Lora S. Irish

Great Book of Carving Patterns is a treasure trove of classic designs that make wonderful subjects for carving, pyrography, painting, drawing, etching, leatherwork and many other crafts. This comprehensive collection comprises 200 original patterns that will provide any artist with a virtually unlimited design resource.From dancing dragons to delicate roses, wood spirits to wild horses, and steampunk to Celtic knots, this broad collection covers all of today's most popular subjects. Easy-to-reproduce outline patterns are ready to transfer to your project.Detailed pencil sketches are also provided to help you visualize the final dimensions of your carving, or the shading line of your painting. Each pattern can be used individually, in combination with others in the book, or as inspiration for creating new, original art.

Learn to Draw Celtic Designs is a treasure trove of beautiful Celtic designs that are a constant source of fascination for people all over the world. It features more than 50 original, ready-to-use patterns that can be drawn and decorated in authentic Celtic style.These sinuous knots, mythical creatures, and ornate braids make fantastic adornments for a variety of arts and crafts, including woodworking, pyrography, leatherwork and needlecraft.Each intricate design can be easily altered to create dozens of additional patterns for your own artwork, giving you the potential to create hundreds of new designs.

This title features 40 original patterns for carving your own Green Men and Wood Spirits. It provides a short history of these popular mythical figures. It includes step-by-step demonstrations and an inspirational full-colour gallery. Green men and wood spirits, historical symbols that link the forces of nature and humanity, have re-emerged as popular subjects for woodcarvers and other artists. This ultimate sourcebook for carving these classic figures, from noted artist and author Lora S. Irish, offers a short history and evolution of the green man and wood spirit symbols. Two step-by-step demonstrations, for carving a Green Man and a Wood Spirit Walking Stick, are provided by renowned carvers Chris Pye and Shawn Cipa. 40 ready-to-use, original patterns are also included, along with a full-colour gallery of eye-catching and inspiring photos from Clive Hicks. Inside this book you'll find all the tips, techniques, information and inspiration necessary to successfully create your own interpretation of this timeless icon - in any craft medium you choose.

Artist and pyrographer Lora S. Irish walks you through all the basics of woodburning. You can learn about using temperature, time, layering and texturing to create artistic tonal values. Nationally recognized artist and pyrographer Lora S. Irish makes it easy for beginners to learn the creative craft of woodburning in Pyrography Basics. All that aspiring beginners need is this book and an inexpensive woodburning tool to start adorning wood, gourds, leather, paper and more with beautifully burned images and patterns. The author provides a thorough introduction to basic tools, materials and techniques. Readers learn how to set up a practice board to experiment with strokes and settings before moving on to working projects with confidence. Seven skill-building projects provide step-by-step exercises in using temperature, time, layering, and texturing to create artistic tonal values.

Create your own one-of-a-kind functional artwork that will be cherished for years to come with this treasury of 135 classic gunstock carving patterns. You're sure to find the best carving pattern here for your next project, from basic checkering to dramatic hunting-related scenes. Excellent choices are provided for every skill level, from beginner to expert, so you can start with a basic pattern and tackle more intricate designs as your experience in gunstock carving grows.

This big collection of 500 original patterns depicts all of today's most popular tattoo subjects. From best selling artist, author and designer Lora Irish comes the Great Book of Tattoo Designs, Revised Edition, an appealing and high quality collection of over 500 original tattoo patterns. Featuring an extensive variety of popular subjects including floral, fantasy, Celtic, pagan, gothic, sacred, oriental and mythical, this book provides any artist or individual searching for the right tattoo with an unlimited resource of designs. Each pattern can be used individually, in combination with others in the book, or as inspiration for creating new original art. This new edition of a classic resource provides limitless inspiration for personal expression. From dancing dragons and Aztec Indians to fairies and flowers, it makes the perfect companion for anyone with an interest in tattoos.

