Chip Carved Christmas Ornaments: 46 Patterns With Infinite Variations - Brossura

Nicholas, Bruce; Nicholas, Judy

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ISBN 10: 1565238818 ISBN 13: 9781565238817

Casa editrice: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2015

Riassunto

Make a tree full of festive chip-carved holiday ornaments with this handy booklet. Chip carving, one of the earliest forms of traditional woodcarving, is also one of the easiest methods for beginners to learn. Award-winning chip carver Bruce Nicholas shows you how to make an endless variety of exquisite ornaments, using just three basic cuts and only two knives. Drawing on his many years of experience as a competitive carver and class instructor, Bruce shows how to produce finely pierced carvings that let the holiday lights shine through. This book covers everything you need to know to start chip carving. It includes a step-by-step project and 48 patterns that you can start carving right away. These ready-to-use, full-size patterns feature versatile elements that can be re-combined with infinite variations—the only limit is your imagination. Bruce reveals his beautiful techniques for staining the ornaments with water color pencils, and also provides information on creating custom patterns.

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Bruce Nicholas is an award-winning chip carving artist and the author of Transitional Projects for Chip Carvers. He has taught beginning and advanced chip carving classes for more than 20 years at his studio in Ohio, America, as well as for clubs and organizations aroundthe Midwest. Bruce carves regularly for both show competitions and collectionsand operates Nicholas Woodcarving, an internet-based shop that sells chip carving materials and supplies

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Carve an Endless Variety of Festive Holiday Ornaments

Chip carving, one of the earliest forms of traditional woodcarving, is also one of the easiest methods for beginners to learn. Create a tree full of festive chip-carved holiday ornaments with this handy guide.

Award-winning chip carver Bruce Nicholas shows how to make an endless variety of exquisite ornaments, using just three basic cuts and only two knives. Drawing on his many years of experience as a competitive carver and class instructor, Bruce shows how to produce finely pierced carvings that let the holiday lights shine through.

This book covers everything you need to know to start chip carving. It includes a step-by-step project and 46 patterns that you can start carving right away. These ready-to-use, full-size patterns feature versatile elements that can be re-combined with infinite variations—the only limit is your imagination.

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• Editore: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1565238818
• ISBN 13: 9781565238817
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 48