Chip Carving Patterns


Book Description

Chip carving is the simplest, quickest, most portable form of woodworking there is. Over 100 patterns to make drawer fronts, chair backs, and clockfaces, and mix and match these dozens of designs in hundreds of combinations. "The largest selection of patterns in any book. Sure to delight all who do chip carving."--Chip Chats.




Chip Carving Patterns and Designs


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Over 120 designs — many more than 500 years old — include rosettes, borders, ornate squares, circles, and other symmetrical motifs. For use on wood-handled knives, large chests and boxes, other projects. Selected from designs originating in Holland, Spain, North Africa, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, and Polynesia.




Chip Carving


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With the aid of oer 160 close-up photos professional woodcarver Barton shows how to sharpen the knives an duse them to create many different types of carving-on jewlry boxes, humidors, chair backs, buttons and barometers, shingles and more-and how to finish your work.




The Complete Guide to Chip Carving


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Full-color, illustrated instructions for learning chip carving, showing how to create borders, rosettes, and lettering.




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.




Everyday Chip Carving Designs


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· A must-have compilation of original chip carving projects from the archives of Woodcarving Illustrated · Includes 48 projects of useful and attractive chip carved designs that are perfect for year-round everyday life, such as barrettes, beard combs, calendars, coasters, Christmas decorations, and more · Projects feature detailed step-by-step instructions with coordinating photography, supplies and tools lists, full-size patterns, and expert tips · Written by several contributors to Woodcarving Illustrated, industry-leading artists, and bestselling authors, such as Wayne Barton, Marty Leenhouts, Charlene Lynum, Vernon DePauw, and many others




Chip Carving


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Chip Carving is the art of removing small sections of wood from a single piece of timber, usually to form geometric patterns. Finished pieces can be very intricate and complex but amazing results can be achieved surprisingly easily with the right guidance. Unlike many types of woodworking, chip carving requires very few tools, usually just two knives, and is a wonderful way too decorate all manner of existing objects including boxes, plates and furniture. The author guides the reader through the process of creating 15 distinctive projects. The necessary stages are explained with the use of detailed step-by-step photographs and accompanying text. The author also explains how to go about planning and designing each project in preparation for the actual carving process.




Chip Carving Pennsylvania Dutch Designs


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Explore the wealth of design motifs developed by the German immigrants to Pennsylvania and perfect for chip carving. Pam applies a variety of the designs to a Wilkom plaque and a beautiful bible box, leading the carver step-by-step through the process of chip carving each of these creations. A gallery and patterns make this a most useful book.




Chip Carving Workshop


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"Chip Carving Workshop takes you through the essential chip carving techniques, from tool sharpening and preparation to hand positions, chip cutting, and finishing"--Page 4 of cover.




Chip Carver's Workbook


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Chip carving—a style of woodcarving in which knives are used to remove selected "chips" of wood from the project in a single piece—is introduced in this guide. Noted chip carver and teacher Dennis Moor presents the tools and techniques needed to replicate this ancient woodcarving art with detailed guidance on wood, tools, and sharpening, and tips on how to hold chip carving knives. Instructions on the three main types of chip carving, layout and design, and on getting the pattern onto the wood, lettering, and finishing are included. Woodworkers are taken through seven projects, including a napkin holder, a plant box, a letter holder, a trinket box, a tissue box holder, and a cheese and cracker tray. A photo gallery of finished pieces provides inspiration for novice woodworkers.