Description

Celebrate the splendor of wood with these wood-crafting projects.
From simple woven panels to making a functional yurt,
Woodland Craft
features an array of easy-to-follow projects that include crafts for the farm, garden, wood fuel, building and domestic use.
Green wood - wood that has been recently cut and is therefore still moisture-rich - is the predominant material used in the projects featured in this essential guide for craftsman of all levels.
With
Woodland Craft:
you'll learn all you need to know about tools and devices, both old and new.
you'll browse through the directory of tree species and identify the best uses for each.
you'll gain the insight you need to make practically anything out of this clean, crisp, beautiful element.
Includes 700 illustrations and photographs
Recenzja
"Woodland Craft
is an unabashed celebration by woodcrafting expert Ben Law of the splendor of wood. Informed, informative, exceptionally well-written, organized, and presented,
Woodland Craft
is a complete workshop course."
-- "Midwest Book Review"
O autorze
Ben Law, woodsman, craftsman, eco-builder, teacher and writer, lives and works in Prickly Nut Wood in West Sussex, UK. The building of his unique woodland home was featured on Grand Designs in the UK and was voted by viewers as the most popular episode ever. Ben runs courses on sustainable woodland management and permaculture, runs a specialist eco-building company and trains apprentices. Ben Law is the author of several books, including
The Woodland House
(Permanent Publications, 2005).
The Woodland Year
(Permanent Publications, 2008), and
Woodsman: Living in a Wood in the 21st Century
and
Woodland Craft
(GMC Publications, 2015). www.ben-law.co.uk.