound rumination on the future of humanity and enterprise. This is a wake-up call for business leaders across all sectors of the economy. Not only should you implement AI regardless of your industry but once you do you should fight to stay true to your purpose your ethical convictions indeed your humanity even as our organizations continue to evolve. While not holding any punches about the dangers posed by overpowered AI this book uniquely surveys where technology is limited and gives reason for cautious optimism about the true opportunities that lie amidst all the disruptive change currently underway. As such it is distinctively more optimistic than many of the competing titles on Big Technology. This compelling book weaves together business strategy and philosophy of mind behavioral psychology and the limits of technology leadership and law. The authors set out to identify where humans and machines can best complement one another to create an enterprise greater than the sum total of its parts: the Humachine. Combining the global business and forecasting acumen of Professor Nada R. Sanders PhD with the legal and philosophical insight of John D. Wood Esq. the authors combine their strengths to bring us this profound yet accessible book. This is a must read for anyone interested in AI and the future of human enterprise. | The Humachine Humankind Machines and the Future of Enterprise

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The Materiality of Color The Production Circulation and Application of Dyes and Pigments 1400–1800

Although much has been written on the aesthetic value of color there are other values that adhere to it with economic and social values among them. Through case studies of particular colors and colored objects this volume demonstrates just how complex the history of color is by focusing on the diverse social and cultural meanings of color; the trouble pain and suffering behind the production and application of these colors; the difficult technical processes for making and applying color; and the intricacy of commercial exchanges and knowledge transfers as commodities and techniques moved from one region to another. By emphasizing color's materiality the way in which it was produced exchanged and used by artisans artists and craftspersons contributors draw attention to the disjuncture between the beauty of color and the blood sweat and tears that went into its production circulation and application as well as to the complicated and varied social meanings attached to color within specific historical and social contexts. This book captures color's global history with chapters on indigo plantations in India and the American South cochineal production in colonial Oaxaca the taste for brightly colored Chinese objects in Europe and the thriving trade in vermilion between Europeans and Native Americans. To underscore the complexity of the technical knowledge behind color production there are chapters on the 'discovery' of Prussian blue Brazilian feather techné and wallpaper production. To sound the depths of color's capacity for social and cultural meaning-making there are chapters that explore the significance of black ink in Shakespeare's sonnets red threads in women's needlework samplers blues in Mayan sacred statuary and greens and yellows in colored glass bracelets that were traded across the Arabian desert in the late Middle Ages. The purpose of this book is to recover color's complex-and sometimes morally troubling-past and in doing so to restore a sense of wonder and appreciation for our colorful world. With its nuanced and complex depiction of how color operated within local contexts and moved across the globe this book will appeal to art historians social and cultural historians museum curators literary scholars rhetoric scholars and historians of science and technology. | The Materiality of Color The Production Circulation and Application of Dyes and Pigments 1400–1800

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