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Complete Guide to Chip Carving - Softcover

Wayne Barton

 
9781402741289: Complete Guide to Chip Carving

Synopsis

A beginners guide from the worlds most renowned chip carver! Wayne Bartonauthor of Chip Carving and Art of Chip Carvingpresents what is unquestionably the finest guidance ever for the novice. He has been the driving force behind the crafts resurgence and his technical knowledge, design skills and ability to instruct remain unequalled. One by one, with the aid of colour photographs, he covers tools and materials, the best woods, holding and sharpening chip carving knives and laying out and transferring patterns. Borders, grids, rosettes, free-form design, positive image design and lettering all receive separate, in-depth chapters, as does Bartons special, time-tested hints.

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Review

"Barton needs no introduction, he is among the best-known carvers in the world... His skill is astonishing." --Library Journal (review of Chip Carving)

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