Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts Books
Dover Publications Inc. The Jewelry Engravers Manual
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£10.44
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Ashley Book of Knots
Book SynopsisThe definitive book on knots—including approximately 3,900 different kinds of knots, from simple hitches to “Marlingspike Seamanship, this book and a piece of cord will open a new and challenging world of practical adventure to readers of all ages. The Bible of knot-tyers.... Like the best cookbooks or collections of movie reviews, it’s a great dip-in read: Sit down at the breakfast table, flip the book open to any page, and you’ll find an appetizing morsel to gnaw on. —The New York Times The Ashley Book of Knots includes almost everything there is to know about knots, each precisely named and classified (with some new knots officially listed for the first time in the original 1944 publication). Mr. Ashley describes when each knot initially appeared, something about their history, and what each knot is best used for. Including an easy-to-use index of knots, Mr. Ashley gives explicit directions on how to tie each knot. Devoting eleven years to writing his masterpiece, he describes each step simply and clearly and penned some 7,000 illustrative drawings alongside the text. This classic resource is based on forty years of looking for, trying out, and thinking up new knots. Mr. Ashley’s drawings abound in humor and the text is full of colorful anecdotes. The Ashley Book of Knots will make a unique and permanent addition to any library.
£68.00
Hinkler Books Kaleidoscope Sticker Mosaics Midnight Creatures
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£8.54
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Braiding Fine Leather
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear
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£11.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Whips and Whipmaking
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£17.09
Sixth & Spring Books Everyday Art Exercises: Daily Activities to Boost
Book SynopsisBeloved illustrator Jane Maday guides aspiring artists through dozens of exercises and fun activities to help them expand their creativity. Everyday Art Exercises is a joyful journal designed to help budding artists nurture their creativity through art. More than one hundred simple drawing and coloring prompts and step-by-step demonstrations spark creativity. Artist Jane Maday's adorable illustrations encourage readers to jump right in and explore these fun and inspiring exercises.
£14.39
Castle Point Books Mythographic Color and Discover Mythical Beasts
Book SynopsisGet lost in a mythical menagerie that defies expectations Explore enchantment and imagination in this vibrant kingdom of creatures. Mythographic Color and Discover: Mythical Beasts is a surreal study of myths and marvels in entrancing detail. Delight in this fantastic blaze of creativity with phoenixes in flight; cast a kaleidoscope of color over cosmic octopi, prismatic reptiles, and chromatic gnome abodes; and let legendary beasts gleam and galivant across the page. Magic abounds with more than 45 hand-drawn figments and fauna to color with out-of-this-world hues and touches all your own in Mythographic Color and Discover: Mythical Beasts.- Captivate your inner artist with radical illusions and radiant detail- Color mythical creatures, undiscovered zootopias, and charmed beasts- Enhance each piece with colored pencils, gel pens, or even glitter
£16.52
Insight Editions Harry Potter An Official Sweets and Treats
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£14.02
Flanagan.T Pokémon Coloring Book
£11.15
Rockridge Press The Awesome Paper Airplane Book for Kids:
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£12.13
Batsford Ltd Stitch and Pattern
Book SynopsisThe hugely accomplished textile artist Jean Draper gives an invaluable guide to designing and working with pattern in textile art. Jean goes back to basics with simple dots and lines, demonstrating how even basic squares, circles and triangles can have a stunning impact in stitch and textiles. She provides practical and simple instructions for developing and experimenting with pattern, using grids, symmetry, rotation and repeats. Jean draws inspiration from patterns around the world, from West African Kente Cloth to the Gee’s Bend quilts of Alabama. There are instructions on creating bands and borders, strip patchwork and strip piecing, plus an extended study of Banjara stitched textiles. Natural patterns from plants and flowers also offer exciting opportunities for stitch, and Jean explores important design emblems such a the Tree of Life alongside other stitched flower forms. Finally, the ornamentation of the body provides many unique and striking ways to interpret the human form in stitch. Pattern is everywhere and can be used to stunning effect, taking your textile art to the next level. This fascinating and exciting guide brings together inspiration, design methods and stitching techniques to help you develop truly great textile art.Trade Review‘An enlightening read for crafters and non-crafters alike.' -- Sew * Book Review *‘A fantastic resource for people who love to get on with making, especially those with an interest in creating rich surfaces and taking their work into three-dimensions using textiles and mixed media.' -- Embroidery * Book Review *
£21.80
C & T Publishing Fabulous Cosplay Footwear: Create Easy Boot
Book SynopsisRegan and Kelley of Cowbutt Crunchies show you how to make boot covers, tights, and shoes for cosplay. Whether you’re a new or experienced sewist, this handbook will help you turn your cosplay dreams into reality. Build your skills with this step-by-step guide to creating cosplay footwear at home and sew the exact attention-grabbing boot covers, shoes, and leggings you need for any costume.
