You wil be able to make DreamCatchers, Mandalas, Masks, & God's Eyes.
$6.50
MAKING NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY Michael Simpson tells in easy-to-understand steps, according to traditional methods, how to make several types of Native American pots.
$9.95
NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS & SKILLS Native American Crafts and Skills is an excellent introduction to the study of Native American crafts and outdoor skills.
A handy guide tells you where to find, buy, and prepare gourds, and how to decorate them with leather-dye, egg-dye, paint, shoe polish, découpage, airbrushing, waxed linen, dyed raffia, and beads.
Orig. Price:
$19.95
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$15.95
BEADING FOR THE FIRST TIME
They've enticed you at stores: seed beads, tubular bugles, or fancy drops, ovals, and flowers. Now work with them!
Orig. Price:
$19.95
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$15.95
NATIVE CRAFTS
This book guides kids step-by-step in making a beautiful variety of Indian Crafts.
CHEROKEE MASK
The most popular Cherokee masks are represented here for children to color and do lessons in matching, mazes, completing sentences, connecting dots, counting, spelling, and more
$4.95
AMERICAN INDIAN CRAFT BOOK
Designed for creative individuals, group leaders, and teachers, this informative and unusual book is a guide to the crafts of the main North American Indian tribes in the seven basic cultural areas.
# 5003 American Indian Craft Book A guide to the crafts of the main Native American tribes. Instructions that the novice can follow in making moccasins, dresses, shirts, hats, headbands, hoods, fish nets, bowls, baskets, dolls, masks, games, drums, shields, looms for weaving and jewelry. Also covered are hair styles, food, music, names, sign language and picture writing. A wealth of projects that you can both do and learn from. 51/2 x 8, 416 pgs.., photographs, diagrams, drawings, paper .............. $14.00
NATIVE AMERICAN CROSS STITCH
Authentic items to make include a sun catcher and a Cree bag, while detailed pictures capture scenes from traditional life.
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$30.00
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$25.00
MAKING INDIAN BOWS AND ARROWS THE OLD WAY
Written for the beginning craftsman with over 200 illustrations, photos, charts and diagrams, this book will be invaluable to anyone interested in traditional weapons of the American Indian, their material culture and/or early Americana.
Orig. Price:
$25.00
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$19.95
THE ART OF FLINT KNAPPING
All stages of collecting flint, preparing tools, reduction strategies and knapping are covered.
Gardeners-and crafters: take the mystery out of growing gourds! Largely ignored by most gardening books, gourd plants require specific attention to produce healthy vines and satisfactory fruit.
Over 360 authentic royalty-free designs adapted from Navajo blankets and rugs, painted wooden masks, decorated moccasins, Hopi pottery, Sioux buffalo hides, more. Geometrics, symbolic figures, plant and animal motifs, etc.
Full text, plus more than 700 precise drawings of basketry, sculpture, painting, pottery, sand paintings, metal, etc. 4 plates in color. Text gives lore and tradition behind the designs plus Indians' own songs and stories.
Authentic, powerful motifs--all vigorously distinctive--depict designs by Native Americans in the Western Hemisphere for use on pottery, blankets, masks, weapons, and other artifacts. A profusion of images--from flora, fauna, and clan symbols to men, gods, and religious markings--have been adapted from dozens of tribes, among them the Navajo, Maya, Hopi, Inca, Haida, and Sioux. An abundant source of timeless design ideas for craftworkers and graphic artists, this collection will also appeal to anyone interested in Native American culture. Disk contains all items in book. 755 designs.
$19.95
AMERICAN INDIAN NEEDLEPOINT American Indian Needlepoint Designs: for Pillows, Belts, Handbags and other Projects Authentic American Indian designs adapted for modern needlepoint: deer, maze patterns, stepped-fret patterns, thunderbird designs, mythical animals, the Sun Kachina, bear mask, geometrics, etc. Easily transferable to #10 needlepoint canvas. 37 designs. paperback 48 pages.
Fabulous new techniques on leather from The Leather Factory... colorize, stamp, stitch, bead, decorate and more. You will be fascinated by the projects you can create using leather. Great for gifts and for yourself. You will have so much fun!
$12.99
Arts & Crafts of the Cherokee
ARTS & CRAFTS OF THE CHEROKEE Definitely the sourcebook on Cherokee Arts & Crafts. Lavish with photographs, this book gives the historical background of each craft and a clear guide to the materials and procedures used for making Cherokee baskets, beadwork, weapons, pottery, weaving, etc.
$9.95
BEADING WITH LEATHER Genuine leather from The Leather Factory is perfect as a base for embellishing with stamps, beads and dyes. How-to instructions for every project. You will want to make every single one. Leather is easy to work with and fun for all ages!
$12.99
Big Book of Indian Beadwork Designs
Easy-to-follow diagrams and simple instructions enable even beginners to create a host of striking Native American designs. Color-coded patterns for buffalo, kachinas, eagles and more will add delightful ornamental touches to T-shirts, vests and blouses, lend distinctive touches to handbags, headbands, and belts, and enhance cushion covers, table linens, and other household accessories. An inexpensive do-it-yourself book for successfully completing dozens of beautiful projects for yourself, family and friends.
