About this item
Join the creator of Lesley Riley’s TAP Transfer Artist Paper and a cadre of talented designers, including several frequent contributors to Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, to explore exciting new ideas to create with TAP. With a sheet of TAP and a hot iron, you can transfer a permanent image onto almost any solid surface. Try 16 fun, new projects ranging from jewelry to home accessories and mixed-media arts. Learn to transfer images onto new surfaces such as faux bone, as well as fabric, paper, wood, metal, and glass; use with encaustic. Use the many techniques as a jumping-off point for creating your own TAP magic.
About the Author
Lesley Riley wears many hats. She is an internationally known artist, art quilter, teacher, writer and Artist Success coach and mentor who turned her initial passion for photos, color and the written word into a dream occupassion.Her art and articles have appeared in too many places to keep count. As former Contributing Editor of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, Lesley developed a passion for showcasing new talent in mixed media art. Her first book, Quilted Memories, brought new ideas and techniques to quilting and preserving memories. A second, Fabric Memory Books, combined fabric and innovative ideas with the art of bookmaking. Two more books, Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur and Create with Transfer Artist Paper, introduced versatile new materials to the quilt and mixed media art world.A fifth book Creative Image Transfer debuted in 2014 Her 2013 self-published, best seller, Quotes Illustrated, was expanded and republished November 2014 by F&W Publications as Inspiring Quotes Illustrated. Lesley's 8th book, Creative Lettering Workshop: Combining Art with Quotes in Mixed Media, was published Fall 2015.In an ongoing effort to find the best ways for quilters and mixed media artists to get permanent photos on fabric, Lesley introduced the best-selling TAP Transfer Artist Paper™, named the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) 2011 Most Innovative new product. Lesley is the former host of BlogTalk Radio's Art & Soul show, recording over 75 podcasts on art and the creative process through in-depth interviews with contemporary artists.Her passion and desire to help every artist reach their creative dreams and potential has led to a growing specialty as an Artist Success coach and mentor where she draws from her own experience, insight, and a knack for seeing the potential in everyone to provide guidance and solutions for artists of all levels.Lesley creates her magic on a mountaintop near the MD/PA Mason Dixon line, where she lives in an empty nest with her high-school sweetheart husband. You'll find her in her studio from sunup to sundown unless, of course, any of her nine grandchildren come to visit.Stay connected and inspired! Sign up for Lesley's free bi-weekly dose of inspiration and motivation at LesleyRiley.com.
