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Learn to carve beautiful wildlife-inspired walking sticks with this informative and easy-to-follow book. It includes useful information on harvesting and curing wood, plus advice on getting the best finishing results with paints, stains, varnishes, acrylics and wood burning.
Award-winning woodcarver David Stehly walks you through the entire process of making artisan-quality sticks, staffs and canes that are as functional as they are beautiful. Twelve step-by-step wood-carving projects and ready-to-use patterns make it easy to get started in this relaxing and rewarding hobby.
An inspirational color photo gallery illustrates many of the author’s spectacular projects, including sticks adorned with lifelike lizards, magnificent bighorn sheep and leaping trout. A special focus is on carving realistic snakes that wrap around the sticks, all carved from a single piece of wood.
Softcover, 72 pages, 2017.
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Hand Carving Your Own Walking Stick
Learn to carve beautiful wildlife-inspired walking sticks with this informative and easy-to-follow book. It includes useful information on harvesting and curing wood, plus advice on getting the best finishing results with paints, stains, varnishes, acrylics and wood burning.
Award-winning woodcarver David Stehly walks you through the entire process of making artisan-quality sticks, staffs and canes that are as functional as they are beautiful. Twelve step-by-step wood-carving projects and ready-to-use patterns make it easy to get started in this relaxing and rewarding hobby.
An inspirational color photo gallery illustrates many of the author’s spectacular projects, including sticks adorned with lifelike lizards, magnificent bighorn sheep and leaping trout. A special focus is on carving realistic snakes that wrap around the sticks, all carved from a single piece of wood.
Softcover, 72 pages, 2017.
