25 Books for Green Wood Working and Craft
Instructional
How-to guides, lots of pretty pictures and good instructions on how to make stuff
Swedish Carving Techniques by Willie Sundqvist
Turned-Bowl Design by Richard Raffan
Celebrating Birch by North House Folk School
Carving and Whittling: The Swedish Style by G. & I. Lungberg
By Hand and Eye by Geo Walker & Jim Tolpin
Inspirational
Lots of photos of work, these are lighter on explanations on how to actually make the stuff
Treen for the Table by Johnathan Levi
Treen, or Small Woodenware Throughout the Ages by Edward Pinto
Japanese spoons and ladles by Masao Usui
Philosophical
Thoughts about why we make stuff and why that's good
Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
A Handmade Life by Bill Coperthwaite
The Nature and Art of Workmanship by David Pye
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters by Peter Korn
Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World by Mark Frauenfelder
The Unknown Craftsman by Bernard Leach
About Trees
It's what we use to make stuff, so we should learn as much as we can about them
The New Sylva by Gabriel Hemery
The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge
British Native Trees: Their Past and Present Uses by Piers Warren
