This in-depth profile of Scandinavian-style woodcarving includes a history of the style's use in American and Scandinavian art, biographies of great carvers in the genre, and detailed instructions for a variety of projects. Directions, front and sideview patterns, and step-by-step photographs reveal how to make a few simple cuts and leave large flat planes intact. The lively personalities of such typical Scandinavian figures as Oskar and a traditional Swedish folk art horse are charmingly rendered in the samples and projects included.
Harley Refsal an internationally recognized carver who has been decorated by the King of Norway for his contributions to Norwegian culture shows you how to create many of your own Scandinavian-style, flat-plane carvings and explains the history behind the craft. With step-by-step instructions plus a knife and a gouge or two you will learn to bring to life a traditional figure and a Dalecarlian horse. More than 40 other figure patterns from a school teacher to a bird watcher and a leprechaun to a rooster are included. Clear directions, front and side-view patterns and photographs show you exactly how to make a few simple, well-placed cuts, leaving large flat planes intact on the carved figure.
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