Woodcarving Woodcarving In 1989, a group of ten wood carvers, with the common goal of promoting the art of caricature carving, met in the back room of Paxton Lumber Co. in Fort Worth, Texas to discuss the formation of a national organization to further that goal. From that meeting came the Caricature Carvers of America (CCA). The founding group consisted of fifteen nationally recognized wood carvers representing a broad geographical distribution as well as diverse styles of caricature carving. Since the inception of the CCA, two members have resigned, four have converted their membership to "emeritus" status, three are deceased, and eighteen new members have been elected, bringing the 2003 membership to 25. The newly-formed organization made no claims of being "the best," although many of the members are readily recognized as being among the elite in the carving community. The combined membership has garnered several hundred first place ribbons, including many " Best-of-Show", in carving competitions across the nation; they have published over 80 books on wood carving; and they regularly teach wood carving seminars throughout the United States and Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caricature Carvers of America"
A caricature carving is a humorous wood carving that exaggerates or distorts the basic essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caricature carving"
A carranca (literally, "ugly face") is a type of wooden sculpture typical from the central region of Brazil, mounted on the prow of boats to scare off water demons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carranca"
Chip carving is a style of wood carving in which knives are used to remove small chips of wood from the project surface in a single piece. Chip carvings have two planes: the wood surface, and the point beneath the surface where the cuts intersect. Patterns can be free form style or based on geometric figures. The projects are created primarily using a chip carving knife. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chip carving"
(History of Wood carving) ==Introduction== ...more on Wikipedia about "History of Wood carving"
A love spoon is an ornately carved spoon traditionally made from a single piece of wood by young men, especially in Wales, as a love token for their sweethearts, to show their affection and intentions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Love spoon"
The process for relief carving is usually as follows. The carver first fixes the wood to his workbench by means of a carvers screw or clamp. The carver then sketches on the main lines of his idea, indicating the flowers, foliage, or other subject. If the design be very intricate or of a geometrical character, he may trace the design from a pattern first prepared on paper. ...more on Wikipedia about "Relief carving"
(Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving) ==Methodology== ...more on Wikipedia about "Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving"
Sharpening is the process of creating or refining a sharp edge on a tool or implement. The term has a wide application but can be expressed as the creation of two intersecting planes which produce an edge that is sharp enough to cut through the target material. For example, the blade of a steel knife is ground to a bevel so that the two sides of the blade meet. This edge is then refined by honing until the blade is capable of cutting. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sharpening"
The Society of Wood Engravers was co-founded in 1920 by English wood engraving artist Gwendoline Raverat, grand-daughter of Charles Darwin and wife of French painter Jacques Raverat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Society of Wood Engravers"
Whittling is the art of carving shapes out of raw wood with a pocket knife, as in the whittling of a toy boat. It is a tradition that has been practiced worldwide for centuries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Whittling"
Wood carving is the process whereby wood is ornamented with any design, by means of sharp cutting tools held in the hand. The term can also be used to refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures, to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wood carving"
Wood grain describes the alignment, texture and appearance of the wood fibres. This is often important in its effect on woodworking techniques (e.g. against the grain). In describing the alignment of the wood in the tree a distinction may be made. Basically the grain may be: ...more on Wikipedia about "Wood grain"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Woodcarving".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |