CraftSpring2025

52 | Art for Joy’s Sake! Underwater Photography: A Guide to Capturing the Mysteries of the Deep. Trent Burkholder. The world of underwater photography, covering the technical, mechan- ical, and compositional factors that produce quality images. 120 beautiful color photos and 18 instructional images illustrate the techniques described • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 138 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-4234-9 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Contemporary American Print Makers. E. Ash- ley Rooney and Stephanie Standish ,Foreword by Susan J Goldman. Over 500 color photos display the work of 75 contemporary printmakers and 30 print shops. Traditional printing techniques featured include lithography, intaglio, screen print, and relief, while newer techniques include installation, digital, and fiber. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 500 color & 40 b/w photos • 240 pp. • 978-0-7643-4691-0 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD PRINTMAKING The Painted Word: Mixed Media Lettering Techniques. Caitlin Dundon. Mixed-media artist and professional calligrapher Caitlin Dundon shows you how to successfully use more than 48 acrylic painting techniques. By combining methods from the worlds of collage, scrapbooking, stamping, sten- ciling, and calligraphy, this complete guide helps you explore how lettering can add many moods to your work • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 501 color images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-5647-6 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Prints Galore: The Art and Craft of Printmaking, with 41 Projects to Get You Started. Angie Fran- ke. This guide to printmaking plunges you into dozens of ways to leave your mark on the world—and on your walls, tablecloths, garments, and more. The 41 projects use everyday materials and cover relief printing, stamp- ing, screen printing, calligraphy, monoprinting, cyano- types, and many more methods • 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" (190 x 260 mm) • 400 color images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643- 5628-5 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Advanced Scrimshaw Techniques. Jim Stevens. Learn techniques every scrimshaw carver needs for true proficiency in this art form. 130 color photos show carving with hand and power tools, color and power engraving and painting, and practices of the care, conservation, repair, and restoration of ivory scrimshaw objects • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •134 color photos•80pp. •978-0-7643-3017-9•PB•$14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD SCRIMSHAW Contemporary Scrimshaw. Eva Halat. Over 700 photos illustrate the history of scrimshaw and provide instruction on carving and decorating scrimshaw. A gallery of 45 international artists and their works gives carvers inspiration. This unique book provides comprehensive information for art- ists, collectors, and everyone interested in scrimshaw • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 318 color & 390 b/w photos • 240 pp. • 978-0-7643-3049-0 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD Gel Plate Printing for Mixed-Media Art. Robyn McClendon. Add a simple gel plate to your mixed-me- dia tools to elevate your work! If you focus on mixed-me- dia art, collage, or art journaling, you may be overlook- ing a way to increase your work's expressiveness and power: the gel plate. Acclaimed artist Robyn McClendon offers more than 20 specific techniques and guides you in combining them for unlimited ways to express your creativity. • 81/2" x 11" (216 x 279mm) •2mylar stencils & over 350 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-6694-9 • hardcover • $34.99 US / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Direct Metal Sculpture. Revised & Expanded. Dona Z. Meilach. This revised edition retains all the techniques and inspiration of the original edition, plus new chap- ters update the history of direct metal sculpture over the past quarter century, including the impact of pub- lic art programs and the computer, exploring the im- portance of computer aided design, and the Internet for successfully marketing one’s art. • 7" x 10" (177 x 254mm) • 115 color & 475 b/wphotos • 248 pp. • 978-0- 7643-1254-0 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD Direct Stone Sculpture, 2nd Edition. Milt Lieb­ son. After a historical overview of stone sculpture, the reader is led through the hands-on experience of sculpting in stone. The types of stone used are covered, as are the types and use of basic hand sculpting tools. For the advanced sculptor, there is information on the use of power tools, lamination, and repair. Now with additional photos • 81/2"x11" (215 x 279mm) •300+photos •160pp. •978-0-7643- 1224-3 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD Direct Wood Sculpture: Technique-Innova- tion-Creativity. Milt Liebson. An illustrated histo- ry of direct wood sculpture is explored, along with a vital resource for those seeking to create sculpture in wood. A complete description of the qualities and types of wood, tools (both hand and power), tech- niques, and finishing complements discussions of the art form and philosophy • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •209photos •160pp. •978-0-7643-1299-1•HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD Introduction to Soapstone Sculpting. Lynn A. Bartlett and Tasha Unninayar. Photography by Josh Steck. Photography by Josh Steck. New sculptors of any age and skill level can easily accomplish fun projects with soapstone. With 737 color images, patterns, and step-by-step directions, you will be carving away in no time at all! Artists of all trades, especially woodworkers, will be enamored with this art form once they see how easy it is. