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In this book, you'll learn the specialized technique of carving figures in tree bark. Included is a complete guide to the various species of cottonwood bark and the best tools to use. A step-by-step wood carving project of a magical tree house is included, along with a beautiful gallery including wood spirits, animals, whimsical tree houses, and much more.
Carving Woodspirits: The Basics is A Complete Step-By-Step Guide for Carving Faces in Wood. In this book you will learn basic woodcarving fundamentals including, tool selection, safety, best woods to carve, how to sharpen carving tools, how to apply finish to a project, and how to make basic woodcarving cuts. The main body of the book covers in great detail how to carve a woodspirit face. Beginner carvers will appreciate that only 3 commonly used tools are required to complete the project. The concepts and techniques learned in Carving Woodspirits: The Basics can easily be applied to other face carving projects. Authors Susan Hendrix and PJ Peery have been teaching woodcarvers for over 20 years and have a wealth of knowledge to share. Tips, tricks, and techniques from these many years of experience are clearly explained to help shorted the learning curve and will provide a foundation for newer carvers. This truly is the best first book and best first project for a woodcarver.
Powerfully evocative faces can be carved in tree bark. This guide offers lessons on the anatomy of the human face, information on carving tools and how to use them, sources of bark suitable for carving, and step-by-step instructions for the creation of four terrific ""wood spirits,"" including the Cottonwood Sage, the Lady of the Cottonwood, the Two Grand Masters, and the Cottonwood Duo. Using these patterns as templates, carvers can alter different facial expressions to create unique relief carvings.
Create beautiful carvings from natural materials like cypress knees, burls, driftwood, and weathered wood. Includes tips, techniques, and an amazing gallery from today's top carvers.
Carving Found Wood, Updated & Expanded Edition is the ideal compendium of wood carving ideas for anyone who wants to learn how to carve found wood! Featuring overviews of the most commonly found woods, breakdowns of carving tools and essential wood carving safety tips, and highly detailed photographs from Jack Williams, these lessons from longtime carvers Vic Hood, Alec Lacasse, Kathy Overcash, and more will guide readers through the entire journey. Learn how to sculpt faces in cottonwood bark, carve an eagle from a found log, transform cypress knees into fairy cottages, and master the art of turning nature into your next woodcarving masterpiece!
The Handcarved Bowl provides step-by-step photos and directions for every stage of the bowlcarving process that will appeal to everyone from beginning woodworkers to seasoned carvers. Carving wooden bowls by hand may appear to be just a romantic notion (don't worry, it's that too), but there's also lots to learn about this natural material and unique process that will be undoubtedly serve you for every future woodworking project, no matter the tools or methods used. Bowl carving gives unparalleled insight to the basic properties of wood behavior, intimate knowledge of how tool edges interact with different grain, and the importance of learning to reframe failure as one of the keys of building deep understanding. The Handcarved Bowl is the beginning of many projects, not just the three designs outlined here in step-by-step instructions, and both seasoned woodworkers and beginners alike will find the inherent value of carving using these methods. Along the way you'll learn tips and tricks that will keep you safe, help you make informed decisions about your own designs, and give you the confidence to take your work in any direction you'd like.
In Greenville, New Hampshire, a small town in the southern part of the state, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used. The Survival of the Bark Canoe is the story of this ancient craft and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric technology. It is a book squarely in the tradition of one written by the first tourist in these woods, Henry David Thoreau, whose The Maine Woods recounts similar journeys in similar vessel. As McPhee describes the expedition he made with Vaillancourt, he also traces the evolution of the bark canoe, from its beginnings through the development of the huge canoes used by the fur traders of the Canadian North Woods, where the bark canoe played the key role in opening up the wilderness. He discusses as well the differing types of bark canoes, whose construction varied from tribe to tribe, according to custom and available materials. In a style as pure and as effortless as the waters of Maine and the glide of a canoe, John McPhee has written one of his most fascinating books, one in which his talents as a journalist are on brilliant display.