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Wood Carving - Coggle Diagram
Wood Carving
Carving tools
Curve varies from U shape to almost flat
Vee tools are used for incised carving.
Mostly gouges
Carvers gouge
Chip carving knife
Skew chisels and knives are used for chip carving
Carvers tools
Carvers mallet
Made from beech
Short handle for less power and better control
Round head to strike chisels
Bench hold - fast
Holds flat work pieces to a workbench
Used for incised, chip, and relief carving
Carvers clamp
Can Adjust height and and angles
Holds small pieces for sculpting
3D Carving
Sketch the shape on to two faces of the workpiece
Cut the shape on one face
using a bandsaw
Tape the waste back on and
cut the second face
Finish the shape
Sand it
Apply a finish
Transferring a drawing
Tape the sheets in place
Trace over the drawing with a pencil
Place the drawing on carbon paper
Remove the sheets
Place carbon paper on workpiece
Chip Carving
Geometric Shapes
Triangles and circles
Decorative
Made with carving knives
Incised Carving
Used for letters and numbers
Made with vee tools and gouges
Carved into a flat surface
Relief Carving
Design is on the surface
Background textured with a carvers punch
Background is removed
Carving in the round
Called a sculpture
3d shapes are cut from a block of wood
Used to make statues/figurines