YVONNE PORCELLA'S ART & INSPIRATIONS BOOK REVIEW

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Design Sources- Where Have You Been, and What Did You See?
CHAPTER 2: Folk Costumes & Textiles- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
CHAPTER 3: Kimono- the Kimono Connection
CHAPTER 4: Color- Homage to a Rainbowmaker
CHAPTER 5: Quilts for Grandchildren- Eighteen Years of Design
CHAPTER 6: Icons, Shrines, Toys- America's Greatest Hits
CHAPTER 7: The Figure Quilts- Keep Both Feet on the Floor
CHAPTER 8: The Road Series- This Is a Long Distance Call
CHAPTER 9: Antique Quilts & Treasures- Dear Daughter
CHAPTER 10: Painted Silk- In the Shade of Spring Leaves
CHAPTER 11: Latest Work, new Studio- The Future is Present
Final Notes
Bibliography
INDEX

Title: Art & Inspirations, Vol. 4
Author/Designer: Yvonne Porcella
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1998
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 144
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 1571200509

SUMMARY- This is part biography, part Show-and-Tell - it is NOT a pattern book. It is an art book that goes into pretty serious depth on the work and life of the artist, Yvonne Porcella, in her own words. I like books like this. A peek into an artist's life can be very enlightening and offers tidbits of experience one can often apply to one's own life. I was very pleased to run across this book and add it to my mother's collection.