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Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual
Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual is a beginner's guide to basic traditional woodcarving techniques while taking a course with a master carver. This book contains everything you need to know from where to start, to tools, sharpening, wood selection, and exacting cuts.
Chris will guide you through the carvings with step-by-step instructions while you learn to carve in high, low, and pierced in relief, and carve in the round. Take a one-on-one woodcarving course with Chris Pye while you learn tips and techniques needed to complete your carvings.
The first few things he teaches the reader are setting up your workstation and which tools work best with each individual project, plus sharpening tools to improve performance and longevity. Moving on you'll learn how to handle and use each tool for the best outcome.
Chris takes you through four simple exercises to surfaces, lines, and junctions, adding decorative touches to moldings, such as Thumbnails, Pea, Rope, and Ribbon Stick.
Once you've completed the four projects you'll be ready to start carving in low, high, and pierced relief while you take on one pattern and transform it into three distinct carving styles. The final lesson is carving in the round.
Chris guides the reader while you create a three-dimensional carving of a baseball cap and a beautiful wren. When you've completed these projects you'll have the skills and confidence to create any design you choose. This is an excellent book packed with so much information any carver will be amazed at what you can create!
Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual Projects:
- Four Types of Decorative Moldings.
- Kanji.
- Over The Horizon.
- Koi or Carp.
- Touch of Drama (Green Men/Wood Spirit).
- Kio Sculpture.
- Entering Chaos. ( Squirrel hiding in Trees).
- Baseball Cap ( Three-dimensional).
- Wren (In the Round).
Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual Book Specifications:
- Softcover.
- 160 Pages.
- Author: Chris Pye.
- Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing.