wood-carvers

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• National Wood Carvers Association — The National Wood Carvers Association is best known for its publication, the magazine Chip Chats. The organization, originally founded in 1953 by Stephen LePage, is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the largest national association of… …   Wikipedia

• Wood-Carving — • Discusses the branch of wood carving dealing with artistic objects, belonging either to plastic (as statues, crucifixes, and similar carvings), or to industrial art (as arabesques and rosettes), and which serve mainly for the ornamentation of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Wood carving — is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also …   Wikipedia

• History of wood carving — From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. The North American Indian carves his wooden fish hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian… …   Wikipedia

• Caricature Carvers of America — In 1989, a group of ten wood carvers, with the common goal of promoting the art of caricature carving, met in the back room of Paxton Lumber Co. in Fort Worth, Texas to discuss the formation of a national organization to further that goal. From… …   Wikipedia

• The Stone Carvers — is a 2001 historical and World War I novel by the Canadian writer Jane Urquhart.Plot introductionThe novel follows three generations of a Canadian family, starting with a wood carver who befriends an immigrant German priest as he founds a church… …   Wikipedia

• Olive wood carving in Palestine — Part of a series on Palestinians …   Wikipedia

• art, African — ▪ visual arts Introduction       the visual arts of native Africa, particularly sub Saharan Africa, including such media as sculpture, painting, pottery, rock art, textiles, masks, personal decoration, and jewelry.       For more general… …   Universalium

• furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for …   Universalium

• Agiasos — Infobox Greek Dimos name = Agiasos/Ayasos name local = Αγιάσος periph = North Aegean prefec = Lesbos population = 2.498 population as of = 2001 area = 79.924 elevation = 475 lat deg = 39 lat min = 2 lat hem = N lon deg = 26 lon min = 25 lon hem …   Wikipedia

• interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …   Universalium