The Art and Craft of Whirligig Construction

Author: Gabriel R. Zuckerman
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764323591
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Over 50 color photos, 80 patterns and mechanical drawings, and step-by-step instructions to create twelve original whirligig projects made from wood and/or metal, including imaginative, original designs that all will enjoy. Each project was designed, built, and tested by the author to ensure success.

Making Animated Whirligigs

Author: Anders S. Lunde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486400495
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
More than two dozen traditional and original models of the wind-powered toys known as whirligigs appear in this how-to manual. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations.

Action Whirligigs

Author: Anders S. Lunde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486133753
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Easy-to-follow instructions and measured drawings for creating 25 charming little wind-driven toys — from the simple Baking a Pie whirligig to the Woman at the Computer to various weathervanes. For all levels of ability.

Making Whirligigs & Other Wind Toys

Author: Sharon Pierce
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9780806979809
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Provides instructions for making 26 toys that move in the wind.

Easy-to-make Wooden Sundials

Author: Milton Stoneman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486241416
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 62

Book Description
This guide to making wooden sundials gently leads beginning diallists into sundial lore and construction. Novice craftsmen who can wield a saw, wood-burning pen, matte knife, sandpaper and a few other simple tools can make five different kinds of sundials; plans are flexible and allow for embellishment, alteration, variety of materials. Precalculated templates can be removed from the book and carbon-paper-transferred to wood.

The Whirligig Maker's Book

Author: Jack Wiley
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781508837206
Category : Whirligigs
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
THE WHIRLIGIG MAKER'S BOOK covers everything you need to know to get started in the craft and hobby of making animated whirligigs. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed and full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions and illustrations are given for making fifteen unique animated whirligigs: Dove; Folk Rooster; Flying Unicorn; Girl Gymnast; Penguins on Teeter-Totter; Dancing Man; Unicycling Roadrunner; Carousel; Kids on Teeter-Totter; Trampoline; Ferris Wheel; Unicyclist; Flying Duck; Acrobats; and Clown. The projects were selected to introduce you to whirligig making and then take you on to an advanced skill level. The Author Jack Wiley earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1968, did exercise physiology teaching and research, and has written fifty published books. Dr. Wiley first became interested in making whirligigs in the late 1980s, and has designed and built hundreds of them since then. THE WHIRLIGIG MAKER'S BOOK is the result of this interest and experience.

How to Make Whirligigs and Whimmy Diddles and Other American Folkcraft Objects

Author: Florence Harvey Pettit
Publisher: Ty Crowell Company
ISBN: 9780690413892
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349

Book Description
A step-by-step guide to creating reproductions of American folk-art objects that includes suggestions on the selection of materials and equipment and the techniques of decorating and finishing

Whirligig

Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466860324
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111

Book Description
When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land. In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State to California, Florida, and Maine, and describes the many lives set into new motion by the ingenious creations Brent leaves behind. Paul Fleischman is the master of multivoiced books for younger readers. In Whirligig he has created a novel about hidden connections that is itself a wonder of spinning hearts and grand surprises.

Modern Triangle Quilts

Author: Rebecca Bryan
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617453145
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 171

Book Description
Ready to take the triangle challenge? Choose from 70 pieced modern triangle blocks and 11 exquisite quilts that wow! Fourth-generation quilter Rebecca Bryan is back—this time with beautiful 3-sided blocks sewn from pieced stripes, chevrons, curves, and more. A dedicated graphic design chapter will help you choose a winning color palette, play up unexpected elements, and achieve balance and symmetry. Grab your favorite ruler and the full-size block templates to create equilateral, isosceles, and right triangles with ease. With no tricky seams, these sampler blocks are perfect to mix and match.

Red Ted Art

Author: Margarita Woodley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448138833
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Crafting has never been more popular and Maggy Woodley, the creative force behind Red Ted, is passionate about making things with her children, Max, four, and Pippa, two. Using recycled materials and bits and bobs collected when out and about, here are over 60 utterly irresistible things to make with your kids. From adorable peanut shell finger puppets to walnut babies, loo roll marionettes and egg carton fairy lights, fabric mache bowls, stick men and shell crabs, stone people, and many more, these are projects for all the family to have fun with. And what's more, the end results are so cute and desirable that they look great around the home, or make wonderfully unique and personal gifts. With a funky, modern design and vibrant full colour photography throughout, this is a must-have addition to every young family's bookshelf.