wood carving
noun
: the art of fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp handheld implement
also
: an object of wood so fashioned or ornamented
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Browse souvenir shops selling Indigenous wood carvings, caribou fur, and gold nugget jewelry; check out the lively Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show; or learn about Indigenous art and traditions at the Totem Heritage Center.
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Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
These scans combined with subsequent scans to contribute to a 3D model with detailed representations of the cathedral’s flying buttresses, arches, ribbed vaults, intricate wood carvings and stained glass, guiding the more than $700 million restoration.
—Ronald Bisio, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Now home to the Guangdong Museum of Folk Arts, the complex is a premier example of traditional Lingnan architecture, with brick, stone, and wood carvings.
—Bonnie Tsui, AFAR Media, 6 May 2025
And don’t miss peeking into the hotel’s wood carving studio to see talented artisans in action.
—Livia Hengel, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
These scans combined with subsequent scans to contribute to a 3D model with detailed representations of the cathedral’s flying buttresses, arches, ribbed vaults, intricate wood carvings and stained glass, guiding the more than $700 million restoration.
—Ronald Bisio, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Now home to the Guangdong Museum of Folk Arts, the complex is a premier example of traditional Lingnan architecture, with brick, stone, and wood carvings.
—Bonnie Tsui, AFAR Media, 6 May 2025
And don’t miss peeking into the hotel’s wood carving studio to see talented artisans in action.
—Livia Hengel, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Wood carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood%20carving. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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