Carving
on Turning
by Chris Pye
Softcover
210 x 275mm
166pp
Published
by Fox Chapel Publishing Co. Inc., East Petersburg PA USA
R.R.P.$39.90
ISBN 978-1-56523-404-8
Extract from back cover of book:
Why not take a new angle on your turning and discover just how greatly the addition of a carved design can enhance that bowl, box, breadboard or other turned object.
Chris Pye guides you through the key differences in approach to different types of carving, advises on choice of tools and how to sharpen them, and provides 12 fully illustrated and carefully chosen projects for you to enjoy.
Photos: Colour
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Turning
Carving
Decorative
Marks I
- Sun bowl
Decorative
Marks II
- Wheat-ear
breadboard
Lettering
-
Lettered bowl
Low
Relief I
- Milking stool
Low
Relief II
- Four-poster bedpost vase
High
Relief
- Patera
Furniture
I
- Gadroons, pineapples apd berries
Furniture
II
- Barley twists
Working
in the Round
- Frog Box
Pierced
Relief
- Dolphin mirror
Pierced
Relief II
- Ivy-leaf plate
Shaping
Pestle and mortar
Bibliography
Conversion table
Index
About the author