Crafts and Decorative arts

The exquisite Japanese hikaru dorodango, or shiny mud ball, is created by rolling earth by hand into a perfect sphere and polishing it until it gleams. Not only are the results truly impressive, but this calm and meditative practice, once a playground game, has been rediscovered as a peaceful pastime.

The modern guide to opaque watercolor painting! If you love the bold and beautiful look of gouache painting but thought the medium might be too complex for you, think again! Gouache is very similar to watercolor and totally within your reach when you follow the easy and accessible instructions inside this beautiful book from renowned artist, author, and designer Viddhi Saschit.

This easy, accessible, and fun approach to basket making offers instructions for 18 beautiful and useful baskets. Beginning with simple basket designs and progressing to more-advanced techniques, you build new skills with each project. Follow along from one to the next, or jump ahead to the more advanced baskets to expand your intermediate skills.

This treasure trove for the modern knitter presents 150 new and innovative cable stitch patterns (ranging from basic to complex) and offers an enlightening guide on how cables are engineered and how knitters can design their own.

Learn to paint 50 beautiful botanicals in 30 minutes or less. The patterns included, and you can paint right inside the book!  A follow-up to the bestselling first book! In this new edition, 50 beautiful floral motifs are broken down into simple steps that take the intimidation out of painting.

Learn the stages necessary to successfully design and model the most versatile and widely used types of hull construction. Over 180 striking color photos detail completed models and construction stages. Over 40 line drawings provide detailed plans and renderings necessary to successfully complete a high quality model.