FeetThis, and the other books in the series, offer world-class carving tips -- at a reasonable price. Each volume presents a variety of techniques from carvers like Jim Sprankle, Leo Osbourne, Martin Gates, and Larry Tawes Jr. All the books are illustrated with exceptional colour and black-and-white photographs. |
Contents
Larry Tawes Jr Making a Foot for a Tree Duck | 1 |
Dan Brown Carving a Foot for a Standing Teal | 45 |
Jo Craemer Songbird Feet from Wood Wire and Epoxy | 67 |
Common terms and phrases
12-2 copper wire add detail artists back toe base began carving Bird Carver BIRD CARVING Basics bottom boxwood burning pen canvasback cast study foot cemented checkering claw close-up shows collecting decoys completed foot Crisfield crosshatch pattern curved blade cutter dab of epoxy Dan Brown dental tool epoxy from sticking epoxy is rolled excess epoxy filler finished foot and leg foot is ready groove Guge hook blade hunting decoys illusion of tendons inserted interest in carv joint Larry is ready Larry rolls Larry Tawes Larry's lead template master carvers mounted needle-nose pliers paint thinner pressed prevent the epoxy ready to detail rear toe Roger Schroeder says Larry scales side slot smooth solder standing foot Standing Teal taper the edge techniques texture thin thinner to prevent third toe toe is added Tree Duck two-part epoxy vise Ward waterfowl waterfowl hunting wildfowl art wire armature wood filler wrinkling tool