Slöjd is Swedish for handicrafts. But it's so much more than making things with your hands. In Sweden, slöjd is a compulsory subject taught to all schoolchildren. From a young age, they work with textiles and wood not only to develop their creativity, but also to learn fine motor skills and problem solving--often leading to a lifelong love and appreciation for crafts.

Taking inspiration from this school subject, Kerstin Neumüller has compiled 18 different wood and textile projects that include everything from learning how to sew a cap, dye yarn with birch leaves, carve a peg rail, sew a patchwork quilt, and mend your jeans.

The projects rarely require any big purchases or unusual tools, and readers will be guided with clear step-by-step instructions, pictures, and illustrations. With the attitude if you think it's good, it's good, Neumüller leaves a lot of room for creativity to flourish, and avoids the worst pitfalls.

This book is suitable both for beginners itching to get started and for those who already know that handicrafts are the most enjoyable hobby you can have!

This first book in English covering the Swedish subject of Slöjd contains a diverse range of projects suitable for beginners and more experienced crafters alike.

The perfect way to settle down and chillax for the evening so grab some buds, some junk food and get lost in this trippy Psychedelic dream.

- This book features 24 hand-drawn designs featuring cute, stoner creatures with some drugs.
- Each drawn is printed single sided so there are 48 pages in all.

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Across more than thirty essays, we discover the secret origins of stock car racing, the story behind the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the vanishing art of gathering wild ginseng, and the recipes of an award-winning cookbook writer. We meet bootleggers and bear hunters, game wardens and medicine women, water dowsers, sculptors, folk singers, novelists, record collectors, and home cooks--even the world's foremost priviologist--all with tales to tell.

A rich compendium of the collected wisdom of artists, craftsmen, musicians, and moonshiners, Travels with Foxfire is a joyful tribute to the history, the geography, and the traditions that define Appalachian living.

Adorn your life with crochet stars!

These easy and fun to crochet stars can be used for so many things! Start by making the seven star designs in various sizes. Then use your stars to create projects such as a picture frame for your favorite star, a holiday ornament, or a magic wand. Decorate a journal cover or make earrings. Make multiple stars into a garland or mobile. The stars can be sewn or pinned onto clothing as mending patches or a fashion accessory. Once you've mastered the basic stars, customize with beads, ribbons, lace, and other embellishments to make each one your unique creation!

These little stars are perfect for using up small bits of yarn and for keeping in your bag for crocheting on the go. The 28 ideas presented in the book are a great place to start, but once you start crocheting stars, the sky is the limit!

The adorable avian knitting collection from Arne & Carlos--now in paperback

Birds of a feather ... knit together With their trademark style, clarity, and humor, let Arne & Carlos guides you on a journey into a delightfully vivid knitted bird kingdom. Inspired by nature at home and abroad, as well as far-off fantastical places, this is the ideal guide for knitted bird lovers, whether creating with decorative purpose or just for fun.

Inside, you'll find:

- Characters from Arne & Carlos's home garden in Norway, including the characteristic bullfinch, chickadee, wagtail, and more

- Charming cold-weather birds worked with traditional Norwegian sweater motifs--keep them warm with bird-sized wool hats and scarves

- Brilliant birds-of-paradise, brought alive with embroidery, sequins, and feathers

- Birds featuring vintage Mexican embroidery designs, flower patterns, and so much more

Clear instructions, helpful diagrams, and full-color photographs make it easy for every knitter's imagination to take flight.

An introduction to making himmeli straw mobiles with 22 unique projects.

Discover the traditional art of himmeli in this captivating book in which Finnish craft and sleek artistry intertwine to create stunning geometric mobiles from rye straw. The exquisite mobiles with their angular lines, geometric shapes, and crisp, airy feeling have something natural and timeless about them. With the addition of colors and new materials such as paper drinking straws, they become modern sculptures that can adorn your home or make thoughtful gifts for friends and family.

In Himmeli you get a comprehensive introduction to building himmeli mobiles alongside step-by-step instructions and a gallery of inspirational images that will help both beginners and seasoned crafters create 22 beautiful mobiles.

This absorbing book covers:

• Himmeli: history and folklore
• Rye straw: an introduction to materials
• Geometric beauty: the basic shapes
• Technique: tips for a successful build
• Projects: with step-by-step instructions and diagrams

Monster farts are ... well ... monstrous

And, maybe a little embarrassing.

