Description
If you want to master the art of relief carving, this comprehensive guidebook will teach you everything you need to know. Relief Carving Workshop 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 of 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 new 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 new book, you'll soon be confidently carving exquisite birds, portraits, dragons, landscapes, wood spirits, and more.
Author: Lora S. Irish
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 03/01/2013
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 10.81h x 8.53w x 0.35d
ISBN13: 9781565237360
ISBN10: 1565237366
BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Carving
- Crafts & Hobbies | Woodwork | General
About the Author
Lora S. Irish is an internationally known artist and author, whose acclaimed books include
-The Art & Craft of Pyrography
-Easy & Elegant Beaded Copper Jewelry
-The Official Vampire Artist's Handbook
-101 Artistic Relief Patterns
-Wildlife Carving in Relief
-Modern Tribal Tattoo Designs
-Great Book of Tattoo Designs
-Relief Carving Wood Spirits
-Great Book of Floral Patterns
-Great Book of Celtic Patterns
-Great Book of Dragon Patterns
-Great Book of Fairy Patterns
-Great Book of Woodburning
-Classic Carving Patterns
-North American Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw
-Wood Spirits and Green Men
-World Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw
Fox has sold more than 300,000 copies of Irish's books.
In addition to her work as an author, in 1997, working from her home studio, Lora and her husband, Michael, created www.carvingpatterns.com, an Internet-based studio focusing on online tutorials, projects, and patterns created exclusively by Lora for crafters and artisans. The website offers more than 1,500 patterns in various subject categories, including Americana, Animal and Wildlife, Celtic Knots, Dragons and Beasts, Nautical and Sea Life, Spirit People, and many more. Lora continues to provide new patterns-and inspiration to many artists-at the site.
Lora also contributes a regular relief carving pattern column to Woodcarving Illustrated magazine and is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts magazine.