5 comments about The Principles of Uncertainty.

1. I have been a fan of Maira Kalman's children books for some time. As an adult I enjoy them immensely for their whimsy and charm. When I spotted this book in a local bookstore on the travel shelf, of all things, I opened it and couldn't put it back. Everyone I have shown this book to has said she (or he) is going to buy a copy immediately. I think I've personally sold at least 5 of them so far. This is not an easy book to describe - it's better to pick it up, open it and jump right into the fun and enchanting world of Maira Kalman. She takes people watching to a new high - in her hands it becomes art. She finds joy and humor and dignity wherever she looks. And she brings us with her, if we care to follow. To open a hard back book, standard size, and find bright, inviting, paintings and drawings on almost every page starts you out with a bit of a surprise right from the start. The delight of reading this book and entering into Maira's world - full of lovely people, and funny things, and some quite amazing viewpoints - is beyond description. I can't imagine who wouldn't find it wonderful. I also don't think there's anything to "get." It is what it is, and that's as much the beauty of it as any of the paintings and musings.



2. i very much enjoy the book, and there was very fast delivery-unfortunately the mail left the box in the rain, so the cover got damp, but beautiful book!



3. This is one of the most brilliant books in existance. It has weight to it, and the art & words are thought-provoking & insightful. Most of it feels tinged with a slight melancholy-- that could be just me-- but it doesn't hurt the book by a long shot. If anything, it deepens it. I'm glad i was finally able to buy it, after reading it again & again in bookstores. Definitely recommend this book.



4. This is such a beautiful, unique book. Each time you see a picture or read a section, you think and then think again something altogether different. This is a book not to read, but to experience. Thank you Mrs. Kalman.



5. This isn't really a book for reading, it's a book that you'll dip in and out of, reading the humorous and sometimes touching vignettes at your whim - much like the blog that spawned this book. Some of the illustrations are better than others - I particularly like the historical portraits and full-colour pages. Nonetheless it's a beautiful illustrated book and a sweet gift for someone.

5 comments about Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning).

1. This book is exactly what they say, "hands-on". It has a wonderful selection of artists, starting with Giotto in 1266 ending with Van Allsburg in 1949. It covers such greats as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, Renoir,Cezanne,Matisse,Kandinsky, Picasso, Grandma Moses, Rockwell,Pollock, Warhol and many others all in chronological order by date. It also includes a brief description of each artist and easy to follow instructions for using that artists style. It also shows examples of each artists artwork, along with icons telling what art technique is being used, how much planning and preparation will be needed and the artist style. Highly recommended for home or school.



2. As the author and publisher, I've listened to what some folks have said about wishing for color in this book. If only it were that simple -- and I agree it should be in color. When it was published, that wasn't an option. Hopefully, in time, I can go back and redo the "Discovering Great Artists" in color. It's expensive and challenging for a small company, but I will try.
   What I've done for the time being is offer an online list of color images, in book page order, on my website at: [...] Viewing images for each great master is only one click away. Enjoy the online supplement!
   And now, "Great American Artists for Kids" is coming (July 2008) and it is going to be FULL COLOR. See samples of the pages at: [...]
   You'll love the color. I'm really excited about it! I'm glad that my company has progressed enough to finally offer a book in full color for parents, teachers, and kids. It makes the artwork hands-on clear and beautiful. Thank you!! MaryAnn Kohl, author and publisher



3. Filled with information on both artists and schools of art with simple projects for each, this book will be very useful at home or in the classroom.



4. This is a great book to have on hand to teach art or for a rainy day. I love how she goes through various artistic means of expression: buildings, sculpting, painting, etc. She talks about an artist (and includes a picture & some info) and then you create! Very, Very clever! LOVE it! But then again, I love all of the Mary Ann Kohl books we've bought!



5. I have taught elementary art for over 20 years... I wouldn't be without this book. It is a fantastic resource on some of the more famous artists. I highly recommend this book

5 comments about Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About.

1. Read and use Trudeau's books. I haven't found one that isn't informative, truthful, and works everytime.
   His cures work! I was personally already use a handful of them already, but 'thanks' for the additional new ones!!!
   
   Once you do, follow this man's career. See what else he's able to find and provide...
   "Hey, Kevin, find anything on natural fuels yet???"
   
   Thank you Kevin Trudeau, really!
   Have bought and will definitely buy again!!!!



2. This book has positively changed mine and my family's lives. We are so much more knowledgeable and healthier than every before, thanks to Kevin. A thousand Kudos and a MUST READ.



