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How to Make a Coracle
by Sean Hellman
The 3rd edition of How to Make a Coracle has 24 pages with full colour photographs detailing each step involved in making your first coracle.
This book tells you everything you need to know about how to make a coracle and how to paddle your coracle. Each step is illustrated with a photograph, with text to explain each of the photographs. Please note that this book descrbes how...
Spoon Carving:
From Log to Spoon
From Log to Spoon
Whatever your experience, this book has all the instructions you need to carve beautiful spoons from logs of green wood. Author Alex Finberg walks you through every stage of the process with clear explanations and some 400 stunning photos. At the core of the book is a 25 step sequence that illustrates how to carve functional cooking spoons and beautiful eating spoons from a log. This guide will inspire...
Japanese Joinery
by Dorian Bracht
Japanese Joinery showcases traditional and modern joinery techniques through beautiful photography and detailed technical illustrations.
Japanese joinery is viewed by many as being an art as well as a craft or trade, and this is borne out by the intricate design and craftsmanship of the joints in this book.
Over 50 different joints are showcased, ranging from traditional joints...
Green Wood Carving
by Harald Lamon
More than just a ‘how-to’ book, the author’s passion for wood carving as a sustainable craft and his connection to wood and nature shines through on every page. Green Wood Carving includes fascinating information about wood, how it grows, how to use it and what makes it unique. The main carving tools, their uses, and how to look after them are also explained. From...
A Sharpening Handbook
by Richard D. Wile
There are many books available on sharpening, however as Richard Wile points out, “sharpening has evolved.” He has directed his book towards the novice to intermediate sharpener, with the aim of enhancing their experience with advice on guides, new and traditional media, and techniques.
Techniques cover the primary hand tools in most woodworkers’ workshops...
Burn
by Ben Short
Linocut and Reduction Printmaking
by Laura Boswell
A beautiful hardback book revealing the astonishing flexibility and creative possibilities of the linocut printmaking technique.
Written by a leading and innovative linocut printmaker, it focuses on the reduction printing technique and gives detailed, practical help to choosing and using tools and materials, plus generous creative advice on designing specifically for linocut....
Sharpening - A Woodworker's Guide
by Randall A. Maxey
Sharpening - A Woodworker's Guide is aimed at both those new to woodworking as well as the experienced woodworker, is broken down into three main sections: sharpening by hand, machine sharpening and putting the theory into practice. Traditional sharpening techniques and tools are covered as well as those using the latest innovations for both hand and machine sharpening.
Areas...
The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton
This important publication describes a unique set of over 200 tools from the late eighteenth century, giving an extraordinary insight into the trade practices of the time. The tools were bought by Joseph Seaton for his son Benjamin but were hardly used - instead they survive intact, with an original inventory recording the prices paid at Christopher Gabriel's London toolshop, and can be seen in...
The Warrington Chest
This amazing chest was made by a Sheffield pattern maker, Ernest Warrington, when he was just 18 years old. The book traces Ernest’s family history, explains the trade of pattern making and its context in Sheffield, and tells the story of how the chest passed down the family.
The chest still contains a good proportion of the kit of tools used by its pattern maker owners and these tools are...
Twenty Concepts In Woodblock Printing
Authors: Merlyn Chesterman & Rod Nelson
We are pleased to add this new book from Merlyn Chesterman and Rod Nelson to our offering of printing books.
Twenty Concepts in Woodblock Printing is an inspiring book for printmakers to use to enhance their work ranging from abstraction to composition, and from symbolism to boundaries. It focuses on woodblock printmaking but the principles it covers...
The Perfect Edge
By Ron Hock,
Nearly every operation in woodworking uses a piece of steel between the woodworker and the wood. This steel needs to be cared for and sharpened for the best results. "The Perfect Edge" is an up-to-date book on sharpening every woodworking tool, using the latest sharpening stones, tools and techniques. The author brings more than twenty-five years of experience, working with demanding...
Windsor Chairmaking
by James Mursell
This book is the first new book about the making and design of Windsor chairs for over 10 years. James Mursell has written it with a broad readership in mind. It is aimed not only at existing Windsor chairmakers but also at those who are perhaps contemplating making their first chair.
Detailed plans are included for two English and two American chairs. It is also aimed at those...
