FEATURES

The Work of Joe Wannamaker
By Bob Duncan
Late teacher shared his passion with a generation of carvers

Best of Show
Award-winning carvings from across the country

First Cuts
A carver's journey to becoming a member of the Caricature Carvers of America

On The Wild Side With Jeffrey Cooper
By Kathleen Ryan
Quality craftsmanship and wildlife carvings combine for delightfully whimsical furniture
PROJECTS

Classic Ball in Cage
By Addison "Dusty" Dussinger
This old-time whittling project is fun to carve and a real attention-getter

Making Free-form, Custom Wooden Boxes
By Mike Burton
This lesson in joinery and "feeling" the wood produces boxes that are a joy to hold and touch

Elegant Oak Leaf Mantel Clock
By Wayne Barton
Create a treasured family heirloom with easy, positive image chip-carving techniques

Custom Presentation Plaque
By Floyd L. Truitt
Change the relief-carved elements for a personalized award

Stylish Birdhouse
By Barry McKenzie
Relief-carved shingles and graceful designs adorn this essential songbird house

Kolrosing: Norwegian Line Carving
By Judy Ritger
Easy-to-learn carving technique produces beautiful decorative designs
TECHNIQUES

Line Carving: Three Simple Styles
By Chris Pye
Master the basics of drawing with a veiner

Express Yourself!
By Jim Farr
Photography by Roger Schroeder
Convey emotions with exaggerated facial expressions

Realistic Skin Tones
By Lora S. Irish
Simple mixtures and techniques to create a variety of flesh colors

Cut Your Own Carving Blanks
By Mark Duginski
Simple technique reduces the time you spend roughing out a carving

All About Files, Rasps, & Rifflers
By Roger Schroeder
These versatile tools have a wide range of carving uses

Woodburning Eyes
By Carole Jean Boyd
Foolproof method makes it easy
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Bob Duncan is the Technical Editor of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts and Woodcarving Illustrated.

Kathleen Ryan is an award-winning freelance writer specializing in business and people profile stories

Mike Burton has been a professional woodworker for more than 40 years. He opened a woodworking shop in Ogden, Uthah in 1973 with his father and brother and later became the sole owner of this business, manufacturing a full line of furniture and custom wood products including guitar bodies and propellers for ultralight aircraft. After transferring the business to his sons, Mike put his energy into writing and is the author of three other books, Simple Marquetry (Sterling), Veneering a Foundation Course (Sterling) and Architectural Carving Revised (Sterling).

Judy is an award winning designer, artist, and teacher. She trained in Norway with the master painter / carver Ragnvald Frøysadal, and is the recipient of the prestigious Vesterheim Gold Medal Award for woodcarving and rosemaling. One of her pieces was also chosen to represent kolrosing in the Norwegian Exhibition: "The Migration of a Tradition", which toured internationally.

Chris Pye has been a professional woodcarver for than 25 years and is a member of the Master Carvers Association. His work is done mainly to commission, with clients including HRH the Prince of Wales. It ranges from architectural moldings to figure carving, furniture to lettering, bedheads and fireplaces. He has also written extensively about woodcarving for several magazines.

Lora Irish is an artist who runs an internet carving studio with her husband at www.carvingpatterns.com. She is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts and Wood Carving Illustrated and the author of Great Book of Dragon Patterns, Great Book of Fairy Patterns, Great Book of Tattoo Designs, Great Book of Woodburning, and Wood Spirits and Green Men. She lives in Mt. Airy, Maryland.

Mark Duginske is a fourth generation central Wisconsin woodworker. He makes his living as a woodworker, designer, writer, and inventor. He was formally a contributing editor to Fine Woodworking Magazine and now writes for a number of magazines. His work has appeared in Fine Woodworking, Fine Home Building, The Design Book, Americana, Chicago Magazine, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Woodsmith, Wood Shop News and Wood News. His restoration work in the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park, Illinois has appeared on This Old House and the PBS Frank Lloyd Wright Special. He has 8 patents on woodworking tools and a number of patents pending. He is the author of 10 books. He has done two videos for the Taunton Press.