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Woodcarving (73 books)
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Shows how to begin chip carving by hand, using a piece of wood and a sharp knife. This book offers help in choosing and caring for tools, selecting wood and developing techniques, and covers both traditional and modern styles. The finished pieces are all illustrated in colour photographs.
A practical guide for woodcarvers who wish to portray the big cat predators, this includes 200 colour photographs and illustrations, anatomy charts, step-by-step instructions and six ready-to-use patterns. The author describes researching big cats, woodcarving technique and details, burning, painting and finishing, and using, altering and creating patterns. There are six original patterns to copy: a lion; lioness; lioness with cub; jaguar; tiger; and cub. The book may be of use as a source, not only for woodcarvers, but also sculptors, artists and practitioners with other craft materials.
Carousel Animal Carving
by Bud Ellis, Rhonda Hoeckley,
August 1998,
160 pages, softcover.
Categories: Projects, Techniques, Woodcarving
This book offers help with creating an animal carousel for children. It shows how to select wood, and choose the tools, chisels, glues and clamps. Also provided are patterns to copy, and large colour photographs illustrate the finished product in a variety of settings.
Master woodworkers introduce the basic techniques of woodcarving in the Swedi tradition and include instructions for carving spoons, ladles, bowls, trays, figures, and reliefs.
An introduction to an important traditional woodcarving skill, and a thorough primer for woodcarvers in the vocabulary of classical ornament and the practical skills needed to carve it. A step-by-step guide through the basic building blocks of classical design.
A combination of 31 articles and projects on the subject of bird and animal carving which have appeared in the pages of "Woodcarving" magazine.
This guide to creating facial expressions in woodcarving shows step-by-step work from the band-sawn block. It uses models of both sexes, covering a variety of ages and a variety of emotions such as sadness, anger, pride and determination. For both beginners and experienced woodcarvers.
This work presents a collection of 15 projects based on nautical designs. Full colour photographs, practical advice and tips accompany the projects. The pieces can be used as decoration, incorporated into boat building or used in other projects.
This guide to carving miniature wildfowl includes scale drawings and step-by-step photographs for seven projects. The birds illustrated include puffins, robins, eagles, partridges and bluebirds.
This volume presents a total of 17 projects on wildlife themes, from the realistic to the abstract. Each project is illustrated in colour, and with full working drawings.
A projects-foundation course for woodcarvers to create realistic carved birds. Starting with research and drawing plans, the reader is guided through the stages of carving, painting, finishing with fine detail and assembly. The book concentrates on three complete projects of graded difficulty: a dipper, green woodpecker and common tern. There are also complete patterns for eight further projects: a robin, kingfisher, osprey, blue tit, great spotted woodpecker, swallow and goldfinch, with drawings, typical colour samples and background information on the subject's characteristics and habitat.
The art of the Northwest Indians requires only a crooked knife and a small selection of gouges to produce designs, curves, patterns and faces. This work shows you how to saw, carve, whittle and paint your way to creating masks, bowls, rattles, amulets and totem poles from this ancient tradition. Each project opens with a brief introduction to place the carving in its cultural context.
Startling wooden figures that have been carved with a chainsaw can be seen around the country at fairs, in yards, and on ESPN's logger competitions. This is the first book that explains all of the elements of the chainsaw carving art: techniques, equipment, safety precautions, and aesthetic considerations. Step-by-step tutorials show how the Blue Heron garden sculpture and the popular Black Bear are carved. Dozens of project ideas, accompanied by hundreds of color photos of spectacular carvings, are also included. Anyone who has ever handled a chainsaw will find this book irresistible.
Chip Carving
by Wayne Barton,
December 1984,
126 pages, softcover.
Categories: Techniques, Woodcarving
Shows how to carve geometric patterns into furniture and wooden utensils, discusses knife sharpening, carving techniques, and woods, and looks at patterns, lettering, and historical designs.
Two Swiss carving knives and a block of wood are all you need to create chip carving projects from easy patterns with simple, fully explained techniques. With the author's step-by-step guide the reader will quickly master a range of borders, sculptured edges, rossettes and free-form motifs. The reader will also learn the essentials of lettering. First the reader will learn how to make his or her own hand-carved plaques, plates and boxes of all sizes going on to learn how to make door fronts, door panels, chair backs and many more.
A selection of designs for carving, painting or pyrography, this is a book orientated towards the more traditional styles of woodworking and decoration. It includes hints on pattern-making and templates that can be enlarged, as necessary, on a photocopier.
Introduces carving tools, materials, and techniques, and offers advice on carving animals, flowers, buildings, masks, portraits, and relief figures.
A step-by-step guide to the art of carving fish out of wood. Carving fish offers a wide range for artistic originality and expression for the woodcarver. Beyer's concerns include tools and their uses, selecting wood and mounting the fish.
This practical manual is aimed at satisfying the needs of both the complete beginner, and craftsmen engaged in other forms of woodwork requiring instruction in relief woodcarving. The first part of the book covers the selection of tools and timber, fairly simple project work, finishing techniques and safety. Part two is devoted to more advanced projects including comprehensive data on texture and finishing treatments. There is a checklist at the end of each chapter highlighting the new points which have been covered.
