Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts

This step-by-step guide will encourage the reader to explore the full range of surface treatment techniques and help them to give a professional finish to their work by guiding them to an appropriate finish choice.

20 original patterns for common North American seashore birds, including sandpipers, gulls, terns, pelicans, plovers, and loons.

25 full-size realistic patterns for common North American songbirds.

25 full-size realistic patterns for common North American garden flowers.

A great selection of 25 patterns for making beautiful stained glass panels of backyard birds.

A great selection of 25 patterns for making beautiful stained glass panels of leaf shapes.

Whether you are new to glass fusing or a veteran glass crafter, you will find fresh ideas in this book.

38 patterns for beautiful botanical and traditional designs for the home.

From Stackpole's bestselling Basics series, this book presents a fun, growing trend in glass crafts.

Creative techniques to go beyond the fundamentals.

*; Creative ideas for making glass beads *; 8 skilled beadmakers are given the challenge to create beads based on an inspiration--a color, a season, a painting, an emotion--to see what they will create *; Resulting beads show the variety of creative responses *; Includes step-by-step techniques for using other materials with the glass to create unique beads

Louise Mehaffey is a master with the torch, melting glass and wrapping it around a metal rod called a mandrel to create beautiful glass beads.

Illustrated, step-by-step instructions.

Step-by-step color photos illustrate the entire lamp-making process, from cutting the pattern and selecting glass to assembling tiles and soldering a shade.

Basic skills from an expert.

Step-by-step photos illustrate the entire lamp-making process.

Illustrated step-by-step instruction on techniques to make a variety of beautiful and practical stained glass boxes.

Explore the human form in depth, from concept sketches and armatures to detailed instructions for constructing legs, torso, arms, hands, and head from clay.

Wyl Menmuir's The Draw of the Sea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the Cornish Coast and the people who make their livings there, examining the ephemeral but universal pull the sea holds over the human imagination.

The Australasian region is home to the greatest diversity of cephalopods — squid, cuttlefish, octopuses — in the world.

At the center of Deep Blue Home-a penetrating exploration of the ocean as single vast current and of the creatures dependent on it-is Whitty's description of the three-dimensional ocean river, far more powerful than the Nile or the Amazon, encircling the globe.

Discover the fascinating world of Japanese rice wine in *"e;Sake: The Art of Japanese Rice Wine - The Culture of Japan's National Drink"e;*.

There's simply no limit to the sins people will commit for a tasty meal.

The Folk Classification of Ceramics: A Study of Cognitive Prototypes provides a general understanding of folk classification that compares cognitive structures across cultures through anthropological field studies.

The beautifully written story of shells and their makers, and our relationships with them.

'A warm, funny, uplifting writer to celebrate!

Old, broken objects can become more beautiful than ever!

It was a desperate mission that made front-page headlines and captured the attention of millions of readers around the world.

The gripping story of the lure of porcelain, or 'white gold', from the Number One bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes.

Discover the enthralling story of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's largest ever aircraft carrier and SUBJECT OF THE MAJOR NEW BBC DOCUMENTARY SERIES THE WARSHIP'Fascinating, often funny and sometimes moving .

"e;What a great book!

Think like you've got nine brains, feel like you've got three hearts, and hug as though you have eight arms.

Learn the key techniques, tips, and tricks for pit, barrel, raku, and wood firing.

Handmade Tileis a contemporary guide for ceramic artists and anyone interested in custom tile installationsfrom making, designing, and decorating to designing your space and installation.

Over 200 pages of legends, spells, facts and mermaid crafts!

When he's not negotiating his way around a sand bar, there's nothing a sailor likes more than propping up the bar - and telling tall tales and saucy jokes.

A practical guide for kids aged 7-11, by popular Really Wild Show presenter Nick Baker, full of exciting things to see and do pretty much everywhere.

The New Naturalist editors believe this to be the greatest general work on the subject ever written.

Few parts of our British islands can compare with our sea coasts as plant hunting ground.

What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys?

This pocket-sized guide to identifying and interpreting metal and ceramic marks has been improved with the addition of the most recent hallmarks, along with details of the new hallmarking system.

This edition does not include illustrations.

An enchanting tale of travels among South East Asia's Sea Gypsies, scattered groups of semi-nomadic fisher people who occupy the spaces between the islands.

Learn the Signature Techniques of Top Polymer Clay Artists

Polymer Clay Master Class offers you a close-up look at the creative processes of eleven acclaimed polymer clay artists as they share their expertise with one another and you.

The one-stop handbook of everything you need to know to get the most out of your passion for art.

Discover how to truly connect with clay, bring ideas to life, and become a highly skilled potter.

The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings.

This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma.

WINNER OF THE BEST MIXED MEDIA BOOK AWARD AT THE CREATIVE BOOK AWARDS 2024A gorgeous guide to foraging, pressing and using seaweeds for a wealth of home creative projects.