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Whether you are a novice wanting to carve for a little relaxation or a serious carver relying on your creativity for a living, this splendidly written book will prove of value.

It gives readers at all levels the skills and knowledge needed to make a host of lasting wooden objects in all manner of styles, both Maori and European.

Selecting and preparing the wood is the first stage, and this book gives a concise guide to working with the main wood types available in New Zealand.

Next is the tools and the work space. Advice is given about setting up, maintaining and using hand and power tools, and the use of glues.

For the established carver, some agreeable low-tech ways are suggested for making your own tools.

Then there is the work place itself. Design is explained; how to hold tools; basic carving techniques; more advanced methods like chip carving, carving in the round and wood engraving; and how to protect the finished work.

Specific projects – including a wall hanging, a walking stick and several Maori carvings – are outlined step by step.

With this book at hand the next step is simple: just carve.

Wood Carving: Techniques, Concepts and Projects for New Zealanders by Len Gale is a 1999 first edition published by Reed Publishing, Auckland.

It is a brand-new larger-format 156-page 24.5x19cm card pictorial gloss soft cover packed with excellent photographs and artwork.

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