$6.95
Complete Book of Basketry
This profusely illustrated third edition of an authoritative classic relates the history and geography of baskets, including everything from seed-gathering baskets to portable stalls used by street vendors, huge “skeps” for sorting wool, and one-person boats. The author also provides detailed advice on basket design, materials, techniques, care, and repair, and gives step-by-step instructions for making an array of baskets, including a tall oval shopping basket, wastepaper basket, lidded picnic basket, all-purpose plate, wine cradle, fruit bowl, cane rattle, carpet beater, and more—made with a wide range of materials including willow, cane, rush, raffia, straw, grasses, palms, and coppice woods, and by a variety of techniques, including stake-and-strand (wickering), framing or ribbing, coiling, plaiting, and twining. Craftspeople, collectors, students of traditional crafts, and general readers will find themselves fascinated by this authoritative survey. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. 294 illus., including 12 in color on the covers.
$14.95
Complete Book of Gourd carving This breathtaking volume introduces every tool and every technique associated with gourd carving, offers fabulous projects that advance in difficulty, and presents a gallery of works designed to inspire.Hardcover, 192pp
$24.96
Complete Book of Seminole Patchwork 9.95
Fascinating introduction to unique form of needlecraft distinguished by bright horizontal patterns and created by sewing, cutting and rearranging strips of multicolored bands. Simply written, profusely illustrated volume includes glossary of important terms and displays varied patchwork patterns along with instructions for reading assembly diagrams.
Ensure peaceful dreams with a handsome dreamcatcher web. Just combine metal hoops, leather, lace, beads and feathers. Over 30 fabled designs fill this book. Native American myths of the great plains speak to us of Spirit DreamCatchers. Each web will catch bad spirit dreams and hold them untill the morning sun evaporates them with the dew.
HOW TO DO BEADWORK 5.95
Enjoy a challenging and rewarding craft with this fully illustrated book. Start with the simplest patterns—five different bead chains—and work up to more intricate woven work like fobs, belts and card cases. Full instructions for building a good loom. 9 plates. 96 figures.
Indian Basket Weaving
Basic techniques—preparation of the reed, splicing, introduction of color, shaping and finishing, etc. Also descriptions of a great variety of weaves—Lazy Squaw, Mariposa, Taos, Shilo, and more, each accompanied by specific instructions. 114 illustrations
$6.95
Indian Basketry
Most complete survey of Indian basket-making describes uses of baskets, their role in legend and ceremony, origins of forms and designs, materials and colors, weaves and stitches, plus full instructions for those who want to make their own. Southwest, Pacific coast. Basic work for anthropologist, collector, draftsman. 355 illustrations
$12.95
Indian Blankets and Their Makers
by George Wharton James History, old-style wool blankets, changes brought about by traders, symbolism of design and color, a Navajo weaver at work, more. Emphasis on Navajo. 254 illustrations, 32 in color.
NATIVE AMERICAN BEADWEAVING
Use basic equipment & simple skills to craft 15 beautiful Native American inspired beaded objects. Book instructs you on several different items such as bracelets, choker’s, rings, earrings, different fringe styles. 112 pages, pprbk, color photos..............
Rich selection of 391 copyright-free designs adapted from the art and artifacts of the Zuñi, Hopi, Navajo, Sioux, Comanche, Haida, Tlingit, Maya, Aztecs and other Native American tribes. Handsomely executed designs for enhancing posters, newsletters, brochures, school reports and more. Disk contains all items in book.
Quick & Easy gourd crafts
Embellishing gourds with paint and woodburning is fun and easy with these projects from fanciful ornamental objects to festive holiday decorations to terrific containers. 128 pages, hardbound , color photos
S. WEST INDIAN DESIGNS CD ROM & BOOK
The 250 bold, meticulously rendered designs in this collection—taken from such authentic sources as Hopi ceremonial dress, Zuñi shields, Anasazi pottery, and Navajo jewelry—depict creatures of land, sea, and air; abstract motifs; Kachina dolls; masks; and other traditional images. An essential addition to the personal libraries of designers and craftspeople.
CARVING-The Native American Face Imagine carving a human face that is so realistic, it looks as if it has taken on a life. Expressive eyes, noses with character and definition, well-positioned ears, and hair that you could run your fingers through. Realistic facial features & expressions are the hallmarks of a good carving and now with some help from carver extraordinaire Jeff Phares, carving the Native face doesn’t have to be such a struggle. Each book has over 200 color photographs and guides you-step-by-step-through carving a different facial feature. By studying and practicing each feature individually you will gain the skills necessary to create authentic carvings. Work your way through the series and soon you will be able to master the entire face. Paperback, $14.95 each or Buy the set for $ 43.00 # 781 CARVING THE NOSE & MOUTH # 781A CARVING EARS & HAIR # 781B CARVING EYES & EXPRESSIONS
$14.95
NATIVE AMERICAN BEADWORK
Needleworkers, crafters, and aficionados of Native American Culture will find much withing the pages of this book to excite their interest and enthusiasm. 168 pages, paperback, b&w illustrations
$9.95
DECORATED GOURD
128 pages, paperback, color photos..............$ 17.95
