Wood-carving [Illustrated]

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and linked Index CONTENTS PREAMBLE TOOLS SHARPENING-STONES — MALLET AND BENCH WOODS USED FOR CARVING SHARPENING THE TOOLS "CHIP" CARVING THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD IMITATION OF NATURAL FORMS ROUNDED FORMS THE PATTERNED BACKGROUND CONTOURS OF SURFACE ORIGINALITY PIERCED PATTERNS HARDWOOD CARVING THE SKETCH-BOOK MUSEUMS STUDIES FROM NATURE — FOLIAGE CARVING ON FURNITURE THE GROTESQUE IN CARVING STUDIES FROM NATURE — BIRDS AND BEASTS FORESHORTENING AS APPLIED TO WORK IN RELIEF UNDERCUTTING AND "BUILT-UP" WORK PICTURE SUBJECTS AND PERSPECTIVE ARCHITECTURAL CARVING SURFACE FINISH — TEXTURE CRAFT SCHOOLS, PAST AND PRESENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN BUILDER AND CARVER Notes on the Collotype Plates The Collotype Plates Index