Harris W. Moore

Harris W. Moore is a largely obscure author associated with Chip Carving, a short instructional book published by Manual Arts Press in Peoria, Illinois in 1922. Surviving catalog and library records confirm the book and show it was designed as a practical introduction to the decorative woodworking technique of chip carving.

Because reliable biographical information about Moore is scarce, most of what can be said with confidence comes from the book itself and the records around it. That makes him one of those writers who is known less through personal history than through a specialized craft manual aimed at makers, students, and hobbyists.

For listeners interested in traditional handcrafts, Moore's appeal is straightforward: clear, period instruction from a time when manual arts books were written to teach useful skills directly.