After an introductory section covering the culture of craft (its definition, why it matters, history and community), the main body of the book consists of beautifully illustrated entries on 80 of the world's most established crafts. The scope is encyclopaedic and covers Paper, Paint & Pen (for example bookbinding, calligraphy, stencilling, globemaking, marbling), Textiles (crochet, furrier, knitting, leatherwork, macram ...), Metal (including enamelling, farriery, gilding, jewellery making...), Printing (etching, letterpress, lino printing...), Clay, Glass & Stone (beadmaking, pargeting, stained glass etc), Wood, Reed & Willow (including basketmaking, pyrography, spoon carving and marquetry) and Wood, Willow & Nature (for example candlemaking, driftwood sculpture and soapmaking).