with over 200 illustrations, Sloyd offers a step-by-step guide to students learning crafting and handiwork of paper, cardboard, wooden and metal shapes, models, and tools.
By learning how to create these dimensions with materials, students can gain deftness and skill in all manner of handicrafts..
In all, this book is a unique classic of design, introducing and explaining the finer points of Manual work with an abundance of exercises and demonstrative drawings.
The metalwork part of the work discusses the welding of rings, chain links, hooks, bolts plus other small implements and tools.
Drawing on the dimensions shown in previous chapters, we are shown how to create small wooden fittings for the kitchen and household, and even pieces of furniture.
Later portions of the text concern wooden constructions, and metallic forging.
More than two hundred diagram sketches, labelled with letters and accompanied with instructions, teach the reader how to make superb crafts.
Gradually the shapes and crafts shown grow more complex, with the author demonstrating how knowledge of dimensions allows for striking and intricate choices in design.
An excellent guide for its detail and intricacy, Sloyd begins with simple shapes crafted in Paper - cubes, cylinders, and pyramid boxes being just a few forms demonstrated.
with over 200 illustrations, Sloyd offers a step-by-step guide to students learning crafting and handiwork of paper, cardboard, wooden and metal shapes, models, and tools
