Description Woodland Crafting guides the reader through making things with wood—in the woods—with a series of beautifully hand-drawn illustrations. The author provides essential knowledge and skills to complete a range of craft projects, ranging from simple to advanced and from functional structures to creative outdoor play forms. Readers will learn to choose and work with wood effectively using simple tools, tying knots, and developing one’s own designs to make masks and puppets, night torches and staffs, arrows, jewelry, ladders, shelters, chairs for stargazing, and much more. This book provides everything needed to know to have fun working with wood. This book is a real woodland companion and will, I guarantee, increase any learner’s enjoyment, understanding, and ‘feeling’ for our woods and woodcrafts. Happy ‘crafting and creating.’ — Jon Cree, Chair of the Forest School (from his afterword) C O N T E N T S Foreword by David Bond Introduction by Patrick Harrison How to Use this Book Useful Tools Choosing Your Wood Hazel Willow Birch Elder Some Useful Knots and Lashings Overhand Knot Clove Hitch Square Lashing Sheer Lashing Whipping Netting Things to Make Hazel Mask Festive Candle Mini Hurdle French Arrow Night Torch Dead Hedging Staff Making and Mending Tools Making Frames and Simple Structures Nature Picture Ladder Stretcher Star Gazer The Tripod Making a Tripod Tripod Seat Tripod Monsters The Triangle Making a Triangle Modular Triangles Tetrahedron Step Ladder Lantern Fixing a Tea Light inside Your Lantern Using Elder and Willow Blow Pipe Elder Beads Forest Rosaries Preparing Willow Cordage Macramé Bracelet 1 Macramé Bracelet 2 Macramé Bracelet 3 Making Puppets Simple Elder Bead Puppet Horse Puppet Man of the Forest Puppet Giant Puppets Giant Horse Puppet Giant Dragon Puppet Afterword by Jon Cree
