Schiffer Craft Books

Say yes to reclaiming creativity--environmentally friendly, beautiful, and innovative! Here are 75 projects that upcycle and elevate your discards. Transform not only wine bottles and teacups, but your living spaces—indoors and out. Use a wide...

Learn to make hundreds of ties and bends to connect line to hooks, leaders, lures, nets, traps, and seines. Jam-packed with practical valuable information for fishermen everywhere, this handbook describes the hundreds of ties and...

Discover practical ways to become more creative and find inspiration by connecting with nature! Meet 15 makers who present their personal stories of how nature inspires and enhances their creativity. They will walk readers through the importance...

Amazing characters are what bring manga to life, and this guide—created in cooperation with COPIC—gives illustrated, easy-to-understand, and thorough instructions on how to create characters that jump off the page. As manga artists around the...

A wonderful new mixed-media twist to the standard watercolor and coloring book: the watercolor art is already there, waiting for you to add the "lines" . . . with pens, metallic markers, paints, collage bits, or anything else...

An in-depth look at modern, contemporary Judaica created by some of today's top Jewish artists. For anyone with an interest in Judaica and sacred objects, this book presents some of the most outstanding examples of...

A comprehensive guide to the nitty-gritty of prop styling from a top professional!Imagine spending your days telling visual stories, dreaming up ideas for photo shoot, scouring boutiques, flea markets, and antique shops for the perfect...

A  manual of new and helpful ways to best express your creativity, break through creative blocks, and improve your flow. For fans of The Artist's Way and Steal Like an Artist, this colorful little manual solves a common...

Learn the actions, movements, and best practices to help your body (your main craft tool) perform its best. An important resource for all makers and artists, this helpful guide supports artists and crafters with ways...

26 simple beginner and intermediate projects to transform simple wire into animals, flowers, people, pendants, airy sculptures, greeting cards, and more, using easy-to-find floral wire for decorative art. Learn to create art with light, flexible...

How-to's, hundreds of photos, and interviews with artists worldwide celebrate stencil graffiti and its expressive potential. Stencils are a technique with unlimited aesthetic adaptability and possibility—from ancient cave painting to contemporary graffiti. Beyond their unique...

Artists need to write, every day, to support their studio practice and careers. Working artists know this. Newly minted art graduates and emerging artists learn this the hard way—usually when a gallerist asks for basic...