Book 'Schnitzen Fortgeschrittenenkurs'

Topics: Basic terms for figure carving, chip carving, carving ornaments, carving letters and scripts, historical background, recommendations and exercises for chip carving, picture carving, carving letters and scripts - rules, instructions and examples, carving ornaments and decorations, carving reliefs.

From the content: Chip carving with its rules, peculiarities, wood selection, elevations and drawings, examples of use, knife holders and guides for chip carving, practical exercises, organisation and tips for expansion.

Letters and fonts: Technology and planning, room division and measurement numbers, letter spacing, word spacing and line spacing, calculations of the proportions, the word image and the typeface, the picture frame width, margin calculation, proportional font, the interlaced font (shadow font), the monogram, technology of the Cut out, recessed and raised font.

Ornaments: 9 practical exercises, examples in three-dimensional representation, the importance of movement, special shapes for chiselling and knife cutting, wood selection and treatment, where and how should an ornament be placed, the well-known and well-tried acanthus motif, recognition and differentiation.

Reliefs: Classification of the relief work, exercises "vine tendrils", the natural movement of the vine leaves, "autumn", "roses", "coat of arms".