Explore: Woodcarving Gouges

gouges of various sizes. The gouge is a curved blade that can remove large portions of wood smoothly. For harder woods, the sculptor may use gouges sharpened

'Crank-neck' gouges, in which the blade is offset from the handle by a small distance, to allow working flat to a surface 'Spoon-bent' gouges, in which the

interchangeably, but they are different arts. Carving employs the use of chisels, gouges, with or without a mallet, and often powered equipment such as lathes. Whittling

ISBN 9780811727945 Bütz, Richard, Bütz, Ellen (1997). How to Sharpen Carving Tools: Woodcarving Step by Step With Rick Bütz. Stackpole Books, ISBN 9780811729963 Readers

Contemporary woodcarving of Struensee's arrest

with a round plane; only top and bottom edges needed to be finished with a gouge. Significantly, linenfold had no prototype in architectural practice: the

combines the modern technology of the chainsaw with the ancient art of woodcarving. The oldest chainsaw artist records go back to the 1950s, which include

African Wood Carving. The basic tools used for his woodcarving classes were straight and spoon gouges, chisel, carving knife, veiner. He was quoted as saying:

A flaw appears in the engraving; It has cost much blood and tears. The gouge too quick has slipped, So eager was the artist's passion! And now the confused

wood surface. Most relief carving is done with hand tools, chisels and gouges, which often require a mallet to drive them through the wood. As wood is