Chip Carving: Techniques and Patterns

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1984 - Art - 126 pages
Originally a folk art used to decorate every wooden object around the house and barn, chip carving gets its name from the process in which the carver "chips" away precise, regular pieces of wood, leaving a design cut into a flat wood surface. Requiring a minimum of tools--two knives, sharpening stones, inexpensive wood--anyone can do it. Here 160 close-up photos demonstrate the process and projects.
 

Contents

Preface
9
Tools
15
Borders
23
Grids
33
Rosettes
40
Freeform
64
Lettering
77
Cleaning and Finishing
110
Index
124
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