The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. This book is one of a series that takes a selection of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types - in this case, the various classes of warship that fought in the First World War, from dreadnoughts to coastal motor boats. It reproduces a large number of model photos, all in full color, and including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features. Although pictorial in emphasis, the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing an unusual and attractive form of technical history.

Dolls have long been perceived as symbols of domesticity, maternity, and materialism, designed by men and loved by girls who wanted to "play house." In this engagingly written and illustrated social history of the American doll industry, Miriam Formanek-Brunell shows that this has not always been the case. Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary sources-including popular magazines, advertising, autobiographies, juvenile literature, patents, photographs, and the dolls themselves-Formanek-Brunell traces the history of the doll industry back to its beginnings, a time when American men, women, and girls each claimed the right to construct dolls and gender. Formanek-Brunell describes how dolls and doll play changed over time: antebellum rag dolls taught sewing skills; Gilded Age fashion dolls inculcated formal social rituals; Progressive Era dolls promoted health and active play; and the realistic baby dolls of the 1920s fostered girls' maternal impulses. She discusses how the aesthetic values and business methods of women doll-makers differed from those of their male counterparts, and she describes, for example, Martha Chase, who made America's first soft, sanitary cloth dolls, and Rose O'Neill, inventor of the Kewpie doll. According to Formanek-Brunell, although American businessmen ultimately dominated the industry with dolls they marketed as symbols of an idealized feminine domesticity, businesswomen presented an alternative vision of gender for both girls and boys through a variety of dolls they manufactured themselves.

Stitch...stuff...and fancy up your bath tissue with amigurumi Enjoy the fun of amigurumi-style crochet to create adorable toilet paper covers that are quick-and-easy to make...and cute-as-ever to display More than 30 cheerful patterns are provided that children and adults alike will love. This whimsical collection includes farm animals, popular pets, dinosaurs, a monster and Sock Monkey; a cherry-topped cupcake, candle-topped cake, cup of coffee and sushi roll; a sunflower and a pot of violets. Holiday patterns include a Santa Hat, Jack O'Lantern and bunny. More surprises include an alien, robot and train. Amigurumi toilet paper covers are fun to make for yourself and perfect for gifts. These are beginner's level projects made mostly with the simple single crochet stitch. Color photos, stitch tutorials, amigurumi basics and full-size templates are included.

All of the toys in this book represent Australian animals, and all of them move in some fashion. As their movements are realistic and suggestive of each animal, they all qualify as puppets. Claire Schofield's designs use mechanisms ranging from her own inventions and adaptations, to mechanisms that have survived hundreds (if not thousands) of years. She provides step-by-step instructions, along with detailed drawings and photographs. The 20 projects are arranged from a "beginner" level through to "really tricky" projects that will challenge any toy enthusiast.

Creature artist, Jennifer Carson, shows you how to design, draw and sew your own jointed, soft animal sewing patterns. Included with the book are patterns for 6 new creatures, including an elephant, pig, gryphon, tiger, dragon and a bonus pattern for a prehistoric mammal called a chriacus. All patterns are full size and require no enlargement.

Created by hobby modelers for hobby modelers, this book provides you with simple and easy to understand techniques that are not only lots of fun, but can also help your kits like the pictures on the box Dive into a world of countless possibilities as you discover the secrets of Mecha modelling All models used in this book were designed by Bandai. Bandai owns the license to the Gundam franchise, and all subsequent Gundam designs.

In this book the author shows you exactly how to make your own adorable baby animal collector's dolls, leading you through the entire process every step of the way. Your dolls won't cost much to make, and every doll will be an original, one-of-a-kind work of art. Since no two dolls ever come out exactly alike, each doll will have it's own personality and character. You won't have to learn how to make molds for the doll heads, because each one is hand-sculpted over a simple armature. You don't need a kiln, because you'll be using home-made air-dry clay instead of porcelain. The resulting heads are seamless, hollow, and surprisingly strong. The bodies and ears are made out of soft, huggable cotton velour, and the toes are sculpted with a few easy stitches. Adorable

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

Wooden puzzles are perfect gifts for young children and Wood Puzzles has over 45 puzzles with patterns. Once you get started creating these fun and colorful toys, you won't want to stop. You'll have as much fun creating them as the little ones have putting them together. There is also a bonus chapter with crafts that are perfect for craft shows or to use up scrap wood. The materials and tools you need for creating wooden puzzles are basic, and wooden puzzles are a great way to learn a new craft or brush up on your woodworking skills.