Carving Clowns with Tom Wolfe

by Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin (Photographer)

Clowns are the ideal subjects for caricature carvers. They give the carver a limitless variety of faces and situations to create. The only boundaries are the carver's ability and imagination, and the realities of the human form. Like all of us, clowns are complex figures, happy and sad, comic and tragic, all at the same time. Because they capture both sides of us, the clown has been a powerful figure through many years of human history. One clown is carved from beginning to end, with each step illustrated to help the carver. Most of the figures are in various comic settings and the gallery has several different clowns in various situations. Also included is a brief section on carving the letters used to label the pieces. This book promises hours of enjoyment and challenge for woodcarvers of all abilities.

64 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1996

About the author

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An expert woodcarver who lives in North Carolina--not to be confused with novelist Tom Wolfe