Freshwater Fish Carving (Schiffer Book for Carvers)

By James Fliger

Book Overview

An exciting new subject for woodcarvers is shared by one of its foremost artists. James Fliger introduces fish carving by presenting four projects: the rainbow trout, the bluegill sunfish, the black crappie, and channel catfish. A graphic artist by profession, Jim has created beautiful patterns and drawings to help the carver. The book is further illustrated with black-and-white photographs showing the carving techniques in the step-by-step fashion that is so helpful to wood carvers. For the all-important painting steps, color graphics are used with photographs to give the readers an accurate view. Additionally, color photographs from nature and a portfolio of size-winning fish carving is presented.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887401759
• ISBN13: 9780887401756
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Freshwater Fish Carving

The book Freshwater fish carving was just as discribed! The book is excellent in providing how to carve fish decoys.