Wood carving

The research I did for both my artworks not only brought me closer to the spiritual side that wood offers, but taught me a lot about the creation of realism. Through researching different artists, I learned the different techniques they use in order to create their master pieces in a realistic manner. Due to wood burning being a nearly forgotten medium, it was difficult to find artists but I managed to find some artists who have made some incredible works. Eric Battaglia represent, in his art work Birdcage (see Image 1), a human ribcage done using wood burning and a bird done in color. This artwork taught me about the way Battaglia created space using the simple technique of making what he wanted to be pushed back in a darker shade or burned…

the name any better. Mooney Warther was an incredible wood carver whose ingenuity helps to give us a glimpse into not only the steam era, but also the death of our sixteenth president. I visited the Warther Museum and was amazed at what one man was able to accomplish. This man’s character and accomplishments had a profound effect on me. Who is the man behind the name Mooney Warther? Well to explain I must divulge the history behind the nickname Mooney. Mooney’s father passed away leaving his…

Featured on this piece are Chinese coins, wood, sinew and moose hide. The Chinese coins show a diffusion of cultures. Since these coins were given to the Tlingit by “Boston sea merchants in exchange for sea otter pelts” perhaps this armor represents a bond between the two groups of people—a symbol of camaraderie even. After all, the helmet resembles an abstract sea lion. Yet, if this functions as armor and warriors wear it to battle, then rival groups may identify the Tlingit with these Boston…

a scientific description of people and their culture. Fortis choice to title his ethnography, Kuna Arts and Shamanism, because a lot of the artifacts discussed in his ethnography for the Kuna people can be considered forms of art that are used for shaman practice. An example of art that the Kuna people practice is the nuchukana, which is also referred as nuchu. The nuchukana are can only be made by males as traditional sacred practice of the Kuna culture and these artifacts can range in shape,…

didn't have family or friends and had to live on his own. His mother farmed as a living and he carved the pumpkins he grew. Just to clarify by the age of 16 he was already 9 ft 5, could you believe it? He continued carving pumpkins and got quite good at it. After pumpkin through pumpkin, he started to run out of space to put the pumpkins that he had carved out. He had ran…

African sculpture is most often figurative, representing the human form. It is primarily fashioned from wood. The African sculpture can be described as monumental, meaning that the figure or form is not separated from the wood in which it is carved, which gives is a feel of heavy permanence. These aspects are visible in the African sculpture, Figure of Bena, Mboi, Yunger people in Nigeria 14th-16th century, Nigeria, Eastern Gongola Valley, and Figure of the Jukan people 19th-early 20th century,…

some features and themes are very prevalent throughout the pieces, while other times it seems as though the art was made by a completely different group of people. When looking at two specific pieces the similarities and differences really shine through. The two pieces that will be compared and contrasted are one of the Asmat drums-the one created by Orem, and the Soul Canoe by Amandos Amonos and assistants. First off, the color of these pieces appears to be similar, yet also very different.…

30976487 The Oracle of Cougar Creek It was the sun reflecting off the huge blade, in the small clearing ahead, that first caught my attention. The forest path meandered along side the creek and had gradually widened until it framed an incredibly wrinkled old man. He had a large chunk of wood standing as high and wide as himself in front of him, coming to life with every knife slash. The fluidity of his movements bespoke decades of practice and made me stop in wonder. Although the…

Both of the rooms consist of wood furniture that display all potteries and containers that should have once been used to stored food and supplements. There are also displays of the equipment that were used to crop agriculture with all methods. There are various sizes of the container that have been displayed in the main living area. There are hand-made weaving baskets, and the containers also have various sizes of opening, which should have been made for different kind of…

At first glance the figure is definitely out of the ordinary, the foot and a half tall sculpture is larger than doll sized and much too large to fit in a child's hand. The measurements for the figure are 5.6 inches in lengh, 4 inches in width, and 15.3 inches in height. The sculpture is split into four parts the three base parts feet, torso, and head, each around 2-3 inches each. The last part is the head decorations probably added on after the base was carved out. judging by the size of the…