Author: Charles Godfrey LelandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wood-carving
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Manual of Traditional Wood Carving
Author: Paul N. HasluckPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486234892
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The early-twentieth-century profusely illustrated reference on the traditional craft details woods and essential tools used and covers carving techniques and designs for specific projects
Power Carving Manual
Author: Woodcarving IllustratedPublisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9781565234505
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Crafters will learn all about the various benefits of carving with power tools and how to master this technique. Additional information about power units, hand pieces, carving burs, materials shopping, and more.
Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual
Author: Chris PyePublisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607654105
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The first step into a new craft can be overwhelming: Where to start? What tools to buy? What projects to begin with? Thanks to author and internationally acclaimed woodcarver Chris Pye, this guide is filled with everything a beginning woodcarver needs to know. Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual is akin to having a one-on-one course with a master carver. You'll learn what to look for in a workbench, the importance of commissioning your carving tools – there's more to it than just sharpening! – and how to make exacting cuts and execute a variety of techniques. Like any good instructor, Pye includes practice exercises to make you comfortable with the tools and techniques so you can build your skills and carve with confidence. Pye's conversational teaching style will encourage you as you follow the step-by-step instructions and work on a number of motifs, as well as projects for low, high, and pierced relief, and in-the-round. With the help of Chris Pye, you'll learn to carve: four types of molding, a beautiful koi project in three levels of relief carving, a realistic baseball cap in-the-round, and a charming wren in-the-round.
The Book of Wood Carving
Author: Charles Marshall SayersPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141071
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
In clear, straightforward language, Sayers carefully guides the reader through the fundamentals — what tools and materials to use and how to use them. Still the finest book for the beginning student in wood sculpture.
The Complete Book of Woodcarving
Author: Everett EllenwoodPublisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607650967
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
Whether you're a woodcarver expanding your talents, a seasoned carver refining your skills, or a beginner newly introduced to this fulfilling craft, this is the only carving book you need. Brimming with expert instruction and 8 attractive step-by-step woodcarving projects, you'll learn all the classic carving styles and techniques along with the fundamentals of wood and tool selection, sharpening, creating a workspace, and finishing your completed work. Also included is a complete chapter on power carving.
Author: Mack Sutter
Author: David SabolCarve, Stamp, Play
Author: Julie Fei-Fan BalzerPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1620334879
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Take an exciting journey into printing with custom-carved stamps! In this complete stamp-carving workshop, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer covers every aspect of creating and using rubber stamps, including carving linear and curved designs, alphabets, complex and repeating geometrical shapes, and image transfers. After carving your own unique stamps, you'll also learn: • How to combine and layer stamps into original designs. • How to design stamps that work together as well as individually. • How to create stamps that combine with or enhance other stamps (hand carved or commercial). • And how to create complex, layered effects that resemble screen printing. This book also includes simple projects that explore various applications for stamping, including printing on different surfaces such as fabric, leather, paper, and canvas. Find your "authentic" design voice and get carving today!
Art of Letter Carving in Wood
Author: Martin WenhamPublisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 071984004X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
The Art of Letter Carving in Wood is a thorough guide to this beautiful craft. Based on the v-cut method, it explains how to carve letters in a range of sizes, styles and different kinds of wood. The book progresses from the basic to the difficult, and from simply designing and carving letters to using them in a wide range of situations, from the purely practical and informative to the expressive and interpretative. Written by one of the UK's leading and most respected lettering artists, this book not only covers the process of letter carving in wood but also does much more by explaining how to convey a message effectively. It looks at every aspect of designing the piece – be that using italics, spacing the letters, using letters, using the grain or adding colour. With over 500 illustrations, it is the definitive text for all letter carvers in wood.
