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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION: Going Beyond Two-Dimensional Quilts
- COLOR CREATES DEPTH:
- Value
- Chroma
- Warmth
- Dominance
- What Dominates
- Coloring Excercises
- COLOR CREATES PERSPECTIVE:
- Controlling Light Direction
- Traditional Blocks Can be Three-Dimensional
- Varying Traditional Blocks
- Creating Depth
- Light and Shadow
- TRANSPARENCY:
- Analogous Colors
- Darker Value
- Lighter Value
- How to Combine Colors for the Illusion of Transparency
- Creating Transparency
- Blocks Which Lend Themselves to Illusions of Transparency
- Go Beyond the Block
- PERSPECTIVE PROJECTS:
- Shadowed Squares
- Shadowed Triangles
- Pyramid Reflections
- Odd Block Out
- Invitation to Oz
- TRANSPARENCY PROJECTS:
- Woven Bars
- Balloon Man
- Shades of Lancaster County
- Mosaic
- Wedding Rings
- Landscapes I and II
- Stained Glass Sky
- FOOTNOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Title: Light & Shadows: Optical Illusion in Quilts
Editors: Susan McKelvey
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1989
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 79
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0914881205
SUMMARY- This is a fantastic book that explains clearly how to create depth and transparency in your quilts, exactly as the title claims. I highly recommend this book.
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