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Green Wood Carving is a book is for anyone who wants to learn how to carve small, useful, beautiful wooden utensils from green wood.
More than just a ‘how-to’ book, Green Wood Carving includes fascinating information about wood, how it grows, how to use it and what makes it unique. The main carving tools, their uses, and how to maintain them are also fully discussed and explained. From coat hooks and candlesticks to spoons and mugs, detailed step-by-step editorial explains each of the nine projects. Detailed color photographs and drawings clearly illustrate each step of the project. This book is like having an "expert at your elbow", giving the reader confidence to accomplish each project.
This book takes a "skill building" approach, starting with simpler projects such as the coat hook, bag clip, candlestick, pot hanger, and spoon, then graduates to more advanced projects, including the kuksa (wooden mug) and shrink pot. While this book is suitable for a beginner, the more advanced projects and green woodworking information will appeal to a more advanced carver.
Foreword by Lee Stoffer 8
01 - Once upon a time… 11
02 – Wood in a nutshell 27
As old as mankind 28
Green wood carving, a craft 31
Anatomy of wood 33
Recognize and apply characteristics of wood species 37
Wood and water 44
Wood and fungi 47
Where to find wood? 50
03 – Chop, cut, saw 53
The carving axe 54
The wood carving knife 65
The (pull) saw 78
04 – From tree to table 85
Going with the grain 86
Wood 89
Coat hook 91
Bag clip 96
Candlestick 98
Pot hanger 100
Forest pencil 103
05 – Big spoon, little spoon 107
Spoon carving 108
From branch to spoon in 4 phases 110
Spoon knife and bowl carving 123
Faceting and rounding 130
06 – The cosiness of a kuksa 133
Your handmade wooden mug 134
The wood 135
From trunk to kuksa in 7 steps 135
The basics of hollowing out 140
07 – The magic of a shrink pot 149
On almost every pot fits a lid 150
The wood 151
From branch to pot in 8 steps 152
Other types of lids 162
08 – The final touch 165
Finishing and decoration 166
To sand or not to sand, that is the question 167
Decorative finishing techniques 171
09 – Swiftly smart sharpening 179
Theory, practice and lots of practising 180
Why sharpen? 181
What is sharpening? 181
Metal? 181
What is sharp? 182
Types of bevels 185
Stages of sharpening 187
Grinding materials 190
Grinding movements 192
Sharpening of axe, knife and spoon knife 193
10 – Wood carving is good for us 201
The core of craftsmanship is freedom 202
I’ve never done it before… 203
Carving together 206
Virtuous craftsmanship 209
Sustainable craft 212
Bibliography 213
Afterword by Lynn Dedeyne 214