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WOOD-CARVING DESIGN AND WORKMANSHIP
BY GEORGE JACK WITH DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR

Contents

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EDITOR’S PREFACE
AUTHOR’S PREFACE	15
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I - PREAMBLE	25
CHAPTER II - TOOLS	31
CHAPTER III - SHARPENING-STONES—MALLET AND BENCH	42
CHAPTER IV - WOODS USED FOR CARVING	48
CHAPTER V - SHARPENING THE TOOLS	52
CHAPTER VI - “CHIP” CARVING	63
CHAPTER VII - THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD	69
CHAPTER VIII - IMITATION OF NATURAL FORMS	82
CHAPTER IX - ROUNDED FORMS	88
CHAPTER X - THE PATTERNED BACKGROUND	96
CHAPTER XI - CONTOURS OF SURFACE	103
CHAPTER XII - ORIGINALITY	108
CHAPTER XIII - PIERCED PATTERNS	110
CHAPTER XIV - HARDWOOD CARVING	115
CHAPTER XV - THE SKETCH-BOOK	137
CHAPTER XVI - MUSEUMS	149
CHAPTER XVII - STUDIES FROM NATURE—FOLIAGE	153
CHAPTER XVIII - CARVING ON FURNITURE	161
CHAPTER XIX - THE GROTESQUE IN CARVING	180
CHAPTER XX - STUDIES FROM NATURE—BIRDS AND BEASTS	191
CHAPTER XXI - FORESHORTENING AS APPLIED TO WORK IN RELIEF	205
CHAPTER XXII - UNDERCUTTING AND “BUILT-UP” WORK	214
CHAPTER XXIII - PICTURE SUBJECTS AND PERSPECTIVE	219
CHAPTER XXIV ARCHITECTURAL CARVING-	223
CHAPTER XXV - SURFACE FINISH—TEXTURE	234
CHAPTER XXVI - CRAFT SCHOOLS, PAST AND PRESENT	240
CHAPTER XXVII -ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN BUILDER AND CARVER	249
Notes on the Collotype Plates	265
The Collotype Plates	271
Index	305

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