DESIGN SOURCE BOOK + DESIGN SOURCE BOOK * DESIGN SOURCE BOOK Art Nouveau Designs JUDY BALCHINArt Nouveau Designs JUDY BALCHIN Introduction | have worked as a designer for over twenty-five years and Art Nouveau has always been my fovourite petiod. The beauty of the designs end the fluidity of line have often inspired me in my own work, | have also taught students about design and the biggest problem they have is that they think they cannot draw — some have even been frightened to have a go. Well, from now on there will be ino excuse! These patterns can be used in their complete form, or elements simply lifted! from here and there and combined to create a new design. Alternatively, the designs can be used as @ launching pad for your own icleas About the designs Ait Nouveau developed in the 1880s and lasted! in its purest form for a mere decade. Artists were mainly inspired by nature during this period, and @ wonderful selection of floral and plant designs were: interpreted with stylized, flowing lines. This graphic representation, where artists’ lines seem almost fluid as they twine and curve over different surfaces, has left us with a wealth of beautifully organic designs to work from. The grace and freedom of the period offer us a huge range of classic designs which can be applied to numerous arts and crafts, Glass, silk and ceramic painters will be inspired by the patterns within this book — and so will needleworkers and decorative painters. In fact, anyone seeking a basic design to work from will find them useful as a starting point from which they can develop their own ideas. Your creativity will really come into play when you choose the colour combinations within the designs — something that | find my students excel st And finally My hope is that | can help take the stress out of drewing and creating designs with this book And who knows ~ along the way, while you are copying these designs, you may find that you will come up with 2 few of your own! Good luck E SEARCH PRESSy [CN C \ the NN h SP ESA , CYP SS Ne aS 5 ———lowers Bie oo nhez AVJAYS Rega. EEE EM 7 SAVE Se 3 : ty fp Z ES on CA} Ke Sie ERS SS S BAL SSA FES aU Gupemcly ee Ss OCO00000 SSoe ch Cx t + a CE ee oS HH ~ VARS Ze = KASPI SSa _) a © é)DACA EL > i Lp rf! Lg On //)p oo C) NES) IW LL QD ny KS wp ARZTL: WA Wr TTTY 4 7 ey) JA ieFirst published in Great Britsin 2002 by Search Press Limited, Wellwood, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3DR Copyright © Search Press Lid. 2001 ISBN 0 85532973 4 Reprinted 2002 (three times) Readers are permitted to reproduce any of the designs in this book for their personal use, or for the purposes of selling for charity, free of charge and without the prior permission of the Publishers. Any use of the designs for commercial purposes is not permitted without the prior permission of the Publishers. Printed in Spain by Elkar S. Coop, 48180 Loiu (Bizkaia) _The Design Source Book Series Art Nouveau Flower Designs Christmas Designs Egyptian Designs Designs Mandy Southan Elaine Hil Polly Pinder uc Balehin Victorian Designs Decorative Initials Art Deco Designs Traditional Mandy Southan Judy Balehin Elaine Hill Japenese Designs Traditional Indian Medieval Designs Traditional ee wees Designs Polly Pinder Chinese Designs Celtic Designs Polly Pinder Elaine Hill Courtney Davis = Traditional Art Nouveau Japanese Design Designs sarge Celtic Designs “Christmas eee oy Art Deco a Designs Decorative Designs Traditional she Initials cs hinese Designs For the latest information on our books, or to order a free catalogue, visit our website: wwrnsearchpress.com Alternatively, write to us: SEARCH PRESS LTD., \ Tel: (01892) 510850 Fax: (0 | Or if resident in the USA to: SEARCH PRE , 1338 Ross Street, Petaluma, CA 94954 unicornbooks.comDESIGN SOURCE BOOK * DESIGN SOURCE BOOK * DESIGN SOURCE BOOK A beautifully illustrated photocopiable collection of decorative Art Nouveau patterns and motifs ~ flowers and plants, birds and animals, figures, borders, frames and more. These classic designs can be used by craftspeople, artists, needleworkers and all those interested in creating their own original ideas and projects. UK £4.95 US $9.95 1SBN 0-85532-975-4 AULIOINMIN)||_ A photocopiable pattem book from Search Press {| | | uaz 3 a 9 rs0855!32973 ART © EMBROIDERY * CRAFT © TEXTILES * CERAMICS «© NEEDLECRAFT