This is a list of some of the resources that I’ve found useful. As might be expected it is biased towards my home town of Brisbane
| Type | Link | About |
|---|---|---|
| Tool supplies | Carbatec | Good range of wood carving and many other types of wood working power and hand tools and supplies |
| Teaching | Rhada Pedersen | Rhada teaches mostly figurative carving - he's a good teacher and I learned a lot from him about tools and techniques. |
| Tool Supplies | Wood turning supplies | As the name indicates - mostly for woodturners, but a useful local source for other materials such as end grain sealers |
| Tool supplies | Arbortech | Good range of power carving and sanding tools |
| Tool supplies | Lee Valley | Extensive range of Veritas and other high quality tools. Canadian, but good online service and great paper catalogue |
| Book | Ian Norbury 1 | Carving Classic Female Faces - clear sequential instructions from a master carver |
| Book | Ian Nobury 2 | Carving Classic Female Figures - clear sequential instructions from a master carver |
| Book | Chris Pye | Comprehensive coverage of tools and techniques |
| Book | Giseler Moroder | Good staged instructions on head carving with useful advice on preliminary block work and clay modelling |
| Teaching | David Fisher | Clear instructions on how to hand carve greenwood from a master craftsman. He makes it look far easier than it is. |
| Teaching | Ian Norbury 3 | Examples of his carvings, links to his books and DVD, some in electronic downloads |
| Wood supplies | Maleny Wood Expo | In early May each year. A good place to buy wood but many other wood work supplies, tools + useful demonstrations |
| Wood supplies | Brisbane Wood Show | In mid May each year - other states at other times A good place to buy wood & many other wood work supplies, tools + useful demonstrations |
| Tool supplies | Pfeil | Swiss manufacturer of high quality carving tools. Carbatec is Australian distributor |
| Tool supplies | McJing | Wide range of engineering and woodworking tools. Lower prices than many other suppliers |
| Teaching | Rob Howard | Excellent Brisbane fine woodworker, carver and teacher of these skills |