Crafts & Hobbies

Now you can indulge in your love for pizza, cake, burgers and ice cream without putting on any weight! With these sumptuous miniature polymer clay food projects you can enjoy all your favourite treats without any guilt at all. Divided into three levels,...

Wing Chun Kung Fu has a long history but it has only been taught openly since the 1950s when Grandmaster Yip Man revealed the secrets fo the art and began to teach large numbers of students in Hong Kong. Characterized by economical movements, simple and...

One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2018 In Handmade Houseplants, expert crafter and tastemaker Corrie Beth Hogg offers a no-water option for your urban jungle: plants made from paper! This stylish guide includes step-by-step instructions and...

Ten graded lessons to tackle beautiful colour in stunning botanical compositions. Building on Valerie Price's previous and highly successful book, Botanical Illustration: The First Ten Lessons, this next volume provides a practical introduction to...

The second book in the popular 'Do More Art' series explores the myriad creative possibilities of working with acrylic. Fans of this artistic powerhouse will discover everything from basic painting techniques to more creative applications, such as...

This colourful, comprehensive guidebook explores drawing and layering colours, plus a range of styles and techniques for creating your own works of art in coloured pencil. Three renowned coloured pencil artists guide you step by step through 11 vibrant...

Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style elevates floral design to fine art in this richly informative work on the principles of floral style. A charming and intelligent mentor, Christin Geall emboldens designers, gardeners, and entrepreneurs to...

If you love crochet you will adore this collection of over 40 cute motifs including classic hearts and flowers as well as more quirky designs for skulls, mushrooms and seasonal-themed motifs such as gingerbread men. The motifs are fun, original and...

Transforming unlikely pieces of scrap metal into significant works of art - giving new life to things we throw away - is an accessible, creative and fulfilling activity. This book describes and illustrates the concerns and techniques involved in making...

Second in its series and a facsimile edition of the original 1953 instruction manual, Wrought Ironwork is a practical and essential guide with a focus on technique for the modern smith. With 33 step-by-step lessons and coordinating photography for making...

This title features contemporary macrame projects that dramatically update a vintage art. There are a variety of designs to complete, from rugs and lampshades to necklaces and bangles. Macrame is easy to learn and requires no elaborate equipment or...

Connect with your child as you make art side by side in this playfully illustrated journal, with 50 full-color spreads to color, fill in, and draw and creative prompts from licensed art therapist Lacy Mucklow. "How was your day, sweetie?" "Fine," the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486451053Author Chas HecklingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The humble sketch is the foundation of great art, where thoughts and concepts first come to life as an image-but rarely are sketches celebrated like they deserve to be for their power to explore, inspire, and entertain. In Sketching from the Imagination:...

This new title in the Weekend Makes series presents 25 cute and colourful toys to crochet with love for young children and babies. Perfect for using up your remnants of yarn and quick to make, you'll be delighted with the results and so will your little...

This concise yet wide-ranging survey of collectable antique furniture, illustrated throughout in full colour, guides the new collector through almost three centuries of Western Furniture with clarity and authority. Invaluable as a reference tool, it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784616779Author Dorian Spencer DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Anyone who loves to crochet needs to have this book on their bookshelf! Crochet diva Melissa Leapman divulges 200 of her favorite crochet stitch patterns in this book--enough designs to keep you busy stitching for years! Many of the patterns included are...

This detailed guide is written for intermediate and experienced Rhino 3D CAD users who wish to improve their understanding of NURBS and subdivision modelling methods in Rhino 3D. It explains how 3D modelling applies to jewellery and manufacturing through...

Whether you would like to learn how to build a bird box, dig a hedgehog tunnel or implement broader environmental changes in your community, this practical guide to saving our most endangered species will teach you how you can help on an...

Let the wisdom and enchantment of timeless fables and fiction help you achieve your creative goals! From celebrated mixed-media artist and author of Create Your Life Book Tamara Laporte, Ever After is a rich collection of step-by-step mixed-media art...

You'll be delighted at how quick, fun, and inexpensive it is to make beautiful folded paper jewelry! Who knew that papercraft could be used to create such gorgeous, wearable jewelry pieces?Learn to make lovely pendants, medallions, charms, bracelets,...

Breathe new life to the timeless craft of friendship bracelets with 101 customizable designs! Learn how to make personalized gifts for your friends by adding names, inspiring words, special messages, pictures, shapes, symbols, and other meaningful images...

Stitched Mosaic Quilting is a unique and approachable project guide that will show you how to transform special photos into works of mosaic art with fabric. Opening with insightful sections on getting started, construction, and colour and fabric choices,...

Although it was a global conflict, for many WW1 is synonymous with the war in the trenches of the Western Front. For anyone wargaming these battles a good trench system is a must. Douglas Hardy is a very experienced wargamer and terrain modeller and a...

Trish Burr has selected beautiful flowers and interpreted them in her own unique style to present a stunning collection of embroideries. Meticulous in details, these flowers are brought to life by the use of lustrous threads and an intuitive use of...

Hockey Drills is a collection of activities and practices designed to enliven and improve coaching sessions at all levels of the game. The drills are organized into chapters according to a particular skill or phase of the game; from the warm up and cool...

Cables are beautiful and fun to knit-but if you've never worked one before, it's hard to know where to start! Now your ultimate roadmap to the twists and turns of cabling is here. With The Cable Knitter's Guide, discover 50 gorgeous variations on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486224879Author Rex Vicat ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Techniques and projects for using shibori dyeing in textile art. Shibori is one of the world's richest textile traditions. Commonly associated with Japan, it is in fact a technique long used in Africa, India and South America. In this practical guide,...

Britain is the spiritual home of glamping, with numerous options for a comfortable and often luxurious overnight stay. You can still enjoy a night in a bell tent or a tipi, and you're spoilt for choice with yurts, shepherds huts and all kinds of weird...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486798585Author Jan SovakFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 175gDimensions(mm) 275mm *...

Includes a bonus poster of Theodore Gray's PERIODIC TABLE OF TOOLS!Tools is arguably Theodore Gray's most personal book yet. Hand tools and power tools have been a central part of his life for as long as he can remember. Using them, collecting them, and...

Quick and simple, this easy-to-read, small-format guide is the ultimate starting point to introduce yourself to the hobby of woodburning! Perfect for any beginner, jump right into learning about what pyrography is, safety, types of equipment, pens,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683561842Author Kim DiehlFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Martingale & CompanyPublisher Martingale & CompanyWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 274mm *...

Finally, there's a headwear solution for fashionable felines - and a practical use for accumulated shed hair. Cats in Hats contains step-by-step instructions for constructing stylish hats out of excess fur, so your cat will soon be the belle of the...

Zentangle(R) 12 is an inspirational colouring activity book for adults that contains 30 original tangles, and 16 bonus interactive pages to help you unwind and de-stress. You don't need to be the world's greatest artist to master this simple meditative...

Imprisoned in a fairy-tale castle and under constant threat of execution by his ruthless captor an 18th century apothecary struggled to realize the alchemist's dream. His name was Johann Frederick Bottger. But instead of transforming base metal into gold...

Enjoy these 40 expertly crafted micro-RPGs that are fast, fun, easy to learn, and come in a variety of genres-from space exploration to jungle dungeon crawlers-everything you need to pick up and play today. Get gaming fast with The Ultimate Micro-RPG...

A selection of over 25 carpets and rugs to make for the dolls' house in a variety of classic styles. This book is all you need to create beautiful carpets and rugs of all shapes, sizes and designs, whatever the size or period of the house. The historical...