Bone Carving

Author : Stephen Myhre
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780143009979
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bone Carving written by Stephen Myhre and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bone carving is as old as civilisation itself. Even some of the oldest bone artifacts have decorative features that are clearly not necessary for their functional nature, showing that there have been complex cultural aspects to the carving of bone since earliest times. The first settlers of Aotearoa brought with them the skills of bone carving, both for items of personal adornment and for the manufacture of tools such as fish-hooks. These skills have been passed on, incorporating various cultural adaptations, to the present day. In Bone Carving, Stephen Myhre has drawn with great sensitivity on techniques and styles of carving from a wide range of Pacific cultures, but particularly Maori. The result is a superb practical handbook for anyone embarking upon this rapidly growing craft. The book provides what the author calls a 'skillbase' - a reliable set of practices and attitudes that can successfully produce bone carvings of great functional and aesthetic beauty. Bone Carvingdescribes and illustrates the materials, tools and techniques, explaining every stage from roughing out to final polishing and mounting, in a clear, strongly personalised style. The author stresses throughout the importance of good design and the development of patience as parts of the skillbase - and the need for integrity. The carver, he says, should respect the old traditions and be sensitive to the cultural significance of the forms being used. Bone Carvingis thus both a practical and a spiritual guide.

Author : Archer St. Clair
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801872617
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Carving as Craft written by Archer St. Clair and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1989 to 1994 more than fifteen hundred bone and ivory objects were excavated from the northeast slope of Rome's Palatine Hill. These remains constitute the largest such find in the western Mediterranean and the first traces of the actual working of ivory in Rome itself. In this original work, art historian Archer St. Clair explores the significance of these finds in understanding both the development of artisanship in Rome and the broader Greco-Roman cultural and artistic tradition to which they belong. Dating primarily from the first through the fifth century C.E., the carved objects include ornamentation for furniture and boxes in the form of plaques and framing strips, jewelry, dolls, a wide variety of pins, as well as smaller numbers of handles, needles, and other implements. Also present at the site was extensive evidence of a bone and ivory workshop, including prepared blanks and waste fragments that provide valuable evidence for artisanal practices in both materials. This volume includes a representative catalog of 648 objects from Palatine East, extensively illustrated with photographs and detailed drawings. Four chapters of introductory material offer a comprehensive overview of the material properties of bone and ivory, the literary evidence, and wider context of their use in the ancient world, and the particular significance of the Palatine East site. While bone has often been treated simply as an inferior and less valuable alternative to ivory, St. Clair notes the close association in their use and elucidates a complex relationship between them. In doing so, she offers a detailed, contextual study of the uses, social perception, and distribution of the two materials, revealing a shared Mediterranean vocabulary of form and technique.

Author : Donn Salt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781869531102
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stone, Bone, and Jade written by Donn Salt and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Flintoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781877517396
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kura Koiwi written by Brian Flintoff and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kura Koiwi is both a personal account of Brian Flintoff's career as a carver, but also an important exploration of Maori art and how it relates to carving.

Author : Alexia Casale
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571295630
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bone Dragon written by Alexia Casale and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evie's shattered ribs have been a secret for the last four years. Now she has found the strength to tell her adoptive parents, and the physical traces of her past are fixed - the only remaining signs a scar on her side and a fragment of bone taken home from the hospital, which her uncle Ben helps her to carve into a dragon as a sign of her strength. Soon this ivory talisman begins to come to life at night, offering wisdom and encouragement in roaming dreams of smoke and moonlight that come to feel ever more real. As Evie grows stronger there remains one problem her new parents can't fix for her: a revenge that must be taken. And it seems that the Dragon is the one to take it. This subtly unsettling novel is told from the viewpoint of a fourteen-year-old girl damaged by a past she can't talk about, in a hypnotic narrative that, while giving increasing insight, also becomes increasingly unreliable. A blend of psychological thriller and fairy tale, The Bone Dragon explores the fragile boundaries between real life and fantasy, and the darkest corners of the human mind.

Author : Ropata Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781869412234
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasured Taonga written by Ropata Davis and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lora S. Irish
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1607655349
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cane Topper Woodcarving written by Lora S. Irish and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to create unique and beautiful canes that will be treasured as useful works of art. Legendary carving artist Lora S. Irish introduces you to all of the essential components and woodcarving techniques of cane topper carving in this comprehensive guide with 4 step-by-step projects and 6 joinery methods.

Author : Stephen Myhre
Publisher : Octopus Books
ISBN 13 : 9780920417041
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bone Carving written by Stephen Myhre and published by Octopus Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jim Timings
Publisher : Shoal Bay
ISBN 13 : 9780908704200
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bone Carving written by Jim Timings and published by Shoal Bay. This book was released on 1995 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financially rewarding, spiritually fulfilling and absorbing: that is how Jim Timings describes his 20 years as a bone carver. What is more, he is convinced that anyone with the right motivation can succeed as a full-time craft worker. That is why, after producing around 15,000 carvings, he decided it was time to share what he has learnt. Bone Carving: A New Zealand Guide to the Tools, Techniques and Marketing is the result. This clear and simple handbook demystifies the unique New Zealand art form of bone carving for the beginner. It covers the history of bone carving in New Zealand; what tools you need; where to get the bone; the process of carving from start to finish, from pendants to earrings. A number of basic classic designs are included as starting points, but the emphasis throughout is on each aspiring carving developing his or her own style. The last part of the book deals extensively with all aspects of marketing the finished product: pricing, advertising, customer relations, the pros and cons of the various potential sales outlets. This well-illustrated, user-friendly little book is essential for anyone who has ever admired bone carving and felt the urge to give it a go. Start today!

Author : Eleanor M. Imperato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936658374
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Carving Life written by Eleanor M. Imperato and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: