Chip Carver's Workbook: Teach Yourself with 7 Easy & Decorative Projects (Fox Chapel Publishing) Learn Step-by-Step: Tools, Techniques, Lettering, & Finishing for Beginners, with How-To Photos

Carving beautiful designs in wood is easier than you think!

• Learn the basics of chip carving—wood selection, tools, sharpening, and cutting techniques
• 7 step-by-step projects for beginners, including a mailbox, napkin holder, trinket box, and more
• How-to photos show you how to carve borders, grids, rosettes, foliage, and lettering, plus finishing techniques
• Clear instructions in an engaging and accessible teaching style, to get you creating beautiful designs in no time

Chip carving—a simple method of woodcarving in which knives are used to remove selected "chips" of wood in a single piece—has a long and respected history as a decorative art form. In Chip Carver's Workbook, noted chip carver and instructor Dennis Moor will introduce you to this timeless craft that is easy to learn and produces beautiful, ornate results.

In his engaging and accessible teaching style, Dennis Moor outlines the basics of wood selection, tools and sharpening, layout, lettering, and finishing while instructing you on the techniques that will have you decorating household items and creating artistic pieces in a variety of designs.

7 enjoyable and useful projects will guide you through the process of mastering this classic art form:

• Napkin Holder
• Plant Box
• Letter Holder
• Trinket Box
• Tissue Box Holder
• Mailbox
• Cheese and Cracker Tray