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Choose from our growing selections of woodturning books, and soon turned objects online. We have many more books and videos available without images in the Old Store. Click on each image for more information. Members receive a 10% discount. *NEW* We now also have DVDs available in conjunction with beyondwood.com. Click here for DVDs. Wood Turning Center Publications Cabinets of Curiosities -   This 125-page hardbound color catalogue includes 6 curatorial essays, full-color plates, provocative images of the artists’ inspiration and a CD-ROM that shows the interactive complexity of each cabinet. $35 Connections: International Turning Exchange 1995-2005 - This catalogue chronicles the first ten years of the Center’s acclaimed ITE program. This 300 page bilingual color book provides a comprehensive look at some of the most influential turning artists in the world and their journey through the ITE program. Works and collaborations are complemented with artists statements, profiles, and essays by an international team of scholars. $65 / $58.50 Curators’ Focus: Turning in Context - This exhibition was curated around the four contexts of the physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual as they relate to lathe turning.  The 156-page book contains color photographs of the exhibition, artists’ statements and resumes.  Also included are essays on aspects of the turning field by the four exhibition curators and three field experts. $30/ $27 Enter the World of Lathe-turned Objects - The first complete catalogue of the Wood Turning Center ’s permanent collection.  This 146-page, full-color book shows over 180 lathe-turned objects by over 100 international artists and includes descriptions of the objects and information about the artists. $25, Members: $22.50 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930 - This joint production of Yale University Art Gallery and the Wood Turning Center presents the varied and colorful work of seventy artists, along with artist portraits. Ranging from the utilitarian to the whimsical, their creations are celebrated in the context of wood turning’s history in America, technical innovations that have arisen, and the physical properties that lend themselves to a seemingly unlimited array of shapes and patterns. $65, Member: 58.50, Softcover: $35/31.50 Other Publications of Interest Appearance and Reality: A Visual Handbook for Artists, Designers, and Makers by Stephen Hogbin $29.99, Members: $26.93 American Lathe Builders: 1810-1910 - 1000+ illustrations taken from original catalogs and periodicals, trace the development of the metal cutting lathe from the hand-built models of the 19th century to the fast, powerful models of the 20th century for use with high speed steel cutting tools. Dozens of lathe accessories such as gear-cutting attachments are also identified and illustrated. $24.95/22.45 The Art of the Lathe - is a collection of poems covering a wide range of subjects, though it centers on the working-class world of the Midwest, the isolations of small-town life, and the possibilities and occasions of beauty and grace among the machine shops and oil fields of rural Kansas. $20.00, Member: $18.00 Michael Brolly: Cradle to Cradle - This 43-page artist's catalog has all of Brolly's work from his 2002 Cradle to Cradle exhibition. Beautifully photographed by David Haas, this book contains photos of Brolly's work, many displaying his objects opening and revealing hidden secrets. The book also contains an artist's statement, essays about Brolly's work and a foreword by John Vanco. $18.95 / $17 Decorating Turned Wood: The Maker’s Eye - Liz and Michael O'Donnell step away from the traditional concept of turnings being decorated only with clear finishes. Using photography to record shapes and colors, they move us through natural uses of color in objects, then start implementing their ideas with bowls with colored interiors, and demonstrate how the look was achieved (color.) $19.95 Fine Woodworking: Design Book Six - The photographs in this book represent some of the best work from the early 1990s. The book also contains an insightful essay by Scott Landis, "Woodworking Apprenticeship," that explores the medieval path to mastery in the modern world. Softcover, 192 pages, color photos. $20.00 / $18.00 Fine Woodworking: Design Book Seven - 300+ outstanding works from the mid-1990s show a variety of design styles from traditional to contemporary. Each piece shows how its maker used color and form to bring out the best in wood. Woodworkers will find design ideas to apply to their work. Everyone who loves well-made, hand-crafted wood objects from elegant chairs to delicate musical instruments will find inspiration and enjoyment. $24.95, Member: $22.95 Holtzapffel: Volume 1 - Turning and Mechanical Manipulation of the Lathe - Covers in detail the full range of materials used, why they are chosen, how to prepare & work the material. Descriptions are given of the ornamental characteristics and stability of the many woods useful for joinery and turnery. Also included: bone, shell, ivory, horn, how to prepare, cut, bend, join, etc., including metal work. $26.95 Holtzapffel Volume 2: Construction, Action and Application of Cutting Tools - This