{"product_id":"the-complete-guide-to-decorative-woodworking-25-step-by-step-projects-hardcover","title":"The Complete Guide to Decorative Woodworking: 25 Step-by-Step Projects Hardcover","description":"\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eThe Complete Guide to Decorative Woodworking: 25 Step-by-Step Projects Hardcover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eTHE COMPLETE GUIDE TO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eDECORATIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eVOODWORKiNG\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e25 STEP-BY-STEP PROJECTS WITH SCALED PLANS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ePLUS A PATTERNS AND MOTIFS DIRECTORY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eALAN and GILL BRIDGEWATER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eTHE NATURAL BEAUTY and easily worked surface of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ewood make it an ideal material to decorate, and for\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ecenturies decorative woodworking has been a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ecultured and absorbing craft. The sophisticated tools\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eand preparations widely available today have helped\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eto popularize this most satisfying of crafts and have\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003emade such delights as the Italianate intricacy of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003emarquetry and the classical geometry of structural\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ejoints more accessible to the growing numbers of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eenthusiastic woodworkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eTHE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DECORATIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eWOODWORKING is both a lavishly illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eintroduction to the background, techniques and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ematerials of the craft and an easy-to-use\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003einstructional manual. The heart of the book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ecomprises a 25-project course in every decorative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003etechnique from decorative construction to finishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eSetting the scene for the projects, a short\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eintroduction traces the history of decorative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ewoodwork and highlights the styles, periods, tools,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003etechniques and materials that have been used over\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ethe centuries. Fully illustrated with superb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eexamples, the introduction provides a graphic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003einsight into the riches of the craft and cleverly leads\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003einto the projects themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eThe 25 projects are divided into five chapters -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eDecorative Construction; Veneer, Marquetry and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eTunbridge Ware; Relief Woodcarving: Woodcarving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ein the Round and Finishing. 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