Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Almost every shoreline offers up worlds of adventure, archaeology, science, and the arts in the form of sea glass and ceramic shards. These discarded remains pull beachcombers into a world of startling revelation, a world of history founded on documented research and broadened by the imagination.
Recognized expert on sea glass, C.S. Lambert guides readers through her personal collection, revealing the fascinating true stories of each piece's origin....
103) El renacido
Author
Physical Desc
294 pages : map ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
1823. Hugh Glass es uno de los tramperos más experimentados y respetados de la frontera de los Estados unidos, donde enfrenta a diario los peligros de la naturaleza salvaje y de las belicosas tribus indias. Inesperadamente, el ataque de una osa lo deja gravemente herido y ninguno de sus compañeros confía en que sobrevivirá. Cuando los dos hombres encargados de cuidarlo hasta su muerte lo abandonan, él luchará por mantenerse con vida movido por...
104) The revenant
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, during an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption....
Author
Language
English
Description
1st Edition of "Glass Crafts Dictionary", covering over 2300 words, and their meaning through various topics.This dictionary covers a wide range of topics, including Stained Glass, Glass Fusing, and Sandblasting, providing detailed definitions and explanations for over 2300 terms related to these crafts. As a focused and specialized dictionary, it serves as an essential reference for understanding the terminology, techniques, and materials involved...
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents an expansive new index of “Pairpoint” (and predecessor Mt. Washington) cut and engraved decorative designs of the Brilliant Era and beyond. Comprising over 5,500 entries in design name (or number) order, citations were accumulated and integrated from seven sources. The resulting index provides coverage of several hundred distinct designs, enabling quick access to print as well as online examples of hundreds of shapes and designs. This...
Author
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Louis C. Tiffany's intricate and brilliantly coloured masterpieces have captivated collectors for decades, and continue to inspire crafters who re-create them in home workshops today. This collection showcases eighty of the firm's most iconic lamps, including rare and one-of-a-kind creations. These examples have all been newly photographed in sumptuous detail to reveal features in the glass and metalwork that have never been seen before in print....
109) The stolen slipper
Author
Series
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frustrated in his search for the lady who belongs to the glass slipper, Prince Patrick turns to Kara's father, the shoemaker, to ask who made the glass slippers; it can only have been a fairy godmother, but Kara is determined to help, and she enlists her friend Zed and his pet goat in the search -- an adventure that could end up with the children thrown into the dungeon, because there is a conspiracy afoot, and the chief conspirator is in the heart...
110) Enchanted glass
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives.
Author
Language
Español
Description
Los materiales han ido aumentando y junto a la milenaria arcilla encontramos hoy en día la pasta salada, también natural, y diversos preparados químicos creados específicamente para ser modelados y adquirir las formas más variadas.
El acto de modelar se ha convertido, pues, en un arte con sus propias normas, si bien la imaginación y la libertad del autor son muy importantes.
Nuestra experiencia se pone, a través de las páginas de este libro,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Lee and Ray Grover present personally selected pieces that best represent the carved and decorated glass work done in Europe from 1880 to 1930. All of them are of outstanding quality, and together they present a truly comprehensive coverage of the field. This book of the Grovers is in every way a worthy companion volume to their ART GLASS NOUVEAU, which received favorable press comment.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Facsimile of volume of detailed catalog prepared by Flinders Petrie on artifacts largely collected from his Egyptian explorations of a series of glass stamps of Egyptian manufacture that were used from the Roman to Abbasid period variously as tokens, counters, weights, or attached to glass cups as indications of measure.
Various categories are identified and described, makers' names discussed, and weight standards considered. Over 700 stamps are...
Author
Language
English
Description
Over 120 black-and-white patterns, adapted from tribal motifs, depict a host of handsome geometrical, floral, and animal designs. Included are striking elements from Jicarilla Apache basketry, Zuni and Hopi pottery, a Haida shaman's rattle, mid-twentieth-century Mexican fabric, a Nez Percé woven bag, an Arapaho shield cover, a Navajo blanket, and much more.
Author
Language
English
Description
Popular 1911 manual offers complete designs and instructions for making 18 authentic Mission lighting fixtures: chandeliers, reading lamps, droplights, desk lamps, dome fixtures, more. Complete, easy-to-follow instructions with measurements, illustrated with over 75 working drawings, diagrams and figures. No elaborate tools required. Minimal outlay for materials and equipment.
Author
Language
Español
Description
* El window color consiste en una pintura especial que permite realizar decoraciones no permanentes en las ventanas o personalizar diversos objetos, como jarrones, vasos, espejos, etc. * ¿Cuál es el procedimiento? En papel transparente o en una bolsa de plástico se calcan los modelos y después se colorean con el window color. En pocos minutos pueden pintarse muchos motivos. Una vez secos se despegarán con facilidad y podrán adherirse por efecto...
Author
Language
English
Description
Step-by-step instructions for diamond burr engraving, from making the first cut to displaying finished work. Includes 4 complete projects, plus expert advice on choosing glass, fashioning glass chunks into usable pieces for engraving, suggestions for arrangement and lighting of finished pieces, more. Over 100 helpful illustrations. Introduction. List of Supply Sources.
Looking for an older book we don’t have?
Printed books not owned by Santa Fe Public Library that were released more than 6 months ago can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Limit: 3 per calendar month.
Looking for a newer item we don’t have?
Suggest the library purchase a new book, DVD, audiobook, or music CD through your account. Limit: 30 active requests at a time. Submit Purchase Suggestion