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Book

Making twig furniture & household things / Abby Ruoff ; illustrations by Sia Kaskamanidis & Edward Turner.

Record details

ISBN: 0881791857 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 9780881791853 (pbk.)
Physical Description: ix, 275 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Point Roberts, WA : Hartley & Marks, c1999.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : twig furniture past and present -- Decorating with twig furniture -- Finding the wood (tree and shrub identification for every region) -- Basic methods for working with twigs (general directions) -- Twig furniture (loveseat; settee; bentwood camp chair; wattle arm chair; chaise lounge; folding chair; traditional folding camp chair; occasional chair; upholstered vanity chair; child's chair; child's ladder-back chair; slab-top stool; forest tables; tripod occasional table; tray table; plank-top side table; cottage coffee table; log-top table; hostess stands; lamp table; classic twig canopy bed; floor lamp; three-section folding screen; indoor shutters).

Household things (picture frames; tabletop picture frame; clock; basket planter; horseshoe trim basket; plant standard; standing planter; herb/flower drying rack; doll cradle; five-sided ottoman or planter cube; magazine rack; plate stand; miniature chairs; candlesticks; country clothespins) -- Garden accessories (garden trellis; wattle-weave trellis; basic bird feeder; white birch birdhouse) -- Bark and vine projects (bark basket with one or two handles; grapevine basket; bark-covered basket or cheese box; small bark-covered frame; grapevine and willow frame; birch bark and willow picture frame; grapevine lampshade; napkin rings).