This book contains a step-by-step project and 20 further original patterns from acclaimed artist Lora S. Irish. It includes tips for creating detailed facial features like eyelids, windswept hair, beards and more. The relief carving process is clearly explained from start to finish. With this book any carver can stand beside the workbench of acclaimed artist Lora S. Irish and learn everything she has to teach about creating an expressive wood spirit. Lora clearly explains the relief carving process from start to finish: every cut, every tool change, and every depth check. The entire craft is here, from preparing the wood to roughing out and detailing the wood spirit to applying a long-lasting finish. No step is left out and no technique is left unexplained. The author shares her tips for creating realistic and detailed facial features like eyelids, windswept hair, beards, and the ever-important mustache. Best of all, when the step-by-step project is complete, Relief Carving Wood Spirits, Revised Edition offers 20 more original patterns to keep any carver busy for seasons to come.

Chip carving, also known as spoon carving or "Kerbschnitt," is the ideal introduction to woodcarving for beginners. This simple traditional carving method uses just a few basic knives to remove selected chips of wood in small triangles, squares and free-form curves, producing amazingly intricate and delicate results. Nationally known woodcarving artist and author Lora S. Irish shows you how to get started in this venerable craft. Chip Carving Workshop takes you through all of the essential chip carving techniques, from tool sharpening and preparation to hand positions, chip cutting and finishing. You'll discover how to use both geometric shapes and free form designs to create wonderfully detailed patterns. Practice projects will have you decorating household items and creating artistic pieces in a variety of original designs.

Use your favourite jewellery wire, from gold and silver to copper and bronze, to create more than 300 different wire links that can be used over and over in countless combinations to form necklaces, earrings and bracelets to enhance your wardrobe. Internationally renowned artist and best-selling author Lora S. Irish shows you how to use a handful of tools and materials to produce fun and elegant pieces, simply by learning the basic steps. Once you have mastered the art of twisting and coiling your jewellery links, you can let your imagination run wild. Experiment with colour, new shapes and a combination of elements to make pieces that are truly your own. Seven stunning projects are included to get you started and inspire your creativity.

If you'd like to learn to carve in relief, this comprehensive guidebook will teach you everything you need to know. With some sharp tools, a smooth piece of wood and this new book, you'll soon be confidently carving exquisite animals, landscapes, flowers, borders, Celtic knots and more. Acclaimed carver and instructor Lora S. Irish takes you step-by-step through simple carvings on a practice board to introduce all of the essential cuts, contouring and smoothing steps used in basic relief woodcarving. 10 original new project patterns are accompanied by clear in-depth instructions and dozens of how-to photographs. Each design is presented both as an outline pattern for tracing directly onto wood, and as a detailed sketch to guide your work. A stunning photo gallery of finished projects is included to offer further inspiration.

This title includes 35 amazingly detailed new projects that explore the craft of pyrography. It helps to learn the basics of pyrography systems, tools, supplies and practice boards. It includes complete instructions plus photographs of both the finished piece and the work in progress. Although it is often referred to as woodburning, the art of pyrography can be worked on just about any natural surface, including gourds, leather, or cotton rag paper. Now Lora Irish, the author of the bestselling "Great Book of Woodburning", offers thirty five amazingly detailed new projects that explore the craft of pyrography across the full range of inventive pyro media. Inside her new book, readers will learn the basics of pyrography systems, tools, supplies and practice boards. Each fascinating project includes complete instructions plus photographs of both the finished piece and the work in progress across pale, medium, dark and detailed stages.

Learn to make gorgeous jewelry by mixing and matching essential links that are easy to make! Use your favorite jewelry wire, from gold and silver to copper and bronze, to create stunning jewelry masterpieces to wear and enjoy.

This title allows readers to master the basics before becoming more complex in detail. Designs that appeal to today's consumer, projects galore and a well proven author make this book a must have for anyone interested in crafting handmade jewellery to keep, share or sell. Using inexpensive wire and tools commonly found around the home, readers will learn how to bend, twist and coil wire to create an endless variety of shapes for attractive necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Once readers master the basic wire shapes, they will learn how to create finished pieces by incorporating fasteners, earring hooks and cording. When these basic building blocks are mastered, readers will learn how to embellish their designs with beads and more complex designs. It provides practice projects, step by step instructions and a gallery of designs that will show readers just how easy it is to get started in this fun and rewarding craft.

