Schiffer Craft Books

Provides inspiration and instruction on how to transform your house and yard into the best haunted attraction this Halloween season! Ready for a haunting good time? Want to learn to make your own tombstones and...

Paul Kirtley's easily understandable guide to key skills for bushcrafters, campers, outdoors lovers, and anyone interested in wilderness living. Paul Kirtley, one of the leading bushcraft educators globally, teaches outdoor knowledge through courses, demonstrations, and...

14 projects with unlimited variations using the zenki method, to make huggable, hand-sewn softies. Softies—simple cloth characters to sew with basic tools—are popular worldwide for good reason: they're easy to make, and their fun designs...

This book brings together 17 Sew a Softie designers from around the world. Each designer has come up with a delightful new hand-sewn project to inspire moms, dads, kids, grandparents, and teachers of all kinds....

15 enticing printing projects excite kids ages 7–12 about what their hands can create—like secret decoders, nature prints, and Lego storage! Print It! teaches kids how to enjoy the craft traditions of printing. Expert print...

These 15 enticing paper projects excite kids ages 7–12 about what their hands can create—by cutting "flat" into an imagination-rich new idea, like a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Mask, a Robot Puppet, or a Cereal...

These 15 enticing projects excite kids ages 7–12 about what their hands can create—like phone cases, bicycle baskets, and clouds. Weave It! teaches kids how to enjoy the one of the oldest worldwide craft traditions....

Learn the ancient Japanese art of repair and restore plates, vases, statues, and other items to be better than new. Beauty in imperfection! Learn the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi and understand why, in the...

30 intriguing projects to get you started in mixed-media, including techniques for arranging, organizing, mounting, and creating narratives using readily available boxes of various types. Also termed 3-D collage, shadow boxes, or assemblage, this compelling...

Bring new direction and inspiration to your gourd crafts by adding motion. Using small gourds and easily accessible tools and supplies, learn to make your gourd projects spin, jump, and more! Gourd art is often...

What inspiration awaits within a museum? In this rare venture, a group of 14 Resident Artists from The Clay Studio worked with 7 curators to explore the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s art storage vaults.This catalog—and its accompanying exhibition at...

Explore one of America’s most creative cities in a new way with the trailblazer for city-based studies of contemporary craft. For craft and history enthusiasts alike, this collection of essays from writers and curators connects Philadelphia’s...