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WOOD MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY

4th Edition

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WOODCARVINGWoodcarving can be defined as the

craft of shaping wood into a variety of shapes

Can be purely functional or decorative or a combination of both.

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Incised carving:Cutting only the

outline of the design with V gouge.

Types of carvingChip carving:Simple geometric

shapes repeated again and again for desired effect.

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Types of carvingRelief carving: this is when

the background is cut away to raise the design and give 3d effect

Sculpture – 3D carving

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Transferring the design

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Chip Carving

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Relief carving:

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WOODCARVING TOOLSStandard wood chisels and gouges can be used

for simple carvings, but special tools are used for more complicated work.

Different woodcarving tools are identified by– Size in millimetres– Cross section by number (known as sweep)– Shape of blade (straight, curved, spoonbent,

backbent, fishtail)

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Carving tools

Gouges− Making shallow

hollow cuts− Grounding − Cutting into outline

cuts

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Carving tools

Chisels− Making precise cuts− Outline cuts− Creating detail

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Veiner− Incised carving and

details

Vee tool− Incised carving and

details− Deep vee-shaped cuts

Carving tools

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Carver’s mallet− Tapping the

gouges and chisels during carving

Grounding punch− Creating a textured

effect as background to carvings

Carving tools

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The gouge is sharpened on the sharpening stone with a sweeping motion

The burr inside the edge is removed using a slipstone

Sharpening

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Light coloured wood Dark coloured wood

Sycamore Mahogany

Lime Walnut

Pine

Suitable woods

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BASIC WOODCARVING TECHNIQUES

When carving wood, it should be held firmly in;– A vice– Secured to the bench with a g-clamp– Held with a carver’s screw– Held with a woodblock screwed or glued

to the workpiece

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HOLDING WORK

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Quiz

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Name the tool

− Carving gouge

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Name the type of carving

− Relief carving

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Name the type of carving

− Chip carving

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The top of this jewellery box has an incised carving of a ring. Describe a tool used to carve the ring on the top of the box.

− Vee tool

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Describe how you would transfer the pattern onto the wood, in preparation for carving

− The pattern is taped to the wood

− A piece of carbon paper is inserted underneath the pattern

− Trace over the pattern with a pencil

− Don’t miss any lines of the pattern

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