Tom Wolfe

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maryland

Tom Wolfe goes back to basics. With a single knife, he carves a reclining country figure and teaches the basic methods of woodcarving. Each cut is illustrated with a full-color photograph, an important visual aid to learning this fun craft. These projects are simple and fun. The new carver will find that the mysteries of this art quickly disappear, allowing them to quickly learn the skills they need.

Basic Penknife Carving with Tom Wolfe

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Joseph F. Girzone

New York

Joshua

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Minnesota

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Vermont

You Can Whittle and Carve

Meagan Lewis

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Arkansas

20 Adorable Projects, Plus Instructions for Hand-Carving Beautiful Stamps

Put Your Stamp on It - Stationery, Aprons, Totes, and More

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Louisiana

This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the paperback cover. This book has stapled binding. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Will package the item carefully. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe.

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Texas

Sculpture and carving

Howard K. Suzuki

Great paperback with instructions and color photos for carving soap into North American animals


North American Animals

This fascinating book takes soap carvers to an advanced level, showing methods of making multiple-bar soap carvings of selected North American mammals. Beautiful color photographs and the text move step-by-step through the carving of eight animals: a bear and cub, wolf, cougar, prairie dog, harp seal, killer whale, and otter. Art, natural history, and environmental issues are integrated into the instructions for a super learning experience.

Carving in Soap

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Has patterns and color step by step photos for instruction, front cover is curled a bit

Includes detailed instructions and templates for carving starfish, sperm whale, sea otter, manatee, queen angelfish, clownfish, seahorse, emperor penguin, orca, sea lion, beluga, and octopus.

Soap Carving Ocean and Coral Reef Creatures

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Anthony Hillman

Pennsylvania

Easy-to-Use Templates and Complete Instructions for Making 16 Decorative Carvings

Fully illustrated instructions and exact-size templates for carving 16 species of ducks in beautiful miniature form. Plus tips for beginners, advice on painting, much more. All decoys in color on covers.

Miniature Duck Decoys for Woodcarvers

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Eric Bromberg

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

The beautiful diversity of Hopi Kachina dolls is pictorially presented to show past, present, and evolving styles. These carved representations of ceremonial figures taking part in celebrations of the Kachina religion are popular collectibles. This book serves to explain, compare, and present the variety of dolls through color pictures, line drawings, and a concise text.

The Hopi Approach to the Art of Kachina Doll Carving

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Vickie Jensen

Bringing a Log to Life

The totem pole--in all its power and beauty--is a distinctive and widely recognized form of traditional Northwest Coast Native art. Once nearly lost, this art form is alive and thriving today. In this unique book, Vickie Jensen collaborates with renowned Nisga'a artist Norman Tait and his crew of young carvers to document the actual process of bringing a log to life. The intimate text and 125 photographs capture the charged atmosphere in which the pole is carved--the smell of fresh cedar chips, the long days and blistered hands, the camaraderie, the pride in solving problems, the ever-present awareness of tradition, the joy of creation. Norman Tait teaches his apprentices that carving a pole requires more than time and labor, more than artistic and emotional commitment, more than a grasp of tools and techniques. The process invoves their cultural background and very being. The apprentices must make their own carving tools, design their regalia, and practice traditional songs, dances, and drumming. All these experiences culminate in the traditional ceremonies to celebrate the raising of the completed totem pole. This book was originally published in hardcover as Where the People Gather: Carving a Totem Pole.

Totem Pole Carving

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Tom has been making signs and other flatcarvings for many years, bringing to them the same creativity and skill he brings to his three-dimensional work. The three projects include a potholder holder, the man in the moon, and a welcome sign. Step-by-step instructions, all illustrated in full color.

Country Flat Carving with Tom Wolfe

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Illinois

With Patterns and Instructions for 12 Projects

This practical, easy-to-follow guide by a noted carver and wildlife expert enables even beginning carvers to create realistic models of dazzling and dramatic birds. Includes complete patterns, diagrams, and instructions for carving and finishing 12 raptors, including red-tailed hawk, bald eagle, osprey, peregrine falcon, and great horned owl.

