Wood
The World of Woodwork and Carving
Bryan Sentance
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| ‘It covers the subject in finer detail, yet more widely than any other that I have seen [in] a wonderfully interesting and inspiring way ... packed with excellent colour images ... this book absolutely fascinates me, with its wealth of information, facts and images to dip into’ | | – Craftsman |
| ‘It is hard to imagine a more beautiful and versatile material. This superb book does it justice’ | | – The Sunday Telegraph |
Here is the first worldwide survey outlining the amazing variety of wood types, their uses, and the woodworking techniques employed around the globe. With over 800 illustrations, a glossary, information on where to see collections, a bibliography and index, this is an exhaustive survey of one of our most precious natural resources.
The book is organized into over seventy topics. Sections include:
The Raw Material from softwoods and hardwoods to tropical plants and timber
Carving and Shaping Wood from incising and stamping,
relief carving and intaglio carving, to turning and bending
Joinery from fixings and fastenings to slots and sockets
Decorating and Finishing from marquetry and inlay,
paint and lacquer, to metallic finishes and embellishment
Wood at Work from bowls and buckets, furniture and implements, to modes of transport and buildings
Heart and Soul from games and toys, dolls and puppets, to
ritual and ceremony
Tools from axes and adzes, chisels and saws, to lathes
and planes
Native American face masks, German bread boards, French cabinets, Spanish ceilings, Swedish painted horses, Italian marquetry, Dutch clogs, Japanese chopsticks, Indian goddesses, Chinese lacquered chairs, Moroccan boats, Brazilian guitars, Romanian mandolins, English rocking horses, Russian spoons, Madagascan board games, Mexican gourds, Javanese toys, Vietnamese photo albums, Norwegian mugs... the versatility of wood is astonishing.
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500511209 | | ISBN-13 978-0500511206 | | | | 28.0 x 24.0 cm | | Hardback | | 208pp | | 815 illustrations, 634 in colour | | First published 2003 | | | | £28.00 | | | |  | | | | 
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