Animal Portraits in Wood


Book Description

The popular article has become a best-selling book! 16 segmentation projects that capture the beauty of wildlife. Big cats, bears and much more!




Pet Portrait Embroidery


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Learn the art of thread painting from Instagram sensation Michelle Staub Cats and dogs seem to always have a paw planted firmly in our hearts. Capture the life in their eyes and the texture of their fur with a unique embroidered pet portrait! Insta-famous artist Michelle Staub puts a modern spin on thread painting with her easy-to-learn approach. Get started with 4 basic embroidery stitches, and follow the detailed tutorials to hone your skills. Capture awe-inspiring details of your pet with lessons in full-color thread painting or go clean with a simple line drawing—the choice is yours. Learn to personalize your art piece with names, dates, and decorative accents. With 20 sample patterns to customize, you can easily recreate any breed! Paint stunningly realistic pet portraits with just a needle and thread Try your hand at two styles—minimal outlines and incredible full-color renderings Make it modern with floral garlands, personalized banners, and crisp lettering Start today with 4 easy stitches and 20 customizable projects




Scroll Saw Portraits


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"How to turn photographs into wooden keepsakes"--Cover.




Woodworker's Pattern Book


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Create beautiful wooden animal portraits on the scroll saw with Woodworker's Pattern Book. Realistic ready-to-use patterns are provided for 78 fascinating creatures, from exotic predators to familiar backyard friends. Father and son scroll sawing team Wayne and Jacob Fowler have based every design on their own extensive photographic studies of live animals, taken on location in the wild, in zoos, and in nature preserves. Each animal can be cut as a single, freestanding piece of wood. The authors include advice for beginners on getting started, with expert scrolling tips and techniques plus advice on wood preparation, blade selection, cutting strategy, finishing, and display options. A full color photo gallery will inspire you with the range of impressive wildlife projects that you can complete with this book. 78 realistic, ready-to-use patterns include: Big Cats - Alert Siberian Tiger - Mountain Lion - Cheetah Prowling - Jaguar Resting - Watchful Leopard Predators - Snarling Wolf - Red Fox - Polar Bear - Black Bear with Cubs - Florida Alligator Birds of Prey - Golden Eagle - Barn Owl with Mouse - Peregrine Falcon - Sparrow Hawk - Osprey with Dinner Backyard Animals - Big Horn Sheep - Black Tailed Deer - Cottage Chipmunk - Eastern Massauga Rattlesnake - Jackrabbit Exotic Animals - Cape Buffalo - Giraffe Mother and Child - Rhinoceros - Savannah Elephant - Peacock Resplendent




Woodburning Realistic Animals


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• Guide to creating highly realistic pyrography portraits of domestic animals, North American wildlife, African wildlife, and birds. • Skill-building tutorials show how to burn specific features like eyes, noses, fur, etc. • Author’s social media @MinisaPyrography: 13K Facebook followers, 2K Instagram followers. • Woodburning Realistic People sold 2,597 copies with $20,745.97 since its release in June 2017.




Pyrography Patterns


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This is a crossover title for both woodworking and art subject areas. It is popularly priced, and focused on a popular topic. The author is an internationally renowned pyrographer and winner of numerous prestigious art awards. Her previous pyrography books have been Fox Chapel best-sellers, with sales of Pyrography Workbook over 50,000 copies.




The Wood Burn Book


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In The Wood Burn Book, Instagram star Rachel Strauss (@woodburncorner) teaches you everything you’ll need to know to master your favorite new hobby: pyrography, or writing with fire. This essential guide opens with a brief background to the art of wood burning, a list of tools and how to use them, basic techniques that can be used over and over again, and even what to burn and how to be safe doing it. You will also find a detailed explanation of the process from start to finish, with patterns and frames, techniques for lettering and adding color, as well as dozens of projects ready for gifting, including picture frames, cutting boards, coasters, cards, wooden spoons, and jewelry. Above all, Strauss has created the book she wished she had when she first discovered pyrography: a simple guide that quickly gets the reader successfully burning. With the right tools and a little time, you'll be able to create meaningful handmade gifts without breaking the bank. Whether it’s to create a family name sign as a housewarming gift for newlyweds, or customize baby blocks for a new little one, wood burning is the versatile hobby that can be used time and time again to create memorable gifts for all of life’s occasions. In addition, wood burning is a practice in mindfulness, requiring patience and focus to awaken the senses and calm the mind. Mastering the art of writing with fire begins with the ability to follow a line. If you can trace, you can burn.




The Menagerie


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Two acclaimed illustrators have created this collection of intricately designed animal headshots for keen colorists the world over. From mighty bears to awe-inspiring tigers, each illustration is printed on perforated paper, so it's easily pulled out and available for display.




Classic Carving Patterns


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A treasury of classic wood patterns and techniques for creative woodworking embellishment. Woodcarving artist Lora Irish gives carvers, woodburners and painters a wide variety of designs they can transfer directly to projects or use to develop ideas of their own. Themes include natural patterns such as grapes, oak leaves and acorns, animals like lions and eagles, and intricate floral and fantasy designs. 180 drawings.




Scroll Saw Art


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"Marvelous patterns can easily be adapted...30 distinctive projects are divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced. There are patterns for a flying eagle, black bear, detailed lion, Native Americans, and even 'The Duke' him-self (John Wayne), to mention only a few. A gallery of other outstanding pieces, all in color, is featured...to further inspire you."