Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook (eBook)

10 Skill-Building Projects for Carving and Painting Custom Signs

Betty Padden (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
160 Seiten
Fox Chapel Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60765-396-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A contemporary look at a nostalgic craft with updated techniques and a fresh variety of styles for carving and painting a variety of signs for the home, summer cottage or basement bar.

Autor

Betty Padden has been a professional wood carver for more than 35 years. She is the author of three books—Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook, Carving & Painting Christmas Ornaments, and Carving and Painting Noah's Ark—and is a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. Betty and her husband, Bob, own the Wooden Apple Signmakers in Auburn, Mass., providing custom carved signs for both residential customers and commercial clients like the Walt Disney Company and Anheuser-Busch. Betty and Bob have offered classes on the fine art of wood carving to students in their studio since 1979.

Inhalt

Introduction Part I: Getting Started *Letter carving basics *Basic painting *Tools and safety *Sign shape templates *Font template *Additional designs and banners *Resources for paint, chisels Part II: Projects *Project 1: Circa board *Project 2: Welcome Sign *Project 3: House sign with a cap and molding *Project 4: Child's room sign *Project 5: House sign with claddah and raised banner/elements *Project 6: Banner and beer stein *Project 7: House sign with raised duck and cattails *Project 8: Camp sign *Project 9: Beach house sign with raised lighthouse *Project 10: Interior Christmas carving

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2016
• Verlagsort: Mount Joy
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Schlagworte: ART • art patterns • craft • Design • gifts to make • Handmade • Home decoration • sign writing • Wood • wood burning • wood carving • wood craft • Woodwork • writing with fire
• ISBN-10: 1-60765-396-6 / 1607653966
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60765-396-7 / 9781607653967