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About the Author

Lora S. Irish is an internationally known artist and author,

whose acclaimed books include:

101 Artistic Relief Patterns

Classic Carving Patterns

Easy & Elegant Beaded Copper Jewelry

Great Book of Celtic Patterns

Great Book of Dragon Patterns

Great Book of Fairy Patterns

Great Book of Floral Patterns

Great Book of Tattoo Designs

Great Book of Woodburning

Modern Tribal Tattoo Designs

North American Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw

Relief Carving Wood Spirits

The Official Vampire Artist’s Handbook

Wildlife Carving in Relief

Wood Spirits and Green Men

World Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw

In addition to her work as an author, in 1997, working

from her home studio, Lora and her husband, Michael, created

www.carvingpatterns.com, an Internet-based studio focusing

on online tutorials, projects, and patterns created exclusively

by Lora for crafters and artisans. The website offers more than

1,500 patterns in various subject categories, including Americana,

Animal and Wildlife, Celtic Knots, Dragons and Beasts, Nautical

and Sea Life, Spirit People, and many more. Lora continues to

provide new patterns—and inspiration to many artists—at the site.

Lora also contributes a regular relief carving pattern column

to

Woodcarving Illustrated

magazine and is a frequent contributor

to

Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts

magazine.

Acknowledgments

Thanks, as always, to Fox Chapel Publisher Alan Giagnocavo and

Editorial Director John Kelsey, who offer great support to my new

ideas for books. Alan has always encouraged me to explore new

ideas, new techniques, and new crafts, never limiting the path

where each new book takes me. Fox Chapel’s willingness to explore

new ideas and new arts for book manuscripts has accentuated my

growth as a craft artist.

Special thanks are extended to Paul Hambke and the entire

Fox editorial team for their outstanding support and input.

I also would like to thank the design team at Fox Chapel—art

director Troy Thorne and designer Jason Deller, in particular. That

team is responsible for the superb look and wonderful layout of

this book.

Special thanks goes out to the sales and marketing team and

the customer service reps at Fox.

My most lasting gratitude goes to my husband,

Michael. Through thirty-three years of marriage and twenty-five

years as a working team, he has endured reams of art paper, piles

of craft supplies, tons of paint tubes and brushes, and a home that

can smell like turpentine or linseed oil, all with a prideful delight

in his wife’s accomplishments. He has suffered through eating

microwave dinners on TV trays because the kitchen table was full

of the latest projects and through my creative tantrums when

I have too many projects going at the same time.

Lora S. Irish