Illustrating HOMEMADE

The book is truly an encyclopedia. It is a big book (800 pages) and very comprehensive in
it's depth and breath of craft knowledge, a good book to have on your shelf
and to pass down from generation to generation. As Carol mentions in the
chapter openings, it is her parents that fostered her creativity and her connection  to crafts.
In the chapter on Paper making Carol tells about how she sat up with her mother
making paper hearts that would decorate the Christmas tree.  An illustration of a paperheart
hanging from a branch graces the page of this prelude to the techniques of creating
with paper. Another chapter on photography begins with her memory of her father sharing his expertise in the art of taking pictures. The illustration at the end of chapter opening on photography is a picture of her father being developed in the old fashioned developing  tray.


The entire book is in black and white and is totally supported by illustration with no photographs.  The big splash of color is one the cover, which is beautiful designed and invites one into to this volume of the art and science of handicrafts.

From a review by the blog alittlehut.
http://alittlehut.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-homemade-by-carol-endler

HOMEMADE stands out from any craft book because it is completely in black and white. There are no photographs. Before you take that as a negative, consider the fact that there are many, many illustrations in the book, which are incredibly detailed...

http://makeithomemade.com/peek_intro.html



Illustration of a clover bracelet by Chrisitna Haskin for HOMEMADE introduction