Intarsia Woodworking for Beginners: Skill-Building Lessons for Creating Beautiful Wood Mosaics - Brossura

Wise, Kathy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1565234421 ISBN 13: 9781565234420

Casa editrice: Fox Chapel Pub Co Inc, 2009

Riassunto

Learning the art of intarsia has never been easier thanks to celebrated intarsia artist and instructor Kathy Wise. With more than 40 skill building lessons, Intarsia Woodworking for Beginners will take you on a journey from the concepts and basics of working with an intarsia pattern, cutting, sanding, gluing, creating a backer board and finishing, to techniques that will take your work to the next level, such as staining, shims, overlays, laminations, wood burning and carving texture. With the projects divided into beginner, intermediate beginner and advanced beginner, this easy to follow book includes step-by-step instructions, over 20 intarsia patterns with reference photos, material lists, and tips and hints to help you turn multiple pieces of wood into a stunning work of art. Kathy's progressive teaching style offers something for anyone working with inlaid wood. The lessons not only cover the basics, but also describe details to look out for like the nuances of working with multiple shades of wood or the best way to create color breaks. This book offers valuable lessons that will be referenced again and again as you discover a love of intarsia.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Kathy Wise has been sculpting dogs and animals professionally for more than 25 years. Much of her time is now spent in the woodshop and art studio working on new and exciting designs for intarsia artists to cut and enjoy. Kathy is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts. For more information visit her website at www.kathywise.com.

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Woodworking/Crafts $19.95Learning intarsia is easier than you think.You don't have to be a master woodworker to create dramatic works of intarsia, thanks to celebrated artist/instructor Kathy Wise. With more than 40 skill-building lessons, exercises, and projects, this new reference does what no other intarsia book has done before: it breaks down the important techniques of intarsia into manageable and easy-to-understand steps.Intarsia Woodworking for Beginners will take you on a journey from the concepts and basics of working with an intarsia pattern to the fundamentals of cutting, sanding, gluing, creating a backer board, and finishing your first project. From there, you'll move on to techniques that will take your work to the next level, such as staining, shims, overlays, laminations, woodburning, and carving textures.The projects in this book are divided into three levels, with step-by-step instructions to start off the first piece in each section. You'll also find more than 20 patterns with reference photos, material lists, and tips to help you turn inlaid wood into a stunning work of art.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Fox Chapel Pub Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1565234421
• ISBN 13: 9781565234420
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 127
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile