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New Free Chip Carving Seminar – January 2014

Chip Carving Seminar
Chip Carving Supplies
Chip Carving Graphed Patterns
Chip Carving Hand Positions and Grips
Chip Carving – Triangles and Square Chips
Chip Carving – Straight-Wall Chips
Chip Caved Game and Chess Board
Chip Carving Sampler Pattern Layout
Chip Carving Common Mistakes
Chip Carved Shortbread Cookies

New Tutorials – November 2013

Ceremonial Mask Pyrography Free Pyrography Project
Feathered Border Free Pyrography Project

Revised Tutorials – November 2013

Simplify a Pattern –  wood carving or pyrography
Birch Bark Wood Carving – wood carving
Practice Boards – pyrography
Simple Shading Daisy Pattern – pyrography
Tonal Value Sepia Worksheet – pyrography
Basic Wood Burning Strokes – pyrography
Wood Burning Units – pyrography
Wood Burning Samples – pyrography

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