08 – Nudes The Leonardo Collection

This work explains with rigor and clarity the main processes of cabinetmaking, carving and work on the lathe, marquetry and the restoration of wooden objects and furniture. Articulated as a practical manual, it constitutes a detailed guide to develop the different woodworking processes. The first chapter shows the most common woods and explains their main characteristics, as well as the materials and tools necessary to develop each technique. The following four chapters correspond to the different disciplines. They show in detail the particular technical aspects of each one, as well as the practice, explained step by step, where four exercises are offered with the complete creation process, from the project to the finished work, and the restoration, establishing a sequence to progress in the fundamental aspects of woodworking.

This book covers the fundamental processes of wood carving, both direct carving and reproduction from a model. Explained with rigor and clarity, the theoretical principles and praxis of this art are shown. In this sense, new features are provided such as the medina method of enlargement, apart from other reproduction systems such as scoring points, explained in detail. The work, however, essentially offers the practical aspect of wood carving, exposing in eleven step-by-step exercises the complete creation process, from the project to the finished work, establishing a sequence to progress in the most important aspects of this artistic discipline.