Whirligig? Rio Rattles? Congophone? New vocabulary? No, just the names given to toys one can make with the instructions given in Czernecki’s craft book, which is an invitation... Read More

Picassiette (Ital)? the “crazy plate smasher”— was the moniker locals gave to foundry worker Raymond Isadore when he began affixing broken cup fragments, seashells and... Read More

All walking is discovery. On foot we take time to see things whole… This epigraph from one of the chapters illustrates one of the many reasons for the allure of walkways.... Read More

"Natural Cleaning for Your Home" is, remarkably, as much a coffee table book as a cleaning manual. Illustrated with 80 color photographs, 13 of which are hand-tinted, it makes... Read More

Here’s another installation in Lark Books senior editor Deborah Morgenthal’s lineup of designer-produced craft books that are aimed to elevate an evening hobby into folk... Read More

Twenty designers put on their inventive caps to come up with 40 charming, unique, and even dramatic aviary designs in The Ultimate Birdhouse Book. Some work with wood and... Read More