3. When I got this book I read the first 2 chapters and I was so upset about how this guy say the you have to get inyected with some hormones in order the get results. He is not a doctor to prescribe!!!! it can be dangerous for you health; don't do it.



4. An excellent book, I highly recommend it. I was so impressed with it, I bought 15 (!!) more copies and gave them away to friends and family. I think the information he gives is accurate, timely, and extremely important in this day and age of eroding health freedom. I believe this book can be a life saver. Much of the alternative treatments and nutritional advice were already familiar to me, partially because I grew up in a very health conscious family in Germany and also because my significant other is a health practitioner. What I hadn't quite realized before is the extent of government corruption. He devotes quite some space to really bring this realization home. I am not a conspiracy theorist but it doesn't take much to observe that there are forces at work that attempt to make the American people as sick, fat, broke and stupid as possible. Why - because a people that are sick, fat, broke and too stupid to think for themselves are MUCH easier to govern (read: control). This book will give you plenty of information and resources to take charge of your health yourself, and it will give you plenty of food for thought regarding the FDA, the food and pharmaceutical industries, and the main stream media. Again, this is an excellent book, and a fun read on top of that. Thank you Kevin!!



5. Kevin Trudeau may well be as much all about the money as he blames the whole world, have crime records, and more. Yet, people still have to listen to him. Most people in America are very negligent about their obesity and diet despite the epidemics of cancer and more diseases. Everybody has known at least a person with a severe disease, such as diabetes, we all know that the canned and boxed food has chemical that one should never eat alone. But, as Kevin exposes, the power of advertisement, media (so called "liberal") and government has been able to blind our society with very typical lies such as "the food only has small amounts of chemicals, it's OK", "I'm only having minor pains", or the plain denial of obesity, the most typical of all. After all, the medical science has progressed a lot and our health insurance (for those who have it) will deal with any trouble as many think.
   
   No, the medical science has not progressed that much. It has focused mostly on pain killers, which makes it more appealing than ever before. Yet, it's still typical for many people going from doctor to doctor to tell them all their pains and problems just to be told to drink water, take it easy, pay their copay and take more painkillers, so they neglect their problem. The situation is just like Kevin said, suppose that whenever your car sends you a repair signal the mechanic only turns the signal off. That is what current medicine does. It's pathetic how people are more caring with their cars than with themselves.
   
   Most reviewers dismiss Kevin's challenges, such as drinking a full cup of artificial flavors or colors as gross and unrealistic because we simply dispose all those chemical over time. Never wonder how we can dispose all those chemical when water consumption is dismissal? No, those chemical stay in our bodies, especially in the fatty tissues, which makes far more difficult to expel. People truly drink at least a full cup a poisonous chemicals.
   
   Most of Kevin's remedies are not practical or cheap at all, yet he is the single one who has been able to shake me and wake me up from my negligence and made me eat vegetable salads for supper, go organic and cut the meat. I never thought I could go enjoy a vegetable salad! And a salad with just a little organic dressing! Many other people do eat vegetables, but load them with fatty chemical dressing. "Low fat"? "Natural ingredients"? Read what Kevin says, and it's true. Changing my life and relieving me from minor pains that were starting to accumulate on my body was his remedy for me. Other than that, I haven't bought a single one of his products. I haven't even bother to visit his web site!
   
   The fact that most reviewer do not stay on topic but bash his past or anything else and write very short and sloppy reviews make me think that corporations are behind many of those reviews. I am well aware that many people stand for corporation and this system that would always fire them at the slightest chance to outsource their jobs to China, but it's still puzzling to find so many. After all, only circa 30% of Americans admit being conservative, far less than the majority (circa 50%) who don't claim any preference. And just in case you wonder, no I'm not communist, I believe in common sense, more regulation, just like they do in Europe, and still a rich and industrious area. Which one is richer, Europe or America? I don't care; nobody can prove who is richer. They're both rich. Now, let's get back to topic.
   
   Kevin's writing can be scarier than a Stephen King's novel! No kidding! His book should be classified as pure terror, but in a new category, real terror, demonology and drama. The vampires and demons he talks about are real and far more lethal and evil than Voldemort. If this is a problem for you (no blame you), you can read Dr. Don Colbert's books instead.
   
   And lastly, Kevin does provide a some literature to back up his claims, but most of it comes from daily experience that is available to anybody, all the things that we are seeing in public health, for example he exposes the medical corporation and colleges making huge fortunes to support research, publishing obscure articles to cover the fact that they are not solving anything for real. And he explains our system as well: it's all about the money. Suppose that the hospital and companies really cared for finding real cheap cures, they would lose so much!

