Jenny Bowers – illustratör

An anthology of the best garden writing from the pages of The Garden, the magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society.  As well as revealing key moment from a time of intense change, this anthology paints a rich and intriguing picture of what gardening means today.The writers tell of plant-hunting and new gardening practices, fashion and growing food, whilst shedding light on the inner landscape of the thoughtful gardener.  Collected and curated by Ursula Buchan, herself an anthologist, The Garden Anthology presents a narrative of thoughts and opinions for keen gardeners to help navigate the gardening year, and comprises the best writing from more than the last 100 years.This 320-page reading book includes short essays, opinions, thoughts and excerpts from 80 garden writers and designers including James Wong, Sir Roy Strong, Helen Dillon, Anna Pavord, E A Bowles, Gertrude Jekyll, John Brookes, Tim Richardson, Joy Larkcom, Hugh Johnson, Nigel Slater, Lia Leendertz, Ursula Buchan, Nigel Colborne and Mary Keen under the universally-appealing subjects of: the kitchen garden; wildlife and wildflowers; gardens; garden design; the environment; plants; people; seasons and the weather.

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 stencils9 sheets of press-out paper pieces3 sheets of coloured tissue paper4 sticker sheets14 sheets of patterned printed paper7 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 WillendorfAncient art from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Indus ValleyIslamic Art: Calligraphy, Ottoman tiles, Persian Kilim, Mamluk metalworkAztec and Incan art: jewellery and relief carvingsItalian Renaissance: perspective, Leonardo da Vinci and MichelangeloOptical Illusions: trompe l'oeil, impossible objects, Hogarth and Maria Helena Vieira da SilvaThe art of Benin: Edo bronze workMughal Art: Architecture (Taj Mahal), Miniature Paintings, Sahifa BanuEdo Period Japan: Woodblock Art and Hosukai, Nanga and Ema Saikō, formal gardensKorean Joseon Art: art and poetry with Heo Nanseolheon, Jeong Seon, potteryIndonesian traditional art: Batik textiles, shadow puppetryImperial Chinese art: calligraphy, porcelain, Yun BingFirst Nations of Western Canada: wooden carvings, chilkat weaving, formlinesModernism: Fauvism and Henri Matisse, Frida KahloImpressionism: Mary Cassat, MonetPost-Impressionism: Vincent van Gogh, pointillism and Georges SeuratAboriginal Art of Australia: dot painting and the DreamtimeAmerican Modernism: Georgia O'Keeffe, Morgan RussellAbstract Art: Hilma af Klint, Wassily KandinskyPop Art: screenprinting and Andy Warhol, Roy LichtensteinStreet 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 agraduate 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.