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Almost Lost Arts: Traditional Crafts and the Artisans Keeping Them Alive

Emily Freidenrich - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

This book is a celebration of tactile beauty and a tribute to human ingenuity. In-depth profiles tell the stories of 20 artisans who have devoted their lives to preserving traditional techniques. Gorgeous photographs reveal these craftspeople's studios, from Oaxaca to Kyoto and from Milan...
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Origami Activities for Kids: Discover the Magic of Japanese Paper Folding, Learn to Fold Your Own Origami Models

Michael G. LaFosse - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Turn sheets of paper into exciting 3D flowers, animals and accessories - no previous origami experience necessary!Origami, the Japanese art of folding paper, is not just a great craft activity - it's an exciting way to expand your imagination. Children will have many hours of fun folding...
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15 minutes of Play -- Improvisational Quilts: Made-Fabric Piecing • Traditional Blocks • Scrap Challenges

Victoria Findlay Wolfe - C&T Publishing
Format: Book

Scraps never looked so good! This is improvisational piecing reinvented—learn how to create a unique piece of “made-fabric” in just 15 minutes with Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s improvisational scrap-piecing methods, then incorporate your made-fabric into traditional...
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Needle felting

Amy Barickman - C & T Pub.
Format: eBook

Beautiful Projects to Create in Wool. Needle felting's easy to learn and fun to do! Make and embellish pretty things to wear, bags to carry, funky jewelry, plus pillows, runners, bowls and more for the home. Complete instructions for hand and machine techniques using a variety of fibers....
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Labcraft Wizards: Magical Projects and Experiments

John Austin - Chicago Review Press
Format: Print book

Being a wizard takes training, practice, and a few tips from an expert. Labcraft Wizards provides dozens of step-by-step projects to transform everyday objects into instruments of magic, such as a sculpted magic wand, gooey ogre snot, bouncy dragon eggs, edible brewed slugs, an enchanted...
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The Crafty Chica Creates!: Latinx-Inspired DIY Projects with Spirit and Sparkle

Kathy Cano Murillo - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback

With , get fun techniques for , , mixed media, clay, and paper crafts, and learn how to incorporate recycled materials into artwork. The projects and techniques are ideal for all skill levels. New to this book are projects such as:A layered resin art pieceA hanging sacred heart sculptureMexican...
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2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000

Tracy L Schmidt - Krause Publications
Format: Paperback

Impressive in size, scope and detail unparalleled in the market, the 2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, provides the most compelling and complete catalog to 20th Century coins in the world. You've come to rely on this mammoth reference for the most up-to-date pricing and coin...
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Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary: More than 150 stitch patterns to knit top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round

Wendy Bernard - Stewart, Tabori and Chang; Spi edition
Format: Book

Stitch dictionaries are to knitters what Websters is to a writer. Within the pages of these inspiring reference books are the endless variations of knit and purl stitches that produce the fabrics of all knitting. But in the Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary, designer Wendy Bernard...
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