Working With Wood Books

These legendary creatures are as popular today as ever. If you have ever thought about trying your hand at carving a gargoyle or  "grotesque," "chimera," or "guardian," ...even if you don't know what some of those weird-sounding things are!... this book will teach you all you need to know about carving these mythic, historical creatures.

Sure, all the history, symbolism, and lore stuff is here, but you'll want to dive right into the two step-by-step projects in the book: the Traditional Water-Spouting Gargoyle and the Classic Grotesque!

After that, you will also find 10 additional original patterns, including the Crouching Imp and the Screaming Keystone Grotesque (and no, I am not making this up!). You'll even find patterns for more functional projects (provided you don't think scaring intruders and evil spirits away as entirely functional!), like a gargoyle cane-topper and a Green Man door knocker.

Look, I'm not really up on my history of all this stuff... and I'm kind of lost describing it. But what I do know is that the pictures in this book (and the associated instructions) are all top-notch.  It's really impressive stuff! Have fun and please let me see how your work turns out, okay?