176 Woodworking Projects by Workbench Magazine Staff     (More Details)
176 Woodworking Projects by the staff of Workbench Magazine. All 176 projects are chosen with the amateur woodworker in mind - you can find just the plans you need at the skill level that's right for you.

Art of Chainsaw Carving: An Insider's Look at 18 Artists Working against the Grain by Jessie Groeschen     (More Details)
Meet the World’s Most Unique Sculptors Learn more about the fascinating people who practice an art form that combines beauty and danger. Noted chainsaw sculptor Jessie Groeschen introduces you to the leading chainsaw artists practicing today, and provides an overview of the art form—recounting the advent and growth of chainsaw carving in the United States. Finally, try your hand at chainsaw carving with a how-to chapter on chainsaw carving a chair, with step-by-step instructions and a full color photo gallery of finished chairs.

Carving Cigar Humidors with Tom Wolfe     (More Details)
Tom Wolfe brings together two of his great loves in this new book: the love of wood carving and the love of a good cigar. While there is much ado about cigars today, Tom has been an aficionado for many years. Now he brings his carving skill to that all important piece of equipment for the serious cigar smoker, the humidor. From a caricature Texas Troubadour Humidor to a simply elegant decoy humidor, Tom opens a new range of carving for both novice and experienced carvers. The results are useful objects that catch the eye and the imagination. They will look good on the mantel, and even better on the carver's table at the local carving show. An amply illustrated gallery and many patterns make this book a vital addition to your carving book collection.

Carving Pins by Mary Finn     (More Details)
Wooden pins make wonderful handmade gifts and can be carved in a minimum of space with small equipment. Here, accomplished woodcarver and teacher Mary Finn guides readers through the creation of five colorful designs: a sunflower, cardinal, bunny, Santa, and rose. Mary suggests ideas for developing pin designs as well as methods for creating blanks that can be used many times. Step-by-step instructions and color photography present the process of carving the blank, adding texture and other details, painting, finishing, and attaching a pin to the back. Whether you want a dainty pin for your best friend, a funky pin for your little sister, or a bolo for your favorite uncle, this book will provide the tips and techniques for creating just the right look.

Carving Signs: The Woodworker's Guide to Carving, Lettering, and Gilding by Greg Krockta     (More Details)
Whether carving signs for personal use or starting a business carving signs for other people, this book is filled with the information professional and hobbyist woodworkers need to get started making wooden signs. It includes tips on which woods work best for outdoor signs, indoor signs, and boat signs, as well as design tips on finishing signs and sign shapes. In addition, techniques for embellishing signs are provided, including hand-carving letters and numbers, carving appliques and relief carvings, and gold leafing.

Carving Spoons (2nd Edition) by Shirley Adler     (More Details)
This manual provides an introduction to the fascinating world of carved spoons. Carving basics are covered, including selecting tools and materials, transferring patterns, sanding, and finishing. Two progressive projects introduce basic and intermediate carving techniques. An additional 45 patterns provide dozens of mix-and-match designs. Introductions to the history of Welsh and Scandinavian spoon carving provide a rich context for this historical craft.

Celtic Carved Lovespoons: 30 Patterns by Sharon Littley     (More Details)
Celtic Carved Lovespoons by Sharon Littley and Clive Griffin. Inside you'll find a comprehensive guide to lovespoon symbols, step-by-step instructions on spoon carving, a portfolio of lovespoon patterns, and tips and techniques on incorporating traditional symbols into your carvings. Include 30 patterns.

Complete Book of Gourd Carving by Jim Widess     (More Details)
Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments, produce another winner to delight the many gourd crafters. Large, lavish, and astonishingly comprehensive, this breathtaking volume introduces every tool and technique, 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.

Complete Book of Woodcarving: Everything You Need to Know to Master the Craft by Everett Ellenwood     (More Details)
From making the first cut to applying the finish, this comprehensive reference details every aspect of woodcarving. All the essentials are covered for beginning woodworkers, such as how to choose appropriate woods; how to set up a wood shop; how to select, use, and sharpen tools; and how to perform fundamental techniques, such as the push cut, pull cut, stop cut, and slicing cut. General carving styles, from classical to whimsical to rustic, are also covered, as are the basic steps of power carving. Eight projects designed to help newer woodworkers build proficiency and a handy resource section round out this fully illustrated, must-have resource for woodcarvers.

Complete Guide To Architectural Carving by Kurt Koch     (More Details)
Complete Guide To Architectural Carving by Kurt Koch. If you are looking to add architectural elements to fireplace mantles, archways, seat backs or any other item-you will not find a more comprehensive collection of patterns! From the simple to the ornate, this collection from Master carver, Kurt Koch, provides 63 designs that can easily be transferred to wood.

Easy Woodcarving: Simple Techniques for Carving and Painting Wood by Cyndi Joslyn     (More Details)
Simple Techniques for Carving & Painting Wood. With hundreds of color photos and easy-to-use patterns, Easy Woodcarving is the step-by-step guide for beginner carvers. No previous carving knowledge is needed. Anyone can learn the basics of carving with the easy-to-follow skill-building exercises, clearly defined terms, and the informative chapter on choosing tools and selecting wood. New carvers will discover just how "easy" this craft can be!

Fan Carving by Sally Nye     (More Details)
Fan Carving Old World Folk Art... from "one piece of wood" its history and step-by-step instructions.

Folk Carving with Shane Campbell     (More Details)
In this wonderful folk carving book, Shane Campbell takes you step-by-step through the process of carving two attractive wooden figures. The first is an articulated angel named Ruby and the second is a whirligig figure named Angelene. Project patterns and over 260 color photographs accompany the straightforward directions. Shane also provides instructions for both painting folk figures and for aging them using a method that is delightfully simple and effective. A color gallery rounds out the book and provides examples of additional folk figures sure to provide every reader with new ideas. This book has something to offer everyone from the beginner to the most advanced wood carver.

Handbook of Designs and Devices by Clarence P. Hornung     (More Details)
1,836 sophisticated unit designs based on circles and circle segments, lines and bands, triangles, squares, rhomboids, pentagons, hexagons, scrolls, frets, loops, other geometrical elements. Based on Japanese, Egyptian, Classical, Islamic originals.

How-to Book of Birdhouses and Feeders: Attract the Birds You Want with 30 Easy-to-Make, Clever and Sturdy Projects by Paul Meisel     (More Details)
Bird lovers and woodworkers alike will enjoy the results from the projects in the How-To Book of Birdhouses and Feeders. You'll find 30 fascinating-and often humorous-projects that will help attract many popular species of birds to your home. Inside, you'll find: - Helpful guidance on squirrel control, bird seed and more. - The proper dimensions and alignments of holes and perches to ensure that the right birds are attracted to your yard-something that many similar books do not cover - A full-color illustrated chart of hole sizes as a handy reference - Unique designs for 16 birdhouses and 14 birdfeeders that range from classic to fun, straightforward to comical More than just a simple how-to book, the How-To Book of Birdhouses and Feeders is a comprehensive reference guide to help you attract the birds you want to your yard and create backyard conversation pieces that are easy, clever and sturdy. Woodworkers of all skill levels will be able to find a project that they can complete using common woodworking tools found in most home workshops.