Society of American Period Furniture Makers

How to Carve an Acanthus Leaf on a Cabriole Leg
This DVD covers the process of transferring the design to wood, lowering down the background and carving the acanthus leaf. Full size drawing and list of required tools included. NOTE: This DVD does not include carving the knee block. This is simply a basic instruction on carving the main acanthus leaf.

How to Carve a Ball and Claw Foot
This 45 minute instructional DVD shows the process of carving a Philadelphia Chippendale style ball and claw foot. This DVD is for people who have had some experience in carving. But even if you haven't, everyone needs a good challenge and we've got to start somewhere! NOTE: This DVD focuses only on carving the ball and claw foot and does not include shaping the cabriole leg.

How to Carve the Concave Newport Shell
This DVD covers 1 hour and 10 minutes of carving the Newport style concave shell from start to finish. A full size template of the concave shell, written instructions that go with the DVD and a list of required tools is included.

How to Carve the Convex Newport Shell
This DVD covers 1 hour and 40 minutes of carving the Newport style convex shell from start to finish. A full size template of the concave shell, written instructions that go with the DVD and a list of required tools is included.