This instruction book for beginner carvers has step-by-step demonstrations with photographs for seven projects, Humpty Dumpty, Santa, a pig, a chicken, a cat and a daydreamer.
The ten illustrated projects in this book represent object lessons in the art and practice of woodcarving, both in relief and in the round. The whole carving process is described in detail, from the initial idea to the finished work.
This text is a collection of tips and hints, gathered from the readers of "Woodcarving" magazine, which is aimed at both the professional and hobbyist woodcarver. It includes ideas on how to adapt dentists' hand tools for woodcarving, and how to use a nail sculpture as a profile gauge.
Intended as a basic course, this is an introduction to the tools, skills, techniques and styles of woodcarving needed by anyone wishing to take up carving. The book covers the essentials of traditional and classical carving, including mouldings, foliage, animals, the human figure, lettering, abstracts and stylizations. Technical advice is supported with historical information, and encouragement to try out new skills.
Canes and pipes, especially those made from found materials or by unsophisticated craftsmen, have long been of special interest to carvers and collectors. This guide collects over 200 pen and ink sketches of canes and pipes executed over a period of 35 years by an extraordinary folk artist. These sketches, very impressive in their own right, depict a strange and wonderful group of objects, many with fanciful carvings of mythical or imagined people and animals.
This study of carving the human figure in wood concentrates on the anatomical structure of the body and details specific areas of common difficulty to woodcarvers such as eyes, ears, hands, feet and hair. The book incldues step-by-step sequences outlining the techniques involved, as well as providing a range of work that should both stimulate and improve the understanding of the human form.
Discover quicker, more fool-proof ways of carving in this handbook of hints and tips, contributed by the readers of "Woodcarving" magazine. The practical solutions described should prove valuable to both the beginner carver and those with more experience. Ideas presented include how a bag filled with rice can hold a carving secure for finishing cuts, an iron and damp kitchen paper remove small dents on bare wood, and a cocktail stick or chopsticks can join parts together.
An illustrated guide to innovative wood carving which considers selecting the correct wood types, and contains a series of step-by-step projects.
Showing how award-winning wildfowl carvings have been created, this book has tips on all the techniques.
Discusses the basic tools and techniques of wood carving and supplies directions on carving wood into animals, letters, and other shapes.
An easy-to-understand, safe and effective system of sharpening tools to help carvers put a perfect edge on their knives, gouges, chisels and veiners, is provided in this book.
This collection of Chritian and inspirational motifs features instructions for creating projects with a scroll saw. It has patterns from a Celtic cross mirror to a design of hands folded in prayer.
Country landscape scenes featuring barns, churches, rustic mills, and mountain valleys are especially attractive when executed in the relief style of woodcarving. This guide features 32 patterns and step-by-step instructions for carving them. How to map out levels in a pattern, trace pattern levels onto the blank, work roughed-out levels, and carve texture for foliage and buildings are explained with accompanying illustrations to clarify each technique. Also included are ways to create three-dimensional foreground elements and dry brush finished carvings with oil paints.
Taking the form of a progressive course, this is a comprehensive guide to the craft of lettercarving in wood. It begins with essential background information such as the tools needed, suitable woods to use and how to make working drawings. Progression through a step-by-step course teaches the reader how to carve a complete incised alphabet in modern Roman letter style. More advanced aspects of the subject, such as spacing, colour, family resemblance, and optical adjustment are also explained, and supported by a glossary of technical terms and 300 colour photographs.
Shows how to use chisels, routers, or sandblasting equipment to create wooden signs and discusses the design and planning of signboards.
Depicts carvings produced by folk artists from southern Mexico.
Power Tool Woodcarving
by Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater,
June 1994,
160 pages, softcover.
Categories: Projects, Techniques, Woodcarving
With the use of a rotary or reciprocating saw, carvings ranging from detailed pieces to giant models can be produced. Illustrated instructions are provided for 17 projects including an American folk art rooster and an Icelandic knot roundel. Power-tool descriptions and ratings are provided.
A comprehensive overview of the power tools available to woodcarvers. The book offers an account of the strengths and weaknesses of the various models, and of the range of tooling which is suitable for them. Safety equipment and safe work practices are also covered in detail.
A carving tutorial. From introductory chapters about tools and techniques, the process of design carving is covered in detail and illustrated with photographs and drawings. Rather than providing a large number of projects, the author takes one design and takes the reader through it in detail.
Discusses the structure, harvesting, and drying of wood, introduces basic too and techniques, and shows how to work with chain saws and lathes.
An overview of woodcarving, taken from the Guild of Master Craftsmen's "Woodcarving" magazine. The book covers different styles and interpretations and is illustrated in colour.
A treatise on the techniques of marine carving, offering a variety of letter styles, rope borders, stars, dolphins, eagles and sternboards. The book covers the various woods available, the tools used and the finishes possible including gold leafing techniques.
Turning Pens and Pencils
by Kip Christensen, Chris Burningham,
November 1999,
164 pages, softcover.
