Extreme Pumpkin Carving, Second Edition Revised and Expanded: 20 Amazing Designs from Frightful to Fabulous (Fox Chapel Publishing) How to Use Relief-Carving Techniques to Create Realistic Features - Softcover

Vic Hood

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565238060 ISBN 13: 9781565238060

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2014

Providing a new twist on a holiday tradition, Extreme Pumpkin Carving, 2nd Edition illustrates how to carve fun three-dimensional faces and scenes in solid pumpkins (no hollowing necessary) using tools ranging from kitchen knives to carving gouges and chisels. Complete information is provided for getting started, including an overview of tools and tips for finding the best pumpkin to work with. Step-by-step instructions are detailed for using handy household tools to carve dramatic Halloween figures and using professional tools for creating more elaborate and intricate details. Twenty frightful but fabulous pumpkin carving patterns are provided, along with full-colour photographs of each finished carving. This is a great book for Halloween enthusiasts who are striving to create the best jack-o'-lantern on the block. It's also a perfect book for woodcarvers who are looking for new and inexpensive ways to celebrate Halloween.

From the Back Cover:

Halloween has become one of the most popular holidays in the U.S., and carving the family pumpkin is a life-long tradition for many. In Extreme Pumpkin Carving, 2nd Edition you'll learn how to create the most amazing, never-before-seen designs to astound your Halloween guests. Extreme pumpkin carving applies relief-carving techniques commonly found in woodworking and stonework to pumpkins. Starting with solid pumpkins (no hollowing is necessary!) extreme pumpkin carvers use simple household knives or woodcarving tools to create fantastic faces and scenes in the flesh of the pumpkins. With relief carving you'll add personality to your pumpkin by creating actual cheeks, lips, eyebrows and more-instead of just cutting out solid shapes. This gives you an almost endless opportunity for creativity and unique expression, resulting in a one-of-a-kind Halloween pumpkin that will be the talk of the neighborhood! Inside, you'll find a complete resource for extreme pumpkin carving-whether you're a beginner or a seasoned carver. " Getting started: including the history of Halloween and how to select the right pumpkin " Step-by-step instructions: using readily available household knives or woodcarving tools " Extreme pumpkin patterns: nearly two dozen fantastic designs to review and practice

About the Author:

Vic Hood is an award-winning woodcarving artist and teacher, specialising in full-size human busts. He has restored several presidential houses, national landmarks, national monuments and house museums, and was selected to create a White House Christmas ornament. Jack A. Williams is a commercial photographer and an award-winning woodcarver who was elected to become a member of the Caricature Carvers of America.

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1565238060
• ISBN 13: 9781565238060
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 104