Painted Woodcraft

Transform your wooden pieces into objects of beauty, style, and originality. A brush isn't the only way to paint wood, and this spectacular color-filled guide will introduce you to some traditional techniques sure to excite any woodworker looking for new ideas. See how these simple and ingenious methods-combing, porphyry, and crackle grazing, end up embellishing all your work. Finishing techniques and individual projects burst with clear instructions, close-up photos, drawings, full-size templates, color samples, and paint mixture formulas. Enough detail is provided to create sensational picture frames, an early, American candle box, a folk checkers and chess board, and many other pieces of equal elegance. You'll love not only the results but the endless possibilities painted wood can afford you