wooden carvings

Handcrafted timber figurines

Wooden carvings are decorative or artistic objects shaped from wood by cutting away material.

The term covers everything from folk art figures and religious icons to furniture ornamentation and sculpture.

The mantelpiece displayed wooden carvings from her travels.

Unlike whittling, which implies casual knife work, wooden carvings suggests more deliberate craftsmanship.

Opposites
material composition

wooden carvingsmetal sculptures

Art shaped from alloys

bronze statues · stone carvings · marble sculptures · glass sculptures · ceramic figurines

fabrication method

wooden carvingsblown glass

Air-shaped molten silica

material

wooden carvingsmetal sculptures

Art shaped from alloys

bronze statues · stone sculptures · marble sculptures · glass art · ceramic sculptures

Family

wood, carve, woodwork, whittling

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G