Carousel Animal Carving

Carousel Animal Carving
Author: Bud Ellis
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781402743627

Guided by the country?s only professional director of a carousel animal carving school, even the first-time carver can capture the charm and nostalgia of an old-fashioned merry-go-round.

Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses

Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses
Author: Murray Zimiles
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2007
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781584656371

A richly illustrated volume celebrating Jewish carving traditions from the Old World to the New

Art of the Carousel

Art of the Carousel
Author: Charlotte Dinger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1983
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Accompanied by over 400 color photographs, a guide to the art of the carousel, or merry-go-round, traces its development by describing style variations and identifiable features of carousel animals produced by the major American carving companies; and includes descriptions and illustrations of restoration techniques; advice on buying, shipping and insuring carousel animals, and a census of operating carousels in the United States and Canada.

Carving Carousel Animals

Carving Carousel Animals
Author: H. LeRoy Marlow
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780806968025

Carve your own brilliantly painted and bejeweled prancing horses, tigers, storks, camels, mules, goats and other fabulous carousel animals -- 31 original patterns. Exploded diagrams show how to cut and prepare each project.

Carousel Animal Carving

Carousel Animal Carving
Author: Bud Ellis
Publisher: Sterling
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Animal sculpture
ISBN: 9780806903057

Make nostalgic carved carousel animals--guided by the country's only professional director of a carousel animal carving school. "...walks the reader through the process of creating either a full-sized or miniature carousel horse from planning the project to selecting the proper wood and supplies, to finishing the animal with authentic paint schemes and trim details...illustrated with numerous color photographs showing exact painting details...patterns are presented for 33 animals, including a few...other than horses."--Woodshop News.

Carousel Animals

Carousel Animals
Author:
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780811833479

From glistening white unicorns to winged elephants and roaring tigers, this celebration of carousel animals takes a colorful look at an art form that's one part fantasy and two parts exceptional craftsmanship. 100+ photos, some in color.

Restoring the Glen Echo Park Carousel

Restoring the Glen Echo Park Carousel
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2004-12-01
Genre: Merry-go-round
ISBN: 9780976136408

Restoration artist Rosa Ragan spent 20 years, from 1983 to 2003, restoring the Dentzel menagerie carousel in Glen Echo, MD. The full story of her work is now captured in Restoring the Glen Echo Park Carousel by Deborah Lange, with over 500 beautiful full-color photographs showing the methods Rosa used on the animals, chariots, drum panels, ceiling panels, rounding boards, and band organ. Her methods are carefully explained, with detailed descriptions of how she finds original colors, removes park paint, makes repairs, cleans the animals, traces designs, protects the original paint, applies leaf, paints the animals, applies pin striping and designs, and applies a finish coat. The inpainting methods she uses on the drum panels and ceiling panels are also fully described, as are the bronze powder methods she uses on the Wurlitzer band organ.Also included is a chapter on repair techniques, which describes filling voids, tightening seams, and shaping and attaching new pieces, and a chapter on painting techniques, which covers surface preparation, leafing, glazing, bronzing, blending, creating dapples, pin striping, varnishing, and other topics. A complete materials list and photographic catalog of all finished animals and chariots makes this book an excellent aid for anyone considering a restoration. This book, however, is more than a restorer's guide. It is written for the general public to explain how a much-loved but abused ride was restored to become once again the magnificent functional art it was when it arrived at the park in 1921.