Harry Potter: Paper Crafts is a unique collection of more than 20 magical paper crafts inspired by the Harry Potter films. From DIY pop-up creations to paper-cut decorations, each craft includes clear instructions, a skill-level rating for makers of all ages, and tons of behind-the-scenes secrets from the films, from concept art to fun facts. Harry Potter: Paper Crafts features a wide range of paper-based projects that can be made from everyday materials in your home. Projects include: Howler replica A paper wand that casts a Patronus 3D Knight Bus that actually moves Fluffy marionette-style puppet Marauder’s Map Learn to master paper crafting methods from paper folding to DIY pop-ups, Kirigami, and beyond. Also included are reusable templates to help even beginning crafters achieve impressive results! 20 MAGICAL PAPER PROJECTS: Make everything from a Howler replica, a paper wand that casts a Patronus, a 3D Knight Bus that actually moves, a Fluffy marionette-style puppet, a Marauder’s Map and much more!! PROJECTS FOR EVERY CRAFTER: No matter your age or skill level, you will find many paper crafts you can make! Harry Potter: Paper Crafts includes crafts for all skill levels and a wide variety of craft types. STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS: Easy to follow instructions guide you through each craft project. REUSABLE TEMPLATES: Includes sturdy, reusable templates to help even beginning crafters achieve impressive results over and over again! COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Also available are Harry Potter: Crafting Wizardry, Harry Potter: Gryffindor House Pride: An Official Coloring Book, Harry Potter: Crochet Wizardry, Harry Potter: Knitting Magic, Harry Potter: Knitting Magic: More Patterns from Hogwarts and Beyond and more!

Layer, Stitch, Scrunch, Pull & Flick • 50 fabulous and simple step-by-step techniques that will be valuable for all crafters, from beginner mixed-media artists to advanced papercrafters and scrapbookers. • 75+ imaginative layouts and projects using innovative techniques, that can be applied to any medium, whether papercrafter, fiber artist, or messy artist. • A mixed-media crossover for all crafters or scrapbookers that will teach you how to make paper resemble lace, to flicking acrylic paint off of a toothbrush, or using household items to create your own stencil! Layer with Ronda Palazzari as she teaches you just how easy it is to get that desired layered look in any project. With five chapters, Art of Layers will help you build your skills, from various paper techniques, to working with fabric and adding embellishing, stamping, and experimenting with paints, mists and gesso. Accompanying projects show each technique in action and illustrate how they can be used in combination, to develop endless possibilities for an even grander project. Layer, play and have fun with Art of Layers!

Every event is magical when it's inspired by the imaginative Wizarding World of the Harry Potter films! Bursting with photography and sprinkled with behind-the-scenes film facts, this book offers step-by-step instructions on how to create, craft, and cater five unique Harry Potter-themed events. Packed with fun and unique crafts, recipes, and activities, this book includes complete blueprints for a colorful house-themed birthday party, mysterious magical creatures-themed Halloween party, glittering Yule Ball-inspired soiree, cozy movie marathon, and charming Harry Potter-inspired wedding reception. Each party includes a complete planning strategy, plus ideas, photos, and instructions for decorating your space, catering your buffet table, sending out invitations, creating favors, planning activities, and more.

Build your own Wizarding World with these paper models! Also included are a special keepsake book with background information on the story and 22 trading cards packed with fascinating facts. Harry Potter Paper Models contains all the materials and instructions needed to make 22 paper models of landmarks, buildings, and other places that appear in the Harry Potter Wizarding World. Create detailed replicas of Hogwarts castle, Gringotts Wizarding Bank, and Hagrid’s hut, along with other locations from all eight Harry Potter films. Then learn more about the franchise with the included special keepsake book full of background information on the story and the 22 trading cards packed with fascinating facts. Harry Potter fans of all ages will get a kick out of bringing their favorite magical sites to life with paper!

To what extent did mythological figures such as Circe and Medea influence the representation of the powerful 'oriental' enchantress in modern Western art? What role did the ancient gods and heroes play in the construction of the imaginary worlds of the modern fantasy genre? What is the role of undead creatures like zombies and vampires in mythological films? Looking across the millennia, from the distrust of ancient magic and oriental cults, which threatened the new-born Christian religion, to the revival and adaptation of ancient myths and religion in the arts centuries later, this book offers an original analysis of the reception of ancient magic and the supernatural, across a wide variety of different media – from comics to film, from painting to opera. Working in a variety of fields across the globe, the authors of these essays deconstruct certain scholarly traditions by proposing original interdisciplinary approaches and collaborations, showing to what extent the visual and performing arts of different periods interlink and shape cultural and social identities.

