{"title":"Lost Art Press Publications","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/logo_500x_f36492b3-24e0-4aa9-a54f-3e54c768307e.webp?v=1738969684\" width=\"299\" height=\"135\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooks published by Lost Arts Press. We love them!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInfo from their \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartpress.com\/\" title=\"Lost Art Press Home\"\u003ewebsite\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLost Art Press LLC was founded in 2007 by two enthusiastic woodworkers, John Hoffman and Christopher Schwarz, while attending a Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Open House in Warren, Maine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe company started with a question: What happened to all the great woodworking books that used to be published? The books that changed the course of the craft and people’s lives? The books that explored our ever-diminishing link to the handwork of previous centuries?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ingenious-mechanicks-signed-by-the-author-lost-art-press","title":"Ingenious Mechanicks: Early Workbenches \u0026 Workholding (signed by the author) by Christopher Schwarz","description":"\u003cp class=\"product-title product-detail__gap-sm\"\u003eIngenious Mechanicks: Early Workbenches \u0026amp; Workholding (signed by the author) by Christopher Schwarz \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Lost Arts Press, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorkbenches with screw-driven vises are a fairly modern invention. For more than 2,000 years, woodworkers built complex and beautiful pieces of furniture using simpler benches that relied on pegs, wedges and the human body to grip the work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile it’s easy to dismiss these ancient benches as obsolete, they are – at most –  misunderstood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the last three years, Christopher Schwarz has been building these ancient workbenches and putting them to work in his shop to build all manner of furniture. Absent any surviving ancient instruction manuals for these benches, Schwarz relied on hundreds of historical paintings of these benches for clues as to how they worked. Then he replicated the devices and techniques shown in the paintings to see how (or if) they worked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is about this journey into the past and takes the reader from Pompeii, which features the oldest image of a Western bench, to a Roman fort in Germany to inspect the oldest surviving workbench and finally to his shop in Kentucky, where he recreated three historical workbenches and dozens of early jigs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThese early benches have many advantages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey are less expensive to build\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey can be built in a couple days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey require less material\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou can sit down to use them\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey take up less space than a modern bench and can even serve as seating in your house\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn some cases they perform better than modern vises or shavehorses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven if you have no plans to build an early workbench, “Ingenious Mechanicks” is filled with newly rediscovered ideas you can put to work on your modern bench. You can make an incredibly versatile shaving station for your bench using four small pieces of wood. You can create a hard-gripping face vise with a notch and some softwood wedges. You can make the best planing stop ever with a stick of oak and some rusty nails.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Ingenious Mechanics” is 8-1\/2” x 11”, 160 pages and printed in full color on beautiful coated paper. The binding is sewn to last for generations. The pages are surrounded by heavy hardbound boards that are covered in cotton cloth. Like all Lost Art Press books, “Ingenious Mechanicks” is produced and printed entirely in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summer Beam Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47615861260598,"sku":"","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/IM-NEW-cover-transparent-IMG_4492_720x_2x_21bce2ee-aaca-4303-afee-6f8553dc19c9.jpg?v=1740160487"},{"product_id":"the-workshop-book-by-scott-landis-foreword-by-roy-underhill-lost-art-press","title":"The Workshop Book By Scott Landis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Workshop Book by Scott Landis, Roy Underhill (Foreword)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Lost Art Press \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1991, \"The Workshop Book\" by Scott Landis remains the most complete book about every woodworker's favorite place: the workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Workshop Book” is a richly illustrated guided tour of some of the world’s most inspiring workshops — from garage to basement shops, from mobile to purpose-built shops.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Scott Landis traveled all over North America to discover the workshops featured in this book. The result is an intriguing and illuminating look at multiple successful approaches to shop layout.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou’ll also find advice and instruction on:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• 20 detailed floor plans for a range of woodworking shops (basement, shed, mobile, purpose-built, and more) to make the most of your available space\u003cbr\u003e• Storage for tools, lumber, and supplies\u003cbr\u003e• Heating, lighting, and electric\u003cbr\u003e• Dust collection\u003cbr\u003e• And more\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woodworker himself, Landis’ journey became a personal quest for the elements he’ll include in his own dream workshop.