Chip Carving: Techniques for Carving Beautiful Patterns by Hand

This book contains everything you need to achieve elegant and seemingly complex carved patterns in wood. It provides beautifully designed practice and carving templates you can copy and incorporate into your own work. You’ll learn the simple cuts that form the basis of every chip-carved surface, and how to carve crisp, clean designs and top them off with the right paint or finish. Additionally, you’ll be able to design your own intricate patterns by following a logical process and steady workflow.

The book’s step-by-step guidance will help your technique and create any type of surface carving you can think up.

Softcover, 208 pages, 2022.