The Master Craftsman - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Master Craftsman write by Kelli Stuart. This book was released on 2022-04-05. The Master Craftsman available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1917, Alma Pihl, a master craftsman in the House of Fabergé, was charged to protect one of the greatest secrets in Russian history--an unknown Fabergé Egg that Peter Karl Fabergé secretly created to honor his divided allegiance to both the people of Russia and the Imperial tsar's family. When Alma and her husband escaped Russia for their native Finland in 1921, she took the secret with her, guarding her past connection to the Romanov family. Three generations later, world-renowned treasure hunter Nick Laine is sick and fears the secret of the missing egg will die with him. With time running out, he entrusts the mission of retrieving the egg to his estranged daughter, Ava, who has little idea of the dangers she is about to face. As the stakes are raised, Ava is forced to declare her own allegiance--and the consequences are greater than she could have imagined. This modern-day treasure hunt from award-winning author Kelli Stuart transports you into the opulent and treacherous world of the Russian Revolution to unearth mysteries long buried.
Mastering Tatting
Mastering Tatting - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mastering Tatting write by Lindsay Rogers. This book was released on 2013. Mastering Tatting available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A form of handmade lace, tatting is a traditional skill with origins dating back centuries and spanning continents. Each stitch is composed of two half-hitch knots. The single thread is looped and knotted with the aid of a small shuttle -- a simple technique that produces amazingly intricate results. This book shows how a simple piece of tatting can be developed into something striking and complex. The reader is guided through the process with easy-to-follow diagrams and descriptions. The 15 stunning designs, including many variants to experiment with, allow the tatting disciple to explore the craft further. Ideas for how the basic patterns can be developed are included, as well as suggestions such as creating very different looks by varying the thread used. Whatever your level of experience, Mastering Tatting offers the chance to create something satisfying and unique to cherish or give as a gift.
Thomas Day
Thomas Day - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thomas Day write by Patricia Phillips Marshall. This book was released on 2010-05-22. Thomas Day available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thomas Day (1801-61), a free man of color from Milton, North Carolina, became the most successful cabinetmaker in North Carolina--white or black--during a time when most blacks were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movements and activities. His surviving furniture and architectural woodwork still represent the best of nineteenth-century craftsmanship and aesthetics. In this lavishly illustrated book, Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll show how Day plotted a carefully charted course for success in antebellum southern society. Beginning in the 1820s, he produced fine furniture for leading white citizens and in the 1840s and '50s diversified his offerings to produce newel posts, stair brackets, and distinctive mantels for many of the same clients. As demand for his services increased, the technological improvements Day incorporated into his shop contributed to the complexity of his designs. Day's style, characterized by undulating shapes, fluid lines, and spiraling forms, melded his own unique motifs with popular design forms, resulting in a distinctive interpretation readily identified to his shop. The photographs in the book document furniture in public and private collections and architectural woodwork from private homes not previously associated with Day. The book provides information on more than 160 pieces of furniture and architectural woodwork that Day produced for 80 structures between 1835 and 1861. Through in-depth analysis and generous illustrations, including over 240 photographs (20 in full color) and architectural photography by Tim Buchman, Marshall and Leimenstoll provide a comprehensive perspective on and a new understanding of the powerful sense of aesthetics and design that mark Day's legacy.
Custom Knifemaking
Custom Knifemaking - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Custom Knifemaking write by Tim McCreight. This book was released on 1985. Custom Knifemaking available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ten projects will teach beginners how to cut, shape, heat, treat, and finish a knife.
The Master Craftsman
The Master Craftsman - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Master Craftsman write by Walter Besant. This book was released on 1896. The Master Craftsman available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
