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Its the most festive battle of wits ever! Combine your love for chess, the holidays, and woodcarving into incredible masterpiece projects! Perfect for both beginner and advanced woodcarvers, this guide includes simple caricature carving techniques and step-by-step instructions for each piece.

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In Venetian glassmaking, slender rods of molten glass are shaped, then cut to reveal detailed patterns: flowers, geometric shapes, dancing colours. This work shows how to re-create these designs in polymer clay. It reveals the process: how to work with polymer clay, the basics of planning and creating a cane and using colour effectively.

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Traces the development of Chinese glazes from the Bronze Age to the present day. It describes how these glazes were made, and how they evolved over some 3000 years of continuous production. The author shows how their superb qualities can be reproduced with common Western raw materials.

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A guide on creating encaustic art, an ancient medium that is increasingly popular with contemporary fine artists. It features step-by-step techniques with easy-to-understand instructions and detailed illustrations. It includes tips and techniques gleaned from more than 60 professional artists working with the medium internationally.

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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

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The revolutionary melt-and-mold method of soapmaking is taking the craft world by storm. Westerman shows readers how to use a meltable glycerin base to make stunning specialty soaps in minutes. The step-by-step instructions for 30 different techniques are accompanied by color photos.

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Lucie Rie and Hans Coper have been acknowledged as leading figures of the international "studio pottery" movement. This publication includes the pre-eminent collection of their work, as well as the works of other potters and a group of younger artists for whom Lisa Sainsbury felt an affinity.

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Discusses the 'basic ingredients' and techniques used for polymer clay and jewellery-making. This book offers 20 'recipes' grouped by category: fruits, breakfast, lunch and dinner, sweets and snacks, and holiday foods.

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Provides a complete guide to the design, sculpting and marketing of pop culture action figures, statues and collectibles. This title begins by tracing the history of toy making and collectibles and then shows how figurative sculpture is created by today's top professional technicians and artists using modern-day tools, techniques and applications.

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The ultimate guide to carving, painting and dressing up pumpkins for Halloween, Thanksgiving and autumnal decor, complete with tips and recipes for enjoying the whole pumpkin all season long.

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Actually a very old technique, smoke firing is used today by ceramic artists across the world in new and innovative ways. This book explains and discusses this firing method thoroughly, using step by step images from artists in action, as well as showcasing the variety of work being made.

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'No one in Britain knows more about crafting a spoon from greenwood than Barn The Spoon.' Guardian

'London's most famous and charismatic spoon whittler ...

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Text in German. Comprehensive documentation of ceramic work in Germany since 1955.

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An extensive history of the Austrian ceramics firm with an exhaustive index of artists as well as a complete overview of marks.

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Arranged geographically, this book presents Japanese, German, Scandinavian, Western European, North American and Mediterranean ceramics in a range of significant works. It includes documentary photographs that faithfully reproduce the works. It also provides artist biographies and access to art ceramics in the latter half of the 20th century.

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Simple and easy hard lotion techniques from Backyard Renaissance Guide author Caleb Warnock and chemist Amberlee Neibaur teach you how to make homemade lotions that are superior and less expensive than store bought liquid lotions alternatives.

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Since the mid twentieth century there has been considerable study of the Scottish pottery industry, revealing the diversification of production and showing that exports and innovation were more significant. It is recognised as having its own distinctive characters and in this book many examples are illustrated in colour.

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Originally published: Peoria, Ill.: The Manual Arts Press, c1930.

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Your favorite childhood craft is back in a big way! With Art Makers: Papier Mache, you can learn to craft and create using papier mache-a fun, easy, and hands-on hobby that both kids and adults will love.

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The scope and potential of mouldmaking and casting is fascinating, and makes it one of the most exciting processes available to craftsmen. Its opportunities have been developed and expanded further by a range of methods and materials made available to the domestic market.