wood carving
noun
: the art of fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp handheld implement
also
: an object of wood so fashioned or ornamented
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The exhibition captures fragments of life frozen in time through wood carvings on stained birch planks — a hand with its fingers crossed, a leaf suspended mid-fall and a ballerina’s foot.
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Violet Goldstone, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
Two-day exhibition and sale of wood carvings featuring artists from local carving clubs and independent carvers.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2024
At Good Folk there are locally made wood carvings and paintings.
—Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
Creating arts and crafting refers to a wide range of activities like pottery, drawing, painting, knitting, sewing, crochet, embroidery, printmaking, sculpture, photography or making films or videos as an artistic activity, calligraphy, wood carvings, and even furniture or jewelry making.
—Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Violet Goldstone, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
Two-day exhibition and sale of wood carvings featuring artists from local carving clubs and independent carvers.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2024
At Good Folk there are locally made wood carvings and paintings.
—Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
Creating arts and crafting refers to a wide range of activities like pottery, drawing, painting, knitting, sewing, crochet, embroidery, printmaking, sculpture, photography or making films or videos as an artistic activity, calligraphy, wood carvings, and even furniture or jewelry making.
—Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Wood carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood%20carving. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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