Scrap Wood Whittling: 21 Miniature Animal Projects with Character (Fox Chapel Publishing) Small, Charming, Easy Woodcarvings for a Pig, Sheep, Aquarium, Cat Diorama, and More, with Full-Size Patterns Paperback ? November 16, 2021

The must-have guide for any woodcarver to whittle a menagerie of mini animals!

• Approachable guide for carvers to learn how to whittle small, charming, and easy animal miniatures
• 19 whittling projects with step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, and full-size patterns
• Complete overview on basic cuts, tools, materials, and other foundational skills
• Progressive projects start at beginner level, then progress to intermediate and advanced
• Expert guidance on techniques, decorative painting, display ideas, and more

Small-scale wood carving projects tend to intimidate, but author and master carver Steve Tomashek makes it easy for anyone—even beginners!

Scrap Wood Whittling will show you everything you need to know to carve miniature animal projects that range from simple to advanced. This accessible project book opens with helpful overviews on wood types, tools, designing projects, essential carving techniques, cuts, safety, and tips on painting and finishing. Then, you'll then go on to complete 19 tiny animal carvings organized by skill level and slowly progressing in difficulty.

From a beginner-friendly dinosaur and penguin family to a more challenging leaping leopard, a matchbox-sized anglerfish aquarium, a cat in a window, and many more, each small and special project contains clear step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, full-size patterns, tips on technique, painting, display ideas, and more! Inside these 136 pages, all carvers—from beginner to intermediate and advanced—will learn how to whittle a unique menagerie of tiny animals in wood!

Get started creating miniature animal projects with character, with Scrap Wood Whittling!

"Clever and bursting with imagination, this book is a fail-safe guide to making magic in the workshop with minimal materials. Pick up a copy and carve along—Steve's projects will have you grinning from cover to cover."
—Kaylee Schofield, Editor of Woodcarving Illustrated magazine

Steve Tomashek, also known as "Ministeve," is an award-winning woodcarver and artist who specializes in miniature carvings. His intricate and impressively tiny work has been featured in Woodworker's Journal, The Daily Mini, Heart Handmade, and other online publications, and in 2012, Steve authored his first book, Tiny Whittling. To learn more about Steve and his work, visit his YouTube channel (Steve Tomashek) or his Facebook page (@ministeve.art).