Carving Human Head European

Carving Human Head European Tradition

Learn to carve a classic European bust using the traditional system of Tyrolean carvers. This book presents a complete wood sculpting course in proportion and design.  Furthermore, it was prepared by instructors at the renowned Geisler-Moroder Austrian Woodcarving School.  The largest international woodcarving school in Europe.

Carving Human Head European Tradition

This book offers easy-to-understand visual instructions for mastering the carving of the human head.  Includes explanatory sketches, proportional drawings, and full-color photographs that demonstrate precise cuts.  And furthermore, there is a gallery of completed contemporary busts which  illustrates creative finishing techniques. Once you have completed the featured step-by-step project, and learned the methods, you can therefore use your new skills to additional projects.  European busts website offers the opportunity for further understanding.

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Modernist sculpture moved away from traditional processes and the emphasis on the depiction of the human body, with the making of constructed sculpture.