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are an amateur or professional, The Workshop Book offers a wealth of ideas and inspiration for setting up your ideal shop. Whether you are just starting out or are somewhere along this lifetime journey, this book will be your faithful guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new 216-page hardbound edition from Lost Art Press ensures \"The Workshop Book\" will be available to future generations of woodworkers. Produced and printed in the United States, this classic text is printed on FSC-certified recycled paper and features a durable sewn binding designed to last generations. The 1991 text remains the same in this edition and includes a foreword by Roy Underhill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Landis\u003c\/strong\u003e built his first workbench in the early 1970s in a friend’s shop in Maine, where he discovered many of the essential tools and techniques of woodworking. Since then, he has been a professional benchmaker, log house builder, and freelance writer, chronicling the disappearing traditional occupations of the North. He returned to woodworking as the author of The Workbench Book (1987) and The Workshop Book (1991), first published by Taunton Press. Scott went on to write numerous essays and articles about woodworking and wood use, and their intersection with responsible forest management. He founded the nonprofit Woodworkers Alliance for Rainforest Protection (WARP) and organized the traveling exhibition Conservation by Design, launched in collaboration with the Rhode Island School of Design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA WARP field project in Honduras eventually led to his establishment of GreenWood, which was recognized in 2014 with the first-ever Innovation Prize awarded by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. GreenWood continues to employ appropriate woodworking technologies and creative niche marketing in support of sustainable forest management and economic development. The organization has trained artisan woodworkers in the Peruvian Amazon and works extensively in Honduras and Puerto Rico. Scott now lives in coastal Maine, where his woodworking and workbench career began.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summer Beam Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51594303930678,"sku":"","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/The-Workshop-Book-1500-ppi-IMG_1860_720x_17de7851-2c10-49a3-b8bf-2028e3274720.webp?v=1702947397"},{"product_id":"country-woodcraft-then-now-by-drew-langsner-lost-art-press","title":"Country Woodcraft: Then \u0026 Now by Drew Langsner","description":"\u003cp class=\"product-title product-detail__gap-sm\"\u003eCountry Woodcraft: Then \u0026amp; Now \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eby Drew Langsner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-title product-detail__gap-sm\"\u003ePublished by Lost Arts Press, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1978, Drew Langsner released his book “Country Woodcraft” to the world, and it sparked a movement – still expanding today – of hand-tool woodworkers who make things with mostly green wood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 304 pages of “Country Woodcraft” showed you how to split wood from the forest and shape into anything you might need, from a spoon to a bowl, from a hay rake fork to a milking stool, a pine whisk to a dining table.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter more than 40 years, Drew has revisited this long-out-of-print and important book to revise and expand it to encompass what he has learned since “Country Woodcraft” was first released.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is “Country Woodcraft: Then \u0026amp; Now,” which has been expanded by nearly 100 pages and has been updated throughout to reflect what Drew has learned since 1978. Among many other additions, it includes greatly expanded sections on building shavehorses, carving spoons and making green-wood bowls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original book’s text is intact, and the old photos are in black and white. Throughout the book, Drew has added text, which we set in a slightly different font, to explain what he does differently now after 40 years of daily work on the North Carolina farm he shares with his wife, Louise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn many ways, the book is a delightful conversation between the younger Drew, who is happy to chop down trees with a felling axe, and the older Drew, who now uses an electric chainsaw and band saw to break down stock to conserve energy (and likely aspirin). New illustrations and color photos throughout show how Drew works now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most significant additions to the book include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA detailed section on how to make your own sloyd knife from a piece of steel and block of wood – everything you need to know about shaping and heat-treating the steel. Plus how to fashion and attach the handle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn extensive discussion of the different forms of shaving horses – the core workholding tool for this sort of work – and complete plans for the shaving horse that Drew prefers, the Z-Mule.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn enormous section on spoon carving, which is almost long enough to be a book in and of itself. Drew shows beginners how to make their first spoon and delves into more advanced techniques, including steam-bending blanks with Curtis Buchanan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn almost-as-large section on carving bowls, which features many examples for inspiration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA large chapter on the workbenches that are ideal for country woodcraft, including plans for the design that Drew prefers: a simple strong table with a laminated plywood benchtop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is also fascinating about “Country Woodcraft: Then \u0026amp; Now” is how much Drew has absorbed and adapted from his peers and the instructors at his Country Workshops school (which he retired from). You can feel the influence and interplay between woodworking greats such as Jennie Alexander, John Brown, Dave Fisher, Wille Sundqvist, Jogge Sunqvist and on and on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you are interested in getting started in green woodworking, “Country Woodcraft: Then \u0026amp; Now” is an ideal place to begin. If you have already gotten started in spoon carving, this book can take you into areas of the craft that are surprising, delightful and useful (check out the pine wisks).