5 comments about The Artist's Way Workbook.

1. The Artist's Way Workbook is sort of a condensed version of the Artist's Way book. You can use the workbook without reading the book. I have read the book, love it, and would recommend reading it also. The Artist Way in all its forms is a solace for the creative side of everyone and is a fine tool for unblocking creativity.



2. For those whose life is so busy that is seems impossible to make it through the full text of the Artist's Way, this workbook is fantastic.



3. Don't pass this one up. Take the challenge and rehash those thought process downers, work them out with this book, and take a fresh path to seeing things differently. Enjoy!



4. I bought this as a supplement to the book because I was leading a class on it. It turns out the workbook is only a big version of places for people to do their exercises each week that are already part of the book. Unless you really want to have a generic journal where you write out the exercises, I recommend sticking with the book and then finding your own journal or place to do the exercises, as usually not all of them appeal to every one each week. But if you're wanting everything to match, then go ahead and buy it. Not necessary or helpful for my group, but I guess it could be for you or yours.



5. You do not need any other book as a companion to this workbook. It stands alone as a great resource. I have read a bunch of self help books on finding your true life's path. After about the third or fourth book they all seem to say the same thing. Get in touch with your good and bad emotions and use those emotions to help steer a course. What I liked about this workbook is it minimizes the theory and talk and gets right to the point of you doing practical exercises to discover what you really want in life. I only completed about 2/3rd of the workbook. I have spoken to other people who have used this workbook with great results. I have purchased a 2nd copy to walk through the exercises again. If you feel lost and at a dead end in your life's pursuit I think this workbook would be a great place to start.

5 comments about Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines (Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines).

1. This is an excellent technical book, with a wealth of information between the covers. Most of that information seems "crammed" into the odd sized pages, and reads like a technical manual. For a handbook that's current and relevant, I can't think of a better one out there.



2. Finally, your search is over! This is the definitive must have for any graphic arts professional. Not to mention, anyone who is considering using a graphic arts professional. This guide is geared especially toward the entrepreneur in the graphic and digital arts industry. Anyone from a partner in a large agency down to the smallest 1-man show can gain invaluable information from this book.
   
   I have a bookshelf full of generic small business guides and "how-to" books for business. This one takes ths cake. It's specific to the web professionals, graphic designers, illustrators, etc. I goes in-depth into:
   * How to engage clients and how to write proposals
   * How to price with current surveyed price points from GAG members
   * Collection procedures
   * Fair trade practices
   * Detailed copyright law
   * Sales tax
   * Step by step procedural recommendations into each type of project (i.e. brochure, logos, etc.)
   
   It's by far the best book I've ever seen on the industry. It's like a bible of sorts for the graphic arts professional and anyone interested in working with one. It has virtually everything I've been looking for condensed into one single source.



3. Great book for pricing guidlines. Lots of good general information. Recommended if your getting started in the graphic field.



4. The graphic design industry bible on how to understand and execute the business of graphic design. Needs to be next to you at all times when beginning any kid of project. These best practices are the standard for running a design business.



5. This book is necessary for anyone wanting to start their own company in the graphic design industry. It covers every aspect of the business & things that you wouldn't think of.

5 comments about The Forgery of Venus: A Novel.

1. When Chaz Wilmot attends a party hosted by another Columbia alum, he meets up with a former college roommate and gives him a CD with an incredible story on it. Before he does this he admits to the old friend that the Velazquez they're looking at and admiring is, in fact a fake. Chaz admits that he painted it; in 1650.
   
   So begins a story that becomes so engrossing that the reader is hard pressed to put the book down. Chaz is an artist that can paint in almost any style required. He can duplicate Leonardo, Van Gogh, or any other highly valued artist. His talent though isn't popular today. The art world has basically passed him by. And this is the root of his problem. Chaz is so full of a talent that the world no longer values. As such, Chaz is relegated to doing advertising copy or art for contemporary magazines. Not being that stable in the first place he is driven to drug use and he is, at the beginning The Forgery of Venus, spiraling down to a life he wasn't meant to live.
   
   Enter another college roommate, a successful research MD studying the roots of creativity. Chaz is asked to participate in a clinical study and he agrees. What begins as a benign medical study soon turns into trips into the past that further stretch Chaz' grip on reality. Are they real or imagined? Add to this the chance to go to Italy and recreate a damaged fresco and you have quite a story.
   
