Carve

How it is used

Carving is a subtractive method: the sculptor removes material, while modelling in clay adds it. Patterns: carve something from or out of marble, carve something in wood, a carved panel. The person is a carver.

Example sentences

1. The mosque's wooden doors were carved by craftsmen in the sixteenth century.

2. She carves directly into the stone without making a clay model first.

Common collocations

• carve from marble
• carve in wood
• hand-carved
• carved relief
• carve directly

Related terms

• sculptureA three-dimensional artwork made by carving, modelling, casting or assembling materials such as stone, metal, wood or clay; also the art of making such works.
• marbleA hard stone, often white or with coloured veins, that can be carved and polished; it has been used for sculpture and buildings since ancient times.
• reliefA sculpture in which figures or shapes stand out from a flat background, like those carved on temple walls, coins or sarcophagi.
• castTo make a sculpture by pouring liquid metal, plaster or resin into a mould and letting it harden; as a noun, an object made in this way.

More terms: Sculpture

• bronze
• statue
• bust