Enhance any home, room, or office with expert woodcarvings from master carver Frederick Wilbur! Featuring the inspiring, original projects of a master woodcarver, this detailed manual offers a broad range of traditionally designed pieces for the home. With beautiful accents of historic ornamentation, these functional items are perfect projects for both the beginner and advanced carver, guiding carvers from start to finish with detailed instructions and step-by-step photography. Woodcarvers will learn how to make classically carved bookracks and bookends, an heirloom-quality jewelry box, a cabinet for storing CDs, and much more. In addition, aspiring carvers will acquire the skills and confidence needed to design their own carvings while gaining insight into the tradition, practices, and craftsmanship of architectural woodcarving. Decorative Woodcarving shows how ornamentation of accent items for home accessories can completely change the aura of a room or home. The book includes woodcarving accessories like: *Classically Carved Bookends *An Heirloom-Quality Jewelry Box *Bookracks *Rustic Picture Frames *Kitchen Utensil Containers *And much more. Wilbur does not just give, however, an instructional "how-to" for the average carver. Sure, you can use the book that way, but it offers much more. He provides conception through completion instructions, step-by-step photography, advice on design and woodcarving techniques, and suggestions on how to determine what best matches your space. The projects included are for a range of skill levels. The beginner will find ample opportunity to hone new skills while the more advanced woodcarver will find challenging and detailed projects that push them to their limits and beyond. In addition, the book offers keen insights into the art of woodcarving, providing detailed descriptions of the traditions, practices, techniques, and tips that have made Wilbur such a treasure to woodcarvers worldwide. Woodcarving is an art, but Wilbur makes it accessible to almost everyone. That is partly why he is such a legendary woodcarver and why this book is a must-have for anyone interested in learning or perfecting their woodcarving skills. Enhance any home, room, or office with expert woodcarvings from master carver Frederick Wilbur! Featuring the inspiring original projects of a master woodcarver, this detailed manual offers a broad range of traditionally-designed pieces for the home. With beautiful accents of historic ornamentation, these functional items are perfect projects for both the beginner and advanced carver, guiding carvers from start to finish with detailed instructions and step-by-step photography. This fascinating book offers a wealth of ideas and advice on designing and making woodcarvings for the home. A broad range of projects provide ideas for everyone from the beginner to the more more experienced carver. Learn how to make bookracks and bookends, rustic picture frames, kitchen utensil containers, a jewellery box and a cabinet for storing your CDs. Detailed instructions with photographs and illustrations take you through the design and making process, giving you the skills and confidence you need. The book shows you how to become an efficient carver and provides wonderful insights into the traditions, practices and craftsmanship of woodcarving. Lots of projects ideas for your home. Detailed instructions with photographs and illustrations. Wonderful insight into the art and craft of woodcarving. Frederick Wilbur has been a professional woodcarver for thirty years, producing both original and restoration work in a wide variety of styles. He has received the Architectural Woodwork Institute's Award of Excellence. He has written for many of the leading woodcarving magazines and his two previous books, Carving Architectural Detail in Wood and Carving Classical Styles in Wood, are also published by GMC. Frederick Wilbur, of Lovingston, VA, is the author of two books, Carving Classical Styles in Wood and Carving Architectural Details in Wood:The Classical Tradition. For more information, contact Frederick at 434-263-4827 or visit his website, frederickwilbur-woodcarver(dot)com. Primarily a project book, Fred Wilbur's latest book, Decorative Woodcarving: Accessories for the Home, provides drawings, sequence photos, and instruction for the serious student interested in making and carving many household items. The 81/2" x 11" book focuses on integrating design, material, tools, and technique with the instruction for each project, plus reprises a few of Fred's early works to illustrate how one improves with critique, study, and practice. The 176 pages offer instruction for creating wall pockets and bookracks (ten projects), picture and mirror frames (five projects), containers (seven projects including a tray and CD storage cabinet), and carving on turnings (five projects including candlesticks and a serving tray).