Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship

by George Jack

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Contents

1. Workmanship
2. Editor's Preface
3. Author's Preface
4. Chapter I. Preamble
5. Chapter II. Tools
6. Chapter III. Sharpening-Stones—Mallet and Bench
7. Chapter IV. Woods Used for Carving
8. Chapter V. Sharpening the Tools
9. Chapter VI. Chip Carving
10. Chapter VII. The Grain of the Wood
11. Chapter VIII. Imitation of Natural Forms
12. Chapter IX. Rounded Forms
13. Chapter X. The Patterned Background
14. Chapter XI. Contours of Surface
15. Chapter XII. Originality
16. Chapter XIII. Pierced Patterns
17. Chapter XIV. Hardwood Carving
18. Chapter XV. The Sketch-Book
19. Chapter XVI. Museums
20. Chapter XVII. Studies from Nature—Foliage
21. Chapter XVIII. Carving on Furniture
22. Chapter XIX. The Grotesque in Carving
23. Chapter XX. Studies from Nature—Birds and Beasts
24. Chapter XXI. Foreshortening as Applied to Work in Relief
25. Chapter XXII. Undercutting and "Built-Up" Work
26. Chapter XXIII. Picture Subjects and Perspective
27. Chapter XXIV. Architectural Carving
28. Chapter XXV. Surface Finish—Texture
29. Chapter XXVI. Craft Schools, Past and Present
30. Chapter XXVII. On the Importance of Cooperation Between Builder and Carver
31. Notes on the Collotype Plates

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