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& 220 color photos & 7 x 9.Step-by-step instructions illustrated with color photos.& Full-scale pattern World champion Bob Guge applies his artistry to a perennial favorite, the northern cardinal, in the latest in Stackpole's Carving & Painting series. Guge is one of an elite few who revolutionized the craft in the late 1970s, and he remains a strong influence today. He is best known for his miniatures and songbirds: A carving of northern cardinals won him his fourth world championship in 1991. Here is a detailed guide to every step in the process, from sketching the pattern onto a block of tupelo gum to painting and finishing the completed bird. Every skill and step is documented with multiple photos and explicit captions. These books work! Even beginning carvers rave about their clarity and thoroughness. Also includes background information and photos of the live bird. Curtis Badger is author of Stackpole's Bird Carving Basics and Fish Carving Basics series, as well as the three previous books in the Carving & Painting series. ... Read more

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Helpful for carving any songbird.
I have never met Bob Guge but I have taken a woodcarving class taught by one of his students, Steve Schumacher in Nebraska. Steve taught us to carve meadowlarks using Guge's techniques. I entered mine in our county fair the following summer and won a first place blue ribbon. Then, just today at a woodcarving show in Sacramento I saw a meadowlark priced at $600 and it wasn't nearly as good as mine! (Okay, so maybe I'm just a wee bit prejudiced.) On the advice of my Nebraska teacher, I bought this book on how Bob Guge carves and paints a cardinal. Both my husband and I refer to it frequently because it covers basics that can we can also apply to birds other than cardinals. Guge's book covers painting in great detail, it shows how to prime your bird and then to use multiple layers of acrylic washes to build up your color. My husband got so interested in cardinals after reading this book that he has now carved two cardinals and has learned to make bird legs and feet rather than buying the pewter ones. This book is well worth your money! ... Read more

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Following the tremendous success of his first book, Tom Wolfe now offers his most popular wood-carving with step-by-step instructions. Tom attributes the popularity of his Pig Pickin' carving to nostalgia. This work harkens people back to a simpler time, when the hog harvest was a community event. Everyone shared in the festivities...and the food. Tom makes the directions clear and each step is illustrated with a photograph. Because the book starts with the bandsawing of the pattern and continues through the painting, even a novice should be able to complete the project. At the same time, the seasoned carver will benefit from Tom's technique and expertise, and everyone will enjoy Tom's anecdotes about country life. ... Read more

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Working as a part time wood carver at the Dollywood Theme Park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Larry Green often has the opportunity to demonstrate carving to visitors from around the nation. hardly a day goes by without at least one visitor asking, "Why carve shoes?" The main reason, according to Larry, is the challenge of transforming a block of wood into a boot or shoe, giving it a unique design, character and personality. The shoes become works of art to which most people can relate. With step-by-step, color illustrated instructions, Larry gets the reader started on the "right foot." Five boot and shoe projects are described in detail, including a baby shoe, a work book, a cowboy boot, a "Storm" boot, and a ski boot. A gallery includes several other styles, including the Old Lady in the Shoe's shoe. ... Read more

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Excellent book for beginners
This book has very clear instructions to match the pictures in each step while learning to carve these boots/shoes. I'm still carving the cowboy boots so that I can get a good feel for them and not need the book any more. I plan to 'gift' family and friends with my efforts depending on their work and leisure activities. Excellent resource book for any carver. Amazon is my 'go to' book source as they usually have the best prices and great service in delivery.

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Good book.Had to order it twice...the first dealer never sent it...I contacted them and they gave me a refund.Second dealer good service. ... Read more

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Upland Game Bird Carving displays all the talent and creativity of Rosalyn Daisey and makes it available to other carvers. In easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and illustrations, the reader will be able to learn the methods of creating these fine and beautiful sculptures. Beginning with accurately detailed plans, the techniques of carving, texturing, painting and mounting are explained with exquisite photographs and drawings. The book includes five carving projects. The male mourning dove is a particularly fun project, not only because the bird has opened wings but also because it is lighted from within the branch of the piece. Its base is a sculpted shadow of the bird in flight. A perched dove, a female, is one of Rosalyn's favorites because of the elegance of the dove itself. The complexity of the female woodcock project is balanced with the simplistic cuteness of the chick project. And the challenging bobwhite quail is intriguing because of its interesting feather patterns. The illustrations, carving directions and explanations, and the photographs are five conclusive seminars in tangible form. The complete instructions will lead the reader through all five Upland Game Bird Carving projects. ... Read more

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Expert step-by-step instructions, diagrams and sturdy side, top and front patterns for creating accurately carved models of sperm, humpback, right, gray, killer, blue and long-finned pilot whales, narwhal, beluga, bottlenose dolphin, Dall’s porpoise and common dolphin. An excellent addition to any woodcrafter’s personal library.
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Focuses on one carving project, with variations suitable for beginners, intermediates, and experts. All titles in the series include information on anatomy and biology, valuable carving tips, and ready-to-use patterns. ... Read more

