Books published by Fox Chapel Publishing

Demonstrating how woodworkers can approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices, this technical handbook provides meticulously detailed shop drawings, instructions, and hundreds of professional tips for saving time, materials, unnecessary aggravation, and money.

A collection of 37 favourite intarsia and segmentation projects from the archives of "Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts" magazine. It features designs and stories from renowned intarsia artists. It includes step-by-step instructions, with crisp photos, detailed patterns and tips and techniques.

A fresh take on the craft of woodburning focusing on the drawing, lettering, and design elements that when learned will add dimension and composition to any pyrography project.

Chess is played by millions of people worldwide. It holds a certain status to those who play it, often displaying their game boards as part of their decor. Woodworker and author Jim Kape takes this competitive mind sport to the next level, with 15 classic and modern designs of chess sets that are true conversation starters. Making Wooden Chess Sets includes patterns to create sets inspired by Paris, San Francisco, Henry VIII, and Neo-Classic design. The Berlin chess set will give chess enthusiasts and woodworkers a new viewpoint of the game with its vertical board that mounts on the wall. Also included - all the information needed to construct a handsome chess board, a travel chess set, and a range of storage boxes. With his use of beautiful exotic woods, and a high level of craftsmanship, Kape will have everyone from chess set collectors, to scrollers and woodworkers, interested in creating unique, heirloom-quality sets with this interesting book.

If you'd like to learn to carve in relief, this guidebook will teach you everything you need to know. It 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.

f you've ever wanted to take up the creative art of pyrography, here's the perfect place to start. Big Book of Pyrography Projects is packed with tips, tricks and inspiration.

Features 44 original patterns for creating three-dimensional projects on the scroll saw. This title covers all the basics, from choosing wood to cutting, painting, and finishing. It includes step-by-step demonstrations that help beginners to improve their skills.

All children love animals, and all children love toys. This title features 20 imaginative projects for making wild and wacky wooden animals that come alive with lifelike motion. It helps you create a chomping crocodile, waddling duck, jumping frog, timid turtle, howling wolf or terrifying T-Rex.

From kitchen improvements and furniture, to gifts and small projects that can be done quickly, the experts at American Woodworker provide plans and instructions for building 50 great looking projects for every room in the home. With a variety of style and skill levels included, there is something for every woodworker in this book. Step by step guidance, workshop tips, and plans for projects that can take a few hours to a weekend to complete, make this an ideal resource for woodworkers looking for a new project or wanting to spruce up their home.

Explores the history, creation, and symbolism of gargoyle, grotesque, and chimera. This book includes two complete step-by-step projects and an additional 10 original patterns for rowdy characters, like the Crouching Imp and the Screaming Keystone Grotesque.

Presents you with 37 three-dimensional toy projects, each complete with an illustration, a materials list and step-by-step instructions for a building experience. Featuring more than 125 photographs, this title covers such toys as: Classic Model T car, Steamroller, Bulldozer, Biplane, Trains and more.

Suitable for those who had trouble rendering the human face, this book helps to create realistic portraits. It includes information on techniques for creating realistic hair, facial features, realistic skin and muscle, hats and head dresses. It provides tips for fixing common anatomical errors and information about proper tool use.

David Ellsworth is the grandfather of the wood art movement and Ellsworth on Woodturning is the book woodturners worldwide have been waiting for. With this first-ever book from the grandmaster of woodturning, woodworkers and artists can learn to replicate his highly evolved techniques and signature style. Step-by-step directions and crisp, absorbing photos show exactly how Ellsworth creates an open bowl, a natural-edged bowl, and an astounding hollow vessel featuring a tiny opening and coin-thin walls. In sharing his vision, Ellsworth reveals not only his techniques, but the power of the creative process-the feeling of direct engagement with the wood that develops an artist from each project to the next. For anyone new to the lathe, Ellsworth on Woodturning provides expert tips for getting started. Intermediate and advanced turners will appreciate advice on everything from working with green wood to design to tool making and sharpening. Best of all, stunning color photographs of Ellsworth's work will inspire artists to unlock the natural beauty in wood. "e;His work overturned all the deeply held traditions of functionality that had defined turning. For the first time, woodturners were seeing themselves as artists."e; - Terry Martin & Kevin Wallace, New Masters of Woodturning"e;A brilliant exposition of the art of woodturning by the premier writer, teacher, and practitioner of the art. It's clear complete, and superbly illustrated."e; - Jane and Arthur Mason, wood art collectors

Presents the patterns that are suitable for carving, woodburning, painting, quilting and more in two varieties: a line drawing for transferring and a shaded variety for illustrating depth and shadow. For new carvers, this title demonstrates the carving process from start to finish with a Country Apple Quilt Square project.

Presents more than 40 puzzles to challenge the woodworker's hands and mind. This title includes projects such as bewitching cubes, caged balls, intricate banks, locked links and perplexing burrs.

Intarsia enthusiasts can get right to work with this array of 21 full-size intarsia patterns suitable for a wide range of skill levels. Displaying an artistic style of woodworking that focuses on nature, the outdoors, and nostalgic scenes, these full-size patterns - bound into a pocket at the back of the book, no photocopy scaling necessary - include whimsical holiday animals, a classic rose, colorful lovebirds, a lighthouse scene, and a farm scene. A brief, getting-started section provides hints on which types of wood and blades to select as well as how to shape pieces, guiding those new to intarsia or serving as a quick refresher for more seasoned crafters.

Featuring animals from around the world, this title includes 30 patterns which brings the beauty of nature into your home. Presenting the original designs, it helps to discover helpful information on blade and wood selection, scroll saw techniques and finishing, framing and displaying your completed project.

Woodworkers interested in woodburning will build their skill level through these three step-by-step projects for beginner, intermediate, and advanced burners. They will learn how to prepare wood surfaces before burning, how to transfer a design or pattern, and how to select materials for burning, coloring, and finishing a project. Methods for burning onto wood, leather, paper, bark, and antlers, are detailed alongside ample pictures of pyrography on the various materials that will inspire novice woodburners. Numerous techniques are also discussed, including solar, negative, relief, engraving, torch, and hot wire. The most difficult area for burners-how to realistically create animal fur, feathers, and eyes-is addressed.