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56 | GOURDING, GUN-RELATED CRAFT, HOLIDAY CRAFTS, LETTERING Making Gourd Bowls with the Fairy Gourd- mother® • Sammie Crawford • Make eight col- orful bowls in this new DIY book from the Fairy Gourdmother®, from a ghastly witch, to laughing clowns, Christmas balls to Easter eggs, and hearts to seashells. Ideal for the aspiring gourd crafter, this how-to book has nearly 140 images. Complete with patterns, color palettes, supply lists, and tips for preparing the gourd. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 127 color photos • 64 pp • 978-0-7643- 3980-6 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Making Gourd Headpieces: Decorating and Creating Headgear for Every Occasion • An- gela Mohr •With simple tools and supplies already in the house or from the local craft shop, the au- thor demonstrates how to make a variety of tiaras, barrettes, seasonal headbands, and hat pins from pieces of gourds. In fact, with a gourd thinking cap like the one shown in this book, you can create your own from gourd parts. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 259 images • 64 pp • 978-0-7643- 2869-5 • PB • $15.00 / £13.99 / 20.00 CAD Making Gourd Ornaments • Angela Mohr • Clear instructions and 162 color photos teach readers to create Christmas ornaments from min- iature, hard-shelled gourds. Designs include bird- houses, snowmen, angels, tree balls, tree toppers, and wall hangings. Instructions proceed from initial gourd cleaning to final painting, wood burning, and the installation of hangers. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 162 color photos • 64 pp • 978-0- 7643-2716-2 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Making More Gourd Ornaments • C. Angela Mohr • Make a Santa head from a banana gourd, a snow couple from mini-bottleneck gourds, and paint, ribbon, and beads to make shiny ornaments from egg gourds. With 203 color images and step-by-step directions, both the beginner and ad- vanced gourd artist will have fun decorating this holiday season. Features a gallery of completed projects that will inspire new innovations of your own. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 203 col- or images • 64 pp • 978-0-7643-3620-1 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Miriam Joy's Wax Design Technique • Miri- am Joy • Using less than one crayon on a gourd makes wax designs easy to learn, inexpensive, and practical. Illustrated instructions guide you through six fun projects. Chapters include preparing your gourd, the basics of wax design, embellishing your designs, suppliers, and a gallery of completed works. This instructional how-to guide is a great addition to the library of any gourd artist, wood- worker, or other crafter. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 251 color images • 64 pp • 978-0-7643- 4467-1 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD New and Different Materials for Weaving and Coiling • Marianne Barnes • Over 350 color images display the raw materials, techniques, and final works of art created in weaving and coiling baskets and decorating gourds. Where to find, col- lect, and how to prepare natural materials ranging from vines and reeds to plants and grasses are explored. Projects from weavers and gourd artists are included. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 358 color photos • 208 pp • 978-0-7643-3992-9 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD One Gourd at a Time: A Beginner's Guide • Tricia Sutton • For crafters who like the idea of working with gourds but don’t know where to begin, this beginner’s guide provides basic tech- niques. Step-by-step instructions and 361 color images take you through 21 projects. Chapters include cleaning and cutting gourds, coloring and decorating, and easy-to-do projects with your left- over gourd pieces. A gallery of completed projects will further inspire you. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 361 color images • 96 pp • 978-0-7643- 4146-5 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Painting Gourds with the Fairy Gourdmoth- er® • Sammie Crawford • Bring your gourds to life through these ten whimsical and fun gourd projects. Sammie Crawfordthe Fairy Gourdmother, provides patterns, color palettes, supply lists, and step-by-step instructions for painting and beauti- fully decorating a gourd snowman, witch-in-train- ing, baby chimp, wall pocket, Christmas oil lamp, and a magi • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 209 color photos, 16 patterns • 80 pp • 978-0-7643- 4309-4 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Time for Gourds: 8 Clock Projects • Sammie Crawford • With 199 color images, patterns, color palettes, supply lists, tips for preparing the gourd, and step-by-step directions, eight clock projects will make an ideal accessory to your décor or a gift to family members and friends. This new how-to book is perfect for gourd crafters and woodworkers of all levels. Themes include cats, zebras, the sea- shore, Christmas, and many more. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 199 color photos, 14 patterns • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-3981-3 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Wax on Gourds: Decorative Techniques for Transforming Gourds & Rims • Miriam Joy • With over 340 detailed photos, popular teacher Miriam Joy explains the inexpensive materials needed and the basic steps of the low-cost, high-impact wax design technique. Next are step- by-step instructions for four examples of creative wax technique designs on gourds, plus four stun- ning rim treatments. