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Do you call this Sculpture? Wood art? This video explores the intricate process of wood art creation, specifically focusing on bent wood lamination forms, wood veneers, and core construction. Key ...
A life-long wood carver shares tips for getting started in this rewarding hobby. A pocket knife and a piece of wood is all you need to start.
Hunter-gatherers in what is now Russia likely viewed the wooden sculpture as an artwork imbued with ritual significance. Sverdlovsk Regional Museum Gold prospectors first discovered the so-called ...
Wood carving isn’t just for old men in porch rockers. It’s one of the skills you’ll need to stay alive in the wilderness.
That's what remained of the 20+-year-old wooden-schooner sculpture Paragon at həʔapus Village Park by Wednesday night. As we reported Tuesday, a city contractor was hired to down the wood, leaving the ...
Bob Rogers of Jamestown has always gotten a great deal of relaxation and pleasure from wood carving. Now, he’s got a ribbon to show from his wood carving, too. The walking stick Rogers received an ...
A mysterious code on the world’s oldest wooden sculpture could be an 11,500-year-old ode to ancient spirits. The Shigir Idol, made shortly after the end of the last Ice Age, depicts “demon ...
How the World’s Oldest Wooden Sculpture Is Reshaping Prehistory At 12,500 years old, the Shigir Idol is by far the earliest known work of ritual art. Only decay has kept others from being found.
Wooden bears, birds and mythical creatures came to life in Frederick this weekend at the town’s annual carving competition.
A wooden sculpture thought to be created by Paul Gauguin and showcased at the J. Paul Getty Museum quietly had its attribution changed to “unknown” late last year and was shunted to a storage ...
An alumnus from Brazil and the college's multifaith chaplain explain the history and meaning of a sculpture of the crucifixion created at Bates in 1971.
A sculpture honoring Louis Moreau Gottschalk, a famous pianist, composer and performer, is now on display at the Green-Wood Cemetery. Gottschalk (listen to him here) was considered the most famous ...