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  • Confección de accesorios para decoración. TCPF0309

    - Establecer la secuencia de operaciones para realizar el proceso de confección de accesorios para decoración a partir de los requisitos recogidos en una orden de producción o en un documento de pedido de cliente. - Elaborar accesorios para decoración utilizando técnicas de corte, confección y acabados, aplicando criterios de seguridad. - Ebook ajustado al certificado de profesionalidad de ... Read more

    $6.22 USD

  • Ultimate Crochet Bible

    by Jane Crowfoot ...
    Now available in paperback, this best-selling title is THE essential guide to crochet.Ultimate Crochet Bible is a definitive reference for all aspects of crochet – from the first chain to the care and maintenance of your projects. The first two chapters are packed with useful information such as choosing and using a hook, how to read a pattern, holding the yarn and basic stitches. Once you are ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $10.49 USD

  • Extrusion

    The Definitive Processing Guide and Handbook

    Series series Plastics Design Library
    Why is it important to get to equilibrium and how long does it take? Are there problems running polypropylene profiles on a single screw extruder? Does the job involve compounding color concentrates on a corotating twin screw extruder? This unique reference work is designed to aid operators, engineers, and managers in quickly answering such practical day-to-day questions in extrusion processing. ... Read more

    $359.99 USD

  • The Fabric of Civilization

    How Textiles Made the World

    From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)The story of humanity is the story of textiles—as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture.In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel synthesizes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Perfect Red

    Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire

    “You’ll finish [Greenfield’s] book with new respect for color, especially for red. With A Perfect Red, she does for it what Mark Kurlansky in Salt did for that common commodity.”—Houston ChronicleInterweaving mystery, empire, and adventure, Amy Butler Greenfield’s masterful popular history offers a window onto a world far different from our own: a world in which the color red was rare and precious ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014

    It’s 3D Printing: The Next Generation! The technology’s improving, prices are dropping,new models are hitting the market, and 3D printers are appearing on desktops, workbenches, lab shelves, and kitchen tables all over the world. Not only are we seeing better, faster, and cheaper 3D printers, we’re also seeing new printing materials, easier-to-use design software, powerful scanning technology, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Man Made Magic - When Science Meets Fashion: The Story Of Nylon And Man-Made Textiles In Fashion

    by Ronnie Price ...
    The tumultuous events during and after two world wars changed society forever.The new status of women no longer prepared to be tied to the home a major re-adjustment of the class system the pill and new sexual mores. Clothes and fashion played an important role in perceptions of social advancement and man-made textiles supplied modern fabrics inexpensive enough to open up mass markets. They ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Cotton

    The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber

    by Stephen Yafa ...
    In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and Salt, this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the world's most powerful cash crop, and that it has shaped the destiny of nations. Ranging from its domestication 5,500 years ago to its influence in creating Calvin Klein's empire and the Gap, Stephen Yafa's Cotton gives us an intimate look at the plant that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Silk

    Processing, Properties and Applications

    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    Silk is a natural, environmentally-friendly fibre with a remarkable range of properties, making it ideal for use in apparel and many other applications. Silk: Processing, properties and applications provides an authoritative reference on sericulture, silk fabric processing, silk properties and its applications.The book begins by looking at key aspects of sericulture, including the range of ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • 3D CAD with Autodesk 123D

    Designing for 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and Personal Fabrication

    If you've arrived at a stage in your creative life where you're ready to do more with your computer, it's time to learn how to combine its power with new advances in computer-aided design (CAD) and fabrication to make something awesome--in three dimensions!The free suite of Autodesk 123D software offers all the tools you need to capture or design three-dimensional objects and characters. This book ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Configuración de moldes, matrices y cabezales de equipos para la transformación de polímeros. QUIT0209

    Montar y ajustar (y desmontar) moldes, matrices y cabezales de equipos en las máquinas de transformación y moldeo de polímeros, identificando las cotas principales de la pieza que deben ser obtenidas y razonando qué efectos ejercen la constitución del molde o matriz y el trabajo realizado sobre dichas cotas. Describir los elementos de seguridad incorporados en una instalación de transformación y ... Read more

    $6.22 USD

  • Fibershed

    Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy

    A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economiesThere is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local, nutritious food have largely overlooked the production of fiber, dyes, and the chemistry that forms the backbone of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Textiles

