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Terrarium Craft: Create 50 Magical, Miniature Worlds
A terrarium is nothing less than a miniature world -- one that you can create yourself. It might be a tiny rainforest, with lush foliage and bright tropical flowers. Or a desert, with strange succulents planted among colorful stones. Or a Victorian fernery. Or a minimalist composition with a single, perfect plant.
Or it might not contain any plants at all. It might be made...more
Or it might not contain any plants at all. It might be made...more
Paperback, 195 pages
Published
May 11th 2011
by Timber Press (OR)
(first published January 1st 2011)
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Terrarium Craft is a colorful feast for the eyes. The photographer’s attention to detail reveals the highlights of each small terrarium. At 9 x 8” it falls short of the customary size of a coffee table book, but it would serve well there nonetheless. Terrarium Craft’s intended purpose is for crafters. Each terrarium is shown on a full page. The facing page lists the necessary supplies, directions and care instructions. The author also includes a brief paragraph where she shares the thoughts that...more
My love for terrariums goes back to the 1970s when those large, spaceship-style plastic orbs were so popular. Terrarium Craft by Amy Bryant Aiello and Kate Bryant is a wonderful book that has inspired me to bring some updated terrariums back into my home.
What I liked most about the book is that that the authors’ creations are from found materials. Instead of expensive Wardian cases, this book shows how to create beautiful scenes from a variety of glass objects you may have around the house or so...more
What I liked most about the book is that that the authors’ creations are from found materials. Instead of expensive Wardian cases, this book shows how to create beautiful scenes from a variety of glass objects you may have around the house or so...more
I am a big, big fan of terrariums, as evidenced by the half dozen of them sprinkled around my house. And, small aside, I appear to have inadvertently passed this onto my stepson, who has been caught stealing pearlite from my stash in recent weeks and begging to go to antique stores for interesting glassware. whoops! Generally I prefer the 1970s "A World Under Glass" sort of terrarium books. If you've been my GR friend for long, you have read my rants at other terrarium books. So it was almost po...more
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I confess: after downloading the review copy on Netgalley, I placed an order for my own copy straight away. Amy Bryant Aiello owns Artemisia, a store that sells terrarium supplies as well as teaches workshops on how to put them together. Kate Bryant is an author and contributes articles about plants and gardening to publications like Portland Monthly. Together they have created a great beginner's book that...more
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I confess: after downloading the review copy on Netgalley, I placed an order for my own copy straight away. Amy Bryant Aiello owns Artemisia, a store that sells terrarium supplies as well as teaches workshops on how to put them together. Kate Bryant is an author and contributes articles about plants and gardening to publications like Portland Monthly. Together they have created a great beginner's book that...more
I have also wanted to know more about creating a terrarium but was not able to find more information on various terrariums which one could create.
This book contains a very detailed introductions of all the materials required for making a terrarium.
There are many featured terrariums photos in this book that would interested many terrarium fanatics. As the saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words
For each making of terrariums of different designs, the authors have listed out the materials and...more
This book contains a very detailed introductions of all the materials required for making a terrarium.
There are many featured terrariums photos in this book that would interested many terrarium fanatics. As the saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words
For each making of terrariums of different designs, the authors have listed out the materials and...more
Not only is this book lovely to look at, but it also gives a lot of useful advice. Of particular interest are the descriptions of care and treatment of various types of terrarium-worthy plants and the descriptions of soil mixes. This book will be useful to those who want to try out a terrarium as well as those who want to learn a little bit more about exotic houseplants. I certainly saw a few I've never seen before! I think this will be a good source of inspiration whether the reader attempts to...more
What an adorable book. I'm a geek for layouts and typefaces, and this book gets my stamp of approval on both counts, and as a total terrarium newbie, I found a great deal of helpful information, from selecting containers and growing substrates, to plant requirements and arranging tips.
The reason for three stars? Very few of the designs appealed to me, and this is definitely just a matter of personal taste, because they were all very well done, but I was looking for more of a lush, miniature woo...more
The reason for three stars? Very few of the designs appealed to me, and this is definitely just a matter of personal taste, because they were all very well done, but I was looking for more of a lush, miniature woo...more
Terrarium Craft is about various terrarium projects you can make, and also information on various things you can put in a terrarium. The book was a bit hard to finish, because a majority of it was just instructions (their fairly boring)
I started this book because I have recently become interested in terrariums. I finished it just to see if I could learn anything. (I didn't learn much)
I would recommened this book to already has a basic understanding of terrariums, and would just like to see diffe...more
I started this book because I have recently become interested in terrariums. I finished it just to see if I could learn anything. (I didn't learn much)
I would recommened this book to already has a basic understanding of terrariums, and would just like to see diffe...more
Oh, oh, oh...!
I want to hug this book. Page 67, page 72, page 169...
The forest terrariums are by far my favorites, but the fantasy ones are magical as well. Love how each terrarium is presented with a recipe.
Most certainly the best DIY guide I've seen for terrariums, but I still wish someone like the Franklin Park Conservatory would buy all of the supplies & offer a class to take some of the guesswork out of the process. (Hint, hint, hint.)
