Chip carving is a wonderfully direct and simple way to decorate furniture, cabinets, boxes, plaques, and utensils. Wayne Barton, a master of the Swiss style of chip carving, shows you step by step how you can beautify a number of objects using very few tools.

• tools and the basic border cuts

• decorative designs like gothic rosettes and lace borders

• roman lettering

• creating script monograms