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2. Wood carving - Wikipedia

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   Wood carving. Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual ...

3. History of wood carving - Wikipedia

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   History of wood carving. A Chinese wooden Bodhisattva, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Shanghai Museum. Wood carving is one of the oldest arts of humankind. Wooden spears from the Middle Paleolithic, such as the Clacton Spear, reveal how humans have engaged in utilitarian woodwork for millennia. However, given the relatively rapid rate at which wood ...

4. Alexander Grabovetskiy - Wikipedia

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   Website. Grabovetskiy.com. Notes. Founder of Non for Profit School of Wood Carving inc. Alexander Grabovetskiy (born July 4, 1973) is a Russian-American Master wood carver. Grabovetskiy was recognized as the 2012 International Wood Carver of the year, and his piece Wall Decoration was awarded first place. His work utilizes the same approaches ...

5. Ore Mountain folk art - Wikipedia

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   Ore Mountain folk art. Ore Mountain folk art (German: Erzgebirgische Volkskunst) is a well-known form of highly artistic wood carving from East Germany. It encompasses the diverse forms of expression of the creative work beyond the classical or the modern arts, and in particular the production of figures, sculptures and paintings.

6. Indonesian art - Wikipedia

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   The art of wood carving is quite well-developed in Indonesia. Other than tribal art woodcarvings of Asmat, Dayak, Nias, and Toraja area is well known for its refined wood carving culture; they are Jepara in Central Java, and Bali. Mas village near Ubud in Bali is renowned for their wood carving art. Balinese woodcarving today has a sustained ...

7. Tom Wolfe (woodcarver) - Wikipedia

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   Tom Wolfe (woodcarver) Tom James Wolfe began woodcarving at the age of 12. He has become one of America 's leading wood carvers with nearly 50 books in print with Schiffer Publications to date. [1] Tom currently resides in Spruce Pine, NC and teaches classes several times a year at his workshop on Grandfather Mountain, as well as at the John C ...