Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook: 10 Skill-Building Projects for Carving and Painting Custom Signs

by Betty Padden

Overview

We use signs everyday - to figure out which way to go, to know if a store is open or closed, to welcome guests, and to mark a room as belonging to someone special - just to name a few. Hand carved wooden signs can add warmth and charm to any home or business. In the Lettering&Sign Carving Workbook, author and woodcarving instructor Betty Padden shares her designs and techniques for creating custom signs. With this book, even beginner woodcarvers can learn to carve and paint signs with the 10 skill building projects. From learning to carve simple cuts into a pre made blank, to carving more intricate designs and finishing with elaborate painting, the reader's skills will be improved with each project. Specialized techniques such as creating custom lettering on a computer, gilding, and more are introduced in later projects. .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607653967
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	53 MB
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About the Author

Betty Padden has been a professional wood carver for more than 35 years. She is the author of three books—Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook, Carving & Painting Christmas Ornaments, and Carving and Painting Noah's Ark—and is a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. Betty and her husband, Bob, own the Wooden Apple Signmakers in Auburn, Mass., providing custom carved signs for both residential customers and commercial clients like the Walt Disney Company and Anheuser-Busch. Betty and Bob have offered classes on the fine art of wood carving to students in their studio since 1979.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Getting Started *Letter carving basics *Basic painting *Tools and safety *Sign shape templates *Font template *Additional designs and banners *Resources for paint, chisels Part II: Projects *Project 1: Circa board *Project 2: Welcome Sign *Project 3: House sign with a cap and molding *Project 4: Child's room sign *Project 5: House sign with claddah and raised banner/elements *Project 6: Banner and beer stein *Project 7: House sign with raised duck and cattails *Project 8: Camp sign *Project 9: Beach house sign with raised lighthouse *Project 10: Interior Christmas carving

Editorial Reviews

There are 10 projects in this marvelous book that will help even the professional sign carver improve his/her skills. Author Padden is a very skilled and highly innovative carver and her book shows it. She takes you through her carvings from the first cut in raw wood through to every intricate detail including the final painting. The Paddy's Pub sign is just one example of the author's ingenuity but take a look at the detail in the Irish Claddagh Sign embellished with gold leaf. Even the seemingly simple Welcome sign is a work of art. It is amazing how she envisions such simple signs like a cabin nameplate. Amazing! This is one very talented lady and she deserves thanks for sharing it with us.

'The signs are there for this being a great project and technique guide, and one which will be a great addition to any carving bookshelf.'

A book from woodcarver and professional sign maker Betty Padden leads the reader from simple to complex projects in basic letter-carving and painting, using premade blanks, creating lettering on the computer, gilding and aged painting. Projects included in the Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook (Fox Chapel Publishing; ISBN 978-1-56523-452-9) range from welcome and house signs to an Irish claddagh and an indoor Christmas scene sign. The book is priced at $19.95.

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