I want to hug this book. Page 67, page 72, page 169...
The forest terrariums are by far my favorites, but the fantasy ones are magical as well. Love how each terrarium is presented with a recipe.
Most certainly the best DIY guide I've seen for terrariums, but I still wish someone like the Franklin Park Conservatory would buy all of the supplies & offer a class to take some of the guesswork out of the process. (Hint, hint, hint.)
I only looked at the pictures, but if I find myself feeling ambitious, I'd love to try some of these. They seem to have houseplants beat because of 1) cat-proofiness, 2) textures (sand, polished rocks, multiple kinds of plants), 3) low-maintenance if you want to keep plants in the winter or are a Plant Forgetter like me, and 4) artisticness -- add crystals, shells, tiny props, cool-shaped containers, etc. Beautifully photographed.
This book is incredibly lovely and quite inspiring, but I found it somewhat lacking in actual instruction. The resources list at the end was fairly useful, but creating the exact designs included in the book seems cost-prohibitive, to say the least. The book did inspire me to create 3 terrariums, though. More practical advice would have bumped this book up to 4 stars, for sure.
I love plants and green growing things, but I'm not really one for going out and digging in the dirt. I have a few growing things indoors, (mostly what my cat has deemed inedible). But this book has some fairly clean, and cat proof looking ideas. The pictures are wonderful, the instructions easy and concise. If nothing else you should be inspired to put things in pots.
"The forest terrariums are by far my favorites, but the fantasy ones are magical as well. Love how each terrarium is presented with a recipe." - Tamara, Web Content Librarian
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Beautiful, inspiring pictures and lots of ideas. Of the 3 books I've read on terrariums this one hit closest to my preferred asthetic. Designs were recreations of nature scenes and used a variety of objects to create vignettes. Unfortunately the instructions and plants used were the farthest from the variety that I have been working with.
what a wonderful, magical book. i've never even thought of doing a terrarium before, beyond my beta fish bowl anyway. i loved the pictures (again, my nook is only b/w so i'm sure they're even more beautiful than i saw). the whimsical, far-out, spacy and amazing little worlds are really worth a look. a beautiful gift idea for a crafty chica.
First of all, I have no idea why the description of this book says that it is in Korean. It is not. It is in English.
I have always loved terrariums from the time I was a little girl and we made them in school. These are definitely NOT like those school terrariums. This is much more upscale and artistic. This book marries art/crafting with nature to create decorations you will be proud to display in your home or give as gifts. Sources for the things you will need are given so you are not left fl...more
I have always loved terrariums from the time I was a little girl and we made them in school. These are definitely NOT like those school terrariums. This is much more upscale and artistic. This book marries art/crafting with nature to create decorations you will be proud to display in your home or give as gifts. Sources for the things you will need are given so you are not left fl...more
My daughter is a crafter and she loves making arrangements of various things so this book jumped out at me when it appeared in my Recommendations. I requested it and was not disappointed. My daughter (who is 8) has gone through this book several times and made lists of all the things she wanted to use. We didn't recreate any terrariums from this book but it certainly inspired us. In the past week she has made at least a dozen terrariums, all with glass items from around the house or from Goodwil...more
I didn't realize how conceptual terrariums could be until I read (and by read, I mean "looked at the pictures and captions in") this book. I mean, think about it: A tiny cluster of plants in a raindrop shaped terrarium. Oh, the layered meaning! Who knew?
If you want to build a pleasing terrarium that will probably die, go for this book. This book loves using succulents like cacti to build terrariums. Given that terrariums are high in humidity, cacti might die in this environment.
I loved this book! Great ideas and useful information about creating terrariums, as well as some beautiful pictures. I look forward to creating one myself.
Oh my golly goshes! Such pretties! I was looking for inspiration for a new terrarium and this gave me that and so much more!
Lovely ideas, lovely photos, slightly hokey names for some of the terrariums, but I'm insanely inspired!
Beautiful and inspirational. The instructions are well detailed, the pictures are awesome and there is a lot of work and love in this book. Recommended.
Great book for the beginner (me), it explains the various conponents and styles in a creative way.
Great photos, instructions and terrarium inspiration!
Limited variety of styles shown.
An interesting (and often impractical) look at making terrariums large and small. Most of the items you need to make the projects in the book are hard to find (think specialty craft store, expensive, and mostly like a one time use thing. Great for getting ideas though.
Terrarium Craft is a must read if you are considering making your own terrarium. Even if you weren't thinking about making one, you will be inspired by all the beautiful creations in this book. This book takes you through selection of a container and supplies needed and then proceeds to show forest, beach, desert, fantasy terrariums and how to make them. I would recommend this book for purchase for libraries since terrariums becoming more popular.
Dec 05, 2012
Mills College Library
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635.9824 B8411 2011
There was some really nice eye candy and inspiration in this book, but I found it a tad lacking in the instruction area. I'm glad I checked it out from the library before deciding to purchase it. I don't feel there was enough content to warrant my purchasing it.
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