![Sculpture in wood. [Art is what you make it -- Wood as material for the sculptor -- Ideas and subject matter -- Tools and their care -- Rasps for carving in the round -- Carving in the round -- Carving a head -- Carving in low relief -- Finishing -- How to use sculpture]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/989/630/815630989.1.m.jpg)
Sculpture in wood. [Art is what you make it -- Wood as material for the sculptor -- Ideas and subject matter -- Tools and their care -- Rasps for carving in the round -- Carving in the round -- Carving a head -- Carving in low relief -- Finishing -- How to use sculpture]
by Rood, John, 1902-1974. [association copy: Joe Rodriguez Valles 1922-1982] [Dorothy Rood, Paul Kendall, Carol Kendall, Frank Roos, Beatrice Roos, Laurence Schmeckebier, Alexandra Schmeckebier, Theodore C Blegen, Margaret S Harding, Jane McCarthy, Mary Lawh
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Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press ; London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxforrd University Press, 1950, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 179 pages illustrations 26 cm ; LCCN: 50-9725 ; LC: NB1250; Dewey: 736.4 ; OCLC: 227669 ; beige and brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Art is what you make it -- Wood as material for the sculptor -- Ideas and subject matter -- Tools and their care -- Rasps for carving in the round -- Carving in the round -- Carving a head -- Carving in low relief -- Finishing -- How to use sculpture ; "n simple every-day language and with lavish use of photographs, a noted sculptor takes you, step-by-step, through the process of wood sculpture and explains how to appreciate and use this kind of art in your own home. The how-to-do-it section contains information on the tools needed, the various woods and their qualities, and finishes. Photographs showing examples of the author's work and that of other contemporary sculptors illustrate his points clearly. The beginner will find this book opens the way to a rewarding hobby; the serious artist will be challenged by Mr. Rood's forceful ideas on art." ; contains numerous illustrations of beautifully photographed artwork of William Zorach, Maria Nunez del Prado, Aaron Goodelman, C Ludwig Brumme, Warren Wheelock, Ernst Barlach, Jose De Creeft, Chaim Gross, Peter John Lupori, Milton Hebald, Ossip Zadkine, Ann Wolfe, Dorothea Greenbaum, Gwen Lux, Evelyn Raymond and Alonzo Hauser ; copy of award-winning Santa Clara, New Mexico sculptor and painter, Joe Rodriguez Valles (1922-1982) ; foxing to endpapers ; else VG.
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- Sculpture in wood. [Art is what you make it -- Wood as material for the sculptor -- Ideas and subject matter -- Tools and their care -- Rasps for carving in the round -- Carving in the round -- Carving a head -- Carving in low relief -- Finishing -- How to use sculpture]
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- Rood, John, 1902-1974. [association copy: Joe Rodriguez Valles 1922-1982] [Dorothy Rood, Paul Kendall, Carol Kendall, Frank Roos, Beatrice Roos, Laurence Schmeckebier, Alexandra Schmeckebier, Theodore C Blegen, Margaret S Harding, Jane McCarthy, Mary Lawh
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press ; London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxforrd University Press, 1950
- Date Published
- 1950
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- Wood-carving. Art is what you make it -- Wood as material for the sculptor -- Ideas and subject matter -- Tools and their care -- Rasps for carving in the round -- Carving in the round -- Carving a head -- Carving in low relief -- Finishing -- How to use
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