Wood-carving by George Jack
by George Jack
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jack, George
- Title
- Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship
- Credits
- Produced by Ross Wilburn, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
- Subject
- Wood-carving
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 22107
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22107
- Release Date
- July 19, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.WORKMANSHIP — ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES OF — TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS. — In Preparation : — WOOD-CARVING — DESIGN AND — WORKMANSHIP
- 3.AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS — NEW YORK — D. APPLETON AND COMPANY — 1903 — Copyright , 1903, — By D. Appleton and Company
- 4.EDITOR'S PREFACE
- 5.AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- 6.Contents — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — The Collotype Plates
- 7.CHAPTER I — PREAMBLE
- 8.CHAPTER II — TOOLS
- 9.CHAPTER III — SHARPENING-STONES—MALLET AND BENCH
- 10.CHAPTER IV — WOODS USED FOR CARVING
- 11.CHAPTER V — SHARPENING THE TOOLS
- 12.CHAPTER VI — CHIP CARVING
- 13.CHAPTER VII — THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD
- 14.CHAPTER VIII — IMITATION OF NATURAL FORMS
- 15.CHAPTER IX — ROUNDED FORMS
- 16.CHAPTER X — THE PATTERNED BACKGROUND
- 17.CHAPTER XI — CONTOURS OF SURFACE
- 18.CHAPTER XII — ORIGINALITY
- 19.CHAPTER XIII — PIERCED PATTERNS
- 20.CHAPTER XIV — HARDWOOD CARVING
- 21.CHAPTER XV — THE SKETCH-BOOK
- 22.CHAPTER XVI — MUSEUMS
- 23.CHAPTER XVII — STUDIES FROM NATURE—FOLIAGE
- 24.CHAPTER XVIII — CARVING ON FURNITURE
- 25.CHAPTER XIX — THE GROTESQUE IN CARVING
- 26.CHAPTER XX — STUDIES FROM NATURE—BIRDS AND BEASTS
- 27.CHAPTER XXI — FORESHORTENING AS APPLIED TO WORK IN RELIEF
- 28.CHAPTER XXII — UNDERCUTTING AND "BUILT-UP" WORK
- 29.CHAPTER XXIII — PICTURE SUBJECTS AND PERSPECTIVE
- 30.CHAPTER XXIV — ARCHITECTURAL CARVING
- 31.CHAPTER XXV — SURFACE FINISH—TEXTURE
- 32.CHAPTER XXVI — CRAFT SCHOOLS, PAST AND PRESENT
- 33.CHAPTER XXVII — ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN BUILDER AND CARVER
- 34.NOTES ON THE COLLOTYPE PLATES
- 35.THE COLLOTYPE PLATES
- 36.INDEX — THE END
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