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Physical Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Country Woodcraft: Then \u0026amp; Now” is 404 pages (1-1\/4\" thick), printed on #80 matte coated paper for superior image reproduction. The pages are sewn and taped for durability. The whole thing is wrapped by thick boards covered with cotton cloth. This is a permanent book. Like all Lost Art Press books, “Country Woodcraft: Then \u0026amp; Now” is produced entirely in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne unusual aspect of the book is its shape. The pages are 10.5” wide and 8.5” tall, and the book is bound on the short side of the page, what some people call landscape binding. This unusual binding was what was used on the original 1978 edition and we wanted to use that same binding in the modern edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis unusual binding, plus the large number of pages and upgraded paper (the original was printed on thin, uncoated paper) made this an expensive object to manufacture. However, Drew and Lost Art Press decided we wanted this book to have an accessible price for beginners and students. So we set the price at $44 and have agreed to take a smaller profit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSafety First!     vii\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding Then and Now     ix\u003cbr\u003eForeword – Then     xi\u003cbr\u003eForeword – Now     xiii\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments     xv\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – Then     xix\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – Now     xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I: THE FOUNDATION OF COUNTRY WOODCRAFT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Basic Tools     2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials     32\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelling     40\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Woodshed     48\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSawbucks     60\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II: THE WORKSHOP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShaving Horses     64\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClubs, Mauls and Mallets     84\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame Saws     92\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTool Handles     98\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWedges     110\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorkbenches     116\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Spring-Pole Lathe     130\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart III: AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"13\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHay Rakes     142\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHay Forks     152\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWheelbarrows     170\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwiss Milking Stool     176\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Shoulder Yoke     180\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLand Sleds     184\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBull-Tongue Plow     190\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpike-Tooth A-Harrow     194\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eField Drags     196\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePokes     198\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IV: HOUSEHOLD CRAFTS AND FURNISHINGS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"23\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrooms     204\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBark Boxes – Louise Langsner     208\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Oak Basketry – Louise Langsner     214\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpreaders, Spoons and Ladles     228\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHalf-Log Bowls     272\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrestle Tables     312\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Handy Bench     318\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePine Whisks     322\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Mortise-and-Tenon Joinery     330\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Oil Finishes     338\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: Riving Thirds      342\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 4: Axe Primer     348\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 5: Stumps with Legs     352\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 6: Uses of Usually Useless Wood     356\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 7: Annotated Bibliography     362\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 8: What I’m Doing Now     366\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Los Angeles in 1942, Drew Langsner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drewlangsner.art\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas been making things all his life. An artist, craftsman and author, he has practiced traditional woodworking since 1972. In addition to six books, his writing has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFine Woodworking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWoodwork\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Woodworker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eToday’s Woodworker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFine Homebuildin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eg, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrganic Gardening\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountryside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarrowsmith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and others. He and