木工雕刻全书

埃弗雷特·爱伦伍德Beijing Science and Technology Press · ChinaSep 2016

Rating 4.2
Word count
90K words
Chapters
26
ISBN
9787530470503

Tags

Fashion Craft HeritageWood CarvingArtistic CreationCarving TechniqueCraftsmanshipStep-by-Step GuideIllustrated GuideCraft TutorialTraditional CraftBeginner Friendly

Summary

Whether you are a beginner, a woodcarver with years of experience, or a woodworker hoping to expand your skills, The Complete Book of Woodcarving will be a great help. In this comprehensive, fully illustrated book, renowned woodcarver Everett Ellenwood shares more than 40 years of woodcarving experience and techniques, offering the most professional guidance, the most practical methods, and the most solid skills. In this book you will learn: how to choose the right wood for your project; carving tools and how to use them; professional methods for sharpening tools; basic and advanced woodcarving techniques; how to turn an idea into a woodcarving project; setting up a woodcarving workspace; the basics of power carving; how to finish and color your work. In addition, the book explains the creation process of 7 classic woodcarving projects with step-by-step detail and a photo for each step. This book is an absolutely practical guide for learning and improving your woodcarving skills.

Editor's review

This is a practical handbook that takes woodcarving from beginner to advanced level. Drawing on more than 40 years of experience, the author explains wood selection, tool use and sharpening, basic to advanced techniques, workspace setup, introductory power carving, and finishing and coloring in a systematic and specific way, avoiding the vague generalities common in similar books. The biggest highlight is the step-by-step detail and one-photo-per-step presentation of seven classic projects, which lets readers follow the examples to turn ideas into finished pieces rather than staying at the theoretical level. The fully illustrated layout also makes it easy to consult in the workshop while working. It is suitable as a desk reference manual: beginners can read it chapter by chapter to build overall understanding, then return to specific procedures when working; woodworkers with some foundation can go directly to the advanced techniques and coloring sections to expand their skills.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the chapters on wood selection, tools, and sharpening first before starting work; this saves detours.
  2. Follow the seven step-by-step projects from simple to complex, and review your knife work after finishing each one.
  3. Keep the book by the workbench and consult specific procedures through the table of contents as needed.
  4. Read the finishing and coloring chapter separately, and test colors on scrap wood before applying them to a finished piece.

About the publisher

Beijing Science and Technology Press China · Founded in 1981

Beijing Science and Technology Press is a science and technology publisher focused on health, medicine, and popular science. Its current collection of 158 titles covers categories such as health, popular science, applied psychology, and medicine, addressing practical subjects like physical training and sports anatomy as well as emotional regulation and psychological healing. Representative titles include You Don't Have to Forgive to Heal, Night Sky Watching, Starting Strength, Burns' Feeling Good, The Female Body: Everything About the Amazing Female Body, Sports Anatomy, Strength Training Programs, and The Schwarzenegger Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. In terms of authors, works by Pete Walker, Terence Dickinson, Mark Rippetoe, David Burns, and Sheila de Liz are included, while translators Yan Feifei, Zhuang Zhonghua, and Li Zhanjiang have contributed to related titles. Overall, the press balances professional rigor with accessibility for general readers and has developed a clear publishing profile in areas such as fitness training, self-help psychology, and women's health. Public information is limited; this introduction is based on the titles available in the collection.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 前言
  3. 致谢
  4. 木雕
  5. 第1章 木工雕刻的历史
  6. 木工雕刻是已知最古老的手工技艺之一
  7. 第2章 雕刻的种类
  8. 在你开始雕刻之后，唯一能限制你创作的将会是你的想象力
  9. 第3章 用于雕刻的木材
  10. 你对木材了解得越多，就能越有效率地利用它
  11. 第4章 雕刻工具
  12. 雕刻工具可以有无数种形状和尺寸
  13. 第5章 雕刻辅助工具
  14. 你并不需要配备复杂的工具就可以开始雕刻
  15. 第6章 打磨你的工具
  16. 我相信，工具变钝是大多数人停止雕刻的原因
  17. 第7章 练习使用工具
  18. 了解你的工具，它们会成为你最好的朋友
  19. 第8章 开始雕刻
  20. 将雕刻想法具体化，并开始雕刻
  21. 第9章 给作品上涂料
  22. 问一百个雕刻者最后是如何处理作品的，他们会给出一百个答案
  23. 第10章 雕刻作品：分步详解
  24. 慢慢来，你会发现雕刻是一门有趣的艺术
  25. 附录 摇马的设计
  26. 中英文词汇对照表

FAQ

Can I understand this book directly with no woodcarving foundation at all? Yes. The book starts with choosing wood and understanding carving tools and how to use them, then moves on to basic and advanced techniques, and includes seven classic project cases with step-by-step detail and one photo per step. Beginners can follow along chapter by chapter and gradually build a complete understanding of the handcraft process.
How are the seven project cases in the book explained? They use step-by-step detail with one photo per step, breaking down the creation process of each classic woodcarving project into several steps. Readers can follow the illustrations step by step and understand the complete path from an idea to a finished piece.
Does the book cover power carving and finishing and coloring? Yes. It covers the basics of power carving, as well as how to finish and color your work. This is suitable for further expanding the craft process after mastering hand carving, making the finished piece more complete.

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About the author

埃弗雷特·爱伦伍德 Author

Everett Allenwood is an author about whom Chinese-language library records hold very limited information. Only one of his works is currently included in the collection, namely The Complete Book of Woodcarving. His nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and personal history are not confirmed by publicly available sources. Judging from the existing work, his writing focuses on the specific craft of woodcarving and belongs to practice-oriented technical writing. Books of this kind are usually organized around tools, materials, knife techniques, and step-by-step procedures, emphasizing clarity and ease of following instructions, and they tend toward practical utility rather than theoretical discussion. Within the library's classification, this book is placed under fashion, suggesting that it is regarded in book circulation more as a leisure or handicraft hobby title. For readers who wish to learn basic woodcarving techniques, such a work offers an introductory reference and links Allenwood's name to the transmission of handicraft skills.