Woodcarving Types : featured categories
This category contains many different styles of woodcarving.
Canes / Walking Sticks
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Tom Wolfe Carves Spirit Canes
From sapling to cane, carving techniques for every skill level Step-by step carving instructions Full color gallery of canesRead more - Stick Making: A Complete...
Stick Making: A Complete Course
A master reveals the tricks of the stickmaking trade. Find and season the wood; fix flaws; shape and straighten sticks; cut wood to size; fit a...Read more - 86 Cane Patterns: For the...
86 Cane Patterns: For the Woodcarver
Forever fascinated by canes, the author has always collected them-he even has his grandma's and grandpa's walking sticks. And, as a professional...Read more
Beginner / Novice
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- Beginning Woodcarving:...
Beginning Woodcarving: Projects, Techniques, Tools
Collection of the best articles from Woodcarving magazine, first published by GMC as two volumes, Useful techniques for woodcarvers and...Read more - Woodcarving Made Easy
Woodcarving Made Easy
Woodcarving need not be difficult. The projects in this book have been specially designed to provide an easy introduction to the subject, and...Read more - Carving Traditional Style...
Carving Traditional Style Kachina Dolls
This book is written for beginning and intermediate wood carvers interested in carving a traditional Hopi kachina-style doll. Tom Moore, a...Read more
Caricature Carving
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- Easy Weekend Carving...
Easy Weekend Carving Projects: A Complete, Illustrated Manual
The instruction in Tina's book is geared specifically to beginning carvers. She includes a step-by-step demonstration featuring spectacular...Read more - Woodcarving Adventure...
Woodcarving Adventure Movie Caricatures in Wood: 1-2-3 Step-by-Step Techniques
More than 225 step-by-step photos and ready-to-use patterns for 12 projects are provided for beginning and advanced carvers.Read more - 25 Leprechaun Patterns for...
25 Leprechaun Patterns for Carvers
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...Read more
Miscellaneous
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- How to Build Egyptian Boat...
How to Build Egyptian Boat Models: Patterns and Instructions for Three Royal Vessels
A unique model-building experience, this beginner-level guide details everything needed to create brilliant reproductions of the royal sailing...Read more - Northern Haida Master...
Northern Haida Master Carvers
This major study by Wright (art history, Burke Museum and the U. of Washington, Seattle) will undoubtedly become an essential reference on the...Read more - Easy Lessons in the Art of...
Easy Lessons in the Art of Practical Wood Carving: Suited to the Wants of Carpenters, Joiners, Amateurs and Professional Wood Carvers
Fred T. Hodgson,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pages:288,Pub by Kessinger Publishing Company
Power Carving
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- Carving Realistic Faces...
Carving Realistic Faces with Power
Finally, a book for power carvers by a power carver! Learn to carve realistic facial features with confidence and ease. Follow the concisely...Read more - Care and Use of Power...
Care and Use of Power Tools: Blue Ribbon Techniques
This compact handbook shows the many bits available for electric-powered carving tools and how to use each properly for a wide variety of effects....Read more - Chainsaws: A History
Chainsaws: A History
A first-ever book on the worldwide history of the chainsaw, an invention that transformed the forest industry and eventually became the...Read more
Netsuke
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Japanese Netsuke (Far Eastern Series)
Drawing on the Victoria and Albert Museum's fine collection, Japanese Netsuke examines these appealing, accessible, and often humorous works of...Read more - World of Netsuke: The...
World of Netsuke: The Werdelmann Collection at the Museum Kunst Palast
Amassed over more than thirty-five years, the Werdelmann Collection is one of the most important netsuke collections in the world. It provides a...Read more - Netsuke: 112 Masterpieces,...
Netsuke: 112 Masterpieces, the Trumpf Collection
The Netsuke objects featured in this book are from one of the world's leading collections. These beguiling and fascinating works of art have...Read more
Relief Carving
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- Carving Horse Portraits in...
Carving Horse Portraits in Relief: Patterns and Complete Instructions for 5 Horses
Kurt Koch,Paperback, English-language edition,Pages:72,Pub by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, IncorporatedRead more - Wildlife Carving in...
Wildlife Carving in Relief: Carving Techniques and Patterns
Relief carving is a challenging technique that lies somewhere between two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork. Color photographs of the...Read more - Relief Carving In Wood: A...
Relief Carving In Wood: A Practical Introduction
Take private lessons with one of the world s best carvers. Using just one design a simple fish Chris Pye teaches everything about carving in both...Read more
Whittling
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- Art of Whittling
Art of Whittling
One of the earliest guides to traditional whittling, this reprint of a 1930s classic preserves all of the original projects and text and adds...Read more - Whittling and Woodcarving
Whittling and Woodcarving
Excellent introduction shows how to avoid pitfalls of craft and gives full information on tools, basic cutting strokes, then presents a wide range...Read more - 1001 Designs for Whittling...
1001 Designs for Whittling and Woodcarving
Carve Christmas tree ornaments, cookie molds, toys, weathervanes, cigar-store Indians, sundials, caricatures, many other projects. 1,821 illus.Read more
Wood Spirits
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- Carving Cypress Knee Wood...
Carving Cypress Knee Wood Spirits
Al Streetman,Paperback,Series: Schiffer Book for Carvers Series, English-language edition,Pages:64,Pub by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.Read more - Relief Carving Wood...
