Books for
Woodcarvers and other Artisans
Beginner
to Advanced Woodcarving Books
All prices shown are
in Canadian Dollars
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BK129 - Beginners
Handbook of
Woodcarving
Authors: Charles
Beiderman and William Johnston
Over 60
project patterns for the novice
including in the round and relief.
$14.95
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BK165 - First
Projects for Woodcarvers
Author: Larry
Green
First
Projects for Woodcarvers is a
pictorial starting place for the adventure of woodcarving. It
introduces the new carver to safety considerations, the fundamentals of
sharpening and carving. Three pro-jects are included, designed with the
new carver in mind: a cowboy boot, a dog called Gandolf, and a 3-piece
stylized nativity. The step-by-step photos and text will lead the
carver through the three projects. A pictorial gallery includes
completed carvings of the three projects featured in the book.
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BK159 -
Weekend Crafter Series: Woodcarving
Author: John
I. Hillyer
Tips on
selecting tools, mastering the
major cuts and transferring patterns to wood. Includes 20 quick and
wonderful projects for beginners or weekend carvers.
$18.75
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BK154 -
Practical Woodcarving: Elementary & Advanced
Author:
Eleanor Rowe
This
practical guide to woodcarving by an
accomplished designer and carver not only provides expert tips on the
basics (woods and tools) but also explains how to successfully complete
projects in low and high relief. Diagrams and photos accompany
clear, concise instructions for novices and veteran woodworkers
alike to recreate everything from Gothic tracery to sixteenth-century
moldings and lettering. 137 photographs, 85 illustrations.
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BK168 - The
Complete Book of Woodcarving
Author:
Everett
Ellenwood
Everything
You Need to Know to Master the Craft. 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 and tool selection, sharpening,
creating a workspace, and finishing your completed work. Also included
is a complete chapter on power carving.
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BK100 - The Magic Gouge: Wood Sculpture
Author: Benoi Deschenes
$15.00
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BK174 - Sculpture in Wood
Author: Jack
C. Rich
Down-to-earth,
practical book by noted sculptor covers everything you need to know
about woods, tools, equipment, carving techniques, finishing,
preservation, etc. Especially valuable 'dictionary of woods' covers
geographical distribution, physical properties, carving
characteristics, more. Over 70 photos and drawings illustrate methods
and techniques.
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BK263 - Woodcarving Made Easy
Author: Cynthia
Rogers
Everything
You Need to Know to Master the Craft.
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Relief Carving Books
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BK106 -
Landscapes in Relief
Author:
Lora S. Irish
Get started
on landscape relief carving
with this comprehensive book. Includes a lesson on perspective, a
review of common barn-building materials, step-by-step techniques and
30+ shaded and outlined patterns.
$24.95
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BK104 -
Inspirational Relief Carving
Author:
William F. Judt
Learn to
express your faith in wood with
over 20 relief carving projects inspired by Scripture. First you will
learn the basics of relief carving, then you will follow the author
step-by-step as he demonstrates how to carve a house blessing featuring
a cross with descending dove. Inside you'll find over 20 carving
patterns, relief carving basics, tool and safety overview, case studies
discussing the inspiration plus composition and techniques for sample
carvings. Includes a special section on marketing your carvings.
$27.50
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BK103 - Relief Carving: Patterns, Tips,
Techniques
Author: William F. Judt
This 100
page
volume is packed with 24 years of relief carving tips along with dozens
of color photos, diagrams and a collection of patterns. A step-by-step
section illustrates the process of relief carving from start to finish.
Contains time-tested advice for novice to advanced relief
carvers.
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BK105 - High-Relief Wood Carving
Author: William J. Schnute
Filled with
ideas, inspiration, instruction, and practical advice, this generously
illustrated handbook shows the endless possibilities for innovative,
quality woodcarving. It covers every aspect from gathering the
necessary tools and establishing a work area to selecting a subject and
finishing a project. Learn the secrets of carving realistic looking
leaves, plants, and animals; find out how to select the right wood for
a project, and much more. Three projects are presented from start to
finish in step-by-step photographs, enabling carvers to watch a master
at work as if they were right in his workshop.
$21.95
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Chip Carving Books
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BK164 - Basic Chip Carving
Author: Pam Gresham
A method of
study that will allow the beginner to learn the fundamentals of chip
carving, and help the more advanced carver to hone their skills. The
ordered exercises will build your skill and knowledge of chip carving,
beginning with the most basic cuts and following through to the most
difficult. People want to know exactly how to execute each cut and they
need a reference book to turn to when they are having difficulty with a
certain type of cut. This is the book!
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BK142 - The Complete Guide to Chip Carving
Author: Wayne Barton
A beginner’s
guide from the world’s most renowned chip carver! Wayne Barton presents
what is
unquestionably the finest guidance ever for the novice. He has been the
driving force behind the craft’s resurgence, and his technical
knowledge, design skills and ability to instruct remain unequalled.
One by one, with the aid of color photographs, he covers tools and
materials, the best woods, holding and sharpening chip carving knives
and laying out and transferring patterns. Borders, grids, rosettes,
free-form design, positive image design and lettering all receive
separate, in-depth chapters, as does Barton’s special, time-tested
hints.
