Terminology for woodcarving:

[flyfisherman_53]

Does anyone know were I could find a list of terms used in everyday carving, to better understand what some carvers are chatting about? I have seen some such as flat carving and so on, I just want to have better understanding on the types of terminology that is used . Thanks Bob

[Canopener]

I would invest in some books and Fox Chapel had 39 pages of books on woodcarving if you click up on top by Lora Irish. That is how I got started. My wife gave her Father a bunch of books, then I inherited them and the rest is history. Start with a beginr=ers book and se where that takes you.
Good Luck
Jim

[Robson Valley]

First term to remember is
swarf (noun) The messy soup of metal, oil or water and abrasive particles after tool sharpening.


Flat Plane carving had me puzzled for a minute, too. Instead of rounded surfaces, in a face, for example, these carvers can somehow figure out how to approximate the shape with flat planes of material. Hope I got that right. Take a very close look at the picture examples posted in that section.

[cgm]

Google, wood carving terms and there u have the answers ur looking for.
Carl

[cgm]

If you go to wikipedia and put in what you want to know, it will tell u.

[brent]

in the round.....as obvious as it sounds, 3D
flat plane....Scandanavian style, flat cuts with very little or absolutely no rounding.
low relief....remove s mall amount of wood from a background and the finished part projects out from the background.
high relief....where the carving itself stands out on its own, such as an eagle on a sphere...
caricature.....human or animal with exaggerated extremities....head, hands and or feet.
portrait...exactly what you think.

just name name a few

[Dan S]

Here's a few I use:
It's just a nick = I'm going to the emergency room to sew it back on when you aren't looking!
I just need one more tool = I'll always need "just one more tool"
I'll put this down in just a minute = I'm going to carve for another hour! or so...
I'd better get the chips off the livingroom floor = I'd better get the chips off the livingroom floor!
There is this thing I need = someone else has one and I'm jellous...
"magic knife" = the knife that makes the perfect cut everytime and is eternally sharp. Still looking for this one...
Carvers glove = a cut/slash resistant kevlar glove that was in the toolbox when I got the nick.
hope they help...
Dan

[Robson Valley]

Where are we? #10 or #11 or so?

" *^%^&%# " : the word you say over and over when an important piece breaks off a half-finished carving that you are absolutely in love with.

Snow shovel = chip shovel when the chair won't move any more

[Claude]

This may help you: Hobbit House Glossary

Claude