Relief Carving Wood Spirits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Releasing Faces in Wood
From transferring the carving pattern to preparing the wood and evaluating the various levels of depth, every cut of the carving process is...Read more - Carving Wood Spirits in...
Carving Wood Spirits in Tree Bark: Capturing Unique Faces & Expressions in Wood
From the Publisher Powerfully evocative faces can be carved in tree bark. This guide offers lessons on the anatomy of the human face, information...Read more
Woodcut / Engraving
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Jacques Hnizdovsky: Woodcuts and Etchings
This catalogue raisonne representing some of the most original printmaking in American graphic arts reproduces more than 350 woodcuts and linocuts...Read more - Woodcutters and...
Woodcutters and Witchcraft: Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social Sciences
The woodcutters of the title derive from an example of a problem of apparent irrationality in Wittgenstein's (1956 ed.). Witchcraft enters the...Read more - The two Babylons or the...
The two Babylons or the Papal Worship Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and his Wife (1916)
With sixty-one woodcut illustrations from Nineveh, Babylon, Egypt, Pompeii, etc. Objects of Worship; Festivals; Doctrine and Discipline; Rites and...Read more
Chip Carving
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Chip Carver's Workbook: Teach Yourself with 7 Easy & Decorative Projects
Chip carving a style of woodcarving in which knives are used to remove selected chips of wood from the project in a single piece is introduced...Read more - Chip Carving Nature: An...
Chip Carving Nature: An Artistic Approach
In Craig Stevens's unique chipcarving style he creates images from nature by using carved shapes and patterns rather than outlining the subject....Read more - Complete Book of Gourd...
Complete Book of Gourd Carving
Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments , produce another winner...Read more
Christmas / Holiday Carving
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- Creative Christmas...
Creative Christmas Carving: 24 Projects for Relief and in the Round Carvings
Carvers will find this collection of 24 Santa and snowman designs especially delightful because they are both whimsical and classy. A step-by-step...Read more - Carving Santas from Around...
Carving Santas from Around the World: 15 Quick and Easy Projects to Make and Give
This handbook guides beginners and those who want to expand their repertoire through 15 Santa carvings based on prototypes from around the globe....Read more - Ron Ransom's Favorite...
Ron Ransom's Favorite Santas for Carvers
Using over 220 beautiful color photographs and clear, concise instructions, Ron Ransom takes the reader through all the steps necessary to carve...Read more
Egg Carving
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- Tom Wolfe Carves Egg Heads...
Tom Wolfe Carves Egg Heads and Other ¿Eggcellent¿ Things
An eggcellent book! Eggactly what carvers have been asking for, and they are eggstatic Tom Wolfe is eggtraordinary!Read more - Carving Egg Heads
Carving Egg Heads
This book is the perfect start for anyone interested in learning how to carve detailed faces. Mary Finn uses her practice stick method to show...Read more - Carving Egg People
Carving Egg People
Starting with commercially available wooden eggs, Mary Finn shows how to transform them into all kinds of delightful characters, each with a...Read more
Gunstock Carving
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American Firearms: An Histology of American Gunsmiths, Arms Manufacturers and Patentees with Detailed Description of Their Arms
Stephen Vanrensselaer,Paperback, English-language edition,Pages:292,Pub by Kessinger Publishing CompanyRead more - Frank Pachmayr: The Story...
Frank Pachmayr: The Story of America's Master Gunsmith and His Guns
John Lachuk, J. Lachuk, James Lachuk,Hardcover, Edition: 2, English-language edition,Pages:302,Pub by Safari Press, Inc.Read more - Gunfitting: The Quest for...
Gunfitting: The Quest for Perfection for Shotguns and Rifles
Widely regarded as the definitive work on the design and fitting of gun stocks, the first edition covered the subject practically and...Read more
Human / Figure Carving
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- Modelling and Sculpting...
Modelling and Sculpting the Human Figure
Covers modelling from casts, live models; measurements; frameworks; scale of proportions; compositions; reliefs, drapery, medals, etc. 107...Read more - Carving the Native...
Carving the Native American Face
The native American face has long fascinated artists in every medium. Its strong features and deep character present a challenge and an...Read more - Carving the Nose and...
Carving the Nose and Mouth: Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating Realistic Features and Expressions
Carving true-to-life facial features can be a challenge to even the most experienced woodworker. These expert techniques reveal how to render...Read more
Native American Carving
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Carving Traditions of Northwest California
The people of the Klamath River region in Northwestern California possess one of the richest carving traditions in Native American art. Today this...Read more - Totem Pole Carving:...
Totem Pole Carving: Bringing a Log to Life
Writer and photographer Jensen documents the start-to-finish process of the creation of a 42-foot cermonial doorway totem pole carved by artist...Read more - Spirit in the Stone: A...
Spirit in the Stone: A Handbook of Southwestern Indian Animal Carvings and Beliefs
Do You Know to whom Reared in the Mountains refers, or why rabbits are associated with the Underworld? Noted Indian arts-and-crafts expert Mark...Read more
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Woodcarving Adventure Movie Caricatures in Wood: 1-2-3 Step-by-Step Techniques
More than 225 step-by-step photos and ready-to-use patterns for 12 projects are provided for beginning and advanced carvers.Read moreCarving Facial Expressions
Includes detailed step by step examples of carvings from the band sawn block for both the beginning and experienced carver. Soon you will be...Read more




















