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'A how-to guide to making your own collages, brimful of fascinating hints and tips from a master of the genre.
'Over the course of a 40-year career, Jeannie Baker has perfected the art of collage in the creation of picture-book classics such as Where the Forest Meets the Sea and Window, a Boston Globe-Horn Honor Book. Her stunning pieces, devised by assembling all sorts of different textures, are known all around the globe. Whether it's dried flowers or tiny shells, spaghetti or postage stamps, she uses the world around her to make work that is astonishingly beautiful and deeply creative.
'In Playing with Collage, she shares her secrets at last – and encourages her readers to get creative. Within each of this book's four main sections, Jeannie presents an abstract collage of her own and offers suggestions and starting points for beginners. There are no right or wrong answers in this treasure of a book, it's all about trusting your instincts ... and playing!' (Publication summary)
'Over the course of a 40-year career, Jeannie Baker has perfected the art of collage in the creation of picture-book classics such as Where the Forest Meets the Sea and Window, a Boston Globe-Horn Honor Book. Her stunning pieces, devised by assembling all sorts of different textures, are known all around the globe. Whether it's dried flowers or tiny shells, spaghetti or postage stamps, she uses the world around her to make work that is astonishingly beautiful and deeply creative.
'In Playing with Collage, she shares her secrets at last – and encourages her readers to get creative. Within each of this book's four main sections, Jeannie presents an abstract collage of her own and offers suggestions and starting points for beginners. There are no right or wrong answers in this treasure of a book, it's all about trusting your instincts ... and playing!' (Publication summary)
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Jeanie Baker's Playing with Collage
2019
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 34 no. 3 2019; (p. 20) -
Jeannie Baker Shares Secrets of Her Trade in Her New Children's Book Playing with Collage
2019
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2019;'Children who have grown up with Jeannie Baker's books are united by the irrepressible urge to stroke the pages.' (Introduction)
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Jeannie Baker Shares Secrets of Her Trade in Her New Children's Book Playing with Collage
2019
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2019;'Children who have grown up with Jeannie Baker's books are united by the irrepressible urge to stroke the pages.' (Introduction)
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Jeanie Baker's Playing with Collage
2019
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 34 no. 3 2019; (p. 20)
Awards
- 2020 shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards Australia — Primary
- 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
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