Border Sketches

Trained as a photographer, Terry Border left the commercial world for story-telling. His complex vignettes are made of the simplest, everyday items: a jar of spices, a cigarette stub, a flower, a snack food. These sly photos range from whimsical scenes to sexy scenarios, the sad truths to the hilarious happenings in everyday life. In the tradition of bestselling humorous photography books like Chicks with Baggage, Play with Your Food, and Hello Cupcake!, this volume will surprise you with every viewing. A sunflower missing a petal becomes the tortured artist Van Gogh; an egg arrives to visit his mom only to discover roast chicken on the table; when confronted by a jar of peanut butter, peanuts hold a wake; and hot dogs leave behind their own brand of little presents. Marshmallows, wine corks, bread, soap, rocks, and tea bags—no common household item is safe from the twisted (wire) mind behind these uncommon creations!

Provides complete instructions for crocheting over three hundred borders and band stitch designs, and includes photographs of stitches with an accompanying diagram illustrating stitch placement within the band or border design.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

From 19th-century source used by great Japanese designers — Kodai Moshiki Zuko — 444 borders, 19 full-page scenes, incredibly rich variety: chains, vines, reeds, florals, pipes, bamboo, lanterns, abstracts, ships, calligraphy, reeds, feathers, fans, nets, mazes, yang and yin, lutes, tortoises, many others!

The conditions for non-EU migrant workers to gain legal entry to Britain, France, and Germany are at the same time similar and quite different. To explain this variation this book compares the fine-grained legal categories for migrant workers in each country, and examines the interaction of economic, social, and cultural rationales in determining migrant legality. Rather than investigating the failure of borders to keep unauthorized migrants out, the author highlights the different policies of each country as "border-drawing" actions. Policymakers draw lines between different migrant groups, and between migrants and citizens, through considerations of both their economic utility and skills, but also their places of origin and prospects for social integration. Overall, migrant worker legality is arranged against the backdrop of the specific vision each country has of itself in an economically competitive, globalized world with rapidly changing welfare and citizenship models.

These timeless designs can be used by craftspeople, artists, needleworkers and all those interested in creating their own original ideas and projects. Judy Balchin has put together a selection of wonderful borders which can be used to embellish crafts, embroidery, ceramics, art and more.

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A staple of the Japanese arcade game scene, Border Break features heavy-duty mechs fighting for victory in all-out, robotic-battle action! Now, the outstanding mecha designs of this unique video game series are collected in one detailed art book. Included are technical drawings, rough concepts, character art, creator commentary, mech profiles, and more! No true mecha fan would dare miss Border Break Artworks!