Find out for yourself in this detailed, amazing, unconventional, astounding, and epic farting monster coloring book

Monsters caught in the act of blasting a fart include:

• zombie
• bigfoot
• wendigo
• chupacabra
• alien
• ghost
• and many more

Be sure to share your finished works of art on Instagram using #monsterfarts

Makes a great Halloween gift for kids and adults A perfect white elephant gift. Or a year-round gift for fans of funny monsters

Epoxy resin is a versatile and widely-used synthetic polymer that has found its way into numerous applications across various industries, including art, construction, aerospace, automotive, and more. Epoxy resins are known for their exceptional durability, strength, and adhesive properties, making them indispensable in a wide range of projects.
At its core, epoxy resin is created through a chemical reaction between two main components: the resin itself and a hardener. When these two components are combined in the right proportions, they undergo a curing process, transforming from a liquid into a solid. This curing process is exothermic, meaning it generates heat as it hardens. Epoxy resins are renowned for their ability to bond strongly to a multitude of materials, including wood, glass, metal, and plastics, which makes them valuable for both practical and artistic applications.
The versatility of epoxy resin lies in its ability to take on various forms, including clear or colored, and its adaptability to different techniques, such as casting, coating, laminating, and more. It can be used to create functional items like tabletops and countertops, or purely artistic pieces like paintings and sculptures. Its self-leveling properties allow it to produce smooth, glossy surfaces, making it an attractive choice for projects requiring a polished finish.

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Learn to burn!

Woodburning, also known as pyrography, is a craft on the rise and now you can learn how to get started with the expert advice in this book from the renowned wood artist, Court O'Reilly. The book starts with an introduction to the necessary tools and supplies. You'll learn how to pick the wood burner that is right for you and how to safely use it. You'll start simply by learning how to burn straight lines, curved lines, shapes, and letters. Then, you will progress on to more complex skills such as shading and making intricate textures like fur. After you have mastered the basics, you will move on to a series of ten artistic projects, each one presenting a new skill, technique, or concept. You'll practice lettering while making a beautiful welcome sign and shading while making a gorgeous charcuterie board with flowers. Eventually, you will advance to making detailed wildlife portraits with realistic features such as fur and eyes. Each project is truly unique and totally within your reach.

• Create 10 artistic nature-inspired projects, each one presenting a new skill, technique, or concept
• Nature lovers and those who love rustic design will enjoy the slow, meditative, and sensory craft
• Using just a few tools and simple, easy-to-get materials you, too, can create works of art
• Use only a few tools and simple, easy-to-get materials to create beginner level artwork with remarkable results

Merging a poetic reverence for the art of fly fishing with a wealth of practical information and technical advice, Vincent Marinaro's, A Modern Dry-Fly Code is the classic guide to dry-fly fishing. Originally written in 1950 as the sport was languishing for lack of innovation, this book helped bring about a fly-fishing renaissance on riverbanks across America. An ideal book for readers who share Marinaro's deep reverence for the fisherman's connection to the unspoiled natural world, A Modern Dry-Fly Code will have you yearning for the sound of running brook water, eager to try some of the author's legendary fly patterns, casting techniques, and scouting tips.

The product of a lifetime of experience wading in the waters of the Letort, Big Spring, and other south Pennsylvania streams, A Modern Dry-Fly Code significantly changed the way American anglers think about dry-fly fishing. In addition to detailed information on matching hatches, trout behavior and biology, and where and when to cast which types of flies, Marinaro introduces several ideas of his own invention based on the results of his many experimental outings. Among the revolutionary ideas set forth in this book are Marinaro's 'minutiae', miniscule flies designed to imitate the dozens of tiny insects that swarm over the surface of the water as well as his thorax-style technique for crafting superb dry-flies.

For beginners and expert fishermen alike, there is much wisdom to be gleaned from Marinaro's inventive and curious inquiry into the nature and practice of fly-fishing.

In a variety of shapes, sizes, and textures, gourds are a crafter's dream come true. They are one of nature's most versatile materials, and in the hands of a creative artisan, they can be transformed into beautiful and functional objects and instruments.
This imaginative guide to crafting with gourds will instruct you in a variety of techniques for creating and decorating gourd masks, rainsticks, vases, jewelry boxes, and more, all with a unique southwestern flavor. Cut them, carve them, paint them, engrave them, or embellish them with leather, fur, feathers, and botanicals--endless creative possibilities are featured in this unique book. Inside you'll find tips and techniques on:
Setting up a work area
Selecting and growing your own gourds
Cleaning and cutting gourds
Safely using power tools
Pyrography or drawing with fire
And nearly two-dozen specific gourd projects
With beautiful photos and detailed instructions, Gourds with Southwestern Motifs is sure to delight and inspire beginners and seasoned experts alike.

