Carving Found Wood 10 Top Carvers Share Techniques and Inspirations for One-of- [Paperback]

Create beautiful carvings from natural materials like cypress knees, burls, driftwood, and weathered wood. Includes tips, techniques, and an amazing gallery from today's top carvers.Carving found wood is the ideal book for woodcarvers who are looking to move beyond the typical store-bought block of basswood. Here in this book, woodcarvers will find techniques and inspiration for turning materials supplied directly by Mother Nature into stunning works of art.The introduction to this book lays out the divisions in the carving world and the need for this type of book. In the field of woodcarving, artists use either lumbered wood that has been cut into blocks of an appropriate size, or they use wood in its natural form. The latter includes burls, cypress knees, driftwood and even stumps, and is the focus of this book.The co-authors of this book, carvers themselves, have spent the past two years interviewing top artists in the woodcarving field who exclusively use found wood for their finished carvings.Move beyond typical store-bought materials to see what Mother Nature can provide.Inside this book you will meet some of our nation's most acclaimed artists that specialize in carving driftwood, burls, cypress knees and other forms of weathered wood-commonly known as foundwood. You'll learn their secrets to remarkable carving and be inspired by a stunning photo gallery of their work. You will also be led, step-by-step through an entire project.Learn from the artists:- Jack Portice- Carol Jean Boyd- Debbe Edwards- Rick Jensen- David Neener- Marshal Artime- John Burke- Jim Wright- Gary Falin- Renee' ManningIntroduction viArtistsMarshal Artime 1Carole Jean Boyd 10John Burke 16Debbe Edwards 20Gary Falin 26Rick Jensen 30Carving Found Wood Step-by-Step 36ArtistsRene?? Manning 62David Neener 66Jack Portice 72Jim Wright 78About the Authors 85Vic Hood 86Jack A. Williams 88 Sometimes the wood tells you what is going to happen. - Jim Wright Found wood already has inspiration in it Ilc