carving wood
Shaping lumber artistically
Carving wood is the craft of shaping wood by cutting away material with knives, chisels, or gouges.
The phrase can describe either the activity or the material itself—wood suitable for carving: She took up carving wood as a hobby, This is good carving wood, soft but holds detail.
Common carving woods include basswood, butternut, and walnut.
- chiselEdged carving implement
- whittleCarve by shaving layers
- whittling knifeSmall blade for woodcarving
- gougeConcave carving blade
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
grain pattern · knife · hand tools · power tools · shavings · oak · maple · sculpture · sandpaper · mallet · blade · splinter · hardwood · relief · notch · lathe · figurine · bark
- New Zealand plantskauri, manuka, silver fern, miro, tawa
- Blackwoodgrenadilla
carving woodwood joinery
Connecting timber without nails
nailing · screwing · doweling · wood turning · cabinetmaking
carving wood3D printing
Creating objects by depositing layers
building up · laminating · welding · molding · veneering
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