This National Book Award finalist introduces 12-year-old Rob Horton, who encounters a real tiger in the misty Florida woods. That same day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other and be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things can't be locked up forever.
With a friendly, down-home style, this guide encourages readers to whittle away the hours. Great for beginners looking for an easy way to get started and more advanced carvers looking for a relaxing way to spend their time, this instructional manual provides 20 projects, including knives, forks, birds, animals, trees, and flowers. Chapters detail ...
A well-illustrated guidebook that includes the history of totem-pole carving and its West Coast native tradition, and instructions and ideas on how to design and carve a totem-pole as either a traditional design or in a personal folk-art motif.
This exhaustive reference of dragon designs details how to make realistic dragons based on mythological models. More than 72 patterns cover the range of historical and contemporary dragons, from worms to the shape-changing Drake, and can be used in a variety of mediums. A comprehensive look at the dragon's skeletal structure, scales, and head ...
Tom has been carving these Spirits for years, and they are constantly in demand. Now he leads the carver, step-by-step, through their creation, each step illustrated in beautiful color photographs. An extensive gallery is included, jam-packed with examples and ideas for the readers own work.
Practical informative book by noted sculptor covers woods, tools, equipment, finishing, preservation, more. Especially valuable "dictionary of woods." Over 70 photos and drawings. Glossary. Bibliography.
In the popular and specialised field of making gunstocks look better, feel better, and grip better, this look at how it's done covers virtually every basic pattern, tool and method. This is a book that is meant to be used. It doesn't waste time on fancy words and with impossible art. To have Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks at your side is to ...
With 50 years of experience behind him, E.J. Tangerman, famous dean of master woodcarvers, has taken the finest projects from nine volumes of his work to create an all-encompassing guide for the woodcarver. A how-to-book from start to finish, the compendium begins with tools and wood selection and continues with hundreds of projects and designs of ...
The 40 patterns included in this guide for carving green men and wood spirits out of wood are appropriate for carvers of all skill levels. A recent term for a loose archetype - usually the head of a man within nature or a man as part of nature - the green man can be documented as early as A.D. 30 as a Roman architectural accent. The patterns show ...
Whether you're a woodworker 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 nine attractive projects, you'll learn all the classic carving styles and techniques along with the fundamentals of wood ...
This book aims to provide beginners and inexperienced wood carvers with a sound grasp of the techniques of traditional decorative relief carving. The reader is first introduced to the basics of selecting tools and materials; then follows a series of carefully graded projects which build up the carver's skills in a methodical way. Finally, various ...
Carving is an area of woodworking that has wide appeal and can start as simply as whittling figures with a pocket knife. Since the cost of entry is so low, many people are willing to give it a try. But some people are put off by the conflicting information about what tools to buy, how to sharpen them and by the bewildering range of carving styles. ...
The detailed art of letter carving is captured in this resource on carving tools, suitable woods, and alphabetical styles. Progressive exercises and advanced strategies incorporate elements of letter carving, including spacing, family resemblance, and optical adjustment. Instructions are included on how to carve a complete incised alphabet in the ...
Lucado offers up a familiar tale with a modern day twist that will teach and entertain your child about the importance of being who God created them to be. Another vividly illustrated tale from the Wemmicksville series.
The ten projects in this book are lessons in the art and practice of woodcarving. In each case the whole process is described in detail, from the initial idea to the finished work.
Woodcarving is fun, any way you cut it! Whether your interest lies in chip, incised, pierced, relief, sculptural or architectural carving - or if you just to whittle your weekend away - this book contains what you need to gain self-confidence in the craft. * 50 great projects for beginners and weekend carvers: - trout key chain - letter opener - ...
A good illustration is worth a thousand wood chips! Here at last is a woodcarving book that lays the projects out chip-by-chip, with drawing-after-drawing to teach the craft in the most accurate way possible. With this book beginners don't have to guess how to position the knife or where to chip away. Clearly, explicitly, taking an many ...
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