Sneak Peak:
Creating Bottles with Gourds and Fibers

$19.99
Creating Bottles with Gourds and Fiber

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The Complete Guide
to Chair Caning

$24.95
Chair Caning
SPECIAL OFFER!

Get a FREE Wire Caning
Tool with book purchase!
Temporarily Out of Stock


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The Caner's Handbook
$18.95
The Caner's Handbook

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Gourd Pyrography
$14.95
Gourd Pyrography
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Making Gourd Musical Instruments
$14.95
Making Gourd Musical Instruments

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Gourd Musical Instruments"
$12.9

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The Complete Book of
Gourd Craft

$18.95
Complete Book of Gourd Craft

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Plaited Basketry
with Birch Bark

$24.95
Plaited Basketry

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BACK IN PRINT!
Three Books
By Shereen LaPlantz


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Plaited Basketry:
The Woven Form

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Plaited Basketry: The Woven Form

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Mad Weave
$19.95
Mad Weave Book

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Plaiting Folios
$14.95
Plaiting Folios

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Download our entire color catalog
for printing or for reference on your computer.

2013 Color Catalog PDF File - July Update
Click Here
for Shoe Paint
Shoe Paint
Angelus Leather Paint

Sneak Peak:
Gourds and Fiber

$19.95
Goruds & Fiber

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Sneak Peak:
Complete Book
of Gourd Carving

$24.99
Complete Book of Gourd Carving
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Making Gourd Dolls
& Spirit Figures

$24.95
Plaited Basketry: The Woven Form

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Gourds In Your Garden
$18.95
Gourds in Your Garden
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Gourd Crafts: 20 Great Projects...
$14.95
Gourd Crafts: 20 Great Projects...
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How to Weave Authentic
Hawaiian Lauhala Bracelets

$18.95
Hawaiian Lauhala Bracelets

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How to Weave Hawaiian
Coconut Palm Fronds

$14.95
How to Weave Hawwaiian Coconut Palm Fronds
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How to Make Hawaiian Ribbon Leis

$14.95
Hawaiian Ribbon Leis

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How to Make Hawaiian Musical Instruments

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Hawaiian Musical Instruments

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THE CANING SHOP'S
JIM'S BEST EGG BLOWER


The plastic bottles in this kit are very soft and easy to squeeze and they hold much more volume and are easier to fill than the “Blas-Fix.” Kit includes 2 squeeze bottles, syringe tip, paper clip, special hand drill and detailed instructions.
$15.95

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THE CANING SHOP'S
GOURD TOOL KIT


Includes all three specially-designed power tools for the gourd crafter. Inside a sturdy tool case, you'll have the Gourd Saw with 6 saw blades, the Gourd Drill with an assortment of 6 engraving cutters, the Gourd Sander with 6 sanding sponges, and a powerful 15-volt AC-DC variable speed power source. All for $199.95
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THE CANING SHOP'S
THE CANE CLAMP


$15.95
Price Includes Shipping!
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GOURD CRAFTING, CHAIR CANING, & BASKETRY
are the specialties of our shop.
Our supplies, tools, how-to books, help
and quick, friendly service will add to
your enjoyment of these ageless crafts.


Among our books are the definitive guides
to gourd crafting and chair caning
written by Caning Shop author Jim Widess
and Ginger Summit.

You can take a "sneak peak" at some of our featured books by clicking on links to the left and right of this page. For a virtual tour of our Berkeley store, check out the QuickTime movies on the About Us and Class Information pages.

The Caning Shop

926 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
1-800-544-3373/510-527-5010/Fax 510-527-7718

Tue-Fri 10am-6pm; Sat 10am-2pm (PST)

Send comments and questions to: jim@caning.com
Website comments? Please e-mail us!

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA


Map to our Berkeley store


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