Art & Design

Discover 100 medicinal plants and how to use them for self-care with this sumptuously illustrated guide. Thanks to photographs showing detailed views of the plant, you'll quickly learn to recognise them. Discover their history, therapeutic properties, and learn how to prepare safe herbal remedies including infusions, tinctures, oils and lotions.

For many people who want to keep a journal, the fear of the blank page can be a very real stumbling block, but is definitely something that can be resolved. In this essential reference guide, journaling expert Helen Colebrook offers up all her knowledge, tips and tricks to ensure you get truly bitten by the journaling bug.

Stitch a greener future with this stunning collection of 20 environmentally friendly designs from leading cross stitch designer Emma Congdon. Featuring easy-to-read full-colour charts and step-by-step guidance for beginner stitchers, this book is printed on sustainable FSC paper, and every purchase includes a donation to Friends of the Earth.

Namechecked as the "LeBron James of plant styling..." by "Good Morning America", Hilton Carter now shows how you can make, style, decorate and care for your own stunning plant-inspired interior with his 25 step-by-step DIY projects and plant hacks.

A pocket-sized, illustrated story of 60 years of innovative fashion design.

Go on an adventure and let your imagination roam from world to world, discovering enchanted sea turtles, curious cats and lost song birds along the way.

In this new colouring book, Johanna Basford lends her signature style of inky illustration to a series of brand new inkscapes and themes, all with a sprinkling of her much-loved botanicals.

An official Pokemon Crochet book! Make your own adorable Pokemon characters including Pikachu, Eevee, Squirtle and more, with simple crochet patterns and step-by-step photos to guide you.

Create animal slippers for the family with this cute collection of patterns. First choose your slipper type - slide, shoe or boot - then your size, and finally choose one of 20 different animal heads to attach. Ira Rott is known for her easy-to-follow patterns, which include step-by-step photos and crochet charts alongside the written patterns.

Learn how to create manga art from pencil sketch to finished painting, with this comprehensive guide. Start by exploring a wide range of techniques including how to draw manga faces, poses, hair and eyes, then learn about background textures, colors and more. Finally, complete 12 step-by-step painting projects to perfect your manga art skills.

A comprehensive guide to painting in goauche, a medium that creates opaque effects making it more vibrant and graphic than traditional watercolors. Zoe Ingram shows you how to get the most from gouache, with a run down on materials and techniques. Step-by-step exercises and projects give you hands-on practice to build your confidence with gouache.

'The beginnings of a bitter-sweet commission: a mistle thrust's egg, heralding a brief but very welcome return to spring... This year has been in such a hurry, at times almost tripping over itself in its keenness to reach autumn, and now she's here.'