Description

Products You May Like

• Bird Decoys of North America: Nature, History, and Art-NS

  $40.00 $24.00 0 review(s)

  
  

  Bird decoys, which were first fashioned by Native American hunter-artists at least 1,500 years ago, are the only major folk art form to originate in North America. Today, decoys made during the heyday of decoy carving--roughly from 1840 to 1950--rank among the most avidly sought of all folk art collectibles, with some rare and outstanding examples fetching upwards of $8000,000 apiece at auction. These humble hunting tools, intended to deceive wildfowl by luring them into shooters' range, are now appreciated on many levels: as compelling works of sculpture, as exacting portraits of living and extinct species, and as irreplaceable historical objects. Successful decoy carvers of the past knew their prey intimately--spending countless hours observing game birds in the wild and then bringing their accumulated knowledge of different species' appearance and behavior to the carving bench. Because the works these artisans created were meant to attract avian eyes--conveying the essence of a bird's plumage, form, and attitude at a glance--older handmade decoys are deeply observed symbols of living birds that no merely decorative object, no matter how photographically accurate, can match. In this definitive, lavishly illustrated work, folk-art expert Robert Shaw chronicles the now-vanished era in which the great decoy makers pursued their craft. Shaw traces the natural history of North American bird species--more than sixty of which are represented in antique decoys. He relates the history of wildfowl hunting on this continent, detailing the excesses of nineteenth-century commercial hunting and the rise of a conservation movement aimed at ensuring bird species' long-term survival. He examines the distinctive forms produced in each major hunting area, from the Maritime Provinces of Canada to the Chesapeake Bay to the bayous of Louisiana and beyond. And, with a storyteller's gift for the entertaining anecdote, Shaw puts us in touch with the lives and circumstances of the decoy makers themselves.

• TAUNTON'S WOOD CARVING BASICS#

  $19.95 $11.97 0 review(s)

  
  

  From simple to more sophisticated techniques, the book includes a broad sampling of creative wood carving projects -- with step-by-step instructions and colorful photos that show you how to make each one a work of art. The projects -- designed to give beginners a working knowledge of many carving styles -- become increasingly more challenging as you move through the book. Every piece you create will hone your skills for the projects that follow. As you move from one chapter to the next, you'll learn all the valuable techniques you need to grow as a carver. The companion DVD is item #28-120.

• SIMPLIFIED G/T CUSTOM STAIRBUILDING/TANGENT HANDRAILING. REVISED [LSI]

  $28.95 $17.37 0 review(s)

  
  

  This is the revised edition of di Cristina's popular work on stairbuilding. Over 50 pages have been revised. The author covers where to locate risers in a curved stairway in relation to the handrailing, three methods of finding the face mould, fifteen basic handrail problems, installation of balusters, how to find baluster cuts under an incline turn handrail, and much more. Mr. di Cristina owned a custom stairbuilding business in San Francisco for over 50 years.

• FOOLPROOF WOOD FINISHING

  $19.95 $11.97 0 review(s)

  
  

  Subtitle: "For Those Who Love to Build & Hate to Finish". An excellent introduction to wood finishing by a professional finishing. Includes a series of exercises that will enable a beginner to produce professional results. Topics include using pigments and dyes, creating test samples, using epoxy, fixing minor defects, and avoiding uneven results.

• ARTS AND CRAFTS FURNITURE: PROJECTS YOU CAN BUILD

  $21.95 0 review(s)

  
  

  by Blair Howard. 15 projects for the woodworker. These projects represent the work of not only the most famous members of the movement but also of such designers as Oscar Onken and Charles Limbert, whose works are not commonly presented in other woodworking project books. Includes step-by-step instructions, joinery, measured drawings, fumed oak process, and bills of material. Projects include a print stand by Frank Lloyd Wright, book stand by Oscar Onken, Book Case by Limbert, a writing desk by G. Stickley and more.