Step by Step instructions on building a traditional Australian stock saddle - known for it's comfort and the security it provides the rider - from start to finish.
All the tools and techniques are illustrated to guide you through the job.
Wire bound so the pages lay flat as you work your way through the book.
From a sketching holiday to Sicily and the hill areas east of Rome where the Edwards' fell under the spell of the countryside despite the darker side of city life.
The locals opened their hearts to the strangers once sure of the others sincerity, and told them many interesting things, in local dialects, very little of which they understood. But they appreciated the variety of country cheeses and sausages available.
A personal collection of small studies prepared for larger works by Ron Edwards.
Loose and colourful, they are a pocket-sized reference for the student, or a pleasing collection of images for the armchair artist!
If you want to build your own saddle tree, this book will explain the process in simple, easily interpreted language. It is a time consuming task, but not that difficult.
This is a book for the beginner, the person who feels that they would like to learn to sketch a horse but has not had any training.
The beginner is shown a simple method which will allow them to construct the general shape of the horse, and then the various steps are explained as to how to develop this into a painting, a pencil study or an ink drawing. Watercolour can be a very complicated art, but if it is approached in a series of simple steps then it can be practised by anyone of any age, as long as they are willing to take the time.
By Oochuyung, a Wik girl, with illustrations by Ron Edwards.
Her second book (after Sand Beach Girl) tells a simple childhood story with supernatural overtones.
The turks head knot is a complicated knot used by most plaiters and whipmakers, and isn't easy for the beginner to learn.
This book reduces the process of making a turks head knot into a few rules that can be learned by anyone in a short time.
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This is a neat belt plait that is a relative of another plait, known as the Brown Snake.
There are some attractive Box Patterns included for the worker who likes a challenge, and a new heel knot is explained.
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