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This book describes how to whittle whimsies. A "whimsy" is a carving from a single piece of wood with movable parts, such as a ball in a cage or a ...

A beginner's guide to burning by layer for beautiful results. Create realistic landscape pyrography burnings with this comprehensive guide. Discove...

Wood carving is coming back into style, and making kitchen utensils is among the easiest ways to learn the craft. This beautifully illustrated guid...

Learn to carve wonderful caricatures from basswood eggs in this easy step by step book.  Step-by-step carving and painting instructions for a beard...

Our Best Selling book on the subject! Covers all aspects of sharpening woodcarving tools including knives, gouges, and v-tools.  Learn how to sharp...

Our best selling book on the subject. Step-by-step techniques with 75 clear photos and text detailing the carving action. Includes tools, stick sel...

Fifth Issue of this GREAT Magazine (2016). Includes Getting started, 3 Techniques, 15 Projects & Patterns, Inspiration and more.

Harold Enlow gives step-by-step instructions for carving a Native American chief (without headdress) in this full-color booklet. The booklet also c...

Sixth Issue of this GREAT Magazine (2018). Includes Getting started, 7 Techniques, 7 Projects, 2 Patterns, Inspiration and more.

Fourth Issue of this GREAT Magazine (2014). Includes Getting started, 7 Techniques, 11 Projects & Patterns, Inspiration and more.

Second Issue of this GREAT Magazine (2012). Includes Getting started, Techniques, 7 Projects, 4 Patterns, Inspiration and more.

In over 300 clear, detailed color photos and easy to follow descriptions, master carver Jeff Moore takes readers through all of the steps necessary...

A Step by step guide for designing and carving heads and faces. Very in depth Carving the caricature head and design the caricature head. A big 138...

Pull up a seat next to Harold's carving bench as he teaches you how to carve faces with life and expression while sharing decades of carving tips a...

Includes patterns, painting techniques and carving tips.This book has been created for carvers of varying skills levels. The projects will vary fro...

Whittle a whole clan of colorful backwoods characters, with step-by-step instructions, painting and staining tips, and valuable advice on tools, sh...

Easy techniques for beginning woodcarving. This skill-building beginner's guide reveals the secrets of capturing humor and expression in caricature...

The native American face has long fascinated artists in every medium. Its strong features and deep character present a challenge and an opportunity...

Accomplished carver Cleve Taylor brings the hard-working western cowboy to life in basswood. A combination of exacting detail and wry good humor ma...

Book #2 Intermediate through advanced. B&W 72 pages. Tools for special grooves Knives Used Doughnut on a pencil Heart in a Heart Cross in a Ca...

A complete guide to creating realistic portraits in wood from a champion carver. Learn the techniques for carving hair, skin, muscle and more. Foll...

Have fun creating amusing figures with ideas, expert techniques and tips collected in this great reference book of projects from the editors of Woo...

Tom Wolfe has been carving canes and walking sticks for almost twenty years. Among the hundreds that he has carved, no two are alike. Each one take...