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Woodturning Design is the essential aid whether you want to design turned art of favor traditional styles. Using incisive text and 540 color illustrations, it thoroughly explains the design process, presents a huge amount of woodturning -design knowledge, and puts a woodturning museum and gallery at your fingertips. Mike Darlow ran a major woodturning business for sixteen years. He's had more than a hundred woodturning articles published, and this is his fifth woodturning book. His earlier books were The Practice of Woodturning, The Fundamentals of Woodturning, Woodturning Methods, and Woodturning Techniques. Mike continues to exhibit and teach internationally, and turn commercially.
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A complete reference on the art of woodturning
Synopsis
The theory, history, and art of woodturning are described in practical detail in this information-rich woodworker's guide. Photographs and drawings sourced from turners around the world complement the focus on design elements such as box designs, columns, moldings, and bowl designs.
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Finally, a book that tackles the concepts, processes and aspects of design particular to woodturning! Features 600 color photographs and drawings from turners around the world.
About the Author
Mike Darlow ran a major woodturning business for sixteen years. He's had more than a hundred woodturning articles published, and this is his fifth woodturning book. His earlier books were The Practice of Woodturning, The Fundamentals of Woodturning, Woodturning Methods, and Woodturning Techniques. Mike continues to exhibit and teach internationally, and turn commercially.
Table of Contents
1. The Design Process 1-4 1.1 An Introduction to Design 2-4 1.2 Endnotes 4 2. Perception 5-10 2.1 How Our Minds Perceive 5-10 2.2 Conclusion 10 2.3 Endnotes 10 3. A History of Aesthetics 11-40 3.1 The Ancient and Medieval Period 11-14 3.2 The Renaissance 14-17 3.3 The Modern Period 17-38 3.4 Summary 38-39 3.5 Endnotes 39-40 4. Design Concepts and Issues 41-88 4.1 Modern Aesthetic Meanings 41-58 4.2 Concepts Which Influence Our Perceptions 59-71 4.3 Concepts Concerned with the Production of Turnings 71-78 4.4 Moral Concepts 78-86 4.5 Endnotes 87-88 5. Stage 1 Design 89-116 5.1 Inception 89-93 5.2 Feasibility 94 5.3 Intentions 95-109 5.4 Restraints 110-115 5.5 Incubation and Illumination 116 5.6 The Preliminary Design 116 5.7 The Initial Design Proposal 116 5.8 Endnotes 6. Ornament and Moldings 117-148 6.1 Ornament 118-122 6.2 Moldings 122-147 6.3 Endnotes 148 7. The Detailed Design of Form 149-174 7.1 Design Tools 149-154 7.2 Wholistic Detailed Design 155-163 7.3 Design-by-Parts 163-171 7.4 Designing for Appropriateness 172-174 7.5 Endnotes 174 8. Decoration 175-188 8.1 Color 175-179 8.2 Pattern 180-186 8.3 Texture 186-188 8.4 Gloss Level 188 8.5 Endnotes 188 9. Designing Spindles 189-196 9.1 Intentions 189-190 9.2 Show-and-Tell 191-196 10. Box Design 197-208 10.1 Intentions 197-200 10.2 Influences on Form 200-203 10.3 Guidelines 203 10.4 Lids 203-206 10.5 Lid/Base Proportions 206/207 10.6 Show-and-Tell 207-208 10.7 Endnotes 208 11. Vessel Design 209-214 11.1 Stage 1 Design 209 11.2 Detailed Design 109-214 12. Columns 215-260 12.1 Columns in Ancient Egypt 215-222 12.2 Columns in the Ancient Near East 223 12.3 Ancient Greek Columns 224-229 12.4 Roman Columns 229-232 12.5 Romanesque and Gothic Columns 232-233 12.6 The Formalization of the Orders 233-234 12.7 Columns After the Renaissance 235-239 12.8 Asian Columns 239 12.9 Designing Classical Columns 240-256 12.10 The Manufacture of Columns 256-257 12.11 Balusters 258-259 12.12 Endnotes 260 13. Where Next? 261-264 13.1 Where Next for Woodturning? 261-264 13.2 Where Next for This Series 264 Index 265-271