Stickmaking Handbook - Softcover

Jones, Andrew; George, Clive

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186108126X ISBN 13: 9781861081261

Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

An introduction to the art and craft of stickmaking. It presents a range of modern and traditional walking sticks and shepherd's crooks, including one- and two-piece wooden sticks, sticks and crooks in antler and horn, Cardigan sticks and market sticks. Topics covered include: sourcing timber; seasoning wood; adapting material; fitting collars; shaping and shanking handles; decorating; colouring; and finishing. There are step-by-step drawings and colour photographs to illustrate the techniques.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Jones was born into a farming family and has spent the whole of his working life farming in west Wales. An uncle cultivated his interest in making sticks and encouraged him to enter his work in local craft shows. He makes a wide range of sticks, but it is his specialities - horn crooks and Cardigan walking sticks - which regularly earn him top honours at major competitions throughout Wales. He and his wife live near Lampeter. Co-author, Clive George had a career in the Civil Service and took early retirement in 1993 and, having bought a smallholding, went on to buy a few sheep to go with it. He owns a small flock of purebred Llanwenog sheep (named after the west Wales parish where he and his wife live) which he shows successfully in his locality. A life-long interest in stickmaking, and a fortuitous meeting, led him to collaborate in the production of this book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186108126X
• ISBN 13: 9781861081261
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160