Looking for a simpler, more natural way of working with wood? Create beautiful wooden objects from fresh green wood by becoming skilled in the crafts of whittling, ax-based furniture making, turning, and weaving. With green woodworking there's no need for costly materials and machinery. All you need to begin crafting is a log, an ax, and a hand knife. Starting with selecting and splitting your very first log, let Woodcraft show you all the techniques of green woodworking and guide you step by step through a series of rewarding projects. Learn to carve your own spoons, bowls, shrink boxes, and other objects; construct simple pieces of furniture, such as stools and side tables; turn wood on a pole lathe; and weave with willow rods and birch bark. Woodcraft brings up-to-date a newly resurgent folk craft and makes it truly accessible to all--no workshop required. So, what are you waiting for? Get in touch with nature and find harmony working with your hands.

'A few tools and a wide range of skills can achieve many things ...' If you've ever wanted to make your own bow and arrows, learn to create fire using friction, or mix up glue and dyes from the natural resources that surround us, then this is the book for you. John Rhyder has taught traditional woodcraft skills for several decades and can now teach you in this no-nonsense, amusing and easy-to-follow guide. Woodcraft will take you on a practical learning journey – from the safe use of tools and sustainable harvesting of wood to the subsequent uses for roots, bark and timber. This step-by-step account is suitable for the student of woodcraft, the naturalist and the practitioner of bushcraft skills.

First published in 2005. The child within all of us cannot fail to respond to this charming book written in a more innocent age, but full of timeless truths and a prescient environmental wisdom. This is the great book of the woodcraft movement of the early twentieth century, glorifying the outdoor life, conservation, self development and the preservation of Native American ways built upon centuries of respect for the environment.

"Woodcraft" by Elmer Harry Kreps is one of the original survivalist manuals. This book portrays everything an intrepid explorer needs to know in order to survive in the woods with no supplies other than the wood that surrounds them. From being able to fashion a shelter or snowshoes during the winter all the way to being able to build a fire. Though it's been years since its original publication, this book is still just as relevant now as it was then.