Whether you are a hobbyist carver or harbor more serious aspirations, this...well illustrated...volume can help you make the most out of the experience of turning a piece of wood into a beautiful work of art."--Chip Chats.
Contains information on the different wood species and the necessary tools and equipment.
Book of projects designed to give beginners the experience of work in a wide number of carving styles.
Woodcarving instructor and author Keith Randich takes you step-by-step through 10 projects, with concise instructions and more than 50 photographs and diagrams.
Chip carving is the simplest, quickest, most portable form of woodworking there is.
With the aid of oer 160 close-up photos professional woodcarver Barton shows how to sharpen the knives an duse them to create many different types of carving-on jewlry boxes, humidors, chair backs, buttons and barometers, shingles and more ...
Full-color, illustrated instructions for learning chip carving, showing how to create borders, rosettes, and lettering.
Inside you'll find 200 original patterns that make wonderful subjects for both relief and power carving. This comprehensive collection will provide any woodcarving artist with a virtually unlimited design resource.
With 36 tried-and-true relief woodcarving projects and patterns from the archives of "Woodcarving Illustrated," plus expert advice from favorite authors, readers can create an assortment of compelling carvings for the home and beyond.
This guide is loaded with the technical information you need to start chip carving--the few tools you need and how to sharpen them, how to select and prepare wood for carving, how to transfer carving patterns, how to carve safely and ...
With this guide, readers will meet some of the world's best chip carvers, who have produced masterworks, and explore the astonishing range and beauty of their art.
Fourteen projects designed to help carvers develop skills in whittling, chip carving, wildlife carving, and relief carving. Based on the popular public television show.
Geared to amateur and intermediate woodworkers, this series covers everything from using a handsaw to refinishing an antique. Full-color illustrations and step-by-step instructions show how to perform specific woodworking tasks.
Experienced carvers will also find the book helpful in creating designs using the basic techniques of low relief, high relief, incised, intaglio and pierced carving.