Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook

Padden, Betty

ISBN 10: 1565234529 / ISBN 13: 9781565234529

Published by Fox Chapel Publishing, 2011

About this Item

2011. Paperback. We use signs everyday, to work out which way to go, to know if a shop is open or closed and to welcome guests, just to name a few. Hand carved wooden signs can add warmth and charm to any home or business. This book presents various designs and techniques for creating custom signs. Num Pages: 144 pages, full colour throughout, includes photographs, includes illustrations. BIC Classification: WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 306 x 9. Weight in Grams: 590. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565234529
• ISBN 13: 9781565234529
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

We use signs everyday—to figure out which way to go, to know if a store is open or closed, to welcome guests, and to mark a room as belonging to someone special just to name a few. Hand carved wooden signs can add warmth and charm to any home or business. In the Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook, author and woodcarving instructor Betty Padden shares her designs and techniques for creating custom signs.

With this book, even beginner woodcarvers can learn to carve and paint signs with the 10 skill building projects. From learning to carve simple cuts into a pre-made blank, to carving more intricate designs and finishing with elaborate painting, the reader's skills will be improved with each project. Specialized techniques such as creating custom lettering on a computer, gilding, and more are introduced in later projects.

About the Author

Betty Padden has been a professional wood carver for more than 35 years. She is the author of three books—Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook, Carving & Painting Christmas Ornaments, and Carving and Painting Noah's Ark—and is a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. Betty and her husband, Bob, own the Wooden Apple Signmakers in Auburn, Mass., providing custom carved signs for both residential customers and commercial clients like the Walt Disney Company and Anheuser-Busch. Betty and Bob have offered classes on the fine art of wood carving to students in their studio since 1979.