Papier Mache Decorative Hen Box
Dimensions: 5" (L) x 4" (H) X 2.75" (W)
Finish: Polished
Design: Temple
Surface Finish: Polished
Usage/Application: Home
Usage/Application: Decoration
Material: Fiber
Size/Dimension: 6x8 Inch
Color: White
Material: Mild Steel
Color: Golden
Size: 120 mm Sq
I Deal In: New Only
Material: wrought iron
Color: multi color
Size/Dimension: 10 inches
No Of Units: set of 3 pieces
Surface Texture: Sanding
Finish: Polished
Category: clay pottery
Color: Natural
Is It With Vase: With Vase
Use: Decoration
Material: Polyester
Color: Pink (Flower)
Design: Carved
Color: Brown
Usage/Application: Decoration
Size: 10 x 4 x 6 inch
Size: Large
Thickness: 120 gsm
Weight: 150
Is It Handmade: Yes
Material: Stainless Steel
Brand: zahidstore
Microwave Safe: No
Country of Origin: Made in India
Seller Type
Material: Wood/,mdf
Shape: Rectangular
Usage/Application: Home/officeetc
Location: Kashmir
Event Location: Srinagar
Type Of Services Required: Decoration
Brand: FINE ART GALLERY
Material: Stainless Steel
Color: Multicolour
Materila: Wood
Use: Decoration
The History of wood carving has from the remotest ages the decoration of wood as a foremost art. The tendency ofhuman nature has always been to ornament every article in use.[citation needed] The North American Indian carves his wooden fish-hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian works patterns on his paddle. The native of Guyana decorates hiscavassa grater with a well-conceived scheme of incised scrolls, while the native of Loango Bay distorts his spoon with a design of perhaps figures standing up in full relief carrying a hammock.
Figure-work seems to have been universal. To carve a figure in wood may be not only more difficult but also less satisfactory than sculpting with marble, owing to the tendency of wood to crack, to be damaged by insects, or to suffer from changes in the atmosphere. The texture of the material, too, often proves challenging to the expression of features, especially in the classic type of youthful face. On the other hand, magnificent examples exist of the more rugged features of age: the beetling brows, the furrows and lines neutralizing the defects of the grain of the wood. In ancient work the surface may not have been of such consequence, for figures as a rule being painted for protection and especially color.
It is not always realized at the present day to what extent color has even from the most ancient times been used to enhance the effect of wood-carving and sculpture. The modern Colour prejudice against gold and other tints is perhaps because painted work has been vulgarized. The arrangement of a proper and harmonious scheme of colour is not the work of thehouse painter, but of the specially trained artist.
In the early 20th century, the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, on which much of this entry is based, commented, "Of late years carving has gone out of fashion. The work is necessarily slow and requires substantial skill, making the works expensive. Other and cheaper methods of decoration have driven carving from its former place. Machine work has much to answer for, and the endeavor to popularize the craft by means of the village class has not always achieved its own end. The gradual disappearance of the individual artist, elbowed out as he has been, by the contractor, is fatal to the continuance of an art which can never flourish when done at so much a yard." This statement has proven untrue, as the continued survival of the art and craft of woodcarving can be demonstrated by the large number of woodcarvers who have carried on or advanced the tradition in different parts of the world