Relief Carving Wood Spirits
Learn the enjoyable craft of relief carving as you create your own wood spirit with award-winning artist Lora Irish. Every step of relief carving is carefully illustrated an explained, from preparing the wood, to transferring patterns, to to evaluationg the various carving cuts.
You’ll also discover which tools are best, how to create realistic eyes, noses, and other facial features, and how to add texture to the project. And, once the first whimsical tree spirit is completed, ten original projects await - each featuring three styles of of patterns: an outline for cutting the basic shape, a depth pattern indicating the level of relief, and a shaded pattern indicating texture and shadow. Softcover. Color. 128 pages