| Author: | Loani Prior |
From Loani Prior comes this entertaining, inspiring and easy-to-follow book featuring 20 even wilder knitted tea cosies. Loani turns this functional, homely item into a fabulously creative knitted sculpture full of vibrant colour and humour, something that will bring joy as well as warmth to your daily cup of tea.
| Author: | Emma Hardy |
Kids love to make their own toys and games, gifts and ornaments. It encourages them to give full rein to their creative flair - and if they can use component parts that are adapted or recycled, so much the better for them and the planet! None of the projects in this book use any special materials. Instead, they all rely o... read more
| Author: | Ruth Wickings and Frances Castle (illustrator) |
Pop-Up is a unique introduction to paper engineering that works on two, cleverly integrated levels. It not only provides the beginner with a mini masterclass in paper engineering skills, but also enables you to create four incredible pop-ups made from press-out, pre-scored, tabbed pieces and sticky back plastic. Each of these... read more
| Author: | Ann Packer |
Stitch: Textile Art in New Zealand is a stunningly beautiful, comprehensive book featuring work by the best fibre and textile artists currently practising in New Zealand, along with portraits of ten in their studio or workspace. It covers a wide range of textile crafts, from finely detailed lace and woven beading to flax weav... read more
| Author: | Rosemary McLeod |
Rosemary McLeod's collection of handcrafts was exhibited at The Dowse in 2002-2003. This book shows items from the exhibition and others from her collection, telling the social and sometimes personal history of their makers - women and girls who dreamed about a life beyond the front gate, and worked those dreams into reality,... read more
| Author: | Moyra Elliott |
In the 1960s and 70s not only did potters flourish around the country but it seems that everyone's mum was producing mugs and bowls at night class. This phenomenon was part of a particualr philosophy of pottery - local materials and natural-looking forms, glazes and designs. All those small brown pots are now highly collect... read more
| Author: | Peter Lange |
This book is a celebration, a miscellany that acknowledges with enthusiasm the wonderful and exciting sub-culture of 50 years of studio ceramics and pottery in Auckland. This period has been quite a ride for many of us - clay has completely taken over our lives, and we hope that this book will help to keep the momentum going ... read more
| Author: | Macmillan Pan |
'Mum Cats' has over 50 gorgeous photographs of mum cats with their offspring, plus captions that show us just how much our feline friends resemble their human counterparts when it comes to parenting. Just like us, mum cats love hanging out with the kids, visiting family, having sleep-ins, and having couples time with Dad. The... read more
| Author: | Debbie Stoller |
Debbie does crochet!Debbie Stoller, the "knitting superstar", has been leading an entire movement of hip young knitters with her "New York Times" best seller "Stitch 'n Bitch" and it's follow up "Stitch 'n Bitch Nation". But guess what? For every one knitter in the world there are three crocheters - which translates into mill... read more
| Author: | Loani Prior |
Wild, wacky and adventurous, tea cosies have undergone a radical makeover. Just a slight warning: your teapot will never go unnoticed again when swathed in one of these outrageous cosies. The patterns are inspired by everything from coral reefs and flowering gardens to geometric shapes, scrumptious food and even chickens! I... read more
| Author: | Amy Karol |
Author Amy Karol, whose Angry Chicken is one of the best-loved craft blogs on the Web, brings stitchers everywhere a down-to-earth introduction to sewing, including thirty projects so adorable and cool they
| Author: | Debbie Stoller |
Knitting is hot, with 4 million newcomers in the last few years joining a core group of 38,000,000 knitters nationwide. And these are primarily young, creative, connected chicks with sticks who are coming together in living rooms, knitting caf
| Author: | Eithne Farry |
Dressmaking for dummies. A beautifully designed, fun and unintimidating guide to home-sewing, pom-pom making and generally messing around with bits of materialYeah, I Made it Myself is all about DIY fashion, aimed at women who are passionate about clothes, and would love to create something of their own, but who are unsure of... read more
| Author: | Kate Gunn |
Knitting is becoming an extremely popular hobby, with knitted items featuring highly in today's fashion industry and celebrities such as Madonna and Kate Moss publicly proclaiming their love for the craft. With "Cool Knits for Kids", you can create fab and fashionable items for all the cool kids you know. Containing 25 fresh,... read more
| Author: | Kathy Doughty |
Quilters Sarah Fielke and Kathy Doughty, owners of popular patchwork shop Material Obsession, share their distinctive, colourful and contemporary designs. They explain how anyone, even those who don't think they are 'creative', can confidently choose colours and patterns to create bold, easy-to-make quilts - perfect for today... read more
| Author: | Jane Gottelier |
Crisp lace table linens. Tinkling silver spoons on saucers. The billowing steam of freshly-brewed tea. Skeins of fine yarn on delicate needles. "Knitting and Tea" brings together these two hallowed traditions in all their beauty, charm, and poise. The author takes you on a journey from the lush tea plantations of Sri Lanka to... read more
| Author: | Edmund De Waal |
The history of ceramic art is ingrained in the history of mankind. Clay is one of the very first materials 'invented' by man. An essential part of our lives it has been moulded, thrown, glazed, decorated and fired for over 30,000 years in order to preserve and transport food and water. And it was on the surface of these early... read more
| Author: | New Zealand Society of Glass Artists |
A sumptuous introduction to the recent work of many of New Zealand's best studio glass artists.
It showcases the diverse works of 115 glass artists, includes essays on the last 30 years of studio glass and examines the techniques of working glass - hot, warm and cold. This is the perfect book for lovers of glass, col... read more
| Author: | Andrea Eimke & Susanne Kuchler |
Quilts generically known as tivaevae have been produced by women in the Cook Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Society Islands and elsewhere in Eastern Polynesia since the late 19th century, where they were a substitute for bark-cloth but also used in ways deeply invested in the new context of Christian domesticity. In the C... read more
