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Carving Figure Caricatures in the Ozark Style (Dover Woodworking)

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Never having tried any kind of carving before I was amazed at what I could do following the easy instructions in this book. Even my husband was amazed.If you are a very new,inexperienced would be carver, I recomend this as a good stsrter book. Love it!

Not a very "enticingly" written book. All of the photos and illustrations are in B/W. Few of the Photos show the hand or the knife, they are merely of Carvings sitting on a table surface. Definitely not going to inspire you to take up the hobby. I found Carving Caricature Heads & Faces by W. "Pete" LeClair and Tom Wolfe Carves Wood Spirits to be far superior in info transfer, and giving you a feel for the craft.

Color photos aren't what make a book however, check out How to Carve a Woodspirit in a Hiking Stick by Skylar Johnson for a short concise and spot on B/W book.

Book is good and has patterns etc. Problem is, if you arent already a proficient carver, this book will not really walk you through each step of the way. If you already can carve well, this is perfect for some cool patterns and photos to model your carving on.

This is a great book with lots of good projects. I am now in my second year as a woodcarver and find the projects not too difficult to complete. I have finished several of the projects, The Missouri Mule, The Cowboy, The Banjo Player and The Cow. I ordered all the wood for every project in the book and have since band sawed all the projects so that I can quickly pick up the next challenge. Harold Enlow, the author, is well known and respected in the carving community and has a solid reputation as an instructor.

Carving Figure Caricatures in the Ozark Style

I have done some wood carving on my own with no instructions and things turned out great but however always wondering if there were things I was missing that would have made things simpler.This book confirmed to me that I was on the right track.It is a great book for a beginner at wood carving.It gives patterns for each of the caracitures.It recommends the right tools to use,How to sharpen the tools etc.Informative for someone starting out to experience the great world of wood carving!
I highly recommend this book to get you going in the right direction!Thanks to Amazon.com for supplying books such as these to help us to continue to learn and gather information in our areas of interest! I would also like to say that the service I received from Amazon .com was excellent!Extremely fast!I also found them to be honest and considerate.Thanks again and have a great day! Sincerely Bob Jones.