Working With Wood Books

Professional caricature carver Mike Shipley will introduce you to a colorful clan of Ozark-style folks (and their coon hound!). Chock-full of warmth and personality!

Whether you're a beginner who is just learning to carve, or an experienced carver looking for new ideas, you will get plenty of inspiration and satisfaction from this book.

The "Getting Started" chapter outlines the tools needed, sharpening advice, and safety instructions.

After that, you'll walk through step by step instructions to carve Delmer using Mike's quick and easy "clean-cut" style.

Next up, painting and staining tips (mixing stain in a blender? yep.) that will help bring your characters to life.

Includes twelve patterns and cute tales about each character.