$24.95 $14.97 |
To the delight of children and grandchildren, this handy guidebook offers an assortment of vintage wooden toy projects that hearken to bygone eras. Drawing primarily from Victorian and Edwardian eras, each wonderful toy project offers step-by-step instructions, cutting lists, wood recommendations, and techniques such as jigmaking and turning spheres and cylinders. In these 15 projects, crafters will find age-appropriate toys for toddlers to teens, including a diabalo for juggling, a yo-yo, toy soldiers and mice, colorful stacking discs, spinning tops, and bowling pins. More skilled toymakers will enjoy the challenge of crafting a kaleidoscope and a walking cow. Variations for each project allow crafters to personalize each toy, and a brief history of how and where the toy was used provides added value and interest.
$50.00 $30.00 |
A showcase of fifteen magnificent estate gardens that are uniquely, exuberantly Californian. Included are the 654 acre gardens of Filoli, the Huntington Library gardens, the fantasy world of Ganna Walska at Lotusland, and other gardens in both northern and southern California.
$20.00 $12.00 |
Covers the structure of wood, seasoning, preservative treatment, veneers, plywoods, adhesives, timber fastenings, shipping containers, mechanical and physical properties, and the commercial timbers of Canada.
$21.95 $13.17 |
This state-of-the-art woodburning guide introduces both traditional methods and todays techniques using electrically heated engraving tools and hot-wire tools. Every area of the craft comes with clear instructions: where to find designs, what tools and equipment to make or buy, and how to construct your own wire-point instruments, as well as how to produce lifelike textures, master the art of shading, select the proper color, enhance wood-turned objects, and protect finishes.
$21.95 $13.17 |
Twelve puzzles of four different basic types are described in this guide, along with the tools and techniques needed to make them. There is expert advice on the woods, glues and finishes that will give the best results. These puzzles are beautiful and intriguing objects in their own right, and offer woodworkers a delightful means of sharpening their skills and astonishing their friends.
$12.95 $7.77 |
Discover the appeal of this modest, yet inviting house style through 500 color photos. Few things do more to set a homes character than its scale. And in the cottage, people have for hundreds of years found a home that is inviting, without being ostentatious, modest without a feeling of confinement. Doug Keisters photography brings to life 500 cottages, organized by style, including English, storybook, bungalettes, Victorian, and Spanish-influenced casitas.