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14 | RECENTLY RELEASED Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs 288 Charts for 13 Pattern Ends and Techniques for Arranging Color by Heather Torgenrud A pattern and color sourcebook for weavers, featuring 288 brand-new patterns for Baltic-style technique and 70 samples unleashing the power of color choices. A lifelong resource for pick-up bandweavers, this pattern and color sourcebook contains 288 new charts that can be mixed and matched creatively, plus photos of 70 woven sample bands that illustrate techniques to help weavers arrange their own colors beautifully. It empowers weavers to craft exquisite original bands woven in the Baltic-style pick-up technique found in many cultures. Teaches weavers: • The tremendous variety that’s possible, even with narrow pick-up patterns that adhere closely to traditional design conventions. • Practical color approaches specifically related to bandweaving. • How the band design process works , for insights you can apply to designing your own patterns. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6813-4 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) Pages: 128 Price: $30.00 USD, £27.99, 43.00 CAD Illustrations: 116 color photos & b/w diagrams Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Weaving & Spinning Japanese Blacksmithing Traditional Forging Methods for Knives, Swords, and Tools by Rudolf Dick Discover the blacksmithing techniques used to make 10 traditional Japanese objects, with insights from the artisans and rare glimpses inside their workshops. A must-have book not only for amateur and professional smiths, but also for all admirers of Japanese craft culture. Although t he art of blacksmithing and steel processing didn’t reach Japan until more than 1,000 years after it was developed in the Western world, it developed within an astonishly short period of time. Here are the fascinating traditional methods used by Japanese tool-, knife-, and swordsmiths, plus a rare look inside their workshops. Includes: • Forging methods and techniques for 10 special products —hammer, chisel, axe, hatchet, gardener’s machete, sickle, fish knife, folding knife, straight razor, and Japanese sword. • Over 150 color photographs that illustrate and explain the techniques used to create classic Japanese forged pieces. • Chapters on Japan’s oldest coppersmithing facility and on traditional tatara steel smelting. • Helpful tables that detail the materials, chemistry, elements, and temperatures needed to harden, form, and manipulate the metal being forged. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6851-6 Size: 6 1/2" x 9" (165 x 229 mm) Pages: 160 Price: $24.99 USD, £22.99, 35.99 CAD Illustrations: 175 color photos Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Metal Work ISBN 978-0-7643-6813-4 ISBN 978-0-7643-6851-6 Heather Torgenrud studied traditional weaving in Norway and Sweden, and teaches pick-up techniques and bandweaving, including at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum. Her articles and patterns have appeared in publications such as Handwoven and the Norwegian Textile Letter . She is also the author of Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving . norwegianpickupbandweaving.com. Dr. Rudolf Dick studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich and received his doctorate in forming technology. He served as the managing director of Dick GmbH, Fine Tools. He lives in Deggendorf and Munich, Germany. rudolfdick.com