Relief Carving Workshop

Offert en anglais seulement

If you want to master the art of relief carving, this comprehensive guidebook will teach you everything you need to know. It takes you through every element of the relief carving process, from start to finish.

Acclaimed carver and instructor Lora S. Irish shows you the easy way to learn, with step-by-step exercises on a practice board that introduces all the essential cuts, contouring, and smoothing steps used in basic relief woodcarving. She reveals how easy it is to make each individual stroke and shows how great relief carving simply involves using these same cuts over and over again.

Clear, in-depth instructions and dozens of how-to photographs accompany 11 original projects. You'll learn how to handle your tools, prepare a wood surface, follow a pattern and apply a finish. With a few sharp tools, a smooth piece of wood and this book, you'll soon be confidently carving exquisite birds, portraits, dragons, landscapes, wood spirits and more.

Softcover, 128 pages, 2013.