Find The Best Wood for Carving November 15th, 2008
The quality of wood is of prime importance to perfect the art of carving. Basswood is highly favored for its fine grain texture. Mahogany, walnut, pine, oak, sugar pine and butternut are equally good. Hard woods like oak and mahogany are fit for broad patterns, while the soft ones like butternut and basswood lend themselves to great detailing and intricate patterns.
What Is Wood Carving? September 17th, 2008
Wood carving is using a piece wood to design figures or figurines in it by means of tools such as the chisel and carving knives that enable chipping off bits and pieces of wood and shaping the piece till a final figure emerges. Different wood carvings of gods, humans, animals, birds and other abstract shapes are found all over the world from time immemorial.