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Decorative Woodcarving

Accessories for the Home
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Enhance any home, room, or office with expert woodcarvings from master carver Frederick Wilbur! Featuring the inspiring, original projects of a master woodcarver, this detailed manual offers a broad range of traditionally designed pieces for the home. With beautiful accents of historic ornamentation, these functional items are perfect projects for both the beginner and advanced carver, guiding carvers from start to finish with detailed instructions and step-by-step photography. Woodcarvers will learn how to make classically carved bookracks and bookends, an heirloom-quality jewelry box, a cabinet for storing CDs, and much more. In addition, aspiring carvers will acquire the skills and confidence needed to design their own carvings while gaining insight into the tradition, practices, and craftsmanship of architectural woodcarving. Decorative Woodcarving shows how ornamentation of accent items for home accessories can completely change the aura of a room or home. The book includes woodcarving accessories like: *Classically Carved Bookends *An Heirloom-Quality Jewelry Box *Bookracks *Rustic Picture Frames *Kitchen Utensil Containers *And much more. Wilbur does not just give, however, an instructional "how-to" for the average carver. Sure, you can use the book that way, but it offers much more. He provides conception through completion instructions, step-by-step photography, advice on design

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Pages 192
Publish Date 2008-09-01
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Size 8.5" x 11.0" x 0.4375"
Author Frederick Wilbur
Product Form Paperback / softback

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About the Author

Frederick Wilbur, of Lovingston, VA, is the author of two books, Carving Classical Styles in Wood and Carving Architectural Details in Wood:The Classical Tradition. For more information, contact Frederick at 434-263-4827 or visit his website, www.frederickwilbur-woodcarver.com

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