   Michael Gruber is a superb writer that spins stories that grab the reader. His reputation as a spinner of tales is well deserved. Coming on the heels of The Book of Air and Shadows, the Forgery of Venus is sure to add to Gruber's reputation.
   
   Peace.



2. Gruber's literary thrillers transport the reader into detailed realms entirely apart from ordinary life - worlds of passionate scholarship, pivotal moments in history, monumental avarice - where the stakes are as sophisticated as they are deadly.
   
   From shamanism to Shakespeare - and now the art world - Gruber's meticulous research and considerable writing skills bring his intricate and rather fantastic plots to life.
   
   The narrator of this sixth book (like the narrator of 2007's, "The Book of Air and Shadows") is a flawed, apparently doomed character, but in this book Gruber does not need to switch points of view to get other perspectives. Instead, his narrator, Chaz Wilmot, simply, literally, becomes the 17th century Spanish painter Diego Velázquez.
   
   The story opens with a prologue - commercial artist Chaz declares to an old college friend that the Velázquez' "Venus" about to be auctioned for record millions is a fake, a forgery, a Chaz Wilmot in fact. Painted in 1650. He presents a CD, in which, he says, he explains everything. This CD - the story of his life - is the heart of the book.
   
   After college Wilmot did not live up to his initial promise. Like his famous father, he became a commercial artist in an increasingly digitalized world with less and less use for traditional illustrators. He had plenty of talent, but was held back by some inner resistance to selling his paintings. This part is never really clear. But no matter.
   
   He makes a good living despite this flaw, but not good enough. His young son has a lung disease which is expected to kill him by his early teens if not sooner. Treatments are cripplingly expensive and now there's a clinic in Switzerland offering a new, experimental treatment which might actually cure him - for a price.
   
   Meanwhile Chaz enters a drug experiment run by another old friend who is testing the effects of Salvinorin A on creativity (this is a real drug, Gruber tells us in a postscript - legal too - but you won't want to try it at home). He has a vivid flashback to his father's funeral then goes home and paints. The next five days are the most productive he's ever had; "total focus, total pleasure in the work." He can't wait for his next dose. Another flashback, more productivity.
   
   But then things get scarier - he finds himself in the body of a boy in a foreign country a long time ago - Velazquez. And next time he's Velazquez the apprentice, already better than his teacher. And then he's painting at the Spanish court.
   
   Chaz cannot get enough of this stuff. He becomes irritable and erratic and steals extra doses. He's dropped from the study, but it no longer matters. He no longer has control over his own identity and slips in and out of being Velazquez in the 1600s and Chaz in New York. His personal life begins to fall apart, but his art has never been better.
   
   Then Mark, his gallery owning friend, offers him a very lucrative job - the restoration of a Tiepolo ceiling in a Venetian palazzo. It's more a re-creation than a restoration and the lines between forgery and original art become more difficult to define as Chaz is pulled deeper into the schemes of a wealthy, sophisticated art dealer, the son of a Nazi art dealer/thief.
   
   Velázquez' life continues to intertwine with Chaz' in increasingly intense ways although he's no longer taking the drug. And Velazquez is tortured by incomprehensible dreams of a hellish place, which Chaz recognizes as New York while Chaz can no longer determine which of his own memories are real and which are delusion.
   
   Still, in the grip of creation, he is magnificent. Gruber brings an excitement to the painter's vision and work that is totally captivating. The reader begins to see with the eyes of a painter even as the painter can no longer tell whose eyes he sees through. It's a marvelous, creepy sensation that makes the heart beat at least as fast as the increasing danger and convolutions of the plot. (Many readers will also want to run to a museum - or the internet - to look at Velázquez' paintings with their new eyes.)
   
   Gruber immerses the reader in his knowledge of the art world and the fascinating, exacting, highly sophisticated techniques of old master forgeries. His exploration of identity and its connection to memory entangles the mind amid plot surprises that are as bizarre and repellant as they are satisfying. There are a lot of contradictions and blurry lines here and Gruber clever storytelling and rich, descriptive prose style makes it all work.



3. The Forgery of Venus is a carefully and elegantly constructed novel that does a brilliant job of revealing a painter's life. The book pulls you in very early on to characters that feel like people you know, particularly if you originate from the northeast. Gruber's prose are sumptuous without being the slightest bit tedious. He moves in an out of plot twists with ease without losing the reader.
   
   If you are an artist, particularly a painter, this book is a kind of pornography of the craft. Gruber's detailed and deeply researched descriptions of masterly technique are engrossing. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the arts and especially those who are practitioners.



