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Relief Carving Wood Spirits: A Step-By-Step Guide for Releasing Faces in Wood (Woodcarving Illustrated Books)

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I have enjoyed all of the Lora S. Irish's books that I have gotten.
This one is very good step by step for the beginner.
I would love to see her tips and tech for carving in harder woods especially oak.

As is the norm for this artist, a superb publication and knowledge packed.
Everything in this book has value to the experienced, or beginner craftsman.

Relief Carving Wood Spirits: A Step-By-Step Guide for Releasing Faces in Wood (Woodcarving Illustrated Books)It's been a great book for me.I carved the wood spirit on the front cover.
Lora Irish make it easy to understand from start to finish. There are other
Pattern in the book that I can't wait to try.

If you like to carve weird faces into wood, this is the book for you.

Any spirit you like, from a Saint to Thor, it's all in this great book.

This book contains very detailed instructions for carving the Wood Spirit on the cover. It is truly a step-by-step guide in great detail so that someone without a great deal of experience in creating faces could produce the cover spirit without difficulty. My husband easily produced the carving for me and then another for my sister's birthday. They are truly wonderful.

The section on finishing the Spirit is a really welcomed feature and gave me a wealth of ideas on how to produce several different looks: dry brush, streaking, stain, etc. It is not an in-depth reference, but having hand-painted many carvings along the years, I found information on natural finishes for wood helpful.

There are a couple of really nice patterns at the back, but there are no detailed instructions provided for executing the designs. My husband is confident, however, that after carving the first Spirit, he could execute the other designs without much difficulty.

We had a very good result with this book and appreciate having it around as a reference.

Relief Carving Wood Spirits: A Step-By-Step Guide for Releasing Faces in Wood (Woodcarving Illustrated Books)

All artist are illusionist they create to stemulate the mind, to some thing more in life, and some times they stumble upon things that cannot be explained. I have visited her web site several times all is wonderful when we are amusing our self like this artist.

Excellent step by step instructions on how to carve the wood sprite seen on the front cover. Every step is covered on how to carve each element - with fill color pictures showing you what to do every step of the way.

My first book for beginners. It's Very informative with plenty of pictures. Easy to follow and easy to understand. Shows techniques and ways to do things.

I love this book , as I do wood spirits , this book is where learned from and I would recommend this highly

Product arrived early, in excellent condition and was exactly as expected, thank you for a great transaction