Creativity

Making Toys is a complete guide to making wooden toys and trucks. Learn from skilled woodworkers Sam Martin and Roger Schroeder

An eye-opening, visual-led exploration of the fundamental aspects of character design, including narrative, shape language, proportion, and expression.

The Joy Journal for Magical Everyday Play is an activity guide with creative ideas of things to make and do with children

In this practical book, learn how to make beautiful, folk mobiles - also known as 'pajaki' - to decorate your home or event space in show-stopping style.

The Hare with Amber Eyes meets The History of the World in 100 Objects: an eloquent history of the language of sewing over centuries and across continents.

Ultimate Crochet Bible is a definitive reference for all aspects of crochet - from the first chain to care and maintenance of your projects.

This is a beginner's guide to modelling heads and faces in clay. Filled with step-by-step sequences, it shows how to achieve lifelike heads of men, women and children as well as how to show emotion on the faces.

From dandelions and violets to mushrooms and autumn leaves, this collection of embroidery motifs is inspired by nature walks.Inspired by the wonder and beauty of the natural world, the embroidery motifs offered here evoke wildflower meadows and woodland walks. With lifelike yet whimsical plants and flowers, as well as mushrooms, leaves, trees, and birds, the flora and fauna presented here offer a delightful and beautiful range of motifs drawn from nature.Featuring beautiful photographs, clear step-by-step instructions, and detailed diagrams, this book will be an inspiring guide for those new to embroidery and a fresh and unique offering for those experienced with needle and thread.

A collection of twelve knitting patterns for animals and birds, accompanied by the author's sketches and studies of the natural world.Nature lover Claire Garland has studied animals and birds in the environment around her home in rural Cornwall, England-and designed this delightful collection of patterns based on the wildlife she sees there. Choose your favorite from a dozen animals and birds, whether it's a grey squirrel, barn owl, yellow-necked field mouse, wolf, fox, wild rabbit, or roe deer fawn.The patterns, accompanied by striking photography and illustrations, are cleverly designed with the same markings and colors as their real life counterparts, making them irresistible-and capturing the magic of spotting a wild animal in their natural habitat.

Author Gayla Partridge draws upon her knowledge of phrenology, anatomy, floral design and Ouija to create deeply imaginative embroidery art.

A modern take on a baby memory book and journal that you can interact with now and look back on for a lifetime.

A miniature book offering mastery of the sashiko basics, presenting tips for creating your own designs as well as demonstrating twenty-seven included motifs.

Includes a general overview of 500+ crochet stitches and helpful tips. Don't miss out on this special CD collection featuring our most popular stitch books all on one CD. The disc includes full-colour photography and complete instructions. The CD is both PC and MAC compatible.

Stunning craft projects that offer a modern take on the age-old pastime of drying flowers

Invaluable tutorials and insightful tips make Beginner's Guide to Fantasy Drawing a perfect start to your fantasy art journey.

Accessible and jargon-free guide to drawing faces and figures

An instructional step-by-step guide devoted to drawing really cute food for young and old.

Emerging online trend that crosses over with many strong trends including Japan (Ikigai and Shinrin-yoku), mindfulness, getting back to nature, and working with your hands

A wonderful portable edition of the hugely popular and Sunday Times bestseller Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom.

20 beautiful and delicate cross stitch designs to embroider for Christmas.

Create 10 beautiful origami models with this Japanese Origami pack, which includes a 64-page book, plus 250 sheets of origami paper.

Thirty-one pages include illustrations from A to Z plus five additional wordmark designs - "Love," "Peace," "Dream." "Family," "Friendship" - gloriously embellished by traditional elements: woven knots, curling spirals, stylized hounds, peacocks, fiery dragons, and more.

Learn the creative, innovative technique of making art by pouring paint with The Art of Paint Pouring. Featuring easy step-by-step projects, practical tips, and beautiful art from an established paint-pouring expert, this book helps artists of any skill level make colorful, textured art by pouring acrylic paint onto a canvas. There are many techniques for making poured art, and this book details them all. You will learn to swipe, pour, and more using the manyhow-to projects provided in this book. Also included are chapters on the following:Tools and materials, including affordable options for items that will help you create poured artBasic color theory and how to choose paint colors that will create pleasing mixturesEye-catching full-page artworkTips for creating the paint consistency that you wantInstructions for keeping your work area clean, even while working with a potentially messy techniqueWritten and illustrated by a well-recognized paint-pouring artist, The Art of Paint Pouring is a comprehensive reference that eliminates the need to search online for multiple videos that you would continually have to pause and re-watch. If you are new to paint pouring, you will love the beginners’ tips and instructions that allow anyone to master this contemporary craft. Start creating stunning works of poured art with The Art of Paint Pouring. Also from the Fluid Art series, refresh your paint-pouring skills and learn new techniques with: The Art of Paint Pouring: Swipe, Swirl & Spin and The Art of Paint Marbling.

This book shows how to use a traditional craft to add a very modern message to coasters, bags, patches, pillows, tea towels, eyeglass cases and more. Twenty-five fun embroidery lettering projects let you speak your mind in stitches. Bold, snarky, amusing, or clever--these needlework ideas are anything but old-fashioned samplers.

Learn to draw cute artwork from countries around the globe with Kawaii Doodle Cuties.

'This is a good book for a beginner because you really can draw some excellent studies of these animals just by following the instructions.' www.myshelf.comLearn to draw 75 different creatures in an illustrated style, in 10 simple visual steps.

Learn how to stitch all your favourite flowers, leaves and foliage, with this is collection of tutorials for 200 embroidered flowers and foliage. Modern hand embroidery expert, Kristen Gulush, shows you how to create all the floral motifs from a stitch library of just 7 embroidery stitches.

A comprehensive guide for all calligraphers, whether amateurs or professionals, this book contains over 100 different alphabets with detailed instructions on how to draw all the letters. It contains information about tools and materials, basic layouts and illumination and ornamentation.

Following the success of her first coloring book, Pop Manga Coloring Book, artist Camilla d'Errico takes fans beneath the waves with 70 black-and-white images of beloved characters from undersea fairy tales and myths in this stunning coloring book.