£9.49
Random House Worlds House of the Dragon The Official Coloring Book
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£25.21
Castle Point Books Mythogoria Undead Academy
Book SynopsisWorship at the altar of scholarly nightmares Dark academia is where terrors come alive. Mythogoria: Undead Academy is a tantalizing archive of dark arts that awaken the mind and tempt the soul. In a perturbing purgatory festering with demonic details, find sensational scenes to unlock and powerful curses to unleash. Color a creepy conservatory where demon rats scratch at the library stacks, sinister spells swirl in the corridors, venom drips from the rafters, and the erudite undead haunt the pages of eternity. Enter a bookish hellscape in more than 45 spine-tingling illustrations. - Summon the shadows and study the sorcery of this demon academy- Color a hauntingly beautiful exploration of necromancy, decay, and demise- Descend into gothic dungeons of gripping creativity that you can display or share
£19.37
Schiffer Publishing Ltd On the Bright Side Coloring Book
Book SynopsisReaders will focus on the bright side as they work their way through this thoughtfully-produced volume of 60 original patterns from popular designer Elyse Burns (of Elyse Breanne Design).
£14.39
Design Originals Notebook Doodles Be Kind Be Creative Be Yourself
Book SynopsisWelcome to the empowering and confidence-boosting world of Notebook Doodles! This fun and engaging colouring book is filled with 32 full-pages of uplifting and heartfelt designs and sentiments from talented artist Jess Volinski. With feel-good sayings and designs that encourage and spread kindness, Jess also includes instructions on basic colouring techniques, fully coloured examples, and motivational quotes to go with every design. Watercolours, coloured pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper.
£6.99
St. Martin's Publishing Group Mythographic Color and Discover Wild Summer
Book SynopsisRevel in a sun-kissed kingdom of wild imagination Enter a summertime exploration of endless illusion. Mythographic Color and Discover: Wild Summer is an entrancing safari through wondrous habitats and luminous dream worlds in larger-than-life detail. Make your way through tendrilled jungles to reveal mystical tree frogs and elephants with monarch wings. Explore gemstone-crusted beaches with basking otters, enthralling dunes where majestic camels reign, and tropical manatee realms that float between what?s real and imagined. Add rays of color to more than 45 hand-drawn daydreams in Mythographic Color and Discover: Wild Summer.- Uncover a radiant world of wild creatures in spectacular detail- Color across your imagination with fauna in metamorphosis and summery universes- Cast your artistic vision onto each mind-bending illustration
£18.78
Cathy Perlmutter Scrap Cities
£20.69
Independently Published Two Stitch Easy Knitting for Baby
£12.34
The Crowood Press Ltd CAD for the Workshop
Book SynopsisComputer-aided design (CAD) technology is essential for modern design and manufacture in the workshop. With software more practical, affordable and accessible than ever, there has never been a better time to learn how to get the most out of CAD. Whether you are new to using CAD or ready to try more advanced software, this practical guide gives a thorough introduction to the technology and how to greatly enhance design and manufacture in the workshop. Topics covered include: techniques for designing and making artefacts in the workshop (not restricted to any specific CAD software package); guidance on software selection and general functionality; an overview of the conventions of technical drawing and, finally, case studies demonstrating the application of different CAD techniques for a range of projects.
£14.24
Batsford Ltd Stitch Stories: Personal places, spaces and
Book SynopsisThe events of your life, from local walks to exotic trips, can provide endless inspiration for textile art. This inspiring book shows you how to record your experiences, using sketchbooks, journals and photography, to create personal narratives that can form a starting point for more finished stitched-textile pieces. Acclaimed textile artist and teacher Cas Holmes, whose work is often inspired by her life and the journeys she makes, helps you find inspiration through your own life and explains how to record what you see in sketchbooks and journals, which can often become beautiful objects in themselves. She explains how you can use photography, both as documentation and as inspiration, and sometimes incorporate it into the work itself, along with found objects and ephemera. Throughout the book are useful techniques that can be harnessed to add extra interest to your work, such as methods for making layered collages, how to 'sketch' with stitch, and advice on design and colour. If you want to create beautiful, unique work inspired by your life and travels, this is the perfect book for you.
