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(date: 2024-12-29 07:06:10)


Download ‘Ingenious Mechanicks’ For Free – Today and Always

date: 2024-12-27, from: Lost Arg Press blog

My book on Roman workbenches and early workholding is now a free download for everyone. You don’t have to register, or give up your email, or sign up for sausage-making lessons. You can just click here, and the download will begin. If you forget to do this, you can always go to the book’s page…


https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/12/27/download-ingenious-mechanicks-for-free-today-and-always/


‘Cut & Dried’ Third Printing

date: 2024-12-26, from: Lost Arg Press blog

Late this year, we sold out of “Cut & Dried”. Author Richard Jones had some changes he wanted to make in the third edition. This week, we sent the book, with these changes, to press. Some of the changes were small corrections, such as moving an illustration up a bit to better match the text…


https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/12/26/cut-dried-third-printing/


Our Wishes to You — From Everyone at Maiwa

date: 2024-12-25, updated: 2024-12-25, from: Maiwa blog (weaving and textiles)


https://maiwahandprints.blogspot.com/2024/12/our-wishes-to-you-from-everyone-at-maiwa.html


Roubo’s Craftsmen Sing the Songs of the Season

date: 2024-12-24, from: Lost Arg Press blog

Good cheer to all! * –Suzanne Ellison *The after party will be in Plate 99.


https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/12/24/roubos-craftsmen-sing-the-songs-of-the-season/


New Books: Textiles, Pigments & More, & Free Lessons — Books that inspire us

date: 2024-12-23, updated: 2024-12-23, from: Maiwa blog (weaving and textiles)


https://maiwahandprints.blogspot.com/2024/12/new-books-textiles-pigments-more-free.html


Our Top-selling Titles of 2024

date: 2024-12-23, from: Lost Arg Press blog

This year has been a good one – maybe our second or third best since we started in 2007. I won’t have all the numbers for a couple weeks, but to close out the year, here are our top 10 books in terms of unit sales. There are some surprises. We have lots of books…


https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/12/23/our-top-selling-titles-of-2024/


The Fox and Grapes on a Philadelphia High Chest

date: 2024-12-23, from: Lost Arg Press blog

Aesop’s Fables have long been an inspiration for carvers and “The Fox and the Grapes” can be found carved on furniture, frames and decorative panels. It offers the carver the opportunity to carve round grapes, grape leaves moving in a breeze, knotty trees and a fox with a bushy tail. In this example, on an…


https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/12/23/the-fox-and-grapes-on-a-philadelphia-high-chest/