Complete Starter Guide to Whittling: 24 Easy Projects You Can Make in a Weekend

Features 24 whittling projects for the absolute beginner. This book comes with how-to photographs and step-by-step instructions from 12 leading woodcarvers. It includes projects that can be made in just a weekend, complete with step-by-step instructions, how-to photographs, ready-to-carve patterns and helpful tips.

You can whittle just about anything—the only limit is your imagination. It’s so easy to get started in this relaxing and rewarding hobby. All you need is a knife, a twig, and this book! We’ve assembled a team of 12 leading woodcarvers to bring you a complete starter guide to whittling. They present 24 easy whittling projects that you can make in just a weekend, complete with step-by-step instructions, how-to photographs, ready-to-carve patterns, and helpful tips. Start off with fast and fun projects that build confidence and teach fundamental carving techniques, like a simple flying propeller or a 5-minute owl. Then move on to create whittled wonders like a musical frog or a slingshot. We show you how to whittle complex designs in easy steps, so that you’ll soon be carving attention-getting favorites like chain links or the classic ball-in-a-cage.

• | Author: Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated
• | Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781565238428
• | ISBN-10: 1565238427