Saturday, May 30, 2009

Carving Realistic Animals With Power



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Every power tool and technique necessary for capturing the animal kingdom in wood is presented in this thorough and engaging volume. Frank C. Russell provides concise instructions and never-before demonstrated techniques and carving sequences for transforming a block of wood into a life-like animal. With 150 full-color photographs, every step is illustrated. Following the philosophy that you can only carve what you know, photographs of living animals accompany each ... More >>

Carving Realistic Animals With Power

Friday, May 29, 2009

Passage


  • ISBN13: 9780810955868
  • Condition: New
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Andy Goldsworthy's Passage focuses on the journeys that people, rivers, landscapes, and even stones take through space and time. A cairn made by the renowned sculptor in the Scottish village where he lives reveals the influence that his work close to home has on projects he creates elsewhere. A series involving elm trees, from glowing yellow leaves to dead branches, exemplifies his work's vigorous beauty as well as its association with death and decay. Creations on ... More >>

Passage

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Painted Ponies



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Painted Ponies is teh classic book of antique carousel art. This extraordinary coffee table style book presents the finest carving examples by the most renowned carousel artists. The rarest horses and most unique menagerie animals were selected from America's premier private collections and antique operating carousels. Painted Ponies contains useful guides, charts, and directories for collectors, carvers, artists, and enthusiasts. This book contains over 650 c... More >>

Painted Ponies

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles: 18 Three-dimensional Games for the Hands and Mind


  • ISBN13: 9781589232471
  • Condition: New
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For centuries, logic puzzles have entertained, inspired and educated kids of all ages. Studies show these engaging "brain teasers" provide unsurpassed benefits to the body and mind, increasing manual dexterity, mathematical abilities and overall intellectual agility. Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles provides plans and instructions for crafting 18 of the most popular manual puzzles. Projects range from traditional "put together/take apart" games like pentominoes and soma ... More >>

Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles: 18 Three-dimensional Games for the Hands and Mind

Hellenistic Sculpture



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Provides a thematic and regional survey of Hellenistic sculpture, focusing on its main elements and its innovations.... More >>

Hellenistic Sculpture

Friday, May 22, 2009

Twenty Decorative Carving Projects in Period Styles



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This title presents 20 unique period projects to enhance any home. This UK author provides projects that are step-by-step, fully illustrated and come with patterns. It is suitable for all skill levels and of particular interest to visitors of stately homes & historical buildings. This wonderful collection of inspirational period carving projects ranges from the quick and simple to the long and complex, so caters for hobby carvers of all abilities. The new carver can... More >>

Twenty Decorative Carving Projects in Period Styles

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Botero: Spanish-Language Edition



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With whimsical irony and a style reminiscent of the old masters, Fernando Botero (born 1932) began painting caricatured animals and corpulent bodies with disproportionate heads at a time when his contemporaries were fervently rejecting figurative work in favor of abstraction. This and more recent sculptural work by the popular artist are explored in this colorful study.... More >>

Botero: Spanish-Language Edition