Two Swiss carving knives and a block of wood are all you need to create chip carving projects from easy patterns with simple, fully explained techniques. With the author's step-by-step guide the reader will quickly master a range of borders, sculptured edges, rossettes and free-form motifs. The reader will also learn the essentials of lettering. First the reader will learn how to make his or her own hand-carved plaques, plates and boxes of all sizes going on to learn how to make door fronts, door panels, chair backs and many more.