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Working in full-size is a daunting prospect for most carvers. But, fortunately, some creatures are made small enough to be manageable. So it is with elves. These delightful mischievous characters of myth are traditionally very small, and have a liveliness about them that make them perfect subjects for carving. Kelley Stadelman takes the carver step-by-step through the process of creating a life sized elf. After years of teaching, Kelley makes carving easy and enjoyable. She begins with the blank and ends with decorative painting. The result is a wonderful creature in the primitive style that will adorn your home or shop. Each step is illustrated with a color photograph and descriptive caption. Patterns are included for the main project and several similar projects that are shown in the gallery. This is a great project for the beginning or intermediate carver! ... Read more

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This guide to carving miniature wildfowl includes scale drawings and step-by-step photographs for seven projects. The birds illustrated include puffins, robins, eagles, partridges and bluebirds. ... Read more

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Not a how to book
This book is an interesting view of championship carving but not a how to book.You can pick up a few techniques here and there but don't expect much of a tutorial. ... Read more

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Carving the female face in wood presents a difficult challenge for woodcarvers-their carved women too often looking like men in dresses. Starting with photos of women's faces, this guide offers an anatomy lesson on the bone and muscle structure of the female face, including information on the facial features of women of various ethnicity, and then provides detailed instructions on how these delicate features can be convincingly carved. Sixteen ready-to-use patterns-with front and profile views-are included. ... Read more

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Yuk!
How to carve very unattractive female faces would be a more accurate title for this. Very mickey mouse Sunday carver book. Look elswhere for help on this subject!

Carving the Female Face :How -To Carve Pretty Facesin Wood
I almost bought this book hoping it would give me the necessary missing elements for my smaller faces .I got to preview it at a woodworking show .Glad I did because ,though it is great for an individual to learn to do a mouth ,nose, eyes ect.it is somewhat lackingin showing the technique and how to put it all together .A great book for someone needing to know how to go about doing the individual elements of the face but left me feeling like I needed much more than there was offered here . ... Read more

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Scenic relief carving is the art of bringing life and depth to a carving that is essentially two dimensional. In the traditional carving of Germany this is an exquisite and beautiful technique, and now Georg Keilhofer, a master woodcarver, shares it with his readers and students. Step-by-step he takes the reader through the carving of a plaque depicting a deer running through the forest. The difficulties and challenges of relief carving and techniques for handling them are explained. Everything is illustrated with full color photographs. This is Georg's second book. His first, Basic Relief Carving, has met with critical and popular success. This new book will take the reader further into the art of traditional wood-carving. ... Read more

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Glass painting is one of the fastest growing crafts on both sides of the Atlantic and this book is the perfect practical guide. Unique, individual pieces of glass can be quickly created from a wide range of colours with a few simple techniques. For those wishing to fulfil their creative side this is a wonderful craft that doesn't cost too much money, time or space. Written with enthusiasm by an expert artist, Painting Glass explores a wide range of existing paint techniques in an accessible manner. Each of the fifteen bright and colourful projects is photographed through all the stages of designing and making. Special features are shown in clear close-up detail and there is also a comprehensive information section on the necessary materials and techniques. ... Read more

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A Mother Goose nursery rhyme comes to life when you open the pages of Carving The Old Woman's Shoe. With over 20 years of shoe carving experience, Larry's step-by-step instructions will lead you through carving his concept of this famous shoe. He even wrote his own poem. He helps you construct a scene for the shoe with a carved yard and flowers carved from round toothpicks! The book gives suggestions on tools which you will need and provides complete instructions on painting and finishing the shoe. The patterns and full-color photos combine to make this an excellent instructional book. Larry's first book, Carving Boots and Shoes has helped many carvers to get started on the "right foot" in their boot and shoe carving. ... Read more

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Whittling the Old Sea Captain
This book has step by step instructions and drawings to create the Old Captain, his First mate, and his Second mate, as well as suggestions for buoys, lobster traps, and oars.The book is well written and well illustrated.

BOOK
A great book by Mr Shipley. I will buy any and all of the books Mr Shipley. He came highly recommended by a great carver, whittler0507.

THE BEGINNING OF A SHIPS CREW
I AM NEW TO CARVING, AND THIS BOOK HAS PROVIDED EASY TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND PATTERNS FOR A SUBJECT I ENJOY, NAUTICAL DESIGNS, AND THE CAPTAIN & CREW MAKE FOR A GREAT PROJECT THAT EVEN THE NOVICE CARVER LIKE ME CAN COMPLETE.

