Carving wood spirits book

Harold enlow gives stepbystep instructions for carving a wood spirit in this fullcolor booklet. Her books include great book of carving patterns, world wildlife patterns for the scroll saw, the art and craft of pyrography, relief carving the wood spirit, great book of celtic patterns, and many more. Nevertheless, i have been carving on and off and i have a lot of ceder wood all over my place. Carving woodspirits is full of tips, tricks and techniques that susan has learned over the last 25 years of carving and instructing. There are a lot of great tips but if youre a budding wood spirit hiking stick carver then id suggest ignoring most of the geometry unless youre carving a large project. Tom wolfe carves wood spirits and walking sticks schiffer book for woodcarvers. Thus, i finally decided to purchase a few tools and several books to see if maybe, just maybe, i could make it happen. How to carve a wood spirit full with narration youtube. Best of all, when the stepbystep project is complete, relief carving wood spirits, revised edition offers 20 more original patterns to keep any carver busy for seasons to come.

I have used bass wood from time to time and found out the ceder is a wonderful wood to carve with. Tom wolfe carves wood spirits and walking sticks schiffer. When i was writing the book, i did some research on carving and became fascinated with the faces carved into branches called wood spirits. This guide offers lessons on the anatomy of the human face, information on carving tools and how to use them, sources of bark suitable for carving, and stepbystep instructions for the creation of four terrific wood spirits, including the cottonwood sage, the lady of the cottonwood, the two grand masters, and the cottonwood duo. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or. Nevertheless, ive always been intrigued by wood spirits relief carving and i have always seen these faces in found wood. Our income which depends on scheduled events and workshops has been impacted by the shutdowns. Mike, i was looking at how you started your wood spirit and to the finish.

See more ideas about wood, wood carving and tree carving. The first chapter in lora irishs great book of free carving projects and patterns series wood spirit carving introduction. This book goes beyond some of the basic face carving instructions taught in many other books and shortens the learning curve on skills that took more advanced carvers years to learn. Beyond the basics woodcarvers learn to carve a face, beard, mustache easier, pictures with each step. This is an outstanding book but the title is very accurate beyond the basics. Beyond the basics bridges the gap between the beginner and intermediate woodcarver. Carve a spirit bird house, step by step how to carve a wood spirit bird house, aka nest box, dremel duration. The photo, right, shows two of my very first carvings and date to approximately 1995. Wood spirit carving project, 1 introduction classic carving patterns. A stepbystep guide for releasing faces in wood revised edition by lora s. Any donation will support us to continue working and making as best we can. Irish is the author of more than 30 woodcarving, pyrography, and craft pattern books.

Tom wolfe carves wood spirits and walking sticks schiffer book for woodcarvers wolfe, tom on. The how to carve a wood spirit book covers information on choosing the cotton wood bark, using the tools, and carving the wood spirit if you ever wanted the basics for caving here is your opportunity. Of the books i purchased, this was the one i chose to begin with. This book goes beyond some of the basic face carving instructions taught in many other books and shortens the learning curve on skills that took more advanced. Carving the wood spirit face, free project by lora s. Relief carving wood spirits, revised edition fox chapel publishing. Powerfully evocative faces can be carved in tree bark. This is just the way i do it and i offer it up for the purpose of helping beginning wood carvers. I have a lot of japanese wood carving tools and they hold a wonderful edge. Here is my usual process for carving a wood spirit. With this book any carver can stand beside the workbench of acclaimed artist lora s.