Carving Birds of Prey

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Keith Bridenhagen

Patrick Spielman

Massachusetts

Carving, Texturing, Painting and Finishing

Finest book on duck carving in years. Describes the bluebill, mallard, merganser, canvasback, plus other species -- their anatomy, actions, positions. Shows how to shape, carve and point the head and feathers for a lifelike texture.

Realistic Decoys

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Paul N. Hasluck

Excellent companion for a student wanting to take their whittling or carving skills to the next level. Also potentially a great companion resource for an architecture course.

Missouri

Art, music, drama/theater

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

Manual of Traditional Wood Carving

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Floyd Scholz

Excellent aid in carving the Peregrine Falcon. Color instructional illustrations. Presented by Wildfowl Carving Magazine and Competition.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Dynamic Carving and Painting Techniques for a New Era

Acclaimed bird carver Floyd Scholz explains his carving and painting techniques and demonstrates the unique talent that makes him one of the world’s greatest bird carvers and instructors. • Features a start-to-finish project from Floyd Scholz • Detailed instructions for how to carve, paint, and assemble a complex sculpture • Includes both peregrine falcon and green-winged teal carvings • Incisive discussion of carving approaches and techniques

Peregrine Falcon

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Bruce A. White

Carousel Carving: Miniature to Full-Size -- Classics & Originals Softcover Book By Bruce White

Condition: Withdrawn reinforced library softcover with common library markings, plastic coating on front and back has creased a bit from age

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sterling (July 9, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0806930187
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806930183

It is beautifully illustrated with some 200 full-color photos printed on high-quality paper that brings out their brilliance....The book...is not only a colorful and well-done reference to early and present day carousels, it is also a “how-to” manual for the would be carver....The reader will be happily enriched by the knowledge presented.”—The Woodworker’s Gazette.

Kansas

Miniature to Full-Size -- Classics and Originals

“Should appeal to anyone interested in carousels or carving or both...It is beautifully illustrated with some 200 full-color photos printed on high-quality paper that brings out their brilliance.”—The Woodworker’s Gazette. “This excellent title celebrates the history of a classic art form and does a great job of making it accessible to woodworkers of all experience levels.”—Library Journal.

Carousel Carving

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Helen Gibson

Helen completes the nativity scene with the camels, sheep, cattle, and donkeys. Helen has a highly detailed style of carving that is perfect for this subject. The reader is led step-by-step through the process of carving one of the animals. Clear color photographs illustrate every cut. A gallery of the other animals and patterns help the carver complete the set.

Helen Gibson Carves the Animals of the Nativity

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H. Leroy Marlow

Virginia

From One-Eighth Scale to Full Size

Carve your own brilliantly painted and bejeweled prancing horses, tigers, storks, camels, mules, goats and other fabulous carousel animals -- 31 original patterns. Exploded diagrams show how to cut and prepare each project.

Carving Carousel Animals

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Designer pumpkins carving

Roger Schroeder

James D. Sprankle

Kenneth Basile

The Fully Illustrated Reference to Carving and Painting 25 Decorative Ducks

Fully illustrated guide to carving and painting decorative ducks. Field and painting notes, including working patterns of 25 species of ducks, hens, and drakes.

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Basic Penknife Carving with Tom Wolfe

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Joshua

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You Can Whittle and Carve

Meagan Lewis

Put Your Stamp on It - Stationery, Aprons, Totes, and More

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Richard T. Feller

Sculpture and carving

Howard K. Suzuki

Carving in Soap

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Soap Carving Ocean and Coral Reef Creatures

Anthony Hillman

Miniature Duck Decoys for Woodcarvers

Eric Bromberg

The Hopi Approach to the Art of Kachina Doll Carving

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Totem Pole Carving

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Country Flat Carving with Tom Wolfe

Anthony Hillman

Carving Birds of Prey

Keith Bridenhagen; Patrick Spielman

Realistic Decoys

Paul N. Hasluck

Manual of Traditional Wood Carving

Floyd Scholz

Peregrine Falcon

Bruce A. White

Carousel Carving

Helen Gibson

Helen Gibson Carves the Animals of the Nativity

H. Leroy Marlow

Carving Carousel Animals

Jerry Avers

Designer pumpkins carving

Roger Schroeder; James D. Sprankle; Kenneth Basile

Waterfowl Carving with J. D. Sprankle

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The art of vegetable garnish

Kikky Sihota

Creative Carving