Woodworking Books about Carving
With a whittle bit of time, you could carve or notch out your own place in the world of woodworking. We have plenty of books on carving. All authored by accomplished carvers who pass along their tips and tricks so that the beginner right up to the ex
With a whittle bit of time, you could carve or notch out your own place in the world of woodworking. We have plenty of books on carving. All authored by accomplished carvers who pass along their tips and tricks so that the beginner right up to the experienced carver can hone their carving skills.
While judging woodcarvings at the Iowa State Fair a few years ago, we were taken with an antique-style decoy like the canvasback shown at left. Later, we contacted he carver, Clint Bingham of Chariton...
The seashell has long been a popular design for carved furniture ornamentation. Now you can fashion shell-shaped ornaments or drawer pulls, thanks to this simple approach from woodcarver ...
Dogs are a favorite subject of carvers everywhere. Sometimes they are shown as companions of the human subject in a carving and sometimes they stand by themselves. Whatever your carving needs, this tr...
With the help of this book, you will be able to transform a block of balsa wood into a chickadee poised for flight, a chipmunk nibbling a nut, a ponderous box turtle, or a relief carving of the Holy F...
This second volume in the Carvers Handbook series gives instructions for carvers to make and paint wooden figures of a tiger, an American goldfinch, and a wood mouse in the round and a great horned ow...
With breathtaking photographs of live birds of prey and step-by-step pictures, paint charts and finished carvings. Bill Veasey presents well-organized instructions for wood carvers. The following ten ...
Songbird Carving is a unique book that can be appreciated on two levels: first, as a step-by-step set of instructions, with exquisite photographs and hand-drawn illustrations covering techniques of ca...
Al Streetman takes devoted readers and beginning carvers alike back to the wonderful world of folk carving, which leaves less to the rules and more to the imagination! In older days, folk art was a wa...
This is the second comprehensive wood carving manual by the successful team of Roz Daisey and Pat Kurman. Through a detailed yet concise series of carving and painting instructions, beautifully drawn ...
This is a book that explores into two worlds, the appreciation of wood as medium for sculpture and a practical look of technique. The history of sculpting directly into wood is explored, illustrated w...
Here is a comprehensive look at the carving and painting techniques needed to create a beautiful and lifelike representation of the green-wing teal, one of the most colorful and easily distinguished o...
This book presents vintage, often whimsical, and one-of-a-kind wooden figurine carvings by ANRI, the world-renowned company founded in 1912 in the Dolomite Mountains of northern Italy. Among the more ...
Wooden pins make wonderful handmade gifts and can be carved in a minimum of space with small equipment. Here, accomplished woodcarver and teacher Mary Finn guides readers through the creation of five ...
An exciting new subject for woodcarvers is shared by one of its foremost artists. James Fliger introduces fish carving by presenting four projects: the rainbow trout, the bluegill sunfish, the black crappie, and channel...
Follow along with master carver Jeffrey Moore to create a dramatic and lifelike representation of the striking blue wing teal drake. Jeff starts with a preshaped, duplicated wooden bird to simplify the rough carving process...
With over 230 brilliant color photographs, paint color charts, and precise patterns, Leah Wachter provides woodcarvers with illustrated directions necessary to create from basswood incredibly detailed...
In Shorebird Carving, Rosalyn Daisey shares her artistic insight and skill in a way that is at once instructive and beautiful. As with her previous works, Songbird Carving and Songbird Carving II, the...
This book grows out of many requests we have received for animal carving books in general, and for Tom Wolfe animals in particular. His raccoons and hounds have graced the pages of his previous books....
Woodcarvers learn every step necessary to carve two large whales, the Sperm and Fin, through 120 color photos and detailed carving and painting instructions. Patterns are also provided for the Blue, H...
With original documents discovered to build his story, Peter Blackman has eloquently explained the origins, artistic growth, and dissemination of Black Forest carved wooden furniture and fine decor now recognized worldwide...
