Complete Book of Gourd Carving
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Complete Book of Gourd Carving
Book Details
- Author
- Jim Widess
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Carving
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9781402704420
- ISBN-10
- 1402704429
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ISBN: 1402704429
Author: Widess, Jim
Condition: New
Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments, have done it again: theyve produced another winner to delight the many crafters who work with gourds. Large, lavish, and astonishingly comprehensive, this breathtaking volume introduces every tool and every technique associated with gourd carving, offers fabulous projects that advance in difficulty, and presents a gallery of works designed to inspire. See how to choose and prepare a gourd, impress the surface with a design, and work with green gourds. The magnificent methods of decorative carving covered include fretwork, engraving, chip carving, carving with gouges, relief carving, inlay, and deep relief or sculptural carving. Throughout, color photographs of exquisite carved gourds present crafts styles from countries around the world. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.
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