Cane Topper Woodcarving


Book Description

Expert advice on carving expressive cane toppers from basswood blocks. 4 detailed step-by-step tutorials for creating expressive canes. 6 joinery methods for strong and durable joints between cane topper and staff. How to source and prepare staffs from found wood. Tips for adding joint covers, hand grips, and custom features. Guide to basic cane construction techniques.




Carving Wildfowl Canes and Walking Sticks with Power


Book Description

Over 145 clear color photographs illustrate each step required to create beautiful, lifelike waterfowl cane handles with power tools. Patterns are provided for fifteen different cane handle projects, ranging from the American Flamingo to the Wood Duck. Also included are instructions for procuring, sizing, and fastening proper cane shafts to the finished handles.




Hand Carving Your Own Walking Stick


Book Description

"Carve beautiful wildlife walking sticks with step-by-step projects, ready-to-use patterns, an inspirational color photo gallery, and advice on wood sourcing and finishing"--Publisher's description.




Illustrated Guide to Carving Tree Bark


Book Description

· A valuable guide to learning how to wood carving whimsical figures and objects in tree bark · Provides a complete step-by-step project for carving a magical tree house · Offers expert advice on bark carving basics, tools, techniques, finishing tips, and other fundamental topics · Includes an inspirational gallery of completed works, including wood spirits, animals, tree houses, and more · Written by award-winning carver Rick Jensen and carver/photographer Jack A. Williams




Stickmaking


Book Description

Comparatively easily mastered and needing few expensive tools or materials, stickmaking is an increasingly popular craft. This book examines tools and techniques; different types of sticks; materials both traditional and new; the microwave in hornwork; fancy sticks and miniature sticks; and jointing and finishing. Highly illustrated with colour photographs and line drawings Stickmaking is a fully comprehensive guide to this fascinating craft.




The Fantastic Book of Canes, Pipes and Walking Sticks


Book Description

Canes and pipes, especially those made from found materials or by unsophisticated craftsmen, have long been of special interest to carvers and collectors. This guide collects over 200 pen and ink sketches of canes and pipes executed over a period of 35 years by an extraordinary folk artist. These sketches, very impressive in their own right, depict a strange and wonderful group of objects, many with fanciful carvings of mythical or imagined people and animals.




Carving Creative Walking Sticks and Canes


Book Description

· Instructional guide for beginner, intermediate, and advanced-level wood carvers · Includes 13 creative cane and walking stick projects that include carving various animal heads on top of derby sticks, pistol-grips, lyre-shaped thumb sticks, gent’s walking sticks, and more · Provides step-by-step directions and photography, including painting and finishing instructions · Author Paul Purnell is a self-taught wood carver of 15 years, having carved projects for The Guild of Master Craftman’s magazines




Stickmaking: a Complete Course


Book Description

Originally published in 1998 by The Guild of Master Craftsmen.




Classic Carving Patterns


Book Description

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.




Woodcarving by Numbers


Book Description

Easy to follow, with clear instructions and step-by-step photographs. A variety of attractive projects including flowers, mouldings, letters and numbers can be carved simply and stylishly.