Crafts and Decorative arts

Giving advice for those wishing to capture the beauty of the urban landscape, this guide annotates artworks in a range of styles and media to demonstrate techniques and details. It includes studies of a range of different architectural styles, from town houses and rural cottages to churches and continental cafes.

Crochet an heirloom layette with this exquisite collection of 20 patterns. Adorable colours, rich textures, beautiful ruffles, and delicate motifs combine to create a gorgeous wardrobe and accessories for babies, including rompers, dresses, sweaters, cardigans, and shrugs and an heirloom cot blanket, all made with interesting stitch patterns.

Contemporary and cool crochet projects by trendy Danish creator Rose Svane (76k Insta followers).

THE ORIGINAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER

Write. Burn. Repeat. Now featuring a brand new pink cover.

Learn how to draw with proven exercises for real-world practice and improvement from the UK's favourite drawing teacher.

Best-selling knitwear designer Debbie Bliss presents a stunning collection for babies and young children

A modern guide to sustainable sewing for the home dressmaker

The only hyper-realistic drawing book with the humour and taste that today's audience demands. You'll never look at a fried egg the in same way again!

With this book, you'll learn how to draw your own super-real artworks. Twenty step-by-step tutorials show you each stage on the way to an impressive finished effect. From a simple spoon to an appetizing avocado and beautiful roseb

Decorating in black and white is perennially popular and eternally chic. Hilary Robertson demonstrates how, whether used alone or together, these contrasting shades can create dramatic effects at home, from the classic to the eclectic.

A captivating book that takes you on a journey through the world of reverse colouring that will unleash your creativity and allow your imagination to soar. The book has the colors, you draw the lines. Immerse yourself in hours of fun and creativity with the mesmerizing world of reverse colouring. This unique artistic activity combines the meditative qualities of colouring, the cognitive stimulatio

Imagine being able to weave overshot along the length of your cloth with just one shuttle or being able to weave terry cloth towels for your bath. All this and more is possible on just four shafts by using a supplementary warp. Back by popular demand, this sought-after book hasn't been available for a long time. The revised and expanded edition features nearly twice as many projects as the origina

An in-depth and extensive look at the ancient art form of weaving through its history from around the world to present day and practical information and techniques for today's weaver. More than 600 images trace its origins and the types of looms and fiber available from stick to the Jacquard. Detailed, step-by-step instructions for various techniques – including warping, dressing the loom, threadi

Discover the calming art of Japanese papercraft with Essential Origami, a pack which includes a 64-page book and 250 sheets of origami paper. Origami is known to have therapeutic effects: the focus required for the folds naturally encourages a state of mindfulness, while completing a model brings a sense of joy and satisfaction. This collection of 15 projects will introduce you to this healing, cr

Create beautiful gifts, stationery and decorations that incorporate the elegant, centuries-old art of Japanese calligraphy.  Developed since the sixth century, practised by the royal elite and Buddhist scholars, and packed with spiritual meaning, Japanese calligraphy has its own style: simple, elegant and gentle. Starting with a history section that illuminates thousands of years of calligraphy wi

A book for anyone who craves making something with their hands - featured in the book are 18 different wood and textile projects suitable both for beginners itching to get started and for those who already know that handicrafts are the most enjoyable hobby you can have!

Do you have a passion that you want to obsess about in a love letter to the world? In this new edition of Microcosm's popular DIY guide to zine-making, Joe Biel updates the information provided in the first edition (edited by Biel and the late and great Bill Brent) to address zine making in today's digital and social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases for beginners, Make a Zine! hits on

Celebrate the wonder of flowers throughout the year in Leila Duly's captivating colouring book - follow the progress of the seasons with intricate illustrations of flowers, birds, butterflies and other insects and small creatures to colour in

Batsford’s Chess Bible is a landmark, full-colour chess instruction book, ideal for both beginners and more experienced players wanting to improve their game. The book takes the form of a course, with quick-start guides to help to retain the information you’ve learned and puzzle sections for you to test yourself as you go. To illustrate more advanced strategy and tactics, author Sean M

Packed with great examples by renowned artists and paper crafters and a wealth of folding templates, this book is a suggestive journey through the fantastic world of handmade books without binding, using origami and kirigami paper folding techniques to build leporellos, labyrinth, mini books, tunnel and other kinds of books.This repertoire of shapes and structures, many of them easyto make, is int

Learn to make an adorable collection of knitted animal toys with these new patterns by the author of My Knitted Doll, Louise Crowther. Louise, brings her unique style of coordinated knitwear with cute colourwork details to this new collection of toy animal knitting patterns.There are a total of 13 knitted animals - each with their own unique personality and style. The animals all have the same bas