Table of Contents
The book Techniques of Wood Sculpture is broken up into two books. Book 1 is written bare bones style with the intent on teaching the basic fundamentals of carving wood to create sculpture. Book 2 has more of a subjective style in explaining further techniques of making direct sculpture . If you wish to purchase the complete book on a C. D. please send 25 dollars to:
Les Scruggs 18021 Burnham Avenue Lansing IL 60438
You can preview chapter 1 in book 1 and chapter 8 in book 2(long loading) by clicking on these chapters--the resolution of course will be better on the C. D. and also there will be other pictures of my work most of which you can find on the web site but again with better to resolution
Introduction
Book I - Fundamentals
Chapter 2....... Obtaining and Sharpening Gouges
Chapter 3...... Rasps, Rifflers and Files
Chapter 4....... Scraping and Sanding
Chapter 5....... Carving 3 Pieces
Chapter 6....... Reverse Drying
Dervish.... Black Walnut... 40in by 60in by 20 in
Book II - Advanced Techniques
Chapter 7….. The Critique
Chapter 8….. Design for wood sculpture
Chapter 9.....Choosing and Caring for the Wood
Chapter 10.....Found Objects
Chapter 11….. Making the Mahogany Models
Chapter 12....Designing and Making the Dervish Series
Chapter 13...........High Speed Rotary Tools