Author: Cameron, Brenda

Brand: Storey Publishing

Edition: Illustrated

Features:

• Willow Furniture

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 144

Release Date: 05-01-1998

Details: Product Description Discover the rewarding and easy-to-learn craft of making your own bent willow furniture. Brenda and Brian Cameron provide clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions for a variety of elegant and sturdy bent willow projects that include chairs, tables, baskets, ladders, swings, and more. With expert tips on construction techniques, this guide covers everything from gathering and preparing the wood to adding the final decorative flourishes. You’ll soon be confidently crafting your own fabulously unique bent willow creations. Amazon.com Review People have gathered and used willow for many centuries in furniture of great variety and beauty. The Camerons have written a book to show anyone the proper ways to prepare willow, assemble and maintain the right tools, and learn the basics of willow-crafting techniques. They then describe beginning and advanced ideas and plans for baskets, children's furniture, tables and chairs, headboards, a fanciful "Gypsy Willow Chair," mirror frames, plant stands, and more. With lovely, hand-drawn diagrams throughout and color photographs of some of the finished projects, the Camerons have provided readers with all the basics of bent-willow furniture making. --Mark A. Hetts From the Back Cover The craft that Brenda and Brian Cameron share in Making Bent Willow Furniture has traditionally been passed down from generation to generation. Now with their illustrated, step-by-step instructions, you can easily master this age-old technique and create rustic willow furniture for your home, porch, yard, and garden. You'll find these and many more functional and attractive projects in Making Bent Willow Furniture: -- Chair -- Quilt ladder -- Plant stand -- Hanging baskets -- Childrens' table and chair -- Loveseat or porch swing -- Bed headboard -- Mirror frames -- Log cabin planter box -- Wheelbarrow plant stand About the Author Brenda Cameron is a science writer/editor and webmaster. She has a degree in industrial engineering and English from Perdue University. Brian Cameron is a licensed aircraft mechanic and journeyman carpenter and craftsman.

Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English