woodcutters
Axe-wielding tree harvesters
Woodcutters are people who cut down trees or chop wood, typically for fuel, timber, or clearing land.
The term evokes a traditional occupation from before industrial logging: The woodcutters worked from dawn until dusk.
In fairy tales and folklore, woodcutters often appear as humble forest-dwellers who encounter magical events.
Professional tree fellers
Headed chopping tools
- hatchetsSmall single-handed axes
- sawsToothed cutting implements
- chainsawsMotor-driven cutting tools
- wedgesTapered pieces for leverage
mauls · crosscut saws · bow saws · sledgehammers · sharpening stones · files · sawhorses · chopping blocks
Traditional magical children's stories
- Brothers GrimmGerman folklorists, sibling scholars
- Red Riding HoodCloaked woodland protagonist
- rescueSave from harm
- cottageSmall rural home
humble · poor · enchanted forest · Hansel and Gretel · huntsman · magic · peasant · rescuer
Carved printing matrix
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- chiselsBladed tools for carving
- gougesCarves or overcharges
Hokusai · ukiyo-e · block printing · printmakers · incising · transfer paper · registration · linocut
lumberjacks
Professional tree fellers
axes
Headed chopping tools
wedges · mauls · crosscut saws · bow saws · sledgehammers · sharpening stones · files · sawhorses · chopping blocks · safety gear
fairy tales
Traditional magical children's stories
- Brothers GrimmGerman folklorists, sibling scholars
- Red Riding HoodCloaked woodland protagonist
- rescueSave from harm
cottage · humble · poor · enchanted forest · Hansel and Gretel · huntsman · magic · peasant · rescuer · storytelling
woodblock
Carved printing matrix
gouges · Hokusai · ukiyo-e · block printing · printmakers · incising · transfer paper · registration · linocut · matrix
- lumberjackslumberjacks, loggers, fellers, fallers, sawyers
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
- timber industrylumber, sawmills, logging camps, lumberjacks, timber trade
- forest dwellersforesters, hunters, trappers, rangers, gamekeepers
- enchanted forestfairy, fairies, elf, elves, pixie
- Fairy Tale CharactersCinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Goldilocks, Sleeping Beauty
woodcutterstree planters
Those who set saplings
arborists · foresters · conservationists · tree surgeons · tree huggers
woodcutterscarpenters
Wood construction workers
cabinetmakers · furniture makers · joiners · woodworkers · luthiers