You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German June 2023 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the German article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 1 900 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Schnitzen see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated de Schnitzen to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form even when pieces have been removed from it and yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with available tools Carving as a means for making stone or wooden sculpture is distinct from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay fruit and melted glass which may be shaped into the desired forms while soft and then harden into that form Carving tends to require much more work than methods using malleable materials A carved Szekely gate Szekely wood carvingThe ceiling of Dilwara Jain Temples famous for its extraordinary marble stone carvings and architectural design Kinds of carving include Bone carving Chip carving Fruit carving Gourd carving or gourd art Hobo nickel Ice carving or ice sculpture Ivory carving Soap carving Stone carving Petroglyph Tree carving Arborglyph Vegetable carving Thaeng yuak Banana stalk carving Wood carvingSee alsoEngraving Sculpture WhittlingReferencesJainism and Jain Architecture 2018 01 09 ISBN 9781387503421 Daniel Marcus Mendelowitz Children Are Artists An Introduction to Children s Art for Teachers and Parents 1953 p 136 External linksLook up carve or carving in Wiktionary the free dictionary This art related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games, mobile, phone, android, ios, apple, mobile phone, samsung, iphone, xiomi, xiaomi, redmi, honor, oppo, nokia, sonya, mi, pc, web, computer