Men and women wear tattoos to reflect their individuality. These tribal tattoos are bold statements that are rooted in historic and cultural sources. This book features black work patterns that incorporate large solid areas with fine line accents, and motif ideas including totems and talismans.

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.

A holiday how-to guide that offers carvers of various skill levels more than 20 original patterns of Santa and his friends. It offers two complete step-by-step projects for a Wee Santa and Christmas Gnome to provide insight into carving style and techniques. It features detailed patterns, band-saw rough-outs and photos of the finished carving.

Presents instructions for making costumes in 3 steps or less without any sewing. This book includes tricks and secrets for turning a party into an event to be remembered using special spooky recipes, magic tricks, games, outdoor decorations, and pumpkin carving patterns.

Features a collection of clock projects. This book teaches how to make time pieces including grandfather clocks and pendulum clocks. It includes projects for different abilities and tastes, from learning to cut pieces and assemble parts to finishing and personalising.

A collection of wooden puzzle patterns based on the astrological signs of the Zodiac. It features 30 projects accompanied by patterns, photographs and information about each astrological sign. It is suitable for those crafters who want to make fun items for the next craft fair or for their family and friends.

Reveals woodworking techniques, as well as the history behind each of the 50 pieces of furniture. This work illustrates and explains projects using drawings, materials lists, step-by-step instructions and photographs. It covers projects that include: dry sink, harvest table, lap desk, pie safe, Shaker cradle and candle stand and trestle table.

Lets woodworkers learn the tips and tricks for carving finger puppets or cane toppers. This title features three step-by-step projects: Fred the Frog, Tom the Cat and a Relief Carved Covered Bridge.

Written directly from transcribed audiotapes recorded during a week-long interview with the master woodworker, this title offers a tribute to Bob Stocksdale and reveals his life experiences, philosophies and often replicated turning methods. It chronicles Stocksdale's lifelong quest for the perfect bowl.

Teaches that making dovetails can be accomplished in a number of ways - and that choosing between hand-cutting or router-driven jigs is just that - a choice. This book shows woodworkers how to cut full, half-blind and through dovetails using hand tools.

Explores the history, creation, and symbolism of gargoyle, grotesque, and chimera. This book includes two complete step-by-step projects and an additional 10 original patterns for rowdy characters, like the Crouching Imp and the Screaming Keystone Grotesque.

Helps children create keepsakes or craft hand-carved gifts for their family. This project book enables them to learn all about wood; the anatomy of a tree, how to choose the best wood for carving and where to find 'free' wood in nature. It covers woodcarving tools and supplies.

Suitable for scroll saw artists, this title features over 50 patterns for upright standing and interlocking puzzles. It lets scrollers learn how to choose wood, blades, and to transfer patterns.

Presents the patterns that are suitable for carving, woodburning, painting, quilting and more in two varieties: a line drawing for transferring and a shaded variety for illustrating depth and shadow. For new carvers, this title demonstrates the carving process from start to finish with a Country Apple Quilt Square project.

Presents a collection of over 200 original tattoo designs. Featuring a variety of popular subjects including fantasy, Celtic, pagan, floral, gothic, and mythical, this book provides any artist or individual searching for the right tattoo with a resource of designs.

Explores pyrography, the art of woodburning. Providing details on the four essential pyrography ingredients - temperature, speed of stroke, texture patterns, and layering - this book talks about equipment, surface selection and preparation, and finishing techniques. It also provides 30 traceable line patterns that differ in skill and ability.

With more than 200 patterns and instruction, this book unravels the secret to creating Celtic knot work and its twists, braids and textures. It helps artists of all skill levels, working in any medium, learn how to create their own Celtic art.

Features 29 puzzle patterns and projects. This title contains designs each of which features a colour photo of the finished puzzle and a pattern. It features cuddly cats, Jonah and the Whale, an owl with her family, a woolly mammoth, and a teacher's puzzle.

A reference of dragon designs that details how to make realistic dragons based on mythological models. This work contains more than 72 patterns that cover the range of historical and contemporary dragons, from worms to the shape-changing Drake, and is useful in a variety of mediums.

120 striking templates for all varieties of angels and fairies.