Creative Haven Japanese Kimono Designs Coloring Book: Relax & Unwind with 31 Stress-Relieving Illustrations (Adult Coloring Books: World & Travel)

Sun, Ming-Ju

ISBN 10: 048649344X / ISBN 13: 9780486493442

Published by Dover Publications, 2013

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00103696406

Synopsis:

Crafted from ancient decorative techniques, the Japanese kimono forms a dramatic statement of beauty as well as an example of wearable art. More than 30 illustrations to colour depict women in traditional garb enhanced by intricate prints of cherry blossoms, bamboo, birds, and other figures. Perforated pages are printed on one side only. Previously published as Japanese Kimono Designs colouring Book.

About the Author:

Ming-Ju Sun is a BFA graduate in Studio Art and Art History, with graduate studies in Chinese history, Japanese Art History and the History of Costumes and Textiles. She has worked in the fashion advertising field as an illustrator, art director, and photographer.

Her original illustrations for the Garfinckel's store, along with the original drawings from Dover Publications' Fashions of the First Ladies Coloring Book, are archived at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

Ming has created dozens of Dover books focused on fashion including the Creative Haven favorites Art Nouveau Fashions, Jazz Age Fashions, Fashions of the 1950s, and Fashions of the 1960s. She has exhibited artwork of natural material collages as well as abstract watercolor works in galleries in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Creative Haven Japanese Kimono Designs ...
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good