£21.80
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fuck Off I’m Still Coloring: Relax with 50
Book SynopsisDon't stop coloring the living shit out of this new stress-relieving, fucking swear word adult coloring book!With daily stresses like annoying coworkers, red-faced bosses, endless traffic, and whatever shit you have going on at home, sometimes all you need to do is to tell everyone to “fuck the fuck off”. Now you can say it in color! - There are more ways to say “fuck you” than ever with this collection of over 50 satisfyingly inappropriate coloring pages. - Relieve some stress with easy and beautiful art—that also happens to feature your favorite profanities. Feel the zen wash over you as you color in or outside the lines however you damn well please. - Take your defiance up a notch with more complex patterns, or take the easy route when you unwind. No matter what you do, make sure you do whatever the fuck you want!
£9.99
Workman Publishing Show Me a Story: 40 Craft Projects and Activities
Book SynopsisEncouraging children to let their imagination run wild, Emily K. Neuburger offers 40 inventive projects and activities that will inspire kids ages 5 to 12 to express themselves through storytelling. Younger children will love making story stones and a storytelling jar, while older kids will open up and thrive as they embark on guided story walks and inspiring journaling exercises. Sparking creativity while developing a child’s love of language, Show Me a Story will kindle a lifelong passion for both writing and telling original stories.
£11.39
Interweave Press Inc The Handweaver's Pattern Directory
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£32.29
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Backyard Blacksmith: Traditional Techniques for the Modern Smith
Book SynopsisThere is an increasing interest and revival in the art of blacksmithing as a hobby and art, and both men and women are becoming blacksmiths. This is a simple, rewarding craft that men and women can do in their backyard or home workshop - even beginners can produce something useful and beautiful on their first try. This book shows you how - with some patience and a working knowledge of metals, basic tools, and techniques - blacksmithing can be easy to learn and a rewarding hobby. The author instructs readers in basic blacksmithing tools and how to set up shop as well as techniques that can be used to create your own original pieces. Through instructions and illustrations, readers will learn to make simple tools and useful items, such as nails, hinges, chains, tools, and handles as well as an interesting mix of artful projects, such as trellises, gates, wall ornaments, furniture, and sculptures.
£18.44
Editorial Gg La Belleza del Objeto Cotidiano
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£16.36
Castle Point Books Mythographic Color and Discover Menagerie
Book SynopsisFabiana Attanasio''s Mythographic Color and Discover: Menagerie is a coloring book of majestic creatures and mesmerizing settings.Adventure to an animal kingdom of untold splendorStep into a mind-bending exploration of spectacular fauna. Mythographic Color and Discover: Menagerie is an immersive coloring experience of breathtaking detail and dreamlike imagination. Uncover surreal landscapes and shape-shifting art through the eyes of nature's most majestic creatures in spaces both real and fantastical. Deepen your creative curiosities and expand artistic possibilities with more than 40 hand-drawn illustrations to shade and illuminate. Color the unusual settings, transforming figures, and fascinating animals of Mythographic Color and Discover: Menagerie.- A majestic zootopia awaits in more than 40 remarkable illustrations- Flex your creativity and imagination in stunning detail- Let amazing animals spring off the page
£18.92
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Making Mobiles
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£12.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Studio Craft as Career
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£23.79
Cernunnos Anatomy Rocks: The Coloring Book
Book SynopsisDo you dream of coloring entrails, intestines, veins, genitals, lungs, or a real heart? Then this book is for you. Including 64 easy-to-remove plates perfect for display based on the coolest and weirdest medical anatomical drawings of the 19th century, this coloring book is a fantastic celebration of anatomy, flesh, and bone.
£13.29
Red Planet Publishing Ltd Classic Albums Colouring Book
Book SynopsisThis colouring book has 30 of the greatest album covers for you to colour in. Some are complex, some are simple, but all of them allow you to unwind and get creative with colour. Whether you want to relax, appreciate some iconic design, or try a few with your family, this colouring book has got it covered.
