Making Winter: A Creative Guide for Surviving the Winter Months - Hardcover

Mitchell, Emma

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1910552658 ISBN 13: 9781910552650

Publisher: LOM ART, 2017

Synopsis

'Gentle, beautiful, skilled and creative.' Robert Macfarlane

Banish winter blues and embrace the frosty months by cosying up with Emma Mitchell’s nature-inspired collection of crafts.

From delicate silver jewellery, paper-craft decorations and crocheted mittens, to foraged infusions, delicious recipes and nature diaries, Making Winter is filled with projects designed to fend off dreariness in the winter months.

Step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs, shot at Emma’s cottage in the Fens, take you through each project, so that even beginners can enjoy the mood-boosting benefits of a craft-filled winter and snuggle down in their own cosy paradise.

About this title

About the Author

Emma Mitchell is a designer-maker, naturalist, illustrator and the acclaimed author of The Wild Remedy (2019) and bestselling Making Winter (2017) – over 50,000 copies have been sold in the UK and the US. She is a Guardian Country Diarist, has written and contributed seasonal creative projects for BBC Countryfile Magazine, Country Living, Mollie Makes and Breathe. Emma has appeared on Radio 4’s Ramblings and Woman's Hour, on BBC Countryfile’s winter special

Emma records her daily nature finds with photographs and illustrations on her Instagram (@silverpebble2 – 105,000 followers) and X (@silverpebble –72,700 followers). She runs nature illustration courses: workshops.emmamitchell.net

From the Back Cover

‘Emma has created the most beautiful, delicious, enriching book – capable of turning the bleakest, wintery afternoon into a warm, nurturing, life-enhancing treat.’ – Emma Freud

‘Definitely one for the den.’ – Katrina Burroughs, The Sunday Times Home

‘[A] real winter warmer.’ – Daily Express

‘Inspiring and comforting.’ – Psychologies

‘Charming.’ – Daily Mail

Banish winter blues and embrace the frosty months by cosying up with Emma Mitchell’s nature-inspired collection of crafts.

Step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs shot at Emma’s cottage in the Fens take you through each of the 24 projects, from delicate silver jewellery, paper-craft decorations and crocheted mittens, to foraged infusions, delicious recipes and nature diaries.

Emma Mitchell is a popular designer-maker and craft teacher, and has been inspiring others with her work on Instagram (@silverpebble2) since 2014.

Edition details

• Publisher: LOM ART
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1910552658
• ISBN 13: 9781910552650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128