4. In recent years there have been alot of novels about art and even more about drug induced ststes. The Forgery of Venus has both in spades. Read it anyway. If Art History was a favorite course and you can enjoy an afternoon at the Metropolitan, then you will appreciate this book. Michael Gruber seems to touch on every important theme of concern to artists: originality, authenticity, diversions, greed and more. He is equally knowledgeable about technical things- at times I felt I was getting lessons in how 17th century painters thought, prepared and worked. And there is considerable insight into the present day art world and its values.
   
   For the most part, I dislike novels that force a major character to contest his sanity because the bad guys have doped him silly. (Novelistic flaws can be disguised if the reader is confused as to what's really happening.) However, the drug induced episodes in this novel tie into the plot and are elucidated with great skill. They provide a window into the past and are quite revealing of consciousness. The drug is salvinorin, a powerful naturally occurring hallucinogin that native shamans in Mexico use to inspire out of body trips to past generations. That characteristic is useful if you need to become Velazquez and restore/create/forge a lost work. Salvinorin remains unrestricted- its chemical composition is unlike the better known brain scramblers.
   
   This book is nothing like that other best seller about art. The Da Vinci Code was a paint by numbers novel; The Forgery of Venus has sprezzatura. The prose is not overly ornate, but it is well crafted. The author has a penchant for using unusual forms of fairly common words: eg. parodically, pasticheur and charism. Thus he discovers a number of thoughtful insights about art and the human condition. This is the best contemporary novel I've read in a long time and certainly the best ever about painting.



5. This is my second Michael Gruber novel, after "The Book of Air and Shadows." Both books are first rate. Literally, it's a book about art fraud, but it's also about reality and illusion, sanity and insanity. I couldn't put it down. I love to get lost in a book like that. Many great twists and turns.

5 comments about Wall and Piece.

1. this is a nice coffee table book for suburbans like me who want to appear edgy. banksy's work is brilliant.



2. If you know Banksy, you know everything he has ever done is worth 5 stars. But in case you are concerned about their presentation, this book goes far to present his work with beautiful imagery and insightful commentary from the Banksy, itself!!
   
   If you do not know Banksy yet and you enjoy stencil, symbolism, absurdism, political art, graffiti or taking risks to prove a point- just buy this book, you will not regret it!



3. it is interesting and entertaining. the stuff he does is really cool. some of them are a bit strange, but others are hilarious. he likes to make fun of various people and things, so someone who is a bobby, or british cop, might not like it as much. otherwise, he just does stuff for fun, such as writing "what are you looking at?" in front of a security camera. its fun to just look through the stuff he's done. he is an amazing artist. and very creative guy.



4. ONE OF THE SMARTEST, MOST PRODUCTIVE, HUMOROUS, STREET ARTISTS AROUND. WHAT ALL GOOD GRAFFITI ATTEMPTS, BUT OFTEN FALL SHORT OF A MUST FOR THE STREET ART LOVER!



5. This book is great. Page after page after page of stencils and stories. There are so many things to look at, it's well-organized, and includes a little something to read on almost every page. Some of the things in this book made me laugh, and other pages really made me think about the world I live in. I guess that's the point.
   
   If you want to get into stencil painting, this book will open your eyes and give you lots to think about.

5 comments about Masters: Art Quilts: Major Works by Leading Artists (The Masters).

1. Beautiful closeups, lots of words from the artists themselves on their style, practice, etc. Fantastic! I'm reading it slowly to savor it.



2. I just love all the wonderful artists in this book. The pictures are wonderful and it's a book to look at over and over again. By having ten pages for each artist you really get to see a good representation of their work. I hope they do another one to add all the wonderful artists still out there.



3. I highly recommend this book for your quilt library whether you create or just admire fine art quilts. The artists selected are varied and talented. The format allows the reader to follow the growth of each artist over a period of years. The photos are wonderful and inspiring. When my quilting friends saw this book, they rushed to order it.



4. There is so much eye candy in this book that I ran the risk of diabetic shock just browsing it! This is an amazing collection of fiber art, a plethora of inspiration and a joy to own. I would give it a 7 star rating if there were one. It's a "must have" in every fiber artist book collection! Bravo Martha!
   
   Reviewed by:
   Normajean Brevik
   [...]



5. Martha Sielman has put together a book documenting and celebrating 40 quilt makers and their art with beautiful photography, an insightful intro for each artist by Sielman, and commentary from the artist. Every page is a visual treat. A book of this type of art was long overdue, and this volume is everything one interested in quilt art (or any textile art) could hope for. Bravo!

