Act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material
For other uses, see Carving (disambiguation).
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The ceiling of Dilwara Jain Temples famous for its extraordinary marble stone carvings and architectural design.[1]
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]
A carved Székely gate
Székely wood carving
Kinds of carving include:
Bone carving
Chip carving
Fruit carving
Gourd carving or gourd art
Ice carving or ice sculpture
Ivory carving
Stone carving
Petroglyph
Vegetable carving
Thaeng yuak (Banana stalk carving)
Wood carving
Hobo nickel
Tree carving
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^Jainism and Jain Architecture. 2018-01-09. ISBN 9781387503421.
^Daniel Marcus Mendelowitz, Children Are Artists: An Introduction to Children's Art for Teachers and Parents (1953), p. 136.
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A carved Székely gate
Székely wood carving