Whittling the old sea captain
Me gustó mucho la obra. Muestra en pasos muy sencillos como realizar tallas en madera muy expresivas. Es muy recomendable para todos aquellos que gusten del trabajo en madera. ... Read more

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Among the subjects: belted kingfisher, Atlantic puffin, brown pelican, horned grebe and 8 other birds of lake, ocean, pond, stream and marsh. For accurate modeling, the templates, many life-size, depict each bird from top, side and head-on. 12 double-page spreads of templates. 4 diagrams. All carvings shown in color on covers. Introduction and instructions.
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carving water birds
very happy with this book had hard time finding one till i went on amazon,com

carving water birds:patterns and instructions for 12 models
great patterns for beginer or old pro. having fun makind saw dust. a thanks to A. Hillman! ... Read more

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Here is a chance to get to know some of earths most fascinating creatures through wood carving. Brian Gilmore provides patterns and easy to follow carving instructions for 10 species of whales. More than 150 color photographs lead the carver step-by-step through the carving and painting of the Great Right Whale and the Killer Whale and provide direction for the alterations needed to carve the other species. All of the projects in the book can be made as simple or as complex as the carver desires. A gallery of whale carvings will help provide ideas and inspiration, and for the budding naturalists, short descriptions of each of the ten species are provided. ... Read more

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10 Patterns for Carving Whales
As a woodcarver and experienced in realistic Bird and Fish carving, I found that Brian Gilmore covered every aspect of the whale figure that one can possibly need for wood carving. Gilmore was also able to make the booka pleasure to read for the novice as well as the experienced woodcarver.The patterns are clear and detailed.The Instructions are a pleasureto not only read but to follow with clear and simple percision.I am lookingforward to the next book on carving that Brian Gilmore writes

10 Patterns for Carving Whales
As a woodcarver and experienced in realistic Bird and Fish carving, I found that Brian Gilmore covered every aspect of the whale figure that one can possibly need for wood carving. Gilmore was also able to make the booka pleasure to read for the novice as well as the experienced woodcarver.The patterns are clear and detailed.The Instructions are a pleasureto not only read but to follow with clear and simple percision.I am lookingforward to the next book on carving that Brian Gilmore writes ... Read more

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Wood carvers now have patterns and complete instructions for making life-like images of a Cardinal bird, trotting horse, standing deer, and an iIndian with headdress neckerchief slide. These projects are taught in this third volume of the successful Carver's Handbook series through 78 step-by-step pictures and carefully written instructions. 27 clear color photographs show each stage of painting for these popular projects. Mr. Pergrin shares his teaching experience and award-winning carving skills to enable craftsmen of all levels of experience to make their own fine carvings. ... Read more

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The sea-faring odyssey of Noah, his family, and the worlds 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. David introduces his readers to the use of the traditional carving and realistic coloring techniques which give his carvings a distinctive design, personality, and charm. Step-by-step techniques for carving Noahs wife or one of several animals native to North America. The combination of clear explanation and color photos make each step easy to follow. Patterns include: Mrs. Noah, two turkeys, pumas, rabbits, foxes, raccoons, skunks, and opossums. This new book will provide hours of pleasure for all carvers from novice to professionals, giving them varied and exciting challenges and beautifully detailed results that will please them. ... Read more

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This book isn't much help to Noah's Ark carvers...
Twice I've been suckered in by the "Carving Noah's Ark" titles on David Sabol's books. This one WON'T show you how to make an ark even though a most attractive one is shown on the cover. It also WON'T show you how to carve, or give you patterns for the moose, goats, swans, pelicans, otters or opossums shown on the cover. Sowhy did I give it three stars? Because it does give you great photos of how to carve onebaby puma, one male turkey and a kneeling Mrs. Noah. You also get line drawings of a baby rabbit, baby fox, baby racoon and a baby skunk that can be used as patterns. There are also color photos of the same baby animals, in different positions, that could be traced over and used as patterns. Hey, maybe these aren't supposed to be baby animals--maybe it's that Sabol intends these animals to be caricatures. At any rate they have really big heads. I've been carving animals for a Noah's Ark for a long, long time and I don't think that this is one of the best books on carving animals. If you want patterns and notes on how to carve more realistic animals with results you can be proud of, you'd be better off by buying the carving books by Mary Duke Guldan or Desiree Hajny. ... Read more

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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 carvers who may not have been so lucky. In addition he shares many of his tricks and carving secrets in clear photographs and captions. The methods he uses and teaches will give the reader some new insight into character carving techniques, and will make carving easier and more fun. After you get a few carved and painted, they will make a colorful addition to your carving collection. Leprechauns are also popular with buyers and collectors, which is a good feature if you plan to sell any of them. ... Read more

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A Pot-o-Gold
I sell wood carvings and the store owner asked for St Pat day carvings.The photos and items in the book triggered some ideas of my own...therefore yes, it was very helpful to me.

leprechaun notes
If you're looking to carve some of the wee people, then here is your book. One leprechaun is carved step by step, then painted. Patterns for 24 more are provided so you can make a whole leprechaun colony, if the mood strikesyou. Lots of photos, and plenty of information about carving tools requiredand suggested paint colors. ... Read more

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Focuses on one carving project, with variations suitable for beginners, intermediates, and experts. All titles in the series include information on anatomy and biology, valuable carving tips, and ready-to-use patterns. ... Read more

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Step-by-step instructions for carving an amusing golfing figure from wood, painting it, and displaying it. Full of original personality and a spark of wit, the design will delight all who encounter it. Other patterns make up a foursome, with a color gallery illustrating all. ... Read more