Carving things from wood is easy and lots of fun. This book is the perfect place to start learning an enjoyable hobby that lasts a lifetime. With just a few simple tools, a piece of wood, and the skills you'll acquire here, you'll be on your way to creating wonderful keepsakes and hand-carved gifts. The do-it-yourself projects inside take only a few hours to complete. Designed to build basic woodcarving skills, each lesson teaches you something new, and raises your confidence as you learn to transfer patterns, use carving tools, and finish wood. In addition, you'll discover how to work safely, pick the right wood, and sharpen and care for your tools.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 136

Dimensions: 217 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 14-01-2014

Good things do come in small packages. Just ask internationally recognised small living expert Jay Shafer. His small buildings have appeared on CNN, Oprah, Fine Homebuilding, and This Old House. Ranging in size from 100 to 120 square feet, these tiny backyard buildings can be used as guest cottages, art or writing studios, home offices, craft workshops, vacation retreats, or full-time residences.

Filled with photos, elevation drawings, and door/window schedules for six Box Bungalows, this book includes extensive how-to instructions that can be applied to any backyard building project. These handsome little buildings are filled with interesting and practical details including real doors, windows, and skylights. With extra design attention to energy and space efficiency, these tiny houses can help us on the road to a sustainable world.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 142

Dimensions: 220 x 280 x 10 mm

Publication Date: 31-12-2013

Minecraft*, a game that thrives on the player's creativity and imagination, is hugely popular among all ages, and with this book you can bring the game to life in 15 amazing projects. The game's pixel-style graphics make it easy for anyone of any age or skill level to make cool crafts that look like they popped right out of the computer screen. With just simple and easy-to-find supplies and tools, you'll learn to transform the landscape, the objects, and the creatures of the game into physical creations. The pixel graphics are a cinch to customize too, so with the projects and the techniques presented in this book, you'll still get all the creative freedom you are accustomed to in the game. Come create whatever you can imagine!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 48

Dimensions: 216 x 277 mm

Publication Date: 15-07-2014

Add instant eco chic street fashion to any outfit with boho bracelets! Get that trendy bohemian look with bountiful, bright colors on your arms and wrists. Inside you'll find dozens of stylish designs and easy techniques for making beautiful bracelets with embroidery floss and hemp. Friendship Bracelets All Grown Up offers fresh ideas for expressing yourself with the texture and beauty of intricate knotwork. You'll find cool patterns here for making chevrons, stripes, waves, diamonds, and more, with step by step instructions for each knot pattern. Gorgeous color photographs illustrate variations in every style, from classic and natural to playful and eclectic. Stack your bracelets for a boho arm party, and embellish them with beads and buttons. Learn how to make inexpensive hemp jewelry in fun colors, inspired by laidback hippie vibes. Transform ordinary friendship bracelets from middle school memories to chic contemporary pieces you'll be proud to wear. Whether you're going bohemian, mod, or all out fashionista, Friendship Bracelets All Grown Up will help you to create exactly the look you want.

Bind: paperback

Dimensions: 217 x 275 mm

Publication Date: 24-06-2014

Learn to make a classically tailored suit that fits perfectly and will never go out of style with this step-by-step guide. From selecting the fabric to the final fit, readers will be guided through the entire process of making pants and jackets for men and women. The book includes over 200 color-coded diagrams that clearly depict the construction process.

Pages: 288

Dimensions: 190 x 229 x 14 mm

Publication Date: 01-03-2011

From making the first cut to applying the finish, this comprehensive reference details every aspect of woodcarving. All the essentials are covered for beginning woodworkers, such as how to choose appropriate woods; how to set up a wood shop; how to select, use, and sharpen tools; and how to perform fundamental techniques, such as the push cut, pull cut, stop cut, and slicing cut. General carving styles, from classical to whimsical to rustic, are also covered, as are the basic steps of power carving. Eight projects designed to help newer woodworkers build proficiency and a handy resource section round out this fully illustrated, must-have resource for woodcarvers.

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 216 x 280 x 17 mm

Publication Date: 01-10-2008

Pages: 208

Dimensions: 190 x 229 x 10 mm

Publication Date: 01-02-2011

Pages: 320

Dimensions: 190 x 229 x 10 mm

Publication Date: 01-02-2011