Wildfowl Carving: Essential Techniques for Carving, Texturing & Painting Wildfowl

By Jim Pearce

A detailed guide to the techniques of woodcarving decoys, using one particular project, the goldeneye duck, to demonstrate the skills and procedures involved. Illustrations detail duck anatomy and feather group patterns. There are chapters on handtool and woodburning (texturing) techniques, and appendices give eye size and colouring of hundreds of birds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094681953X
• ISBN13: 9780946819539
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: GMC Publications
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent bird carving book for the beginner to intermediate

Mr. Pearce takes readers through an informative discussion of the history of birdcarving and the selection of tools before embarking on the carving process itself. It is easy to read, quite informative, and very helpful with clearly outlined steps and pictures. Using primarily a knife and gouges, he takes the reader on a guided tour of how to utilize different cuts and techniques to "release the bird from the wood". The last part of the book is dedicated to painting technique. Once mastered, the reader can purchase the second book in the series which goes over advanced ideas.