Carving
Architectural Detail In Wood
The Classical Tradition
by
Frederick Wilbur
Softcover
210 x 275mm
160pp
Published by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, East Sussex UK
R.R.P.$39.90
ISBN 1-86108-158-8
As reviewed in The Australian Woodworker Issue 107
If the carving feature in this month's issue inspires you to take up woodcarving, Carving Architectural Detail In Wood - The Classical Tradition, will help you understand the methods and techniques needed to become an experienced carver.
Frederick Wilbur, a professional woodcarver for more than 20 years, offers both beginners and more experienced woodcarvers a clear explanation of the elements and principles of classical design with a selection of projects on which to practice.
Chapter 2, on how to carve mouldings, provides a comprehensive over-view with detailed photographs and drawings that will guide you through creating flutes, interlaced frets and simple guilloche. For the more experienced, the sections on Astragal, Ovolo, Gadrooning, Tortus and Frieze mouldings will provide a challenge and perhaps some new ideas for future projects.
This is not a quick and simple do-it-yourself manual, but a reference text that will prove invaluable to the beginner and indispensable to cabinetmakers, antique restorers and more experienced carvers.
Photos: Colour
Contents
NOTES TO THE READER
Overview
of architectural carving
Tools and techniques
CLASSICAL
DESIGN
Historical notes
Proportion
The orders
Designing for
carving
MOLDINGS
I
Working methods
Flat designs
Astragal
Ovolo
Frieze 23
MOLDINGS
II
Concave moldings
The cyma profiles
Foliage
VOLUTES
Spiral, scroll, and volute
The voluted bracket
ROSETTES
Incised
Applied
High relief
CAPITALS
Stiff leaf
Ionic
Romanesque
Tower of the Winds
Corinthian
APPLICATIONS
Picture frames
Mantels
Gateposts
Glossary
Select Bibliography
About the Author
Metric conversion table
Index