Categories: Projects, Techniques, Woodcarving
A guide to turning pens and pencils, a popular aspect of woodturning. Through step-by-step text and clear photography, the authors describe the history, techniques and projects, plus various ways of approaching the task, allowing the reader to select the best procedure for the equipment available and to work according to their desired scale of production. The projects were selected to show a wide variety of techniques used in making various types of writing instrument, including: a twist pen; a click pencil; a European style pen; an Americana twist pen; a tapered rollerball; and variations on basic pens.
This guide to woodcarving provides step-by-step instructions for 20 projects. It features die-cut pages that split the book into two separate sections, so that the reader can open the top section on the design that they want to recreate, and the lower section reveals the techniques needed.
A collection of 30 projects, features and articles from the pages of "Woodcarving" magazine, this text covers the subject of three-dimensional carving and demonstrates the work of some of the world's leading carvers. Techniques explained include professional finishing, imaginative expression, taking your time, carving green wood, and using a microwave oven to season green timber. Carving projects include: a humpback whale; graceful birds and animals; a life size-eagle; a horse's head; a five foot mouse; the lizard of Oz; deep water fishes; characters from fiction; a playful kitten; a bishop's crozier; and Madonnas and other church statues; a graceful dancing figure; sculptures celebrating life and liberty.
Comprising 22 articles from "Woodcarving" magazine, this title offers technical advice from experts in the field, and information for woodcarvers of every level of competence. The text is accompanied by 225 colour photographs. Ranging from "the best way to use your chain saw safely and effectively" to "sculpting the human torso", this compilation covers the following areas of technique: tips for blocking out when carving a head; the effect and importance of light, shafe and highlights; carving owls; an adjustable work table for carving intricate vases; restoration of oak panels; how a copy carving machine takes time; and making proportional dividers.
A detailed guide to the techniques of woodcarving decoys, using one particular project, the goldeneye duck, to demonstrate the skills and procedures involved. Illustrations detail duck anatomy and feather group patterns. There are chapters on handtool and woodburning (texturing) techniques, and appendices give eye size and colouring of hundreds of birds.
One of the classic titles on woodcarving is now repackaged and brought up to date with the latest information on carving tools. It offers the perfect mix of technical knowledge, instruction, creativity, and projects for carvers who wish to master the most popular animal subjects-cougars, rabbits, wolves, dogs, whitetail deer, bighorn sheep, wild mustangs, unicorns, and moose. The humor and clarity of the easy-to-follow instructions inspires woodworkers to expand the reach of their carving skills.
This guide to woodcarving takes the reader through various projects, developing techniques and skills whilst crafting rewarding carvings. Timbers, tools and equipment to use are all detailed in this book.
Patterns and instructions for carving flat designs and freestanding sculpture are accompanied by information on grain characteristics and the artistic principles of balance and proportion.
Woodcarving Basics
by Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater,
August 1996,
127 pages, softcover.
Categories: Techniques, Woodcarving
Two of the world's best selling authors on woodcarving have created an introduction to the craft. The emphasis is on the woodcarver's tools and how to use them to achieve the best results. Over 150 photos and 300 illustrations fill every chapter.
Twelve projects are included in this book on woodcarving, showing how to complete them using a range of five numbered tools. By selecting the appropriate chisel for the type of cut needed, the reader can learn how to carve flowers, moulding, letters and numbers. Traditional motifs such as a Tudor rose and an acanthus panel are also featured. The book includes patterns for tracing, advice on tools and timber, as well as helpful tips and hints. It shows how designs can be incorporated into furniture, doors, lids, and chair backs, and how they can be used to decorate and embellish simple panels, boxes, and other objects.
This is a collection of 32 articles from the pages of "Woodcarving" magazine, demonstrating the techniques, artistry and approach of diverse international woodcarvers. It includes chapters on large scale Christian sculpture, running this hobby as a business, humorous character figures, folk art in wood, and the carver's relationship with nature.
A diverse collection of 48 reports on woodcarving tools and equipment, written by contributors to "Woodcarving" magazine. Areas reviewed include: benches and horses; workholders; hand tools; carving discs; burrs; sanding; power carvers; rasps and rifflers; sharpening systems; and wood stains.
This work covers the choice and care of tools, sharpening, accessory tools, modification of tools, holding devices, the woodplane, storage, lighting, types of wood, finishing and safety. It should be of interest to woodcarvers at all levels of experience.
This is an illustrated step-by-step guide to carving a variety of original pieces from wood in both sculpture and relief. The projects have been chosen and arranged so that the woodcarver is able to progress methodically from elementary to more advanced work, improving on existing skills and exploring new ones. There is advice on choosing materials and equipment; on sharpening tools; on techniques required for each piece; on drawing and use of marquettes; and on methods of finishing.
This text provides a comprehensive foundation course in the craft of woodcarving. It includes information on the best types of wood to use, and a full description of all the necessary tools and how to buy them, use them, care for them and sharpen them in the correct way.
From a rambunctious chipmunk, to a playful river otter, to a crafty red fox - this book demonstrates how to carve and finish three woodland animals.
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