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Your go-to guide to making the star of the woodcarving world: Santa himself! For carvers who want to sculpt a Santa but don’t know where to start, never fear—beloved woodworker and teacher Tom Wolfe is...

This wood-carving guide book shows carvers how to create delightful wooden Santas that are destined to become treasured holiday decorations and family heirlooms. With a combination of over 280 color photographs, a minimal set of...

Leading caricature woodcarver Tom Wolfe shows you how to carve classic ballplayers out of wood.  Tom Wolfe takes his creative talent to the National Game: Baseball. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions. Tom helps the...

Wherever you are in America you see the influence of the Cape Cod sign. The incised carved letters glistening with gold leaf make a warm invitation to home or business. The decorative carved shells or...

Teddy bears have wonderful effects on people. Even the most hard-nosed pragmatist is moved to cuddle these bundles of fluff. With her great eye for character and her elegant simplicity of carving, Kelley Stadelman captures...

Learn to carve realistic facial features with confidence and ease in this step-by-step illustrated guide.  A book for power carvers by a power carver! Follow the concisely illustrated, step-by-step directions for carving all of the...

The often surprising predicaments in which we find ourselves are personified in this wooden cowboy and his hapless steed. Cleve Taylor takes you step-by-step through the process of carving the cowboy, his horse, the cliff,...

Traditional carving techniques and step-by-step instructions for creating beautiful masks of the Kwakiutl people of the Pacific Northwest.  The masks of the Kwakiutl people of the Pacific Northwest are noted around the world for their...

A step-by-step wood carving guide showcasing a method for creating realistic Native American faces in wood. The native American face has long fascinated artists in every medium. In this new book, Terry Kramer offers the...

Here is a chance to get to know some of earth’s most fascinating creatures through wood carving. Brian Gilmore provides patterns and easy to follow carving instructions for 10 species of whales. More than 150...

Something about St. Francis is universally appealing. His humility, his simplicity, his faith, all of these touch what is most human and most holy about life. That is why this figure of St. Francis is...

In Shorebird Carving, Rosalyn Daisey shares her artistic insight and skill in a way that is at once instructive and beautiful. As with her previous works, Songbird Carving and Songbird Carving II, the reader will...