Bent willow furniture, an early American craft, was a familiar sight on the front porches of America until the 1930s. Now in an easy to follow, ste...

This beginner-level guide explains, step-by-step, how to make a fixed-blade hidden tang knife and a matching leather scabbard. Used by hunters and ...

The next installment to this knife workshop series explains how to design and build an integral knife, a knife made out of a single piece of steel....

Protect that beautiful hand-forged knife you’ve just completed or keep your favorite piece of cutlery close for daily use with a leather sheath. Fr...

From basic leatherworking techniques to the professional-level tips you need to make your project its best, this how-to book will walk you through ...

This book shows how a welted leather sheath for a fixed blade is designed and constructed. It explains the basic principles and introduces variants...

When observing an especially beautiful mobile, beginning artists often think, "Wow, I want to make one like THAT!" If you have stood under a mobile...

Learn techniques for making holiday ornaments out of fruit gourds. Make a Santa head from a banana gourd, a snow couple from mini-bottleneck gourds...

The rustic furniture movement is part of the larger "green" movement that aims toward a sustainable world. This sassafras and willow furniture does...

The Lancaster Diamond Sampler was made by one anonymous person, referred to as "Fanny's friend." Fanny S. Bucher and her friend were sharing fabric...

Once confined to backwoods cabins and hunting lodges, rustic furniture is being recognized today for its primitive ingenuity and beauty. Craftspeop...

Among the leading rustic furniture makers are a number of talented, creative women. Taking nature's materials they create the quintessential "green...

This book presents a variety of box making techniques, illustrating every step taken in over 260 color photographs. The projects range from the sim...

Long out of print, this classic guide to the design of meeting-house rafters, taniko weaving and tukutuku returns in an all-new colour printing. Ma...

Throughout marbling’s long history, people have been captivated by both its apparent simplicity and its extraordinary complexity. Get to know and e...

Marge Jones has mastered an alternative slip-covering technique to help people with all levels of sewing skills create their own snug-fitting cover...

Plants have had symbolic as well as utilitarian meanings since the beginning of civilization. Mary's Garden was a place of beauty and pleasure, dat...

This book outlines a powerful process for designing and creating beautiful work that is practical to make and sell. Perspectives from 22 master art...

An accessible and easy-to-use guide to the principles and elements of jewelry design, this resource helps jewelry makers of all skill levels take t...

Learn proven techniques and successful methods of creating mosaic art from 19 different artists. Patient professionals give informative, specific, ...

The artist-makers represented here come from every region of the United States, making this book a compilation of many native traditions as well as...

In 1982, ownership of Matchbox die cast toys, the most popular metal vehicles in the world, passed from Lesney to Universal. The toys produced unde...

Barbara and Jim Mauzy are known for user-friendly books that deliver the history, identification information, and values in a format that makes the...

A detailed, visual approach to metal work, showing the most common processes and techniques used in jewelry making today. Accompanying the detailed...

For collectors, Nuremberg and toys will forever be thought of together. Whenever they hear one mentioned, they will think of the other. The firm of...

They're hot, they're shiny, and they're oh-so-glamorous. The mettle of movie star wardrobes, the spark that lights brides' eyes, and the flash that...

Text in English & Spanish. Mexico's love of celebration is well-known, and cartonería, a kind of papier-mâché art, produces the objects that ar...

The charm of milk glass has captured the hearts of thousands of collectors around the world. Though its name implies a milky whiteness, milk glass ...

With clear, concise instructions and 345 detailed photos, Ron Hampton takes the reader through every step required to turn and finish wooden works ...

Create bright and colorful designs using crayons as wax. Through 251 color images, artist Miriam Joy shows how to melt the crayons and apply wax to...