Issue 175

Chinoiserie dragon - Steve Bisco carves a Chinese dragon in the style of 18th-century master
Boar and wolf trencher bowl - Mark Cough carves a useful and decorative trencher bowl
Knotwork trivet - Glenda Bennett incorporates a circular pattern and lion supports into this project
Heart link spoon - Terry Nokes carves a gift in pine
Stylised owls - Zoe Certner creates some fun-to-make birds
Carving ears - In the fourth article of his Practice Makes Perfect series, Peter Benson perfects the ear using a carving stick
Knife grips for carving wood - Adrian Lloyd shares the third in a series of articles exploringtraditional carving techniques
Stylised seal bowl - Dave Western shares how to make an intriguing vessel
Interpreting birds - Pam Wilson shares some of her trials andtribulations as a carver

From the Editor - Mark Baker reflects on times of change
Meet the authors - Meet some of this month's writers
From the community - This month's news, letters and work from the forum
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Kamakura-Bori - Murray Taylor introduces this ancient Japanese art and suggests some project ideas
Letter carving onto turned work - This month, Richard Findley turns his hand to letter carvingon turned work for the first time
A rose forever - ‘Waste not, want not’ is John Samworth's mantra, as his latest carving shows
Art Deco-inspired bird - Paul Purnell lets his artistic imagination take flight with this decorative carving
Carving out traditions - Cotswolds-based Simon Haywood uses 18th-century methods to create both historic and 21st-century pieces
The Alhambra Palace - This month we head to Granada to visit one ofthe finest examples of Spanish Islamicarchitecture and art