Chip Carving Starter Guide: Learn to Chip Carve with 24 Skill-Building Projects (Fox Chapel Publishing) Beginner-Friendly Step-by-Step with Full-Size Patterns that Start Simply, then Slowly Progress - Softcover

Charlene Lynum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497101670 ISBN 13: 9781497101678

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

The must-have guide for anyone looking for an approachable introduction to the timeless craft of chip carving!

• 23 step-by-step projects and full-size patterns that start simple and slowly progress in difficulty and technique
• Overview on the basics, transferring patterns, applying finishes, and correctly making a variety of chips (2-corner, 3-corner, 4-corner, freeform, and layered)
• Beginner-friendly format focuses, in an approachable way, on the importance of skill-building, developing your chip carving techniques correctly right from the start
• Author Charlene Lynum is a chip carving artist who has been chip carving since 1985 and is a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated

If you have ever wanted to try your hand at chip carving and are looking for an approachable introduction, Chip Carving Starter Guide is the perfect place to begin!

This book's opening chapters will help you build a solid foundation of knowledge on the basics of chip carving, transferring patterns, applying finishes, and correctly making a variety of chips. You'll then go on to complete 23 activities and projects to practice carving with confidence as you start simple and slowly progress to advance your skills!

Featuring clear step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, complete materials and tools lists, full-size patterns, and expert tips, this must-have guide emphasizes the importance of skill-building and developing your techniques correctly and carefully to ensure success!

Author and chip carving artist Charlene Lynum has been chip carving since 1985 and is a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. Her book Chip Carving Starter Guide provides complete information for everything a beginner needs to know to start chip carving, including instructions on how to correctly create two-corner, three-corner, four-corner, freeform, and layered chips.

Get started with chip carving and learn how to carve with confidence, with Chip Carving Starter Guide!

About this title

About the Author

<p>Charlene Lynum is a talented chip carver with over 35 years of experience. A member of the West Wisconsin Woodcarvers Guild, she is a regular contributor to <em>Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine</em>, and also contributed to the best-selling booklet, <em>Functional Chip Carving Designs for the Home</em> (2020), as well as <em>Everyday Chip Carving Designs</em> (2021). With her woodworker husband, Kim, they often collaborate on his joinery projects inlaid with chip carving elements, which you can see on their Instagram (@thelynums).</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1497101670
• ISBN 13: 9781497101678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136