Newman, Jay Hartley and Lee Scott Newman: The mirror book. Using reflective surfaces in Art, Craft and Design.

Contains 774 photographs, 53 drawings and 19 color plates. Now you can create glamorous mirrors yourself with the help of this new book de-voted entirely to designing and working with reflective materials. Mirrors are no longer made only of glass but include innovative reflective materials such as acrylics, metal-lized polyester film, cast and raised metals, and other surfaces. All can be decorated with applique, paint, etching, or sandblasting. In addition to showing the use of mirrors as elements of room design interesting to anyone concerned with interior decoration, an enormous variety of frames for mirrors is discussed in detail. They are fashioned from wood, plastics, ceramics, bread dough, metal, stained glass, soft materials, and leather. The authors consider much more than the mirrors themselves. They explain the use of mirrors as furniture, as walls, in relation to lighting, lamps, and lighting fixtures, and as mirrored sculptures. To inspire the craftsman there is a large Photographie gallery of fin-ished mirrored, reflective art. Here is a book that recaptures the same craft expertise the two authors have displayed in many of their best sellers, including The Lamp and Lighting Book, The Frame Book, and Kite Craft.