An overview of wood carving

A skilled wood carver can create by chiseling, cutting and smoothing a solid piece of wood, beautiful sculptural designs and practical household items like spoons, boxes and bowls.

Techniques

The wood carver can employ many different recognised techniques like chip carving using a chisel or knife, relief carving where a picture is create on a flat piece of wood, treen which is the creation of household items out of wood.