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Lark Books

Eco Books

Here are projects for the “pages”: 40 innovative book-making ideas using recycled and green materials! More than just earth-friendly, they’re also beautiful, clever, and witty, stitched with traditional binding techniques. Egg cartons, wood, beer cans, and cassette tapes morph into covers, while brown bags, coffee filters, and discarded newspapers are transformed into pages.

1 issue / $13.99 US
Extreme Office Crafts

There’s a good reason The Office is so popular: today’s most popular sport is mocking life on the job. After all, the average work environment is filled with undesirable people, unpleasant situations, and hours of clock-watching boredom. So what’s a person to do but get this subversively funny gift book? It’s a sanity-salvaging guide for someone on the fast track to burnout. Waiting for the copy machine? Stuck in a claustrophobic cubicle? Then pillage the supply closet, and make the most of a bad situation by creating projects that range from the ridiculous to the sublime.

1 issue / $5.99 US
Focus Love

Every unique photograph begins with an original point of view The first book in a brand-new photographic series—shot mostly by amateurs—about seeing the world from a brand-new perspective! Amateurs, by definition, work for love alone—so what subject could be more fitting for the first entry in a brand-new series focusing on the art of the amateur photographer than that potent symbol of love: the heart? Through their snapshot-hungry eyes, these photographers glimpse hearts everywhere

1 issue / $9.99 US
Freddy & Gwen Collaborate Again

Award-winning authors Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston reunite for a follow-up to their successful Collaborative Quilting. While the collective process remains front and center, there’s an added creative focus now on form and design. Each author shares 20 of her own creations, along with an additional 30 collaborative quilts—and every project comes complete with patterns for shapes, pieces and blocks.

1 issue / $15.99 US

Green Dog, Good Dog

If dogs had a choice, they’d go green for a better, healthier life! That’s why pups (and their owners) will bark for joy at the arrival of this fun, informative handbook. It’s filled with simple ideas for reducing Fido’s carbon paw print: choosing eco-friendly dog food and other pooch products, natural cures for flea prevention, earth-smart ways for dealing with dog poop, and more.

1 issue / $9.99 US
Homemade Living: Canning & Preserving

More people are discovering what grandma always knew: canning and preserving provides you with wholesome treats year round. And this Homemade Living guide provides all the practical, hold-your-hand basics, with plenty of step-by-step photos, advice on tools of the trade and safety. Three primers cover pickles, relishes and chutneys; jams, jellies, butters and curds; and whole fruits and veggies.

1 issue / $11.99 US
Homemade Living: Keeping Chickens

For anyone ready to put their eggs in this basket, here is perfect beginner’s guide to raising chickens, with information on choosing a breed, acquiring the chicks, and housing, feeding, and caring for them. Plus, it provides the lowdown on eggs, including “egg”celent recipes and profiles of people who have taken on the chicken-rearing challenge.

1 issue / $11.99 US
Masters: Art Quilts

These art quilts showcase such versatility, innovation, and beauty that readers can’t help but be truly inspired. The gifted artists come from across the globe—including Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America—and their work displays their varying sensibilities and backgrounds. Esteemed curator Martha Siebman contributes an illuminating essay, and each artist is showcased in an eight-page feature.

1 issue / $15.99 US

Masters: Beadweaving

The Masters series offers an engaging and up-to-date survey of the finest contemporary work by approximately 40 leading artists in specific media. Beadweaving takes the spotlight here, and each highlighted master takes center stage in an informative eight-page feature that includes nearly a dozen gorgeous photos and a short essay by the curator placing the impressive work and its creator in context.

1 issue / $15.99 US
Masters: Earthenware

The newest entry in the popular Masters series reveals the tremendous imagination, innovation, and technical facility that 38 of the world’s most notable potters and sculptors bring to the oldest ceramic medium. Curated by Matthias Ostermann, a celebrated ceramist in his own right, this stunning volume gives each featured artist a mini-retrospective.

