10 Patterns for Carving Whales
10 Patterns for Carving Whales

Author: Brian Gilmore

Publisher: Schiffer Craft

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780887408557

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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. A gallery of whale carvings will help provide ideas and inspiration. Short descriptions of each of the ten species are provided.

Blue Whale and Family
Blue Whale and Family

Author: Robert L. Buyer

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13:

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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.

Complete Book of Gourd Carving
Complete Book of Gourd Carving

Author: Jim Widess

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781402704420

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Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments, have done it again: they’ve produced another winner to delight the many crafters who work with gourds. Large, lavish, and astonishingly comprehensive, this breathtaking volume introduces every tool and every technique associated with gourd carving, offers fabulous projects that advance in difficulty, and presents a gallery of works designed to inspire. See how to choose and prepare a gourd, impress the surface with a design, and work with green gourds. The magnificent methods of decorative carving covered include fretwork, engraving, chip carving, carving with gouges, relief carving, inlay, and deep relief or sculptural carving. Throughout, color photographs of exquisite carved gourds present crafts styles from countries around the world. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.