Make Art

Make Art combines art history and crafting in a box kit, offering a global overview of art throughout history, plus step-by-step activities using enclosed materials.

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Learn about 21 key art movements across history, and create over 21 unique art projects inspired by them with a bumper pack of materials. 

The box kit is packed with sheets of art supplies, giving you everything you need for all the projects in the book. Enclosed are:
 



3 sheets of card stencils
9 sheets of press-out paper pieces
3 sheets of coloured tissue paper
4 sticker sheets
14 sheets of patterned printed paper
7 press-out model sheets

 
Inspired by the art movements highlighted in the book, the step-by-step projects enable you to craft unique sculptures, model monuments, collages, paintings, and installations.
 
Explore art from around the world, from prehistory to the present day, including:
 



Prehistoric art: Cave paintings, Venus of Willendorf
Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Indus Valley
Islamic Art: Calligraphy, Ottoman tiles, Persian Kilim, Mamluk metalwork
Aztec and Incan art: jewellery and relief carvings
Italian Renaissance: perspective, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
Optical Illusions: trompe l'oeil, impossible objects, Hogarth and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
The art of Benin: Edo bronze work
Mughal Art: Architecture (Taj Mahal), Miniature Paintings, Sahifa Banu
Edo Period Japan: Woodblock Art and Hosukai, Nanga and Ema Saikō, formal gardens
Korean Joseon Art: art and poetry with Heo Nanseolheon, Jeong Seon, pottery
Indonesian traditional art: Batik textiles, shadow puppetry
Imperial Chinese art: calligraphy, porcelain, Yun Bing
First Nations of Western Canada: wooden carvings, chilkat weaving, formlines
Modernism: Fauvism and Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo
Impressionism: Mary Cassat, Monet
Post-Impressionism: Vincent van Gogh, pointillism and Georges Seurat
Aboriginal Art of Australia: dot painting and the Dreamtime
American Modernism: Georgia O'Keeffe, Morgan Russell
Abstract Art: Hilma af Klint, Wassily Kandinsky
Pop Art: screenprinting and Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein
Street Art: Keith Haring, Basquiat, Banksy, Falko 1

 
Written by Susie Hodge, a British art historian, author, artist, and journalist with more than one hundred books to her name for both adults and children. She has an MA in the history of art from Birkbeck, University of London, and is a fellow of the Royal Society for Arts. She has twice been named the No. 1 art writer by the Independent. She often appears in documentaries, arts programmes and news channels, and is valued for her ability to simplify complex ideas quickly for viewers.
 
Illustrated by Jenny Bowers, a member of an award-winning design studio and a
graduate of the Royal College of Art, London. Her illustrations can be seen on the packaging of Le Chocolat des Français often found in museums such as the MOMA. Her work has also been featured in large magazines such as Vogue Japon and newspapers such as the Guardian.
 
Make Art promotes artistic freedom to inspire young minds aged 7 and up.