his wife Louise founded and ran Country Workshops from 1978 to 2017, offering numerous courses in Swiss cooperage, ladder back chairmaking, Windsor chairmaking, carving bowls and spoons, and more. His most recent work includes a playful exhibition that explore his relationship with wood and its purpose, expressing his natural environment through man-made design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summer Beam Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47615874466102,"sku":"","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/CWdiestampmockup.jpg?v=1702947672"},{"product_id":"with-the-grain-a-craftsman-s-guide-to-understanding-wood-by-christian-becksvoort-lost-art-press","title":"With the Grain: A Craftsman’s Guide to Understanding Wood By Christian Becksvoort","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product-title product-detail__gap-sm\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith the Grain: A Craftsman’s Guide to Understanding Wood, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Christian Becksvoort\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product-title product-detail__gap-sm\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Lost Art Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA little knowledge about trees goes a long way toward improving your woodworking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou don’t need a degree in dendrology to build a desk. But you do need intimate knowledge of how our raw material grows and – more importantly – how it responds to its environment after it has been cut and dried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis knowledge allows you to tame the wood into the shapes that you have envisioned in your head. And it ensures that your furniture will endure the seasons and age with grace and aplomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is why we are particularly pleased to offer the third revised edition of “With the Grain: A Craftsman’s Guide to Understanding Wood” by Christian Becksvoort. This is the book about wood that we wished we’d had when we started woodworking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is, above all, succinct, easy to understand and perfectly suited for the furniture-maker. As important as what is in its 160 pages is what is not. It’s not a detailed analysis of cell growth. It is not a heap of tables and equations for figuring truss loads in residential construction. 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And even though you have been steeped in geometry for years, we are certain you will experience several eye-opening moments while performing the exercises. This book connects geometry to furniture design in a way that no other book has. And the exercises ensure the lessons will make it from the page and into your fingers. Reading about it is one thing. Doing it is another (like woodworking).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso fun: authors George Walker and Jim Tolpin have given their work the look and feel of a middle-school workbook, complete with slightly corny jokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 192-page workbook is softcover with a sewn and glued binding for durability. Like all our products, \"By Hound \u0026amp; Eye\" is printed in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workbook is hand illustrated and hand lettered by\u003cspan\u003e Andrea Love\u003c\/span\u003e. It is a companion to the hardbound book \"By Hand \u0026amp; Eye\" by Walker and Tolpin. The two books are meant to complement one another. \"By Hand \u0026amp; Eye\" focuses more on the history behind the geometrical systems and offers projects using the simple ratios explored in the book. The workbook \"By Hound \u0026amp; Eye\" is concerned mostly with the practical exercises needed to open your inner eye and offers exercises not found in the hardbound book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction: From Points to Patterns\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSection I: Points and Lines: To the Point and Beyond     1\u003cbr\u003eSection II: Planes: The Shape of Things to Come     41\u003cbr\u003eSection III: Curves: The Sweetest Distance Between Two Points     76\u003cbr\u003eSection IV: Solids: Of Us, By Us, and For Us     122\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eJim Tolpin\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJim Tolpin, who grew up on the East Coast and now resides in Port Townsend, Washington, has been making a living at woodworking since 1970, mostly in the finish carpentry and custom cabinetmaking trades. In the last 15 years he's been writing books on woodworking and design and, after helping found\u003cspan\u003e Port Townsend School of Woodworking\u003c\/span\u003e, teaching the trade. Jim is, above all else, a teacher, and the best kind, because he never believes he knows it all and never stops learning. He also believes in passing it on, while you still can. “There are a lot of people out there who want to know this stuff and that includes me,” he says. “I personally love being in the position of not knowing but maybe going to find out.” Visit Jim and George’s\u003cspan\u003e By Hand \u0026amp; Eye\u003c\/span\u003e’s online atelier (design studio) to help you unlock your potential as a builder or maker by honing your design skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGeorge Walker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRaised in northeast Ohio, George Walker spent the first 20 years of his woodworking in design purgatory. Then after stumbling onto the design language of the artisans, he can’t shut up about it. After four books (and working on a fifth with Jim Tolpin), and scores of magazine articles, he’s just getting started. No matter how ordinary the circumstances, George is regularly struck by the majesty and wonder of life – the way millions of colorful warblers gather at Magee Marsh before their migration across Lake Erie; the way a medieval drawing found in an old monastery can inform his work through the understanding of geometry; or the way he can now build a beautiful piece of furniture, without plans or a tape measure, using instead a stick, a piece of string and dividers. Visit George and