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 341 color images • 96 pp • 978-0-7643- 5225-6 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Weaving on Gourds • Marianne Barnes • Five projects show how to combine basket weaving and gourd art. Twine on a gourd, add undulating tapes- try to a gourd basket, and make a continuous twill woven gourd. Includes 200 color photographs, step-by-step directions, and a gallery of completed works. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 200 color images & 3 b/w patterns • 112 pp • 978-0-7643- 3565-5 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Carving Gunstocks: Power Techniques • Jose Valencia • With 250 color photos, all the steps needed to transform a plain gunstock into a work of art are explained, from creating patterns, re- moving factory checkering, and using a high speed power pen and bits to create scroll, basket weave, and maple leaf patterns, along with realistic wild- life carvings. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 250 color photos, 7 b/w patterns • 64 pp • 978-0- 7643-3370-5 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Guns and Gunmaking Tools of South- ern Appalachia: The Story of the Kentucky Rifle • John Rice Irwin • The people of the isolated mountain valleys of Appalachia tell how they make and use the Kentucky and related firearms and the sup- plies that go with them, both in the past and today as tradition continues. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 315 illus. • 118 pp • 978-0-916838-81-2 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 22.95 CAD Powder Horns: Fabrication & Decoration • Jim Stevens • 275 color photos illustrate working, shaping, decorating, and finishing techniques, in- cluding inlays, engrailing, and scrimshaw. Leather strap weaving and braiding methods are also pro- vided for carrying the finished horn in an authentic manner. For inspiration, a photo gallery shows fin- ished powder horns and a contact list includes the artists featured. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 275 color photos • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-3489-4 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Best of How to Haunt Your House: 10 New Projects: More than 25 Scary DIY Projects for Parties and Halloween Displays • Lynne Mitchell, Shawn Mitchell • This frightening deco- rating guide provides inspiration and instruction on how to lift your coffin lid a little higher and transform your house and yard into the best haunted attraction in the neighborhood this Hal- loween season! • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • Over 490 color photos • 128 pp • 978-0-7643- 6169-2 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Best of How to Haunt Your House, Volume II: Dozens of Spirited DIY Projects for Par- ties and Halloween Displays • Lynne Mitch- ell, Shawn Mitchell • Create a spooky memory for visitors coming to party or trick-or-treat with more than 20 DIY projects for haunting your house. With a bit of theatrics and light, you can create your own flying phantasms, giant joint- ed-leg spiders, a coffin, and other spooky dis- plays. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • Over 450 color photos • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-6199-9 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD How to Haunt Your House Halloween Craft Fun: Scary Projects the Whole Family Can Make • Lynne Mitchell, Shawn Mitchell • Turn your home into a haunted house for a spirited Halloween. 11 delightfully scary decorating projects for kids ages eight and up, using paper, wood, crepe paper, cheesecloth, and beads. If you can wield a utility knife, a dab of glue, and a brush, you’re ready. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 580 color images • 192 pp • 978-0- 7643-6614-7 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Creating Christmas Ornaments from Poly- mer Clay • Bridget Albano • Add a personal touch to your Christmas celebration with ten ador- able, whimsical ornaments of your own making. Create Santa, two different reindeer, a snowman, a penguin, a gingerbread man, a gift-bearing polar bear, a puppy in a stocking, and more • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 266 color photos, 10 patterns • 64 pp • 978-0-88740-850-2 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Delicious Christmas Decorations at Historic Houses and Your Home • Pa- tricia Hart McMillan • Using decorations of fruits and greens from historic homes across the nation, this book provides essen- tial details to creating colorful decorations for your entryways, consoles, and mantels, with instructions for drying your own fruit. • 9.13" × 8.13" (232 × 207 mm) • 75 color images • 96 pp • 978-0-7643- 3726-0 • HC • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Wax on Crafts Holiday Projects • Miriam Joy • Create bright and cheerful designs for the holidays using a box of crayons and a few simple tools! With easy instructions and 400+ images, you can turn inexpensive and everyday items into family treasures. Decorate tile magnets, ornaments, and other mediums. Use wax with paper, wood, glass, metals, boxes, eggs, and felt. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 410 color images • 96 pp • 978-0- 7643-4955-3 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD 100 New York Calligraphers • Cynthia Dan- tzic • Encompassing a wide range of calligraphy in many languages and hands, or styles, this book presents a visual treasury of works by 100 con- temporary scribes, all of whom were either born in New York or studied or worked in the city. • 9" × 12" (229 × 305 mm) • 629 color images • 240 pp • 978-0-7643-4898-3 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / 73.00 CAD GUN-RELATED CRAFT HOLIDAY CRAFTS LETTERING