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 725 images, 18 patterns • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3781-9 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Passion for Metal: Reflections and Techniques of a Metal Sculptor. Henry Harvey. An account of the world of metal sculpting, from the lighting of a torch, to techniques, patinas, and a candid insight into the genesis of his sculpture. A number of projects are illustrated and explained in exquisite detail, making this an absolute must for everyone contemplating becoming a sculptor. It is richly illustrated • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 315 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0- 7643-1840-5 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD Authentic Antique Stenciling. Gen Ventrone. The charm of stenciled decorations has appealed to people for hundreds of years. Here are many old examples of stenciling on tin, furniture, glass, velvet, and walls. Using patterns of designs taken from old stencils, there are step-by-step instructions for their reproduction, with color photographs and a full explanatory text • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • b/w and color photos, drawings • 176 pp. • 978-0-88740- 140-4 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD STENCILING Stenciling: 140 Historical Patterns for Room Decoration. Ilse Maierbacher. 140 historic stencil- ing ornaments spanning the past century. Examples of colorfully decorated spaces provide additional inspiration, with floral and geometric, light and bright motifs • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •191 photos/140 stencil patterns • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-0376-0 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Tape Art: Materials, Techniques, Projects & Inspiration. Klebebande. Photos demonstrate step-by-step how to create eleven tape art projects. Learn how lines are tapered, curves executed, and motifs cut out in 2-D, 3-D, and in negative. Find suggestions for more projects, from portraits to furniture, as well as various tape types, including fabric, PVC, and packaging. • 8 1/8" x 9 1/8" (206 x 231 mm) • 248 • 168 pp. • 978-0-7643-5277-5 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD TAPE CRAFTS Scrimshaw Techniques. Jim Stevens. This is the most complete technical and aesthetic book in the field, guiding readers through both classic and mod- ern scrimshaw techniques. With over 200 color photos, this step-by-step guide includes information on scrimshaw tools, carving techniques, patterns, inking, inlays, and ivory alternatives, including bone, horn, and nuts • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 224 images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2831-2 • PB • $30.00 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Bronze Sculpture Casting & Patination: Mud, Fire, Metal. Steve Hurst. Photographs by Steve Russell. An illuminating text combines with 646 color photos and 78 drawings to explore the process- es involved in forming metal sculpture. Metal finish- ing processes are explored in detail, including an unprecedented 177 patination recipes and working practices • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) • 646 illustrations •368pp. •978-0-7643-2164-1•HC•$125.00 / £113.99 / 188.00 CAD SCULPTURE Carving a Bear in Soapstone. Tasha Unninayar and Lynn Bartlett. Artwork by Dawn Hartwig. Artwork by Dawn Hartwig. Illustrated, step-by-step directions provide techniques for carving your own bear in soapstone, from designing the bear to adding the final polish. Chapters include carving the bear’s waist and belly, head and shoulders, legs and tail, and its ears and snout. A gallery of completed projects will inspire your own creativity. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) •225+color images •48pp. •978-0-7643-4084- 0 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Carving a Sitting Bear in Soapstone. Tasha Unninayar & Lynn Bartlett. Artwork by Dawn Hartwig. Artwork by Dawn Hartwig. Illustrated, step-by-step techniques for carving the sitting bear in soapstone, from designing to adding the final polish. Chapters include carving the bear’s head, ears, legs, and paws. A gallery of completed projects will inspire your own creativity. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 180 color images & 4 patterns • 48 pp. • 978-0-7643-4148-9 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Contemporary Stone Sculpture. Dona Z. Meilach. An exploration of modern stone sculpture, with hundreds of examples by today’s top sculptors, illus- trated and explained with hundreds of clearly detailed photographs. Specific, step-by-step instructions for creating stone sculpture, with descriptions of various types of stone, selecting and transporting it, carving the stone with hand or power tools, and the methods of finishing the work. • 7" x 10" (177 x 254mm) • 17 color plates, 340 illustrations • 224 pp. • 978-0-88740- 089-6 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Scrimshaw in Theory and Practice. Richard Maier. Learn the art of scrimshaw—carving fine lines into complex images on bone and other materials. In this volume, a skilled engraver explains the history and technique of scrimshaw engraving to those looking to try their hand at this artwork • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 156 color & b/w images • 136 pp. • 978-0-7643-4967-6 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD | OTHER CRAFTS