CF Brayden

Abel, Carl Friedrich
(1723-1787)

German composer and viola da gamba player, who settled in England and spent the last thirty years of his life there. Born in Cöthen, Abel studied with his father, Christian Ferdinand Abel, a violinist and viola da gamba player, and in Liepzig after his father's death in 1737, when he probably joined J. S. Bach's Collegium musicum. He was a member of the court orchestra in Dresden from 1743 through 1757, but ultimately settled in London wher he gave his first concert in 1759. In February 1764, he gave a first joint concert withJohann Christian, both of them serving as chamber musicians to Queen Charlotte from about this time. Together they established the Bach-Abel concerts, a series of ten to fifteen concerts given each year from 1765 to 1781. From 1781, these concerts were housed in a room built for the purpose on Hanover Square, the works performed being principally those of Bach and Abel themselves.

Dragons is a step by step project book explaining the process of creating dragons from polymer clay. This book will charm you with humorous dialog, creative suggestions, interesting asides, lavish pictures, and even several dragon "personality profiles". This is more than just a project book, it's fun!

G'day! In this fifth book in Christi Friesen's Beyond Projects series, you will have a clayfully good time making polymer koalas, kangaroos, echidnas, gum tree leaves and flowers and lots more.Christi's warm writing style and helpful nudgings will stir up your creativity and imagination. Techniques include adding beads, stones and crystals to your designs, simple caning, color mixing, stylizing and surface treatments. Part project, part travelogue – all fun! Crikey!

It's not just birdbrains that enjoy Birds of a Feather! There are flamboyant flamingos, owls (some wise, some not so), a fiery phoenix and a flock of other polymer clay creations. Christi's warm writing style and helpful nudgings will stir up your creativity and imagination. The emphasis is on color and composition but the real treat is in seeing how to add embellishments of stones, pearls, beads and mixed media to your creations.

Oceans of fun are in store for you in the pages of Under The Sea, the third book in Christi Friesen s Beyond Projects series. This is a how-to book with more! – more photos, more descriptions, more tips, more inspired hints to help stir up your creativity. This book will make sculpting with polymer clay more fun, no matter what your skill level. In this book, you will swim your way through creating sea turtles, fish, sea horses, starfish and a myriad of other ocean fun. The emphasis is on color, composition and creativity, but the real treat is in seeing how to add embellishments of pearls, semi-precious stones, shells and beads to your creations. Under The Sea is swell!

Detailed photos, step-by-step instructions and a quirky sense of humor make this 2nd book in the "Beyond Projects" series a great way to explore sculpting with polymer clay, no matter what your skill level. You will enjoy making exotic leaves and flowers, furry creatures, bugs and frogs, and add embellishments to your creations, using pearls, semi-precious stones and beads.