Carving wood and stone : an illustrated manual /

Prince, Arnold.

Carving wood and stone : an illustrated manual / Arnold Prince - New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1981 - viii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

1. Carving stone -- 2. Stonecarving tools -- 3. How to carve a piece of stone -- 4. Carving marble and alabaster -- 5. Polishing and finishing stone -- 6. Carving wood -- 7. Woodcarving tools -- 8. Carving a log -- 9. Laminates wood -- 10. Finishing wood sculpture -- 11. Carving and adding -- 12. Relief sculpture.

Direct carving can be described as the art of creating a piece of sculpture from a block of material by the process of removing or subtracting parts of the block in such a way that the unremoved portions of the block express the sculptor's intent.

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WOOD AND STONE -- CARVING

TT 1997.7 .P75 1981