·Nordic-inspired and green wood carving are trending topics in the carving world. ·Features 22 projects for simple and functional everyday items you can make with wood found in your backyard including citrus reamer, spoon rack, dinner spoon, and cake server ·Includes sections of proper tools to use, woodgrain, green wood preparation, carving techniques, embellishing and finishing techniques ·This is Frank Egholm's second book with Fox Chapel Publishing. His first book, Quick and Easy Whittling for Kids, was released in July 2023.

Beginner and advanced carvers alike will love this must-have book by Danish authors Frank and Balder Egholm! Carving Green Wood Projects for Beginners features over 25 projects for simple everyday items that can be accomplished with minimal tools and wood from the back yard. Detailed tutorials, full color photography, guides to decorating and finishing, and endless inspiration, the Danish way.

The first step into a new craft can be overwhelming: Where to start? What tools to buy? What projects to begin with? This guide is filled with everything a beginning woodcarver needs to know.This book is akin to having a one-on-one course with a master carver. You'll learn what to look for in a workbench, the importance of commissioning your carving tools-there's more to it than just sharpening!-and how to make exacting cuts and execute a variety of techniques.Like any good instructor, tony includes exercises to make you comfortable with the tools and techniques so you can build your skills and carve with confidence. His warm, conversational teaching style will encourage you as you follow the step-by-step instructions and work on a number of motifs, as well as projects for low, high, and pierced relief, and in-the-round.This resource is a collection of tips and tricks honed over many years, and will mentor newcomers and serious beginning woodcarvers alike. Novice crafters will find quick success and encouragement working on a number of carving motifs and three projects for both relief and in-the-round styles. For serious beginners eager to know more about a timeless craft, this go-to reference provides an answer to every question.

Two master woodworkers introduce the basics of carving in their native, centuries-old Swedish tradition. While the essential techniques are similar around the world, the details are distinctly Scandinavian. Whether a beginner or an experienced woodworker looking for new styles to conquer, the reader will find this guide to be packed with information and inspiration.

Everything You Need to Know to Start Carving Wood or Hone Your Craft. Woodcarving, with its cultural roots in African, North American, and Oceanic cultures, has been a powerful art form for centuries. Woodcarving reviews this rich history, then focuses on the properties of various woods and the sculpting, sharpening, and finishing tools used on them. Various chapters are devoted to constructing the wood block, carving and handling wood, and finishing and displaying the piece. Anchoring and amplifying the lessons learned within this book are detailed demonstrations of the creation of six sculptures. With clear, lavishly illustrated hands-on instruction and exhaustive coverage of every aspect of woodcarving techniques, Woodcarving is the ideal handbook for beginning- to intermediate-level sculptors.

This volume offers the reader a series of lessons on wood-carving, designed specially for beginners and students. Easy-to-follow and profusely illustrated, 'Hints on Wood-Carving' will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in woodworking, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: 'Benches', 'Implements Required', 'Selection of Wood', 'Flat Carving', 'Plates I. to IV.', 'Notes on Jacobean Carving by W. Bliss Sanders', 'Plates V. to IX. Modelled Carving', 'General Remarks', 'Recreative Artisan Classes', 'Books of Reference', 'Workshop Recipes', 'Modelling in Clay', etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with the original text and images. First published in 1902.

Provides instructions for selecting and using knives and axes to make traditional Swedish woodworking projects such as carved spoons and ladles.