Lettercarving in Wood:
A Practical Course
A Practical Course
By Chris Pye
Letters are everywhere and lettercarving in wood is a tremendously useful skill for a carver to have: from memorials to signing work; from decorating bowls to house signs.
This book from internationally renowned woodcarving instructor Chris Pye will teach you fundamental lettercarving skills with which to artfully add words or text to an otherwise plain piece of wood.
For beginners,...
Relief Carving in Wood:
A Practical Introduction
A Practical Introduction
By Chris Pye
This is a unique book for woodcarvers. Master woodcarver Chris Pye digs deeply into the process of relief carving by pulling apart a single subject, clearly demonstrating how low and high relief carvings 'work' and how to go about carving them.
Follow this book step by step and you'll learn about the tools and how to handle them properly, and fundamental, transferable carving skills...
Woodcarving:
Tools, Materials & Equipment
Tools, Materials & Equipment
By Chris Pye
Woodcarving, Tools, Materials & Equipment is jam-packed with information about the craft of woodcarving. This well-illustrated guide by master carver Chris Pye covers all you need to know about the tools of the trade.
Covering a wide array of carving challenges such as proper clamping technique to the strengths and limitations of tools, expert Chris Pye offers a wealth of information...
Swedish Carving Techniques
By Wille Sundqvist
For all those looking for this much sought-after handbook, the wait is over. Originally published in 1990 and out of print for almost 10 years, Swedish Carving Techniques by Wille Sundqvist has enjoyed cult status among carvers and craftsmen and is widely considered the bible of spoon carvers. Now a brand-new issue, just like the 1990 version, can be yours. In an honest, straightforward...
Grinling Gibbons Master Carver
by Paul Rabbitts
Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone. Tantalising cascades of fruit and flowers, puffy-cheeked cherubs, crowds of figures and flourishes of architecture are all trademark features of his energetic, animated carvings that grace stately homes, palaces, churches and colleges...
Making Woodblock Prints
By Merlyn Chesterman & Rod Nelson,
Woodblock printing is an ancient art form, which produces beautiful, subtle and lively pieces with just a few simple materials. This book introduces the art, and shares technical information and ideas for those with more experience. Drawing on the vibrant living traditions from China and Japan, it is both a technical guide and an inspiration.
Includes:
A...
Carve
By Melanie Abrantes
Norwegian Wood meets How to Tie a Tie in this irresistible gift for DIY enthusiasts.
Using just a tool or two (a pocketknife and a gouge), readers will learn how to whittle 12 small objects, from a coffee spoon to a pair of dice, that take just a few hours to finishand in the process carve out a little peace and quiet for themselves.
Carve is an accessible guide to a...
Making Traditional English Wooden Eating Spoons
By Eric Rogers
Learn how to make traditional English wooden eating spoons with Eric Rogers
Of all the materials used by our forefathers wood was undoubtedly the most common but is the least represented in museums today.
Churches and timber framed houses preserve some of the grander uses of wood but very few everyday artifacts survive.
Tens of thousands of wooden spoons must have been thrown...
Making Japanese Woodblock Prints
By Laura Boswell
Japanese woodblock printing is a beautiful art that uses a unique system of registration, cutting and printing. This practical book explains the process from design drawing to finished print, and then introduces more advanced printing and carving techniques, plus advice on editioning your prints and their aftercare, tool care and sharpening. Supported by nearly 200 colour photographs,...
Kuksa - A Guide to Hand Carved Wooden Cups
By Paul Adamson,
Paul has been carving wooden cups or Kuksa for over ten years, and along the way has learnt what the problems are and overcome many of them.
After being asked many times how to make them, he thought he would produce a book to teach others how to make them.
This paperback book (2nd edition) contains 120 pages with lots of full colour pictures to explain the styles and shapes,...
Furniture Mouldings (1574 - 1820)
By E. J. Warne,
Originally published in 1923, this book contains 140 plates of full-size English furniture mouldings from the late 16th to early 19th century. There are over 500 detailed mouldings of bedsteads, cabinets, a bureau, shelves, a secretaire, clothes presses, wardrobes, chests, chairs, lace boxes, chests of drawers, stools, settees, seats, tables, sideboards, a dresser, knife cases, mirror...
Oak-Framed Buildings
By Rupert Newman,
The author originally trained as a naval architect and shipwright moved on to oak timber framed construction for houses.
