This book covers the types of wood and tools for carving (and reassures beginners that they, too, can carve using just a good pocketknife.) Introduces readers to several categories of carving. There are chapters on wall plaques, trays, bookends, jewelry, and animal and human figures. Along with the detailed instructions are great black and white illustrations including completed projects with patterns for over 30 different examples. Tips for using sandpaper, paint, and wax to finish and protect your artwork.

This is a great book for anybody -- kids or adults -- interested in this fascinating form of folk art. Written in 1942, the text occasionally employs that delightful vernacular of yore -- a simpler time when people could be proud of their culture and religion, carving farm and woodland animals, preachers, and even old "codger" moonshiners. (page 69). Don't miss the Author's Forward (page vii)with its intriguing bit of school history. Of special interest also is the touching Dedication to a particular teacher, Martha Berry, and how she enriched the lives of her students. Happy carving!

some of the language is dated and not currently PC.

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Bookseller: Deb's Book Paradise (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 43-15
Title: You can Whittle and Carve
Author: Amanda Watkins Hellum and Franklin H. G
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ and protected in Brodart archival protection
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0517034441
ISBN 13: 9780517034446
Publisher: Bonanza a division of Crown
Place of Publication: New York
This edition first published: August 1983
Keywords: wood carving; whittling; folk arts; crafts

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