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• RUSTIC FURNITURE BASICS

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  Rustic furniture has an earthy charm that evokes cabins in the woods and country hideaways. Easy to make, rustic furniture is also green through incorporating reclaimed and found materials. In this step-by-step project book, an award-winning woodworker and teacher shows how to use materials collected from the outdoors or recycled from old buildings to make one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture. Every technique is detailed, from cutting round mortises and tenons to making a webbed seat, weaving twigs, traditional joinery, and more. Heirloom-quality projects include a storage chest, chairs, tables, and other attractive and useful pieces. Design alternatives show how to apply the basic techniques to other projects.

• Blanket Chests

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  No project has more universal appeal among woodworkers at every skill level than the blanket chest. It’s a simple form — essentially a large box with a lid — and yet it can be complex, elaborate, and intricately detailed. This collection of 30 original designs by artisans from around the globe illustrates the versatility of the chest, one of the oldest forms of furniture. The book opens with an overview of chest-building techniques; following are the chests, each of which features design and construction details, working drawings, and technical details of the more challenging pieces. Chests range from traditional to contemporary and offer inspiration to woodworkers and furniture makers of all skill levels. Approximately 200 photos and 50 drawings illustrate these designs.

• NEW CHAIRS: Innovations in Design, Technology, and Materials

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  More than 70 examples of contemporary chair design worldwide. Chairs by top world designers and by up-and-coming designers are spotlighted. Chairs that knock down, stack in imaginative ways, chairs impossible to imagine before computer-aided design, and even chairs that push the traditional concept of utility are all presented. Includes concept drawings, manufacturing details, and insights into the creative process in the designers' own words.

• PRACTICAL FURNITURE DESIGN - Schurch

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  The book includes essential drafting tools for doing practical design. The book is about learning the process of designing a piece of furniture that can be original, establishing a clear approach so mistakes are minimized, fulfills the needs and desires of the client, and fits the budget. For those who are just starting out or have experience in designing furniture, it will give valuable and fresh insight on the process of practical furniture design. The 58-page design manual includes original scale drawings, lofting curves, metric conversion tables, client contracts, standard furniture dimensions and bibliography of design resources. Accompanying the book are: a 6" combined inch/metric ruler, an erasing shield and a 0.7mm mechanical pencil with refills.

• FURNITURE STUDIO 4: FOCUS ON MATERIALS

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  Studies how contemporary studio furniture artists are responding to materials challenges such as the scarcity of exotic timber and are exploring the use of metal, stone, glass and other materials. Includes a photo essay on drawing, a memoir by a leading artist that explains how she broke into new design realms, a juried portfolio of student work, and a look at the San Diego school of Wendy Maruyama, a number of other very interesting essays.

• FURNITURE MAKING: PLANS, PROJECTS & DESIGN

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  Ken Ley takes the beginning and advanced woodworker through his uniquely simple approach to furniture making. Twelve stunning and diverse projects are detailed and accompanied by hundreds of color illustrations, and all of the pieces—from a mahogany filing cabinet and burr elm apothecary’s chest to a pale ash chest and oak TV cabinet—can be completed with a basic range of tools and facilities.