1 issue / $15.99 US
Masters: Gemstones

What awesome craftsmanship appears throughout this unique volume—the zenith of an art that marries the world’s most exceptional gems with exquisitely-honed metal designs. Approximately forty of the world’s top jewelers present expertly-fashioned settings that embrace a diversity of styles and techniques, including pavé, channel, invisible, gypsy, wire, and tension. Christoph Krähenmann’s creations display a fabulous fusion of Swiss artisanship and American ingenuity, old world elegance and contemporary chic.

1 issue / $15.99 US
Mastering Raku

Master the art of raku, from firing to finishing. Both novice and experienced ceramists familiar with raku will take so much from this newly updated, technique-based book with how-to photos and text. Mastering Raku covers such topics as the history and philosophy of raku, types of clay, firing, glazes, and decoration. Types of kilns and kiln construction are also fully covered.

1 issue / $17.99 US

Leather Jewelry

Jewelers who haven’t yet added leather to their arsenal can look right here to see what they’re missing! Not only is it colorful, versatile, pliant, and elegant, but leather works beautifully as both a component part (combined with metal findings or beads) and as the single featured material. These 30 stunning projects, made from leather and fur, have a refined and pretty style that’s neither camp crafts nor biker tough. They cover the entire range of ornamentation: earrings, necklaces, bracelets, cuffs, rings, hair accessories and a brooch.

1 issue / $12.99 US
Metalworking 101 for Beaders

Metalworking 101 for Beaders provides all the information needed to start working with metal in a clear, visual way that’s fun and inspiring. Detailed advice about tools and materials, step-by-step photos of the latest techniques (including weaving, piercing, and making chain mail), and a dedicated and delightful teacher to guide you through it, will help you infuse new life into your creations.

1 issue / $11.99 US
Pure Knits

White—whether creamy and warm or wintry cool—evokes a sense of classic purity. Celebrate its variety with a collection of 25 stunning all-white projects for intermediate to advanced knitters, all made out of luxurious yarns. From sensuous sweaters for women to adorable outfits for babies and children these garments take white to new levels of excitement. Also Available: Sensual Knits and Sensual Crochet

1 issue / $11.99 US
Thank You Notes

Thank you SO much—for the gift, the hospitality, your help…or for just spreading a little sunshine. Expressing gratitude has never been easier, or more stunning, than with these unique handmade cards for any occasion. Incorporating everything from crochet to tin tiles, they make sending that required note a pleasure, not a chore. Every one has been beautifully crafted by a top designer, and exquisitely photographed.

1 issue / $11.99 US

The Artful Cupcake

Tempting topping, delicious cake, and a spectacular decoration to complete the pretty picture: that’s what makes these 32 delectably photographed cupcake created by proffesional bakers, recipes a perfect delight. "The decorations are the thing....All are shown in color photographs, and there are numerous step-by-step photos."--Library Journal.

1 issue / $7.99 US
The Craft & Art of Bamboo, Revised & Updated

Beautiful, sustainable bamboo is one of the most popular materials around for gardens and home décor. This highly regarded introduction to the material is now back in print, fully revised and updated. It still offers rich history, fascinating background and great projects, but with lots of new imagery—making this the most attractive source on the “it” plant of the green movement.

1 issue / $11.99 US
Mixed Metal Jewelry Workshop

In this creative workshop, metal clay, one of the hottest trends in jewelry making, is combined with traditional metal forms to create fabulous jewelry. Twenty fun projects, professional instruction, and a gallery of inspirational jewelry will show jewelers and general crafters how to combine an easy-to-work with material with sheet metal, wire, and other embellishments. The result: gorgeous wearable art.

1 issue / $15.99 US
New Directions in Metal Clay

Metal clay is the most exciting new material in jewelry design today: the procedures for molding and shaping are simple, the tools few, and the results stunning. CeCe Wire, a leader in the field, details all the newest innovations and clays, as well as the basics for beginners. She includes every form and formula, plus an extensive array of cutting-edge techniques that range from stone-setting to surface embellishment. Numerous color photos showcase diverse possibilities, including enameling methods such as champlevé, inlaying with epoxy resin, and silk screening. Twenty-five projects—some easy, some more advanced—include gorgeous beads, a bold contemporary brooch, and stacked rings made from silver and 22-karat gold.

1 issue / $17.95 US