Descriere: From his monthly segment on the "Today" show to his own syndicated garden programs, people look to Smith for ways to design, update, or reinvent their outdoor garden spaces. Now, Smith turns his attention to the indoors--specifically, how to use the bounty of the garden to decorate the home.
Autori: P. Allen Smith | Editura: Clarkson N Potter Publishers | Anul aparitiei: 2009 | ISBN: 9780307351098 | Numar de pagini: 224 | Categorie: Crafts
Rich Rousseau
Making Wooden Fishing Lures: Carving and Painting Techniques That Really Catch Fish!
Get Caught Up In Eleven Easy To Follow Lure Projects Making a usable fishing lure from a scrap of wood and some paint is a fun and easy project for anyone who enjoys fishing, carving, or collecting. Award-winning carver and fishing enthusiast Rich Rousseau likes to do them all, so he decided to share his fish-tested designs for creating a variety of fresh and saltwater lures. Divided into three main chapters, Making Wooden Fishing Lures, covers everything you need to know about wood, types of lures, extra options to add to your lure, how to dress a hook, and full-sized bonus patterns to develop your skills. Along with the wonderful lures you can make yourself, you will be reeled in by the full-color gallery of historic and contemporary wooden lures, accompanied by an introduction from top collector Butch Bartz. Rousseau's love of lure making and fishing in general is evident in the Fun Fish Facts and entertaining stories that are littered throughout the book.
Nathan Joyce (Author)
The Elton John Activity Book: An Unofficial Lovefest
Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, The Elton John Activity Book
Nancy Arthur Hoskins
The Coptic Tapestry Albums and the Archeaologiest of Antinoe, Albert Gayet
Vibrant tapestries of beribboned birds, cantering centaurs, and Dionysian dancers, woven in Coptic Egypt more than a thousand years ago, were artfully arranged in a handsome pair of albums in 1913. Some of the fabrics are shown in unique collage compositions. Sandals, spindles, and a mysterious lock of hair are assembled in a shallow box at the back of one album. Many textiles in this important collection, housed at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, were once joined by warp and weft with those from the Musée du Louvre and other major museums.Nancy Hoskins deftly interweaves the creation of the textiles in the Greco-Roman city of Antinoé, Egypt, with their discovery by the charismatic French archaeologist Albert Gayet (1856-1916). Gayet staged stunning exhibitions of the pieces in Paris at the turn of the century and ultimately gave them to museums or sold them. One collector, Henry Bryon, had his 144 fabrics bound into the two albums featured here.The album pages and covers are illustrated in glowing color, along with archival photographs from Gayet's expeditions. The style, structure, and iconography of each tapestry, tabby, and tablet-woven textile are ...