A Selection of the Best Breadmaking Books Available Bread maker’s Guide Even beginner breadmakers can experience success with these fail safe instructions and experienced-based tips, combined with recipes adapted for altitude and climate. There is information on using bread machines, different types of flour, creating shaped loaves and different types of crusts. This treasury […]
A Selection of the Best Glassblowing Books Available The Methods Of Glassblowing Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Glassblowing
A Selection of the Best Mosaic Books Available Mosaic Book Crafts: Twenty Designs for the Modern Home A master of mosaics presents 20 stylish new projects for the contemporary home. Garden Mosaics Project Mosaic Book: Stylish ideas for decorating your outside space with over 400 stunning photographs and 25 step-by-step projects Adding a mosaic
A Selection of the Best Baking Book Titles Available A Baking Book with the Cake Boss Buddy Valastro, star of TLC’s smash hit, shares everything a home cook needs to know about baking as he takes readers through the same progressive training he had in his apprenticeship. This Baking Book Baking with the Cake
A Selection of the Best Flower Arranging Books Available Flower Arranging: The complete guide for beginners In clear and logical terms, Judith Blacklock has turned hands-on lessons into written word. Illustrated with hundreds of beautiful colour images and helpful line drawings, this book will enable you to create glorious floral designs with ease
A Selection of the Best Stained Glass Books Available Contemporary Designs Stained Glass Pattern Book Here’s a chance for traditional stained glass artists to expand their craft with a dynamic modern look. Mixing abstract shapes with elements from nature, this array of 70 exquisite black-and-white patterns includes “Butterfly Breeze,” “Life in a Fish Bowl,” “Peonies,”
A Selection of the Best Soapmaking Books Available Natural Soapmaking Contains 20 recipes for making your own soaps using essential oils, herbs and flowers. Start with a basic bar of white soap, or learn how to make a bar from scratch. The book also offers ideas for bath salts, bath oils, bubble baths, massage
Bonsai is a Living Craft Story by Penny Swift The word bonsai is Chinese for “trees in trays”, which makes it rather strange that the art of bonsai is primarily associated with Japan. But this is purely because it is the Japanese who initially perfected the art of deliberately dwarfing trees.The picture above shows
A Selection of the Best Photography Books Available The Digital Photography Book The man who forever changed the “digital darkroom” with his groundbreaking, number 1 bestselling, award-winning book, The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most important side of digital photography: how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks that
All Types of Eggs are used for Egg Art Story by Penny Swift Egg art cannot be defined in one particular way; there are many different arts and crafts that are used to create various different products, all utilizing some sort of egg. Egg Types used for Egg Art Eggs are symbolic, so
A Selection of the Best Candle making Books Available The Candle maker’s Companion: A Complete Guide to Rolling, Pouring, Dipping, and Decorating Your Own Candles This complete guide to candlemaking your own candles covers everything you need to know! With Betty Oppenheimer’s illustrated, step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn how to create rolled, pour, molded, gel, and
A Selection of the Best Bonsai Books Available Bonsai Basics A Comprehensive Guide to Care and Cultivation Written by Colin Lewis, this New Pyramid publication is tailored to meet the needs of the first time bonsai owner. Produced in the form of an extensive directory of every major bonsai type, it contains clear text and
A Selection of the Best Applique Books Available Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Craft This comprehensive encyclopedia of sewing and fabric craft is a must have for anyone who is serious about appliqué. It contains every technique the home sewer needs, as well as more than 100 projects – including some inspiring
Stamp Art and Other Crafts Philatelist, Clive Alexander (whose business is Overstrand Philatelic) and his wife Marlene (seen here together at the hugely popular monthly Somerset West Craft Market) have turned to crafts in their retirement, offering stamps, stamp art and several other handmade items that they sell at craft markets in the Western
A Country Craft Market with Top Quality Products The Country Craft Market in Somerset West in South Africa’s Helderberg region, is renowned for quality products that are genuinely hand-crafted. This market is held during the summer months at a lovely park-like venue, Southey’s Vines, located opposite the police station on the town’s Main Road. Established
Intriguing Candlesticks Made with Ostrich Eggs Mary Cameron’s (pic below) home industry Toi-Ikwiten Light owes its origins largely to her fascination of the art of the world-famous Fabergé, whose jewel-encrusted eggs were originally made for Russian kings. But rather than work with precious metals and gem stones, Mary has drawn on her African roots,
Beautifully Life-like Collectable Baby Dolls Pat Goodrick is a doll artist based in Cape Town, who creates highly collectable life-like baby dolls under her business name, Pat-a-Cake Babies. Also referred to as reborn dolls or life-like babies, Pat’s creations are well known throughout South Africa, as she is one of the top artists
Leatherwork, a Centuries-old Craft Story by Penny Swift Leather is man’s oldest “fabric” having been used since the Stone Age, more than 25 centuries ago. Man used leather hides and skins to make clothing, and also for practical items , for instance to carry water, tools, and bows and arrows. Picture left: Beautiful leather
Applique, an Old Craft used in Patchwork and Quilting Story by Penny Swift Applique is a decorative craft that involves cutting out different fabrics and then sewing them onto another piece of fabric to create a design. The word appliqué comes from the French word that means “work applied or laid on another material”.