5 comments about Things I have learned in my life so far.

1. Sagmeister is by far my favorite designer, and this book is a really beautiful example of his work.



2. The long awaited follow up to Sagmeister's 'Made you Look' has been well worth the wait.
   A book, so different to any design piece available. Full of beautiful imagery, humor and some heartfelt reflection.
   
   A great insight into the working's of an amazing studio.
   
   Congratulations for this extraordinary publication.
   Your energy and commitment to life is so great.
   So unexpected.
   So many highlights.



3. I had a hard time liking this title because it seemed like it could have been more. Perhaps if I made it to his gallery show I could have felt that I connected to its vision. It is beautifully designed, all there with the big named photographers, artists, illustrators, etc. But I was left wishing that there was more that I could have gotten. It felt like a sidekick companion than the entree.



4. There is one section of bookstores that I traditionally avoid when browsing:
   the self-help section. It's not that the ideas of how to live a fuller life are not
   worthy of my attention, but the way these book are written usually wears me
   down by their linear nature and repetition of thought. And they often seem
   disingenuous. Sagmeister's book is the opposite. It is an alternative
   self-help book designed for those of us that like to think about our values
   but suffer from short attention spans and require visual stimulation and
   maybe some shock value to get us motivated.
   
   There is a lot of work here. A lot of ideas and images. It is a bold compilation of twenty thoughts presented in provocative visual pamphlets. Like his graphic work, the book breaks boundaries and is a bit rebellious, but not in a self-conscious manner. You actually get the feeling that Sagmeister takes his personal development as seriously as his ideas on
   design and that he believes that design can make a difference. It's very optimistic. It makes you want to want art or change the world or change yourself or rethink the very form of a book. Maybe the fact that it is broken up into bite size chunks with dramatic and hilarious and curious photographs of real world examples makes us see that it is possible. Or maybe the fact that this compilation is a work in progress rather than a final thesis makes it accessible.
   
   "Everybody who is honest is interesting" is an appropriate aphorism taken from the text. You get the sense that Sagmeister is being honest in this work. And in our world of marketing jive this is refreshing. I'm guessing that one other thing that Sagmeister has learned in his life is that most gifted designers are not gifted writers and that most need good editors. The book is especially well written and concise. My only criticism is that the pamphlets don't go back into the sleeve so easily, but I have learned to live with that.



5. This isn't a book, but a series of mini books in a cool package.
   
   Design - dozen or so mini books, the outside is cut to show the textures on the cover of each through the holes. Each one of the covers are really cool an visually interesting.
   
   Books - The mini books each have a typographical experiment in them and usually a page or two, explaining the sentence his experiments make (sometimes more).
   
   This is not a how to, a our company had this project, or philosophy of book (books?). It is what he did while he took a year off, and did whatever he wanted basically.
   
   Cool for sure, I enjoyed it a lot.

5 comments about Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt.

1. I've already altered enough t-shirts into being wearable and cute to more than pay for this book. Nothing too exciting in here, but great for a beginner like me. It also helps to start the creative juices flowing.



2. My niece got one and showed me what she was doing with her old tee's, so I just couldn't wait to buy one of my own and start transforming old into new. Thank you for your wonderful ideas.



3. This is a wonderful book it helps to take old worn out drab tee shirts and turn them in to new and exciting designs that are tailored to your body. There is nothing more attractive then clothing that fits. It also helps take the scraps and turn them in to accessories so that nothing is wasted. If you are and Eco lover this book will be right up your ally. It is perfect for all ages and do it together projects for bonding. It is not just for females there is lots of male ideas also.
   leahunter



4. ...I'm not small enough for these outfits! All the girls modeling the clothes in the books pages are tiny thin; I should have taken that as a clue. I love the ideas in this book and it's a lot of fun; unfortunately I don't think they work unless you're very thin (if I'm wrong please say so - I'm dying to make a Simpsons altered tee!).



5. After checking out MULTIPLE books before and after buying this one, I'm still totally satisfied that this is definitely the one to keep on hand. Some ideas are silly in that anyone who's ripped something apart and put it back together as something else wouldn't necessarily need the instructions (wristband or satchel) but most are both easy and super-cute (halter top featured on the cover; hoodie t-shirts). They mark the designs that are 'No-Sew' and those that require sewing are given an estimated time. Other books may have a few other ideas but, if you have this book, you can pretty much figure any others out on your own.