Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook: 10 Skill-building Projects for Carving and Painting Custom Signs - Softcover

Padden, Betty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565234529 ISBN 13: 9781565234529

Verlag: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2011

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A contemporary look at a nostalgic craft with updated techniques and a fresh variety of styles for carving and painting a variety of signs for the home, summer cottage or basement bar.

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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.

Betty Padden has been in the carving business for over 35 years. Her company, Wooden Apple Signmakers, was established in 1976 and offers design service and custom carved signs for both residential and commercial customers.

Her work has been displayed at Walt Disney World and Disneyland as well as Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA and historic Quincy Market in Boston, MA. In addition, Betty has created a beautiful series of intricate relief woodcarvings featured on the 1999 Gnomes Hollow Calendar by the Lang Company.

Her signs adorn businesses from Maine to Alaska, and have been featured in such publications as Country Marketplace, Sign Builder Illustrated, and Market Square Preview. She teaches woodcarving to approximately 70-80 students per year.

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We use signs every day - to figure our 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.Thanks to author and woodcarving instructor Betty Padden, hand-carving and painting wooden signs has been made approachable for anyone, regardless of skill level. her designs and techniques in the Lettering & Sign Carving Wookbook make it possible for even beginner woodcarvers to 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, your skills will improve with each project. Specialized techniques such as creating custom lettering on a computer, gilding, and more are introduced in later projects. With this book, you will be creating custom signs in no time, to give as gifts, or to add charm to your own home or business.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1565234529
• ISBN 13: 9781565234529
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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