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Get inspired to create a wonderful collection of handmade holiday decorations for a child or grandchild to treasure. Popular woodcarving teacher and author Betty Padden shows how to carve memorable ornaments to keep or give to family and friends.Imagine a tree decorated with your own beautifully carved angels, elves, polar bears, poinsettias, and more. You re sure to have a merry carving experience with these fun projects, color photographs, and original patterns. Step-by-step projects are divided into three categories beginning, intermediate, and advanced. A special section on painting covers basic concepts of blending, highlighting and shading, so that even a novice can get great results.The best ornaments on the holiday tree are always those that are handmade.
About the Author
Known for both her storytelling and woodcarving skills, Betty Padden brings magical celebration of nature alive in her holiday collections. Located in Auburn, Massachusetts, she and her husband Bob collaborated to make hand-carved signs for businesses around the country. Betty has been perfecting her fine are wood-carving skills since 1970. She credits her uncle Carl's mishievousness and love of nature as inspiration for her Santa Carls Tree Company woodcarvings, a community of elves that live in and around Christmas tree farms.
