Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual: A Beginner's Guide to Traditional Techniques

by Chris Pye

Overview

A comprehensive guide for those who want to learn woodcarving, this manual provides a handful of essential lessons, including how to choose the best woods, safe tool handling tips, making cuts, and executing a variety of woodcarving techniques. Featuring step-by-step instructions for carving motifs, as well as three complete woodcarving projects for both relief and in-the-round styles, novice crafters will find quick success and encouragement as they work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607654100
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	41 MB
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About the Author

Chris Pye has been a professional woodcarver for than 25 years and is a member of the Master Carvers Association. His work is done mainly to commission, with clients including HRH the Prince of Wales. It ranges from architectural moldings to figure carving, furniture to lettering, bedheads and fireplaces. He has also written extensively about woodcarving for several magazines.

Table of Contents

Introduction SECTION I: CARVING TOOLS AND SETTING UP *Technical Mastery Chapter 1: Tools of the Trade *Your Tools are Your Carving Chapter 2: Commissioning Your Carving Tools *Understanding Wood Chapter 3: Supporting Cast SECTION II: USING CARVING TOOLS *Getting to Grips Chapter 4: Handling Your Carving Tool *Thin Edge of the Wedge Chapter 5: The Outcome of the Tool SECTION III: EXERCISES *Good Habits Chapter 6: Simple Moldings *Surfaces, Lines&Junctions Chapter 7: Veiner and V-tool SECTION IV: RELIEF CARVING *Form Into Space Chapter 8: An Exercise in Setting-In *Over the Horizon Chapter 9: Low Relief *A Touch of Drama Chapter 10: High Relief *Feel the Form Chapter 11: Pierced Relief SECTION V: CARVING IN THE ROUND *Entering Choas Chapter 12: In the Round: Baseball Cap *Making It Up as You Go Along Chapter 13: In the Round: Wren