Jim’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBy Hand \u0026amp; Eye’s\u003c\/span\u003e online atelier (design studio) to help you unlock your potential as a builder or maker by honing your design skills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summer Beam Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48394689642806,"sku":"","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/hound-coverIMG_2277_720x_13200f9b-f437-4507-8ca7-840cdd70e006.webp?v=1711411870"},{"product_id":"by-hand-eye-by-george-r-walker-jim-tolpin-lost-arts-press","title":"By Hand \u0026 Eye By George R. Walker \u0026 Jim Tolpin","description":"\u003cp class=\"product-title product-detail__gap-sm\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Hand \u0026amp; Eye \u003cem\u003eBy George R. Walker \u0026amp; Jim Tolpin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-title product-detail__gap-sm\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Lost Art Press, 2013\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“By Hand \u0026amp; Eye” is a deep dive into the world of history, architecture and design. And the authors have emerged with armloads of pearls for readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of serving up a list of formulas with magical names (i.e. the Golden Section, the Rule of Thirds) that will transform the mundane into perfection, George R. Walker and Jim Tolpin show how much of the world is governed by simple proportions, noting how ratios such as 1:2; 3:5 and 4:5 were ubiquitous in the designs of pre-industrial artisans. And the tool that helps us explore this world, then as now, are dividers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe key to good design is to master these basic “notes” – much like learning to sing “do, re, mi.” How to do this is the subject of the first three-quarters of the book. It offers exercises, examples and encouragement in opening your inner eye, propping it up with toothpicks and learning the simple geometry that will help you improve your design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last quarter of “By Hand \u0026amp; Eye” takes these principles and puts them into practice by designing nine projects that are decidedly contemporary – proof positive that design isn’t reserved for highboys and 18th-century Philadelphia side chairs. The projects show all of the book’s design principles in full flower, yet the projects are small enough and simple enough (for the most part) that you can use them as a way to explore the book’s concepts without risking a lot of wood or time in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“By Hand \u0026amp; Eye” is not, however, a recipe book for better design. The principles of good design are learned through exercise and repetition, and the authors offer the critical exercises in every chapter. Reading about good design is not enough to be able to master it. You have to practice it until it becomes second nature, and your hand and your eye work together as one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“By Hand \u0026amp; Eye” is 200 pages long with full-color illustrations printed on heavy #80-pound matte coated paper. The book is casebound and sewn so it lasts a long time. The hardback boards are covered in cotton cloth with a black matte stamp. 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Translated into English without the author’s permission in the late 1960s, “Woodworking in Estonia” has been a cult classic ever since it first surfaced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is, according to Underhill, “one of the best books on folk woodworking ever” and covers the entire woodworking history of this small Northern European nation from pre-historical times through occupation by the Germans and Soviets up through Estonian independence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author, Ants Viires, devoted his life to recording the hand-tool folkways of his country without a shred of romanticism. Viires combined personal interviews and direct observation of work habits with archaeological evidence and a thorough scouring of the literature in his country and surrounding nations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf all this sounds like a dry treatise, it’s not. “Woodworking in Estonia” is an important piece of evidence in understanding how our ancestors worked wood and understood it more intimately than we do. Viires records in great detail everything from the superstitions surrounding the harvesting of wood (should you whistle in the forest?) to detailed descriptions of how the Estonians dried the wood, bent it, steamed it and even buried it in horse dung to shape it for their needs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViires covers, in detail, the hand tools used by the Estonian, including many that will be unfamiliar to moderns (a beehive turner?). He then discusses all the different products Estonians made for their own use and for sale in the markets, including bent-wood boxes, chairs, chests, tables, sleds, carriages, spinning wheels, spoons, tobacco pipes, bowls and beer tankards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile not a book of plans, “Woodworking in Estonia” is a source of immense inspiration for any woodworker looking to forge a close relationship with wood and the things that can be made from it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLost Art Press spent more than two years bringing this book back to life. We contacted the author before his death in 2015 to secure rights for the first authorized English translation. Using the 1996 Estonian edition of the Estonian book, we commissioned a new English translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe also obtained the rights to the original photos and drawings. The 1969 unauthorized translation used poorly reproduced images, likely mimeographs, which were murky and dark. This edition contains more than 240 crisp, original photos and line drawings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike all Lost Art Press books, “Woodworking in Estonia” is produced entirely in the United States. The hardbound book is 304 pages on heavy paper stock. The pages are sewn and then glued with fiber tape to last lifetimes. 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