£9.99
Andrews McMeel Publishing DISNEY DREAMS KINKADE COLORING
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£13.39
F&W Publications Inc Adorable Animals GrayScale Coloring Book
Book SynopsisExplore an all-new art form in this full-length, fully rendered and fully adorable grayscale coloring book!
£12.74
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Relief Carving with Nora Hall
Book SynopsisTake your carving to the next level, as Master Woodcarver Nora Hall demonstrates the fundamentals of carving and how to properly handle the tools. She'll show you that to become a great woodcarver, all you need are the tools, good wood, and the desire to create. Learn how to look at a carving and know how to do it intuitively. With 192 images, step-by-step, illustrated exercises are given throughout the book. Chapters include carving methods, fundamentals of letter carving, and ornamental relief carving. Woodcarvers of all skill levels will find this a wonderful resource and guide.Trade Review"I haven't done a great deal of carving myself but this is easily one of the best books that I have come across on the subject. The photographs within the book are excellent; you can see the detail really close up. The book has several practice exsercises and two main projects. Both projects are very well thought out and the practice exercises are geared up to preparing you for them. If you want to try relief carving or if you want to improve your relief carving, I think this book would be worth looking at." The Woodcarvers Gazette, Autumn 2016
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Funky Florals Art Coloring Book
Book SynopsisGo beyond the pencil with this gorgeous collection of 60 detailed floral art patterns that comes complete with mixed-media art instruction to help you learn how to layer color with water-based markers, alcohol markers, gel pens, and more to create stunning art.
£16.99
Dover Publications Inc. Creative Haven Winter Scenes Coloring Book
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£7.77
Canterbury Classics Marvel Zombies ColorByNumber
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£15.19
Smith Street Books The Sticker Treasury of the Mystical and Esoteric
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£22.80
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Woodburning Basics
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£13.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Metal Jewelry Techniques
Book SynopsisA detailed, visual approach to metal work, showing the most common processes and techniques used in jewelry making today. Accompanying the detailed instructions are over 250 photographs and drawings that clarify each step of the processes. The text explains techniques for enameling, embossing and engraving, and mounting and setting gem stones. The traditional methods of mounting stones include bezel setting, wire prongs, mixed mount setting, and channel setting. It also introduces the contemporary techniques of image transfer and airbrush painting. The latter part of the book offers four step-by-step projects using the techniques described in the first chapters. These include a painted bracelet from machinable polymer, a pendant of silver and ivory palm nut, a gold pendant with tourmaline, and brooches with cast metal and airbrushed highly resistant paint. This book is for anyone with a passion for jewelry making or for jewelry itself.
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Rib Baskets
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd FANCY COFFINS TO MAKE YOURSELF Schiffer Book for
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£13.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Macrame Today
Book SynopsisKnotting as an art form can be very diverse and result in a complex blend of texture and intricate patterns, using such materials as yarn, fiber, and string. With 110 color images and step-by-step instructions, this comprehensive guide provides artists and crafters with a platform for creating beautifully designed wearable and functional art pieces. Basic knotting is reviewed and ten projects of varying skill levels include bracelets, necklaces, scarf, cell phone pouch, and a yoga mat harness. Each chapter includes a list of supplies, materials, knotting techniques, and guidelines for successfully completing your very own creations.
£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Polymer Clay Jewelry The Art of Caning
Book SynopsisCaning techniques with polymer clay allow you to create your own intricately detailed, sophisticated and chic jewelry. This clear and concise guide, by professional jewelry designer Mathilde Brun, shows you step-by-step how to make clay canes, layers of clay strategically pressed together, to adapt into multiple jewelry pieces. Polymer clay is ideal for DIY jewelry: flexible and pliable, it permanently hardens quickly under low heat without shrinking. By making canes of clay, delicate patterns, like lace, are made possible with uniform results, an unattainable feat with mere brush or pencil. With simple and easy to follow directions, learn how to turn your canes into necklaces, pendants, earrings, pins, rings, and brooches. Supported by over 400 step-by-step illustrations, material lists, and instructional guidance on the cane-making, conditioning, shaping, color mixing, pattern imprinting, curing, sanding, and buffing of polymer clay, this book provides everything you need to realize
£17.09
Gingko Press, Inc The Manly Art Of Knitting
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£16.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fishermanâs Knots and Nets
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£8.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd VICTORIAN DECOR Schiffer Book for Collectors
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£46.74
