Craft Academy: 100 Innovative Craft Projects - A Step-by-step Workbook Book

More and more contemporary crafters are turning to natural objects, taking advantage of the infinite variety of texture, color, shape and form in creating their work. This collection of unique projects draws on readily available materials such as sticks, stones, shells, string, paper and cardboard to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind pieces. Each section is devoted to a single craft, beginning with a history of the craft, and then proceeding to a gallery of the most innovative artists working with the medium today. Sections on materials, equipment and basic techniques set the stage for the fascinating projects to follow. Stringwork shows how to make beautiful and functional objects as diverse as a string-wrapped chair, a sewing basket and a gilded string vase. Papercutting offers stylish and delightful projects such as an embellished lampshade, unique valentines, silhouettes, and Chinese lanterns. In Sticks and Stones, these common materials are used to make a stunning black stone doorstop, an intricate featherlight twig candelabra, and a pebbly, thatched birdhouse. Shells presents charming and evocative projects such as a cockle-shell roofed child's playhouse, a limpet lamp, and buttons made with snail shells. Cardboard enables crafters with a recycling bent to fashion a wall sconce, a lamp base, a wastebasket or a child's chair from the durable and versatile material. With over 1,200 color photographs and exquisite designs, Craft Works is an easy-to-follow technical sourcebook and an inspirational guide to using nature's bounty to create evocative, one-of-a-kind objects.Read More