From the ancient Chinese to St. George to Dungeons and Dragons, these mythical beasts have had a place in the human imagination. Now, with his own imagination running rampant, Tom Wolfe turns his artistry to the dragon. As always, he brings creativity and skill to the task, along with a desire to share the joy of carving with his readers. All steps to carving a dragon are illustrated in color photographs, with concise descriptions of what to do and what effects you are trying to achieve. In addition there is a gallery with patterns and photographs of three other dragons that can be carved using the same techniques. These are dramatic carvings that will challenge the carver and delight those who see the final product. Tom uses both traditional hand carving tools and rotary tools to get the effects that make these dragons so realistic. The carver will find the insights into the techniques for using all these tools quite instructive.
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Authors
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
rave review,
By
This review is from: Tom Wolfe Carves Dragons (Paperback)
As a beginning carver with pretensions of grandure I found this book excellent, not so much for the text, but for the photos, which take you step by step through roughing out, and detail carving a dragon. As a visual thinker, the photos convey what the text is saying in a very real way, making it much easier for me to see what the author is trying to relay.
He uses power tools not available to me (that I wish I had!), but with a lot of patience, I think this project is do-able for the amature carver. Really loved his dragons - they aren't chinese or asian dragons, but european dragons, and he shows several of his different carvings to whet the appetite.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
dee's opinion,
By Dee's Opinions (CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tom Wolfe Carves Dragons (Paperback)
Tom Wolfe's "Carves Dragons" is an excellent book for a novice carver. He instructs from the very beginning of the creation. Patterns are included.
Starting with copying the pattern to the wood, to carving out the parts, to connecting the separate pieces,and attaching these parts are invaluable. The finishing of the dragon is interesting. I belive it is up to each individual to choose their own finishing for their own creation. His tools are a knife, a gouge and a rotary tool. The instruction are given step by step in photos. I found this book to be valuable in carving other items as well as dragons.
5.0 out of 5 stars
PROJECTS OF A MASTER CARVER.,
By RAYSOUTH "BIGTOTSWORLD" (DEEP SOUTH) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Tom Wolfe Carves Dragons (Paperback)
I am new to the carving and pyrography scene and found everything in this great book, to be very useful.
Mr. Wolfe is certainly one of the best and anyone can benefit from his teachings.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
