Carving
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Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material. The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form even when pieces have been removed from it, and yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with available tools. Carving, as a means for making stone or wooden sculpture, is distinct from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay, fruit, and melted glass, which may be shaped into the desired forms while soft and then harden into that form. Carving tends to require much more work than methods using malleable materials.[2]
Usage
[edit]Carving particularly durable materials, such as stone, may be desired to make a display long-lasting, as in the case of reliefs of Ancient Egypt.[3]
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A carved Székely gate -
Székely wood carving
Kinds of carving include:
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jainism and Jain Architecture. Lulu.com. 2018-01-09. ISBN 9781387503421.
- ^ Daniel Marcus Mendelowitz, Children Are Artists: An Introduction to Children's Art for Teachers and Parents (1953), p. 136.
- ^ Davies, Vanessa; Laboury, Dimitri (9 April 2020). The Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Palaeography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190604677. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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