Carving

Carving is the act of using tools to shape a material by scraping away portions of that material. It can be done on any material solid enough to hold a shape, yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with tools.

Examples of material with potential for carving:

1. Wood
2. Stone
3. Brick
4. Plaster (when dry; but usually moulded when moist)
5. Bone

Carving is different from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay and melted glass. Carving needs more work.^[2]

• Stone carving
• Wood carving

1. ↑ Jainism and Jain Architecture. 2018-01-09. ISBN 9781387503421.
2. ↑ Daniel Marcus Mendelowitz 1953. Children are artists: an introduction to children's art for teachers and parents, p. 136.