Working With Wood Books

If you yearn to move past woodburning and into other mediums, this book is for you.  In addition to step-by-step instructions for gourds and maple burl, this amazing guidebook features projects created on canvas, leather, gourds, and other less-traveled surfaces.  With unique tips for working with each of these materials, you’ll have a wonderful companion for expanding your skills and your horizons.

The book launches with a look at woodburning tools before getting into the project phases.  As you progress, you’ll learn how to work from gourds, from the cleaning through the design process, with a focus on burning and completing each project.  Another section offers the same depth of instruction for working with maple burl, and this is followed by 9 patterns with strong American themes.

The last part of the book offers a glimpse at “Life After Basswood.”  Encompassing several examples on 9 different mediums, you’re sure to find inspiration among the pages of this gallery of work.  When you’re ready to excel into the realm of woodburning, this book will be your guide.