volume was originally written in 1846 and the reprint is from the 1875 edition. This is an invaluable reference work which discusses various types of chisels, plane irons, turning, boring and screw cutting tools, saws, files, shears and punches, vises, and planing and shaping machines. $24.95, Member: $22.45 Holtzapffel: Volume 3 - Abrasive and Other Processes not Accomplished with Cutting Tools - Details processes used to reduce & shape other than with cutting tools: the shaping & polishing of stone & marble, the grinding & sharpening of cutting tools to precise forms & angles, glass cutting & etching, lens grinding & polishing, lapidary work, varnishing, lacquering & bronzing, grinding of internal cylinders. $34.95 Holtzapffel Volume 4: Hand or Simple Turning Techniques 771 figures 22 plates. This includes a full introduction of the history of the lathe and the basic techniques for working with the lathe. $19.95, Member: $17.95 Holtzapffel: Volume 5 - The Principles and Practices of Ornamental Turning - This is the bible of ornamental turning. Covers cutting methods, repair of tools, everything an ornamental turner should know. $21.95, Member: $16.95 OUT OF PRINT - UNAVAILABLE Identifying Wood - Hoadley - With just the naked eye and a hand lens or elementary microscopy, you will be able to identify over 180 domestic and tropical hardwoods and softwoods by following the straightforward techniques in this book. By Bruce Hoadley, a professor of wood science and technology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. $39.95, Members: 35.95 The Lathe Book - Conover discusses new machines and accessories and treats the lathe as an essential tool in the shop to be combined with other tools. This is much more than a "how to turn" book, although Conover says one of his objectives is to teach the woodworker to turn so turning may be employed in furniture making as well as giving information for the pure turner. $24.95 Made in Oakland: The Furniture of Garry Knox Bennett - American Craft Museum, $60, Members: $54 The Maker’s Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990 - Museum of Fine Art in 2003-2004 and co-sponsored by The Furniture Society. Included in the 168p. publication are five essays, photographs, short biographies of the various furniture makers and a guide to furniture schools in the United States . Hardcover $60, Member: $54 / Softcover $35, Member: $31.50 Hardcover Papers from the 1997 World Turning Conference - Wood Turning Center, $30, Members: $27 Bob Stocksdale: Eighty Eight Turnings $25.00, Members: $22.50 temporarily out of stock Turning Boxes with Richard Raffan - begins with basic design considerations and the tools and equipment you will need. Raffan then gives detailed instructions for turning each part of the box and variations you can make. Each chapter includes step-by-step photo essays to lead you through the process. The book also features a wide variety of Raffan's own work that you will find inspiring. $24.95 Turning for Furniture - Conover shows woodworkers how to turn many common, and some uncommon furniture parts. Chair legs, bed posts, knobs, pulls and furniture ornaments. Readers learn how to make columns and pilaster, how to flute, reed and spiral carve with a router, and how to make stretchers, arms, back posts, and legs for reproduction pieces, also how to duplicate pieces. $19.95 Turning Green Wood by Michael O'Donnell - Green woodturning is turning fresh lumber straight from the tree. The author tells how to harvest and store green wood, anticipate the natural changes in green wood as it dries, and reveals the mysteries of the most admired skills in the craft. Non-Member: $19.95, Member: $17.95 Turning Wood with Richard Raffan - Taunton Press - Thousands of novice turners have learned to turn with Turning Wood with Richard Raffan. Completely revised and updated, this classic is the definitive book on turning. With new techniques and up-to-date information on tools, this book is a great resource for every turner. $24.95/ $22.95 Understanding Wood - Hoadley - Woodworkers will discover why wood behaves as it does and how they can work with it instead of against it. They'll learn the best ways to cut, season, machine, join, bend, fasten and finish wood, and explore the crucial interaction of wood and moisture. Photos, drawings and charts explain how a tree's life and growth influence the wood's figure and more. $31.95 Woodturning in France  - by Gerard Bidou and Daniel Guilloux - 12 contemporary French woodturners are featured in this 190-page hardbound publication, along with English-language text on their techniques and ideas. Includes color and black and white photography A must-read for anyone interested in the international woodturning movement. $60, Member $54 Woodturning with Ray Key - This is like a private lesson with a master woodturner. Key presents 10 woodturning projects, all with photos that show the entire process in close-up detail. Projects include a chopping board, pestle and mortar, pepper mill, salad bowl, a finial box, and sugar and salt bowls. Key also includes a section on timber, technique, and tools. The author lectures widely in the US and the UK as well as Europe. $19.95, Members: $17.95 © Copyright 2000, 2009 Wood Turning Center. All rights reserved.