Anthony Caro's linear sculptures are defined as 'drawings in space'. This book addresses these pieces as a coherent body, united by their character of weightlessness.

Anthony Caro has moved on from the steel sculptures with which he achieved international standing to explore the unknown ground where abstract, figurative and narrative art all meet. This book reveals how Caro's figurative and narrative sculptures test the frontiers of abstraction.

Anthony Caro has been preoccupied with sculpture as space and metaphor for space. This book reveals the sculptor's fascination with the difference between interior and exterior and with sculptural volume and mass.

Intended for beginners as well as more advanced carvers looking for a relaxing way to spend their time, this instructional manual provides 20 projects, including knives, forks, birds, animals, trees, and flowers. It describes the proper whittling tools and materials, including what woods are best to carve, and how to start projects.

Anthony Caro has explored an unpredictable range of sculptural possibilities, testing limits and positing new ideas about the nature of eloquent three-dimensional objects. This title examines the various aspects of Caro's evolution individually, tracing the permutations of different themes - narrative, volume and mass, line and openness.

A unique collaboration between two extraordinary artists, one living, one dead, this book is a unique testament to the way an artist's work can continue to inspire new creativity down the years.

With the increasing disappearance of stained glass in medieval churches, the surviving wood carvings on church misericords and bench ends are extremely important in providing an insight into the medieval mind. This book outlines the history of church seating and discusses the craftsmen and the influences behind their work.

A guide to the fashion industry, featuring case studies, interviews and profiles. Tracing the development of the fashion industry, this book looks at how fashion can be understood from both social and cultural perspectives. It includes chapters on specialist topics; expert advice on careers in fashion retailing; and more.

This guide for beginner to intermediate woodcarvers is a compilation of two existing titles, Woodcarving For Beginners and Useful Techniques For Woodcarvers . The text includes advice, tips and techniques for the woodcarver.

This title celebrates the prodigious sculpture created by artists who operate on the interface of mixed-media sculpture and textile art. It reveals the inspirations, influences and creative journeys of over 30 contemporary artists and explains the practical processes and raw materials they use.

Artist Frances Gage, born in 1924 in Windsor, experienced both artistic recognition and acute despair in her life, yet she flourished in her work and as part of the contemporary Toronto art scene. This biography presents a view of one of Canada's most fascinating artists of the twentieth century.

Willow is an exciting material to work with. It is adaptable and its quick growth gives almost immediate results and, as there is a great variety of leaf shape and stem colour, structures look attractive throughout the year. This title shows how to build a wonderful selection of decorative, functional and fun objects for the garden.

A comprehensive guidebook that explores Vancouver through the eyes of public art. It focuses on the historical and cultural context of each art piece, its place in modern art and the artist who created it which allow for a greater understanding of these urban treasures.

Published to accompany an exhibition of new commissions by Diana Cooper and Hew Lock at The Drawing Room, and marking the culmination of a partnership between The Drawing Room and the Centre for Drawing at Wimbledon School of Art.

Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, celebrated Italian goldsmith (1500-1571), in which Cellini tells the story of his life and art and also depicts the manners and morals of both the rulers and their subjects in 16th Century Italy. This new edition includes new notes on the text and a chronology.

The internationally renowned sculptor, Rachel Whiteread is to be the latest artist to take on the challenge of Tate Modern's vast Turbine Hall in autrumn 2005, following in the footsteps of Bruce Nauman's haunting sound installation Raw Materials. Whiteread is an appropriate choice for the commission as some of her best-known works have seen her engaged in a dialogue with architecture and public .

The Lewis chessmen were found under mysterious circumstances on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in 1831.

Provides information on African masks.