Schiffer Craft Books

With these clock projects you'll bring gourds to life as practical, decorative home decor or creative gifts for family and friends. Respected gourd instructor Sammie Crawford provides everything needed in this guidebook to clock success:...

Create bowls for holding candy, knick-knacks, or just to add a bit of color to any room. This new gourd craft book from Sammie Crawford, the Fairy Gourdmother®, is complete with patterns, color palettes, supply...

A look at uniquely humorous crafts from over 200 artists all over the world, through over 400 photographs.  What happens when professional craft artists are allowed to let loose – when they get to explore...

Enter the studio of major mosaicist Alexandra Carron and learn the secrets of this art! From the basics of mosaic materials to the most sophisticated techniques, step-by-step you will produce four original and elegant objects...

Bears are a symbol of strength in many cultures. They also have a certain protectiveness and prowess about them – characteristics that are easily seen in this soapstone carving of a standing bear. Illustrated, step-by-step...

An ever-widening range of materials is being used by today's crafters to weave and coil baskets and to decorate gourds. Over 350 color images display the raw materials, techniques for their use, and final works...

The first comprehensive illustrated book on how to make colorful corn shuck dolls Corn shuck doll expert Author Anne Freels is sharing her techniques after more than three decades of crafting and selling these entrancing...

Mosaic artist Martin Cheek provides a practical “mental tool kit” to assist the reader in making fused glass mosaics. Growing out of a 5-day master class, this book begins by exploring creative influences and the...

Gourd and fiber containers have been essential for making human migration and commerce possible for thousands of years. This new DIY book takes a step back in time to show how different forms of fiber...

Learn the art of sculpting soapstone. The softness of the material makes it easy to work with using basic, simple tools. Soapstone also produces beautiful colorful results when polished. Carve a rabbit or a snail....

Offer your feathered neighbors a handcrafted home. This detailed project book for making and decorating gourd birdhouses and feeders is complete with patterns, color palettes, supply lists, and step-by-step directions for each project. The Fairy...

The Fairy Gourdmother® returns with another brilliant step-by-step guide to crafting with gourds, and this time it's for the birds! Follow along as she walks you through building and decorating twelve feathered friends, from the...