Bryan Sentance, an inveterate traveller and educator in the field of arts and crafts, is author of Basketry and (with John Gillow) of World Textiles.

The raw material - from softwoods and hardwoods to tropical plants and timber; carving and shaping wood - from incising and stamping, relief carving and intaglio carving, to turning and bending; decorating and finishing - from marquetry and inlay, paint and lacquer, to metallic finishes and embellishment; wood at work - from bowls and buckets, furniture and implements, to modes of transport and buildings; heart and soul - from games and toys, dolls and puppets, to ritual and ceremony; tools - from axes and adzes, chisels and saws, to lathes and planes.