Art of Stylized Wood Carving: Featuring Insights from 14 Top Artists & 5 Step-by-Step Projects (Fox Chapel Publishing) Learn How to Favor Form Over Detail and Follow the Natural State of the Wood - Softcover

Solomon, Charles; Hamilton, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565231740 ISBN 13: 9781565231740

Publisher: Design Originals, 2003

Synopsis

Do your carvings lack the artistic expression you desire? If so, try stylized carving. This technique favors form over detail and allows the natural state of the wood to dictate the direction of your work. By using this technique, your carvings will gain movement and your work will be more interesting.

Inside this book you will be introduced to the artwork of 14 accomplished carvers. You will find out what inspires them and why they prefer stylized carving to other techniques. You will also be led, step-by-step, through 5 carving projects.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"LEAVE THE OBVIOUS VAGUE AND EXAGGERATE THE ESSENTIAL."
—Vincent Van Gogh

Learn to capture expression and beauty in wood—without the rigid rules of realism.

Do your carvings lack the artistic expression you desire? If so, try stylized carving. This technique favors form over detail and allows the natural state of the wood to dictate the direction of your work. By using this technique, your carvings will gain movement and your work will be more interesting.

Inside this book you will be introduced to the artwork of 14 accomplished carvers. You will find out what inspires them and why they prefer stylized carving to other techniques.

Featuring 5 step-by-step carving demonstrations:

• Canvasback
• Hummingbird
• Bottlenose Dolphin
• Shelf-sitting Mouse
• Rainbow Trout

Featuring the art of:

• J. Christopher White
• Del Herbert
• Gino Sordi
• Clark Schreibeis
• Dick Pillmore
• Ken Newman
• Ralph Mueller
• June Lyon
• Ray Kunz
• Mary Kruetzfeldt
• Carl Korschgen
• Lew Hammer
• Nick Eason
• Pati Stajcar

About the Author:

Chuck Solomon is a terrestrial ecologist and works primarily with endangered species in the Central Valley of California. He has been teaching carving classes and participating in carving competitions for over 15 years. He has won more than 100 ribbons at shows in Colorado, California, Alaska, and Canada, including Best of Show and Best of Division. Chuck has also judged several shows in Colorado. His work consists primarily of songbirds, waterfowl, and mammals, both realistic and interpretive. Chuck currently lives in the Sacramento, California, area where he works, carves, teaches classes, and is an active member of the Capital Woodcarvers Association and California Carvers Guild.

Dave Hamilton is an ecologist by profession, working primarily in the area of wetland ecology. He has been carving and competing in shows for almost 20 years. While Dave enjoys carving a variety of bird species, he specializes in hummingbirds and in the wading birds common to the wetlands he works on professionally. He also enjoys carving stylized pieces and reproductions of antique decoys. Dave lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he carves, teaches classes, and is a member of the Northern Colorado Woodcarvers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1565231740
• ISBN 13: 9781565231740
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112