Provides examples from twenty artists along with information on their tools, methods, and influences.
Chapter headings include: Arctic hunters and carvers; The classic sculptors of the central arctic; The early carvers of the far west; The eastern Thule people; Modern Eskimo sculptors; Museums to visit.
Designed to create interest in Eskimo crafts and develop manipulative skills as an introduction to free carving. For ages 8 and up.
The Cutting Edge: An Illustrated History of Blades, Engravers and Colonial Life, 1859-1990
She hopes to win first prize and use the money to help her family's failing farm. This tale of magic realism is suitable for children ages 3 to 8.
Of the uses of carving, most attention is given to carved houses. A significant part of the book deals with how to read a carving ¿ seeing and interpreting details which reveal the history being recorded.
Spoons: Useful, Sentimental and Collectable Carving Spoons, Revised Second Edition is your introduction to the fascinating world of these hand-crafted objects of utility and sentiment.
Relief carving made simple.
Carving the Acanthus