In this guide to all things handmade, Sally Coulthard explores more than 70 of the most popular established crafts—spoon carving to stenciling, crochet to papercraft, rug making to ceramics—describing their history, materials, and techniques. Following an opening section on the culture of craft (and how you can make it your living), she delves into categories like Paper, Pen & Print (including bookbinding, calligraphy, globemaking, marbling), Textiles (knitting, fur and leatherwork, macramé), Metal (blacksmithing, goldsmithing, sword making), Pottery, Glass & Stone (porcelain, mosaics, and glassblowing), and Wood, Willow & Nature (basketweaving, woodturning, coopering).