The Beginner's Handbook of Woodcarving: With Project Patterns for Line Carving, Relief Carving,...

The Beginner's Handbook of Woodcarving: With Project Patterns for Line Carving, Relief Carving, Carving in ... | Charles Beiderman, William Johnston | Good starter book

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	The Beginner's Handbook of Woodcarving: With Project Patterns for Line Carving, Relief Carving, Carving in ... Charles Beiderman, William Johnston Dover Publications, 1988 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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Detailed instructions, illustrations for carving animals, flowers, figures, more. Tips on tools, techniques, painting, finishing, exhibiting. Excellent for novices, veteran carvers.

Good for the beginner.

A terrific beginner book with lots of variety in types of carving. I've added it to my collection of references.

Good starter book

I am a carver -- mantle pieces and such -- and bought the book for a young man who wanted to try his hand at carving. It covers all the basics and even has some great patterns.

Very basic shapes

Like many beginning woodcarving books this book describes the basic cuts you need to practice and it gives some information on wood types. Beyond that, the only reason to purchase this book is if you need the patterns in them.

Being new to wood carving I like the price of the book and I thought I would give it a try. Once I saw the patterns though, I changed my mind and bought another book. This is just a matter of taste but the cutesy mouse and the fisherman weren't what I wanted to carve and I feel that you really need to find carvings that interest you (especially while you are learning) to prevent boredom. Once again, if the patterns on the cover look interesting to you, then by all means get this book (if you are a complete beginner).

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Not bad but you could do better

If you need an overview of woodcarving and were not very picky about the need for step by step assistance, this book would work for you. It does go over the basic cuts and offers text on a variety of topics in wood carving, i.e. types of woodcarving, tools, materials, painting, etc. It provides a number of patterns, many of them fairly cheesy and probably would not appeal to most starting out. There is a nice selection of bird patterns, but not much pictoral instructions on how to carve them. You would probably be better off with a different beginner's book with more appealing projects and then find books on specific woodcarving interests from there.

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