Make and Do: 25 Amazing Projects to Beautify Your Life

Description

Make and Do! is the latest book by Melbourne design guru, Beci Orpin. This time, Beci shows us the inspiration behind the unique objects she makes in her studio. Make and Do! is filled with inspiration and crafty ideas, along with projects designed by Beci, focusing on creating objects from different raw materials such as fabric, paper and wood. Each chapter is dedicated to one of these mediums, along with a chapter for repurposing existing objects - no more will your Ikea furniture look the same as everybody elses! As always, the chapters are filled with photos and quirky illustrations from Beci, and visual step-by-step guides showing how to complete each project. Learn how to make marble paper, try your hand at paper mache taxidermy, wow your friends with customised tote bags or enhance your wardrobe with pretty bespoke collars and brooches. Beci's ideas are beautiful and endless, inspiring you to get creative and see everyday materials and objects in a whole new light.

Beci Orpin is a Melbourne girl with a passion for drawing and design. She has a BA in textile design at RMIT and has been working freelance and exhibiting her artwork both locally and internationally ever since. With husband and business partner Raph, she started clothing line Princess Tina in 2001, and now has a clothing line, Tiny Mammoth; she also creates homewares and stationery-based products under her own name and regularly designs clothes and products for Gorman and Urban Outfitters. This is Beci's third book.

"Bursting with colour & cuteness, it's the perfect present for kids or big kids at heart." - Marie Claire"This book has all the inspiration and advice you need." - Australian House and Garden "This book should come with its own little warning: Opening is sure to make your head feel giddy and your heart start beating faster." - Sunday Times (Perth)