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How to use your burning and texturing tools to achieve brilliant results. Crisp step-by-step photographs and instructions will enable the beginner to detail carvings with a minimum of difficulty and magnificent results. It will give the expert blue ribbon ideas...

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The guidance you need to make your faces leap from the wood! Caricatures demand the same skill and sense of proportion that realistic figures do, and that's particularly true of carving heads, which can easily become grotesque looking if certain...

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The sea-faring odyssey of Noah, his family, and the world’s animals collected two-by-two is well known to young and old. David Sabol brings the story to life with a series of lively and expressively carved and painted animals and characters....

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When children ask what Santa does during the rest of the year, you can show them these three sporting Santas. Ron was inspired to design these miniature athletes while anticipating the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Additional patterns for two of...

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Tall tales, local legends, and personal ruminations are transformed into folk figures by Frank Russell. Follow his detailed instructions with photographs and project plans to create nine delightful folk figures in wood. Accompanying the stories and projects are comprehensive instructions...

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The sea-faring odyssey of Noah, his family, and the world’s animals collected two-by-two is well known to young and old. David Sabol brings the story to life with a series of lively and expressively carved and painted animals and characters....

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Santa rides again! This highly animated Santa carving depicts the jolly old elf getting more than he bargained for on an off-season fishing expedition. David Sabol demonstrates his traditional wood carving techniques, taking the reader through each step from wood...

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For hopelessly addicted Santa carvers, this wonderful book will spur them to new heights and depths. Here are 60 of Al Streetman’s whimsical, humorous caricature patterns, bringing exciting new dimensions to Santa carving. Al takes the carver step-by-step through the...

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Nothing is more challenging to the carver than carving a realistic face. To help in the process Terry Kramer begins with modeling clay. With this pliable medium, he leads the reader through the exploration of the planes and features of...

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From the Amish country in Pennsylvania, Ron Ransom has been inspired to create patterns and carvings of an Amish family. Six patterns, clear instructions, and color photos guide you in carving a family in traditional Amish dress. Out of respect...

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Very few carvers can carve animals and people with the same skill. Fewer still can convincingly carve realistic figures and caricatures. Tom Wolfe is one of them. Following his book on carving realistic horses, he now he brings the same...

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The definitive guide to carving wooden walking sticks and canes that reflect your unique style, complete with patterns and step-by-step instructions. Beloved caricature carver Tom Wolfe is back with another valuable guide to carving, this time exclusively focused on walking...

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Step-by-step illustrated instructions, in beautiful color photographs, through the creation of Wood Spirits, from renowned wood carver Tom Wolfe.  Legend has it that the forest of the world are inhabited by elusive creatures known as "Wood Spirits." Renowned wood carver...

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Leprechauns are some of the folk-lore creatures that have always fascinated the author. He claims that he once caught one, just long enough to sketch him for a carving. Now Al Streetman shares 25 of his leprechaun patterns with other...

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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 illustrations and careful photography, novice as well as expert...

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Looking for something different to carve for Christmas? This is it. These fanciful ornaments double as whistles and are sure to delight children and adults alike. They can take a variety of shapes and forms, as you can see in...

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Wood speaks to Dick Sing. With his skill as a woodturner, and his keen understanding of both the lathe and the wood, Dick has created a number of projects which offer something a little different. In this new book, he...

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Among the most popular of Tom Wolfe’s carving books is Tom Wolfe Carves Dragons. From the day it came off the presses Tom has received letters asking for a Wizard book to go with it. “What good is a dragon...

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Santa Claus, elves, gnomes, wizards. These fanciful characters delight and mesmerize us. All of them are magical creatures, possessing great and wondrous powers. Tom Wolfe has a bit of this magic himself. In his hands a piece of wood, carved...

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Every scroll saw user will benefit from this book by America’s foremost authority. Frank Pozsgai begins at the beginning with the mechanics of the scroll saw itself, and continues with the basic skills every scroll saw user needs for a...

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This book presents a large-scale project for intarsia enthusiasts -- a lazy lion stretched out in the sun. Detailed, step-by-step instructions will explain how to select varieties of wood, use a pattern, cut and shape pieces, fit them together precisely,...

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In this full color, beautiful new work, Judy Ditmer shares her extensive knowledge of bowl turning with the novice turner. Beginning with the preparation and seasoning of the bowl blank, Judy takes the turner step-by-step through the finished product. Along...

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The tools and mediums of wood burning, and how to use them for wonderful, creative effects. The art of pyrography -- burning designs into wood and many other materials -- can add a special touch to any project, including wooden...

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The nationally known artist, Beebe Hopper, shows the reader an easy way to paint realistic feathers on carvings of shore birds. Following the instructions, drawings and color photographs in this latest of Beebe Hopper's instructional books, anyone who can hold...