Every culture is rooted in an artisanal tradition that combines locally sourced materials, time-honored savoir faire, and a desire to adorn and embellish objects from daily life. Here, thirty-eight women and men--from the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, India, Italy, France, Mali, Mexico, and beyond--open their workshops to share their heritage, skill, and unique vision.

Dana Goodwin and Dennis Williams from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota hand-bead traditional Ojibwe clothing. Mexican textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez selects yarn from a palette of some two hundred shades dyed naturally in colors that his sister extracts from local plants. Both honor and evolve the Zapotec traditions gleaned from their ancestors. London-based artist Anna Dickinson explores light and shadow through glass, by varying its transparency, opacity, color, reflection, thickness, and weight. Other artisans use natural and sometimes surprising materials, including banana fiber, seaweed, or household refuse, in this thoughtful contemplation on the important role of handicraft, of time, and of nature in our contemporary societies.

Artisanal crafts--some nearly forgotten and lost forever--are having a renaissance thanks to a nascent consciousness for fair-trade practices, an urgent call to protect the planet, and a renewed respect for the quality and durability of handmade objects. This beautifully produced and richly illustrated tome pays homage to natural materials, the hands that shape them, and the ethos that guides their exceptional creators.

During an age of mass manufacturing, fast fashion, synthetic materials and the unsustainable practice of companies valuing quantity over quality, a return to tradition, connection, and simplicity is essential.

Art historian and award-winning broadcaster Dr. James Fox explores the rapidly fading crafts and artisanal traditions of the world--such as coopering, basket-weaving, wheelwrighting, metalwork, and blacksmithing--that have shaped so much of our history through their alchemy of the hand-made human touch and generational wisdom.

Fox explains the history of craftmanship in Britain, taking readers across the lands and communities that originated there, teaching them about the practices, traditions, and people at their heart. From coopers to thatchers, basket makers to bellfounders and dry wall builders, Fox tours Britain, once the workshop of the world, in search of its lost and disappearing craft traditions and the artisans trying to keep them alive including, a rush weaver who has managed to rebuild a sustainable business with her baskets and other wares, a bell foundry that uses the same practices it used in the nineteenth century, and dry wallers, building walls one piece of stone at a time that could last two centuries.

Part travelogue and part historical record, Craftland is a profoundly intimate meditation on our human cultural heritage, exploring what we lose as these traditions fade from view in the race of progress, and what we stand to gain if we bring them back.

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We think these benefits are worth the occasional imperfection resulting from the age of these books at the time of scanning, and their vintage feel provides a connection to the past that goes beyond the mere words of the text.

Merging a poetic reverence for the art of fly fishing with a wealth of practical information and technical advice, Vincent Marinaro's, A Modern Dry-Fly Code is the classic guide to dry-fly fishing. Originally written in 1950 as the sport was languishing for lack of innovation, this book helped bring about a fly-fishing renaissance on riverbanks across America. An ideal book for readers who share Marinaro's deep reverence for the fisherman's connection to the unspoiled natural world, A Modern Dry-Fly Code will have you yearning for the sound of running brook water, eager to try some of the author's legendary fly patterns, casting techniques, and scouting tips.

The product of a lifetime of experience wading in the waters of the Letort, Big Spring, and other south Pennsylvania streams, A Modern Dry-Fly Code significantly changed the way American anglers think about dry-fly fishing. In addition to detailed information on matching hatches, trout behavior and biology, and where and when to cast which types of flies, Marinaro introduces several ideas of his own invention based on the results of his many experimental outings. Among the revolutionary ideas set forth in this book are Marinaro's 'minutiae', miniscule flies designed to imitate the dozens of tiny insects that swarm over the surface of the water as well as his thorax-style technique for crafting superb dry-flies.

For beginners and expert fishermen alike, there is much wisdom to be gleaned from Marinaro's inventive and curious inquiry into the nature and practice of fly-fishing.

Discover the secrets of color, shape, and scent the fun and easy way?

Whether you're a beginner or seasoned craftperson, this fun book offers everything you need to make beautiful, professional-looking candles and soaps at home. You get practical tips on dyeing and scenting wax, using unusual molds, adding embellishments to candles, working with soap ingredients, and even turning your hobby into a business

Discover How To:

• Stock a safe & efficient work area
• Work with all types of wax
• Add color and scent to your projects
• Make melt-and-pour soaps
• Turn a hobby into a business