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Carving Faces in Wood

by Alec LaCasse
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There's nothing like culling hand-carved magic from a beautiful piece of wood, thanks to Alec LaCasse's Carving Faces from Wood! This fully illustrated, A-to-Z guide synthesizes LaCasse's hard-earned tips, shortening the learning curve so you can start carving a face in wood in no time. Thanks to its beautiful layout, this book presents wood carving faces at every stage—from selecting your tools and outlining a basic shape to smoothing out the texture of a face's fine hair. You'll even see which types of wood work best for carved wood faces, including the advantages and disadvantages of each. Or master different face types to suit your preferences. It might otherwise take years to learn how to carve a face in wood. But thanks to LaCasse's step-by-step instructions and photographs, you'll soon be finishing the detail of every nose, ear, and beard like a lifelong expert.|

·The author specializes in carving faces from various types of wood. He includes an entire section on exercises that carvers can do to synthesize the techniques from the rest of the book.

·Includes carving both male and female faces, chapters focus on eyes, nose, hair and mouth, techniques for achieving different expressions.

·Author Alec LaCasse is a 28-year-old seasoned carver who works full-time as a commission carver and world traveler, teaching carving to beginner and advanced carvers on his online school, Alec Lacasse Fundamentals of Woodcarving School at www.aleclacasse.com

·Begins the book with basic skills, sharpening, handling and safety in carving.

·Includes comprehensive sections on troubleshooting, set up and technique.

·Includes step-by-step instruction with full color photos for enhanced learning

·Alec's Social Media: YouTube channel with 178K subscribers. Instagram has 77.3K followers Podcast with Doug Linker with 259K subscribers.

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Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 16, 2024

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781637412978
  • Release date: July 16, 2024

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781637412978
  • File size: 53385 KB
  • Release date: July 16, 2024

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Crafts Nonfiction

Languages

English

There's nothing like culling hand-carved magic from a beautiful piece of wood, thanks to Alec LaCasse's Carving Faces from Wood! This fully illustrated, A-to-Z guide synthesizes LaCasse's hard-earned tips, shortening the learning curve so you can start carving a face in wood in no time. Thanks to its beautiful layout, this book presents wood carving faces at every stage—from selecting your tools and outlining a basic shape to smoothing out the texture of a face's fine hair. You'll even see which types of wood work best for carved wood faces, including the advantages and disadvantages of each. Or master different face types to suit your preferences. It might otherwise take years to learn how to carve a face in wood. But thanks to LaCasse's step-by-step instructions and photographs, you'll soon be finishing the detail of every nose, ear, and beard like a lifelong expert.|

·The author specializes in carving faces from various types of wood. He includes an entire section on exercises that carvers can do to synthesize the techniques from the rest of the book.

·Includes carving both male and female faces, chapters focus on eyes, nose, hair and mouth, techniques for achieving different expressions.

·Author Alec LaCasse is a 28-year-old seasoned carver who works full-time as a commission carver and world traveler, teaching carving to beginner and advanced carvers on his online school, Alec Lacasse Fundamentals of Woodcarving School at www.aleclacasse.com

·Begins the book with basic skills, sharpening, handling and safety in carving.

·Includes comprehensive sections on troubleshooting, set up and technique.

·Includes step-by-step instruction with full color photos for enhanced learning

·Alec's Social Media: YouTube channel with 178K subscribers. Instagram has 77.3K followers Podcast with Doug Linker with 259K subscribers.

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Crafts Nonfiction
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