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BK141 - Chip Carving Design and Pattern
Sourcebook
Author: Wayne
Barton
This bounty
of chip carving patterns was specifically chosen to provide carvers
with experience in many styles, including lettering, signs, geometric
designs, positive-image and free-form work. The projects feature more
than 125 different ornamental plates, boxes, wall plaques, cabinets,
chair backs, house numbers, lamp bases, lap desks, and other creations.
New to this edition: a lettering chart for readers to trace and carve.
To make things even easier, you use only two knife blades and the most
versatile, workable woods (basswood and butternut).
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BK123 - Chip Carving the Southwest
Author: Pam
Gresham
The patterns
of the Southwest have delighted tourists and art lovers for hundreds of
years. In this new book by Pam Gresham they are incorporated into the
art of chip carving, a marriage that works beautifully!
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Other Styles of Carving
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BK102 - Old Time Whittling
Author: Keith
Randich
$11.45
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BK117 - Scandinavian Style Woodcarving
Author:
Harley Refsal
Step-by-step
instruction and patterns for 40 flat-plane carving projects. With
Refsal's step-by-step instructions plus a knife and a gouge or two you
will learn to bring to life a traditional figure and a Dalecarlian
horse. In addition, more than 40 other figure patterns - from a school
teacher to a bird watcher and a leprechaun to a rooster are included.
Clear directions, front and side-view patterns, and step-by-step
photographs show you exactly how to make a few simple, well-placed
cuts, leaving large flat planes intact on the wood-carved figure. You
will be delighted with the way figures come to life with a charming,
folk-art personality.
$19.50
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BK127 - Art of Chainsaw Carving
Author:
Jessie Groeschen
With an
overview of chainsaw carving, detailing its advent and growth in the
United States, this guide covers the early pioneers from the 1950s
through the 1970s and profiles 15 of today's most accomplished chainsaw
artists and their most famous pieces. Featuring work commissioned for
museums, malls, businesses, and backyards, this book also discusses the
diversity, achievements, and future of this stylish art. Also included
is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step chapter instructing readers on how
to carve their own chair with a chainsaw.
$21.00
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BK132 - Carve Your Own Totem Pole
Authors:
Wayne Hill, Jimi McKee, Beverly McMullen
This
well-illustrated guidebook includes the history of totem-pole carving
and its West Coast native traditions, techniques and patterns. It
examines the historic and modern tools involved. Also presents
great ideas for carving a totem pole, whether with traditional designs
or more personal folk-art motifs.
$26.25
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Facial
Features, Expressions, Caricatures and People
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BK101 - Carving
Eyes
Author: Jeff
Phares
Learn how to
carve realistic-looking eyes with Jeff Phares. Inside you will find
in-depth information on anatomy as it relates to positioning and
carving eyes. Specific techniques for carving eyelids, brows, pupils as
well as detailed carving and texturing demonstrations for
realistic-looking eyes plus techniques and illustrations useful for a
wide variety of carving projects.
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BK151 - Learn
To Carve Faces & Expressions
Author:
Harold R.
Enlow
Information
on tools, sharpening supplies
& sequence for carving caricature faces that shine. 10 Projects,
Step-by-Step Instructions.
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BK134 - Carving
Compact Caricatures
Author:
Skylar Johnson
Learn to
carve wonderful caricature
carvings from a simple basswood goose egg. Fun and easy to carve.
$13.75
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BK162 - Carving
Caricature Heads and
Faces
Author:
W. "Pete" LeCair
With his
years of carving, Pete LeClair
has developed a sure-fire method for carving great caricature heads.
Now he shares it with carvers around the country. He takes the reader
step-by-step through the process of carving 33 projects, with each step
illustrated with a color photograph and precise caption. A gallery
showing the variety that can be achieved by following this method is
included in the back.
$14.25
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BK139 - Carving
Small Characters
Author:
Bill Howrilla
A complete
book describing all of the
complete steps in the carving of miniature caricatures.
$13.75
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BK167 -
Carving Caricature Busts
Author: W. "Pete" LeClair
Internationally
known carver Pete LeClair turns his attention to the caricature bust.
This classic form lends
itself to wonderful interpretations, but is also a great way to learn
more about caricature carving. Pete shares a great number of techniques
and secrets in this volume, paying attention, as always, to the minute
details that make the difference between a good carving and a great
carving. Every step is illustrated with a color photograph and a clear
explanation. Patterns and a gallery, showing all sides of the works,
are included to help the carver even more.
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BK135 - Carving
Golfers
Author:
Jack Price
Take your
best swing at this humorous
cast of golfing characters! Learn to carve golfers and capture the joy
of sinking a difficult putt, the disbelief at missing an easy putt, and
the frustration at ending up in the sand pit. Inside, you’ll find
valuable tips on how to get started - including information on tools,
materials and finishing. This is followed by step-by-step instruction
on actually carving a caricature golfer named 'Rise and Shine' leading
you through each part of the process, including bandsawing, carving,
painting and antiquing.
$15.75
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