Full colour photographs show projects both complete and under construction. Indented for aspiring self-builders as well as established carpenters and builders. Structural details and three-dimensional drawings are included.
Chapters comprise:
Past...
The Welsh Stick Chair - A Visual Record
by Tim and Betsan Bowen. Published by Pethe Press.
The Welsh Stick Chair – A Visual Record by Tim and Betsan Bowen offers a useful resource for collectors, designers and makers of the stick chair and those interested in Welsh cultural heritage and folk art.
The book is filled with images of over thirty different Welsh stick chairs, including two contemporary examples. It also illustrates...
Working with Living Willow
By Jon Warnes,
This booklet giving basic information on how to make living willow structures for gardens and public places.
The Stick Chair Book:
Revised Edition
Revised Edition
By Christopher Schwarz
From the outside, it seems like you need to harvest special wood from the forest, buy a bunch of exotic tools, master a lot of crazy angles, and learn high-tolerance joinery to make a chair that is comfortable, strong and approaches sculpture.
The truth is that everyday woodworkers – farmers, amateurs and people in other trades – made wonderful chairs using...
Benchcrafted Split Top Roubo Plans
This Benchcrafted Split Top Roubo bench plan is based on Andre Roubo's bench from Plate 11 of L'Art du Menuisier, with the added capabilities of the Benchcrafted vices. Benchcrafted developed this plan so woodworkers could build a bench using the Benchcrafted Tail Vice and Glide Leg Vice without having to figure out all the details. Simply follow the measured drawings and instruction notes.
The...
''Family Tree of Chairs'' Letterpress Poster
The "Family Tree of Chairs" is an original piece of art made by Lee John Phillips of Wales that was first printed as the endpapers for "The Stick Chair Book" by Christopher Schwarz. The "Family Tree" shows the development of chair forms through the centuries – from a tree stump all the way to the more complex types, such as the high-style Chippendale chairs and a...
Selection of 5 Greetings Cards - Set 1
This set of 5 greetings cards includes the following:
Breeze
Fisherman & Geese
Kingfisher
Bucket & Spade
Any Port in a Storm
All images from Fiona Kingdon's fabulous creations.
Blank inside for your own greeting.
All 5 are DL (21cm 10cm) and are printed on 300gsm card
Selection of 5 Greetings Cards - Set 2
This set of 5 greetings cards includes the following:
Turning Urban
Five Crows
Above the Smokehouse
Earth, Sea & Sky
Shalder's Flight
All images from Fiona Kingdon's fabulous creations.
Blank inside for your own greeting.
All 5 are DL (21cm 19cm) and are printed on 300gsm card
Selection of 10 Greetings Cards - Set 1
This set of 10 greetings cards includes the following:
Turning Urban
Five Crows
Above the Smokehouse
Earth, Sea & Sky
Shalder's Flight
Breeze
Fisherman & Geese
Kingfisher
Bucket & Spade
Any Port in a Storm
All images from Fiona Kingdon's fabulous creations.
Blank inside for your own greeting.
All 10 are DL (21cm 10cm) and are printed on 300gsm card
Above the Smokehouse - Greetings Card
Above the Smokehouse is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Any Port - Greetings Card
Any Port is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Bee on a Comb - Greetings Card
Bee on a Comb is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
15cm x 15cm
Breeze - Greetings Card
Breeze is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Bucket & Spade - Greetings Card
Bucket & Spade is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Earth, Sea, Sky - Greetings Card
Earth, Sea, Sky is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Fisherman & Geese - Greetings Card
Fisherman & Geese is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Five Crows - Greetings Card
Five Crows is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Foula View - Greetings Card
Foula View is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
15cm x 15cm
Fur & Ferns - Greetings Card
Fur & Ferns is an image featuring one of Fiona Kingdon's creations.
Blank inside for your own greeting.
15cm x 15cm
Kingfisher - Greetings Card
Kingfisher is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Koi Pond - Greetings Card
Koi Pond is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
15cm x 15cm
Moon Rising - Greetings Card
Moon Rising is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
15cm x 15cm
Shalder's Flight - Greetings Card
Shalder's Flight is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)
Turning Urban - Greetings Card
Turning Urban is an image of one of Fiona Kingdon's creations which has been printed on 300gsm card and blank inside for your own greeting.
21cm x 10cm (DL)