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Welcome to the Woodcarver
Resource Files. These pages contain
a wealth of carving-related information from the pages of Woodcarver
Online Magazine and from web sites maintained by the world
wide community of amateur and professional carvers, woodcarving
organizations and vendors. Information from these sources, as
well as the many contributors to WOM is gratefully acknowledged.
The Resource
Files are a continuing work-in-progress;
accordingly, suggestions for additional material are always welcome.
Please send suggestions and broken link reports to: womeditorATcomcastDOTnet(Replace
AT and DOT with appropriate symbols.)
As always, your comments
and questions are welcome. 
Matt
Kelley, Editor
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Vendor
File
- Supply houses
- Tool manufacturers and distributors
- Wood and roughout suppliers
- Pattern portfolios
- Publishers and book sellers, etc.
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Electronic
Email Lists File
- Woodcarver List
- Woodcarver Porch
- American Stickmakers Association
- Knotholes List
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Magazine
and Publication File
- Chip Chats
- Woodcarving Illustrated
- Carving Magazine
- Others
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Organizations
File
- National Wood Carvers Association
- Caricature Carvers of America
- Clubs and Guilds Links
- WoodcarverWeb Links
- Regional organizations
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New
Carver File
- So you want to be a carver . . .
- Your First Tools . . .
- Three Important Things to Learn - Sharpening,
Sharpening, Sharpening
- Painting and Finishes
- Projects for the New Carver (And Not So
New Carver)
- Carving Woods and Such
- In the Shop . . . Safety; Tool Reviews;
Tips and Hints
- Advance Topics
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Interest
Areas Files
- Animal Carving
- Architectural
- Celtic High Crosses
- Chip Carving
- Caricatures
- Carousels
- Fish Carving
- Gargoyles & Grotesques
- Relief Carving
- Realistic Carving
- Sign and Lettering
- Sticks, Canes, including Diamond Willow
- Wildfowl Carving
- Woodspirits, Bark carving
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Art
for Carvers File
- Learning to draw
- Human body proportion
- Color and painting
- Celtic Art and Knotwork
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Good
and Useful Stuff File
- Virus Busters at the University of Michigan
- HoaxBusters at CIAC
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Instruction
File
- Carving instructors, in-studio and on-site
- Videos and CD's
- Annual instructional events, free and for-fee
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Top
Events File
- Premier annual carving competitions and
shows
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Questions, queries, posers? Send email to
womeditorATcomcastDOTnet(Replace
AT and DOT with
appropriate symbols.)
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Carvers' Companion is owned by W.M. Kelley; contents of all pages
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and Copyright Statements on the Gateway
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Last Update 1/5/08