Carving is the act of usingtools 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 woodensculpture, is distinct from methods using soft and malleable materials likeclay,fruit, and meltedglass, 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.[2]
Carving particularly durable materials, such as stone, may be desired to make a display long-lasting, as in the case ofreliefs ofAncient Egypt.[3]
Kinds of carving include:
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