Over 25 official crafting activities inspired by the Harry Potter films. Filled with imaginative projects, this official book of craft activities channels the magic of the Wizarding World into your home. Featuring over 25 crafts covering a range of skill levels, Crafting Wizardry includes clear, step-by-step, illustrated instructions so that the whole family can share in the magic. Inside you’ll learn how to craft your very own wand, decorate your home to showcase your Hogwarts house pride, create your own pop-ups, and so much more. Sprinkled with fun facts and behind-the-scenes insights, this book also features film stills, original concept art, and blueprints from the making of the Harry Potter films to take you deeper into the Wizarding World and further inspire your creativity. So get ready, it’s time for some crafting wizardry!

Phoenix Rising was a five-day conference devoted to all things Harry Potter held 17-21 May in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference featured educational and academic programming presented by scholars, teachers, business and industry professionals, artists, librarians, fans, and others with an interest in the Harry Potter novels, films, and phenomenon. Narrate Conferences, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, produces dynamic, innovative educational events for scholars, students, professionals and fans. Phoenix Rising was produced by Narrate Conferences, Inc., and was not endorsed, sanctioned or any other way supported, directly or indirectly, by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Harry Potter book publishers, or J. K. Rowling and her representatives.

An exploration of the way videogames mount arguments and make expressive statements about the world that analyzes their unique persuasive power in terms of their computational properties. Videogames are an expressive medium, and a persuasive medium; they represent how real and imagined systems work, and they invite players to interact with those systems and form judgments about them. In this innovative analysis, Ian Bogost examines the way videogames mount arguments and influence players. Drawing on the 2,500-year history of rhetoric, the study of persuasive expression, Bogost analyzes rhetoric's unique function in software in general and videogames in particular. The field of media studies already analyzes visual rhetoric, the art of using imagery and visual representation persuasively. Bogost argues that videogames, thanks to their basic representational mode of procedurality (rule-based representations and interactions), open a new domain for persuasion; they realize a new form of rhetoric. Bogost calls this new form "procedural rhetoric," a type of rhetoric tied to the core affordances of computers: running processes and executing rule-based symbolic manipulation. He argues further that videogames have a unique persuasive power that goes beyond other forms of computational persuasion. Not only can videogames support existing social and cultural positions, but they can also disrupt and change these positions themselves, leading to potentially significant long-term social change. Bogost looks at three areas in which videogame persuasion has already taken form and shows considerable potential: politics, advertising, and learning.

Bring favorite scenes from the Harry Potter films to life with the first official Wizarding World watercolor book. Harry Potter: Watercolor Magic includes over 30 easy-to-complete watercolor projects featuring fan-favorite characters, creatures, places, and icons from the films. From the classic Hogwarts crest to the Sorting Hat to Harry’s stag Patronus, the pages burst with opportunities for fans to create gorgeous art from the Wizarding World. Each project features a light sketch of the image to get you started plus a list of supplies and colors, followed by clear, easy-to-follow instructions to help you recreate the image in minutes. The high-quality watercolor paper makes putting paint on paper a snap, and the removable pages make it easy to display or frame finished projects. Harry Potter: Watercolor Magic is perfect for at-home artists of every skill level looking for a fun, easy art project. OVER 30 PROJECTS: Bring dozens of images to life, from classic scenes like the arrival at Hogwarts to beloved items like the Nimbus 2000 and the Golden Snitch. FOR EVERY SKILL LEVEL: Complete instructions make it easy for artists from beginners to masters to create Wizarding World art that is true to the films HIGH-QUALITY PAPER: Thick watercolor paper for a beautiful, lasting keepsake REMOVABLE PAGES: Pages release easily from the book for framing and display OFFICIAL WIZARDING WORLD CRAFTING BOOK: Created in collaboration with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Action Figures, Books, Ornaments, Costumes, Calendars, Art, Coins, Dolls, Jewelry, Lunch Boxes, Toys, Movies Harry Potter Casts His Spell on Collectors Welcome, Muggles, to the magic, mystery, and merchandise of the wonderful wizarding world of Harry Potter! Harry Potter Collector's Handbook will bewitch you with colorful images and current values of licensed products based on the famous boy wizard and his charming chums and nefarious foes. Just for you, we've conjured: • 1,000+ spellbinding listings, pictures, and secondary market values. • Information arranged—magically!—in alphabetical order to make it easy to find what you're looking for. • A diverse array of collectibles from rare first editions of books worth thousands of dollars to items worth slightly fewer galleons. If you're mesmerized by "Pottermania," you'll never want to depart the enchanting world of witchcraft and wizardry presented in Harry Potter Collector's Handbook.