How Our Carvers Create Relief Carving

Last week we talked about the different types of "relief" found in our carvings.. Today we are going to actually follow each step that our carvers go through to create these architectural gems.

1. Create a pattern drawn on paper
2. Prepare a piece of hardwood for carving. This may be a single piece of wood or a laminated block of wood. Most high quality carvers will use a block of wood that has been created by vertically gluing segments together. This is necessary to keep the wood from warping or cracking.
3. Transfer the pattern to the panel, using carbon paper as the transfer medium.
4. Remove wood around the objects that comprise the pattern.
5. Model (shape) the objects.
6. Detail (do the intricate work) the objects.
7. Clean and smooth out the background behind the objects.
8. By then we have taken a piece of wood and transformed it into a piece of Art.
9. Check our website at www.masterwoodcarvers.com to see all the "art work" we have created to beautify your home.