Complete Book of Gourd Carving

Complete Book of Gourd Carving
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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 1402704429
ISBN-13 : 9781402704420
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Book Synopsis Complete Book of Gourd Carving by : Jim Widess

Download or read book Complete Book of Gourd Carving written by Jim Widess and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments, have done it again: they’ve 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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