Description
Walnut Hollow Farm, Inc., Dodgeville, Wisconsin [Published date: 1986]. Paper covers, 50 pp, plus folded pattern sheets; profusely illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color photographs and diagrams; 28 cm. First edition.
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Condition & notes
In very good condition. Illustrated paper wraps featuring a woodburned bird-and-floral medallion design printed in brown and red; light bumping and creasing to edges and light surface rubbing and minor edgewear; binding tight (staple bound); pages clean and unmarked; all folded pattern sheets present and intact. Issued as the fourth volume in Walnut Hollow Farm's Creative Woodburning series, this 1986 instructional manual provides a detailed guide to both fundamental and advanced pyrography techniques. The illustrated project plates include Garden Figures (fantasy box design), Carousel Horse (French plaque), Elm Pond Mallards, Loon and Wood Duck Drake by Dodie Hogstad, as well as portraits of Abraham Lincoln, John Wayne, and animal studies - demonstrating the full range of tonal realism achievable through controlled burning. Introduction by company founder David A. Ladd recounts the history of Walnut Hollow Farm, begun in 1972 as a Wisconsin tree-farm enterprise that evolved into a national manufacturer of basswood surfaces and woodburning tools. Contents include: Choosing Woodburning Pens; American Basswood - A Woodburner's Canvas; Special Technique Points; Getting Started; Fundamental Techniques (Side, Tip, Line, and Graduated Shading); Advanced Techniques (Dot Shading, Relief Dot, Basketweave, Figure Eight, Contour Crosshatch, Sfumato); Pattern Guide; Pattern Sheets.