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Taking the form of a progressive course, this is a comprehensive guide to the craft of lettercarving in wood. It begins with essential background information such as the tools needed, suitable woods to use and how to make working drawings. Progression through a step-by-step course teaches the reader how to carve a complete incised alphabet in modern Roman letter style. More advanced aspects of the subject, such as spacing, colour, family resemblance, and optical adjustment are also explained, and supported by a glossary of technical terms and 300 colour photographs.
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
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Learn carved lettering with Chris Pye,
By Cdr K. J. Davidson "Cdr Kit Davidson RN" (Llanfyllin, Powys United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Lettercarving in Wood: A Practical Course (Paperback)
Although I am an experienced woodworker, I always steered clear of carved lettering. But this book gives one the impetus to take the subject by the horns. Read Chris Pye's careful analysis of the incised roman letter and start to realise that you can do it too! This book fills you with enthusiasm and drives you out to buy the supplied list of carving tools you need to emulate the lettering in the book. It is also a valuable reference for continual use. Very soon you are incising your first trench and under Chris Pye's excellent guidance you are quickly onto curved and compass-struck letters.Of course you will make mistakes. If you are impetuous like me, you might run before you can walk but Chris Pye will have none of this. Go back and read again his meticulous and thorough instruction. He doesn't abandon you! Within the same month that I bought this book, I had copied one of the included projects and developed sufficient confidence to carve script on a completed item of furniture. My first house-name customer quickly followed. If I had one criticism, it is that the book takes no account of the versatility of computors for layout, kerning and the variety of available fonts. The book is still in the land of Letraset, freehand and tracing paper. But a new edition of the book is due for publication this year. I am sure that Chris Pye will have attended to this minor point in his rewrite.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Lettercarving,
This review is from: Lettercarving in Wood: A Practical Course (Paperback)
Does what it says on the tin. If you intend to do lettercarving, and don't have an experienced tutor to help, this book will give you the pointers you need.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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A beginners course,
By Michael A. Brown - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lettercarving in Wood: A Practical Course (Paperback)
This is a very good beginners book... I just started wood carving and my technique wasn't very good. After following the tips and tricks that you learn from reading this well laid out book the letter's I am carving are much stronger and the shapes more fluid. I highly recommend this book.
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Very good,
By J. E. Sjastad - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lettercarving in Wood: A Practical Course (Paperback)
Another excellent book from Chris Pye, all you need to know to start letter carving.
Written in Pye's usual thorough and detailed style, it helps you with selecting tools, how to hold your workpiece, shows different letter styles, both incised and raised lettering etc... |
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