"Wildlife Projects" is jam packed full of 28 extraordinary animal projects for the scroll saw. These tried and true favourite projects are plucked from the archives of "Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts", the foremost periodical on scroll sawing. Join your favourite authors, including Kathy Wise, Gary Browning, Charles Dearing and Lora Irish, as they scroll handsome projects from the animal kingdom. Readers can create birds, pets, sealife, North American wildlife and African big cats in wood. Among other animals included are: rooster, blue jay, cat, rabbit, crab, turtle, bear, elk, wolf, tiger and lion.

An in-depth introduction teaches novice carvers basic techniques, such as choosing wood and transferring a pattern while intermediate and experienced carvers will appreciate a section devoted to advanced techniques, such as undercutting for depth and creating free-floating areas within a carving. Step-by-step line drawings are included for each project, with shaded patterns illustrating depth and shadow. Genre-specific techniques for wildlife creatures are given exclusive study and include difficult detailing elements such as creating facial features and texturing fur, hair and feathers. More than 60 patterns, including 15 new projects for creating fighting buck, mule deer, elk and fish, will provide skilled hands with many new challenges. Additionally, woodcarvers will learn how to add finishing details to their projects with woodburning, Danish oil and paint.

From celebrated artist Lora S. Irish comes a treasure trove of small and beautiful patterns for crafters of all mediums. Perfect for carving, woodburning, painting, quilting and more, the patterns are provided in two detailed varieties: a line drawing for transferring and a shaded variety for illustrating depth and shadow. For new carvers Irish demonstrates the whole carving process from start to finish with a charming Country Apple Quilt Square project. She also explains the tools you'll need, the appropriate woods to use and how to achieve the appropriate levels of depth in a relief carving. The wildlife, botanical, mythical, landscape and corner designs can beautifully stand alone or be incorporated into functional and decorative items around your home.

These beautiful tribal tattoos are rooted in historic and cultural sources. It includes high quality patterns from a renowned artist and bestselling author. Each design is accompanied by the meaning associated with it. In years past, our ancestors wore tattoos to mark a family achievement, to memorialise special occasions like marriage and child birth, to identify tribe members, to protect against enemies and misfortune and to celebrate victory in battle. Today, men and women wear tattoos to reflect their individuality. These new tribal tattoos are bold statements that are rooted in historic and cultural sources. Inside "Modern Tribal Tattoos", there are black work patterns that incorporate large solid areas with fine line accents, motif ideas, including totems and talismans, free-form designs based on long curved lines and fine delicate line work. Repeating elements, like triangles, spirals, suns and lines are also included to enhance large patterns. Today's favourite designs are included here, from bold triangle lines, spiked spirals, ragged curved lines to barb-wire. Each design includes the attributes or meaning associated with it like: Love and Affection; Bravery and Courage; Family; Friendship; Independence; Protection; Strength and much more. These high-quality patterns, from renowned artist and best-selling author of "Great Book of Tattoos" (9781565233324), Lora S. Irish, are ready to be replicated by tattoo artists, or personalised for craft projects.

Great Book of Woodburning is a comprehensive guide to Pyrography that is perfect for beginners and experts alike. Providing details on the four essential pyrography ingredients - temperature, speed of stroke, texture patterns and layering - this reference also includes chapters on equipment, surface selection and preparation and finishing techniques.Pyrography (or woodburning) is 'the art of burning a design or pattern into a natural surface', such as gourds, wood, leather, or cotton rag watercolour paper 'using heated one-temperature or variable- temperature woodburning tools or a fine flame'.Teaching the way in which the eye comprehends visual tones and translating this knowledge into light and dark values with woodburning tools, this text for all skill levels also provides 30 traceable line patterns that differ in skill and ability.

This exhaustive reference of dragon designs details how to make realistic dragons based on mythological models. More than 72 patterns cover the range of historical and contemporary dragons, from worms to the shape-changing Drake, and can be used in a variety of mediums. A comprehensive look at the dragon's skeletal structure, scales, and head provides a useful understanding of dragon anatomy. Simple test patterns form the foundation for creating all the included ferocious creatures. An introductory description of dragon types and a survey of dragon lore contextualise this comprehensive guide.