    For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker’s Trades

    TEXTILESFOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND DOMESTIC ARTS SCHOOLS;ALSO ADAPTED TO THOSE ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOODS, WOOL, COTTON, AND DRESSMAKER’S TRADESThis edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and IndexCONTENTS (abridged list)CHAPTER I FIBERSAnimal Fibers—Wool, Silk, Mohair. Vegetable—Cotton, Flax, Jute, Hemp. Mineral—Asbestos, Tinsel, Metallic. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Leathers, Skins and Tools for Artistic Leather Work

    by Anon ...
    This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to decorating leather, with information on staining, painting, modelling, tools and equipment, and many other related aspects. Written in simple plain language and full of handy tips, this book is ideal for the beginner, and is not to be missed by collectors of classic leatherworking literature. Contents include: “The Charm of Artistic Leatherwork”, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Silk for the Vikings

    Series Book 15 - Ancient Textiles
    The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumption of silk during the Viking Age. Beginning with a presentation of the silk finds in the Oseberg burial, the richest Viking burial find ever discovered, the other silk ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dyer's Handbook

    Memoirs of an 18th-Century Master Colourist

    Series Book 26 - Ancient Textiles
    Persian blue, pomegranate flower, spiny lobster, wine soup, pale flesh, dove breast, golden wax, grass green, green sand, rotten olive, modest plum, agate, rich French gray, gunpowder of the English……..just some of the color names of old fabric to fire the imagination. Memoirs on Dyeing concerns a unique manuscript from the eighteenth century; a dyers memoirs from Languedoc, containing recipes for ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Supramolecular Polymer Networks and Gels

    Edited by Sebastian Seiffert ...
    Series Book 268 - Advances in Polymer Science
    The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science. It covers all areas of research in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics, material science. The thematic volumes are addressed to scientists, whether at universities or in industry, who wish to keep abreast of the important ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Knitting Technology

    A Comprehensive Handbook and Practical Guide

    by D J Spencer ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    The third edition of Knitting Technology, widely recognised as the definitive text on the subject, has been thoroughly revised and updated to include all the latest developments. Beginning with the fundamental principles and moving on to more advanced aspects, it combines in a single comprehensive volume the basics of warp and weft knitting, fabric structures and products, the different types of ... Read more

    $88.99 USD

  • Dibujo técnico para la transformación de polímeros. QUIT0209

    Interpretar los croquis, planos y plantillas para la obtención de un molde o modelo. Representar gráficamente moldes o modelos para la transformación de polímeros. Ebook ajustado al certificado de profesionalidad de Operaciones de Transformación de Polímeros Termoplásticos. ... Read more

    $5.97 USD

  • A Guide to Making a Leather Wallet - A Collection of Historical Articles on Designs and Methods for Making Wallets and Billfolds

    by Various ...
    This vintage handbook offers insights into the fundamental practice of leather wallet crafting. This early text on leather craft includes historical articles that would be both expensive and hard to find. It contains easy to follow instructions on making leather gloves, and of the designs and techniques involved. Contents include: Leather Crafting; Billfolds; How to Make a Billfold or Wallet; ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products

    by W. H. Dooley ...
    This is a vintage textbook on shoemaking originally designed for industrial, trade, and commercial schools in the early twentieth century. From tanning hides to boot repair, this comprehensive volume contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in leather boot and shoe manufacturing. A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Handbook of Adhesives and Surface Preparation

    Technology, Applications and Manufacturing

    Series series Plastics Design Library
    Handbook of Adhesives and Surface Preparation provides a thoroughly practical survey of all aspects of adhesives technology from selection and surface preparation to industrial applications and health and environmental factors. The resulting handbook is a hard-working reference for a wide range of engineers and technicians working in the adhesives industry and a variety of industry sectors that ... Read more

    $233.99 USD

  • Técnicas de tapizado de mobiliario. TCPF0209

    Explicar de forma clara y concisa las dos técnicas principales en el tapizado de muebles, clásica y moderna, saber diferenciarlas y ejecutarlas. Diferenciar el tipo de mobiliario, tanto en la forma como en los distintos estilos decorativos. Explicar los distintos tipos de documentos específicos utilizados en la tapicería industrial, como fichas técnicas y de producto. Capacitar para ejecutar ... Read more

    $13.58 USD

  • Leather Craft

    Originally published in London, 1927. The author was a well known craftsman and wrote several books on design and craftwork. Contents Include : Types of Leather and Decoration Thonging and Making Up, Press Studs, etc Stencilling, Modelling and Embossing Carved or Cut Work, Staining, Colouring, Inlaying, Etc Metal Enrichments, Ruskin Stones, Tooling, Poker Work, Polishing, Etc Historical Note, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus