Schiffer Craft

$14.95

Tom Wolfe returns to an old friend of his, Santa Claus. In his own special way he leads the carver through each step of the carving process. The result is a traditional Santa in stride, heading for the reindeer pen...

$29.95

Designing and making a coffee table represents a unique project for the craftperson, offering the reward and satisfaction of building a beautiful and yet fairly simple piece of furniture. A coffee table project requires forethought and planning. It also helps...

$14.95

Accomplished carver and teacher Cleve Taylor takes to the hills, carving mountain men of years gone by. With clear, concise instructions—illustrated with over 225 color photographs, Cleve guides wood carvers through every step and tool needed to make these popular...

$12.95

Just when it seems that Tom could not possibly have any more Santa patterns, here are 75 never before seen designs. They reflect Tom's unquenchable creativity, his boundless sense of humor, and his keen eye for caricature. Each pattern is...

$14.95

This book is jammed full of photographs, patterns, drawings, hints, details, notes and ideas concerning the Bolinger's playful and entertaining Halloween carving creations. Detailed, step-by-step instructions are provided for carving and painting two ghostly projects-- "The Ghost with the Most"...

$19.95

Historic prints of the abstract genre—from upholstery fabrics and curtains to the wearable art we don daily—is explored through photographs of 300 fabric swatches from couture houses in Italy, France, and the United States. An art form often ignored gets...

$19.95

More than 300 historic fabric samples from the mid-1920s and 1930s provide a visual textbook of design ideas prevalent during the Art Deco era. These were the everyday fabrics used for housedresses and curtains, adorned with the era's predominate geometric...

$12.95

Caricature carver Steve Brown puts his unique talent to work carving these conversational writing tools. Herein are 37 designs for unique pens portraying objects and people. There are basketball and baseball players, a golfer, a fisherman, a farmer, a plumber,...

$29.95

Fabrics can represent an era or a decade-the colors, patterns, textures, and fibers reveal as much about the culture as do the furnishings and clothing that relied on the fabrics. The decade of the 1960s was one of extremes. Traditional...

$39.95

Over 225 dramatic photographs and historical illustrations portray various types of lace and garments from different historical periods. The most ingenious and ephemeral of textiles, lace, is presented here as the poetry of fashion. This book is a fascinating glimpse...

$24.95

Paisley textile designs are organized into a sweeping visual survey, from orderly foulard patterns to elaborate borders, from experimental media to ornate florals; this book delves into printed and woven fabrics alike. More than 550 full-color photographs of paisley designs...

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Rustic furniture is showing up in the most unusual places. It stands in the midst of the most modern furniture in a place of honor as a piece of folk art or sculpture. This one-time country mainstay, now graces the...

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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, step-by-step instructional book, one of America’s foremost makers of twig furniture shares the technique....

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Having an Al Streetman book is liking having your own personal carving instructor sit down on the back porch with you. His easygoing Oklahoma ways and his patient, soothing voice are evident in the simple instructions, as though he were...

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Practice your wood carving skills on an unconventional medium: vegetables! This delightful book provides step-by-step instructions for carving potatoes and other vegetables. For the veteran carver or the newest devotee of the hobby, carving vegetables can be educational, fun, and...

$19.95

Take a tour of the top couture fabric design houses of Paris during the early 1960s. This visual feast explores more than 250 exemplary designs in full-color photographs of fabric swatches. Explore a multitude of styles, ranging from playful geometrics...

$24.95

A zigzag tour of the form of stripes through seventy years of fabric design. Nearly 600 pictures of historic fabric swatches from all over the world across seven decades provide a virtual treasure chest of design ideas, from the prim...

$24.95

Spanning more than five decades of fabric design, Plaids is an invaluable visual reference guide for designers. With more than 550 full-color photographs of printed and woven plaids, this colorful book provides a sweeping survey of plaid fabric designs, from...

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In this wonderful folk carving book, Shane Campbell takes you step-by-step through the process of carving two attractive wooden figures. The first is an articulated angel named Ruby and the second is a whirligig figure named Angelene. Project patterns and...

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Mike Cripps takes the reader through all the steps required to make a handsome, traditional candlestick and an imaginative three section candlestick turned from a single log. Over 230 color photographs taken from the turner’s perspective illustrate the instructions. In...

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Veteran carver and instructor Al Streetman cleaned up his shop and came up with yet another hot book, this one presenting a thin cast of characters carved from leftover wood scraps. Streetman takes novice and advanced carvers alike through a...

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Paul F. Bolinger, one of America’s preeminent woodcarvers, shows you how to create some of the most collectible Santas in the United States. Using a combination of over 185 color photographs and easily followed instructions, Paul carefully guides the reader...

$24.95

Room stenciling remains a popular home DIY craft. This book illustrates 140 historic ornaments spanning the past century. Examples of colorfully decorated spaces provide additional inspiration, with floral and geometric, light and bright motifs. Detailed directions make the techniques a...

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All the steps and instructions you need to sculpt human heads and complete animal figures out of clay. Using oil based clay, author and sculptor Dale Power takes the reader through all the steps and instructions needed to sculpt human...