What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Non-fiction, hard cover, probably slim, book with full color photographs of three dimensional art created from found objects like spools of thread, wire, etc. Written in English, likely published in USA.

Originally discovered this book in my elementary school library around 1965 when I was in fourth grade (9 years old) and it opened my eyes and hands to the joys of making! It seemed appropriate for later elementary up to a teenage audience.

I no longer remember its cover or colors. I DO remember two of the notable projects:

+ A cannon made from sewing thread spools
+ A locomotive engine with wire to simulate piping

What strikes me the most was that the projects were not meant to be accurate replicas or scale models. They had an "abstract art" feel to them which awakened me to the beauty of this form.

I'm only guessing that there would've been instructional text, and perhaps pictures of the projects in various stages of assembly.

Sticks Spools and Feathers by Harvey Weiss ?

You can see the book on Internet Archive. There is a train with wires and a cannon made from spools
https://archive.org/details/sticksspo...

Tab wrote: "Sticks Spools and Feathers by Harvey Weiss ?

You can see the book on Internet Archive. There is a train with wires and a cannon made from spools
https://archive.org/d..."

Oh. My. Crow. YES! SOLVED!!!! I have searched for this book for years with very little information and posted on now four different “find a book” forums. The Internet Archive find is total icing on the cake, and I discovered that the book is even more amazing than I’d ever remembered. Thank you for making my life more wonderful today. This was a great Time Machine excursion for me.

You're welcome!

Tab wrote: "You're welcome!"
Oh! Do tell me how you arrived at finding this book. I've always had a fascination with research and research tools and wonder if you'd done something special here, or had some personal inkling or memory of this book or book series. Thanks!

I can't remember the exact search terms I used, but I used Internet archive's "search text contents" feature.