Street Art Cookbook: A Guide to Techniques and Materials

by Benke Carlsson, Louie Hop

The complete DIY bible of street art. Now in softcover. The Street Art Cookbook is a guide to the materials and techniques used within today's most creative and progressive art movement. In hundreds of pictures and illustrations and a dozen of interviews with some of the world's most famous artists, the authors show how street art is made. From stencils and stickers to laser tagging and guerrilla gardening, the Street Art Cookbook takes us on a trip around the world in the search of the tricks and trades of street artists. Posters, stickers, screen print, mosaic, sculptures. There is no limit to their imagination. Hundreds of books filled with pictures of street art have been published in the last few years, here, at last, is one that shows how the artists work. The Street Art Cookbook is filled with tips and examples of how to create your own stencil, sticker, poster or installation. These techniques can be used on all kinds of materials: textiles, glass, metal, concrete or wood and is suitable for everything from scrapbooking, designing clothes with motifs to outdoor use. The Street Art Cookbook gives a unique insight into the alternative art world and it's a rich source of inspiration for anyone interested in DIY yourself culture. Mark Jenkins, Swoon, Gould, WK Interact, Caper, Victor Marx, C215, Poch, Ron English and Knitta Please, are some of the artists featured in this book.

Genres: Art, Street Art

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Diz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This little eclectic book is a joy to read. Rather than giving you a lot of profiles of famous street artists like other books on street art, it gives you a mix of techniques, methods and artist interviews. There's even a spaghetti recipe that you can try after you finish a session of street art. With this quirky book, you'll never know what you'll find on the next page. It's fully illustrated, so you'll also get a lot of color photos of street art. If you're a fan of the subject, it's definitely worth picking this up.

[Di Zhang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really quick and fun read. Plenty of color photographs of street art and tips on how to DIY.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read through lots of techniques. Now, where to start?

[helena con h · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿Quién tiene derecho a comunicar mensajes en las calles y plazas de la ciudad?