Chip Carving the Southwest
Chip Carving the Southwest

Author: Pam Gresham

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780887406997

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The patterns of the Southwest have delighted tourists and art lovers for hundreds of years. Pam Gresham incorporates them into the art of chip carving, a marriage that works beautifully! Here are many patterns and ideas, and the techniques of layout and execution. Each step is illustrated with a color photograph, every project has accurate drawings. A gallery gives the carver some idea of the limitless possibilities.

Chip Carving
Chip Carving

Author: Wayne Barton

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780806979243

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With the aid of oer 160 close-up photos professional woodcarver Barton shows how to sharpen the knives an duse them to create many different types of carving-on jewlry boxes, humidors, chair backs, buttons and barometers, shingles and more-and how to finish your work.

Illustrated Guide to Carving Tree Bark
Illustrated Guide to Carving Tree Bark

Author: Jack A. Williams

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2004-04-01

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1607658992

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In this book, you'll learn the specialized technique of carving figures in tree bark. Included is a complete guide to the various species of cottonwood bark and the best tools to use. A step-by-step wood carving project of a magical tree house is included, along with a beautiful gallery including wood spirits, animals, whimsical tree houses, and much more.

Gourd Pyrography
Gourd Pyrography

Author: Jim Widess

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2007-03

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781402745027

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A guide to gourd pyrography--using heat to create works of gourd art--that discusses gourd prep and work basics, provides step-by-step instructions for several designs and techniques, and presents secrets from fifty artists.

American Woodworker
American Woodworker

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1994-12

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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American Woodworker magazine, A New Track Media publication, has been the premier publication for woodworkers all across America for 25 years. We are committed to providing woodworkers like you with the most accurate and up-to-date plans and information -- including new ideas, product and tool reviews, workshop tips and much, much more.

Nativities of the Southwest
Nativities of the Southwest

Author: Susan Topp Weber

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1423638638

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As a companion volume to Nativities of the World, this book features a collection of photos of one-of-a-kind nativities from the American Southwest, including many made by native Pueblo, Navajo and Tohono O'odham artists and artisans, as well as others based in the traditions of the other two dominant cultures of the Southwest: Spanish and Anglo. Nativity collectors from around the world will be thrilled to see these examples, which are made from both traditional and nontraditional materials, many of which have never before appeared in print. SUSAH TOPP WEBER has owned and operated Susan's Christmas Shop in Santa Fe for more than thirty-five years. She has a prized collection of nativities, and has sold nativities at her shop since 1978. She is the author of Christmas in Santa Fe and Nativities of the World.

Hispanic Arts and Ethnohistory in the Southwest
Hispanic Arts and Ethnohistory in the Southwest

Author: Marta Weigle

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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"E. Boyd was a pre-eminent authority on Spanish colonial arts. Twenty-three distinguished contributors discuss her work; traditional Hispanic arts and their preservation."--GoogleBooks.

Carving Realistic Flowers in Wood
Carving Realistic Flowers in Wood

Author: Wanda Marsh

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781565231542

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This beginning-to-advanced-level carving book provides three projects designed to teach the carving skills needed to recreate any flower. Starting with a morning glory, this guide offers step-by-step instructions on how to carve and texture the flower and ideas for creating a beautiful finish with paints. Also included are close-up photographs of real flowers showing the variations in bloom, petals, and leaf groupings, as is a detailed examination of the power tools a woodcarver needs to create realistic carvings, including the bits and burs, flexible shaft machines, handpieces, and dust collectors.

Southwest Style
Southwest Style

Author: Linda Mason Hunter

Publisher: Cooper Square Pub

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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From adobe casitas to log cabins to straw bale homes, this book includes honest, ingenious, and easily adaptable ideas from the heart of the Southwest.