Hints on Wood-Carving - Recreative Classes and Modelling for Beginners

This volume offers the reader a series of lessons on wood-carving, designed specially for beginners and students. Easy-to-follow and profusely illustrated, 'Hints on Wood-Carving' will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in woodworking, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: 'Benches', 'Implements Required', 'Selection of Wood', 'Flat Carving', 'Plates I. to IV.', 'Notes on Jacobean Carving by W. Bliss Sanders', 'Plates V. to IX. Modelled Carving', 'General Remarks', 'Recreative Artisan Classes', 'Books of Reference', 'Workshop Recipes', 'Modelling in Clay', etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with the original text and images. First published in 1902.