Relief Carving Wood Spirits, Revised Edition - A Step-By-Step Guide for Releasing Faces in Wood (Paperback, Revised edition)

This book contains a step-by-step project and 20 further original patterns from acclaimed artist Lora S. Irish. It includes tips for creating detailed facial features like eyelids, windswept hair, beards and more. The relief carving process is clearly explained from start to finish. With this book any carver can stand beside the workbench of acclaimed artist Lora S. Irish and learn everything she has to teach about creating an expressive wood spirit. Lora clearly explains the relief carving process from start to finish: every cut, every tool change, and every depth check. The entire craft is here, from preparing the wood to roughing out and detailing the wood spirit to applying a long-lasting finish. No step is left out and no technique is left unexplained. The author shares her tips for creating realistic and detailed facial features like eyelids, windswept hair, beards, and the ever-important mustache. Best of all, when the step-by-step project is complete, Relief Carving Wood Spirits, Revised Edition offers 20 more original patterns to keep any carver busy for seasons to come.

General

Imprint:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	September 2013
Authors:	Lora S. Irish
Dimensions:	280 x 216 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	135
Edition:	Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-56523-802-2
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms > Modelling (in clay, wax & other plastic materials) Promotions
LSN:	1-56523-802-8
Barcode:	9781565238022

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