Wood Carving is one of the characteristics of wood furniture products in Indonesia. Besides the beautiful view, carving also has high artistic value. Indonesia is a country that has various types of carving, carvings such as Bali, Madura and engraving Jepara. The three types of carvings are the most popular type of carving and each has its own style and characteristics.
Carving is a handmade work or a product that is done manually. In the process, a sculptor uses a chisel carving tools made of steel and using a hammer made of brown wood. In one set, carving tool has a variety of shapes and sizes that serve to produce a variety of different lines.
Carving is a handmade work or a product that is done manually. In the process, a sculptor uses a chisel carving tools made of steel and using a hammer made of brown wood. In one set, carving tool has a variety of shapes and sizes that serve to produce a variety of different lines.
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| Carving Tool |
By adding a carving on furniture products, will make a more beautiful and has a high value. From the beginning until now, Indonesia carved furniture products much in demand by people from various circles including buyers from abroad. This indicates that the carving is a work that has a high artistic value and still exist today.
Broadly speaking, the shape or carving model is divided into two kinds:
1. Carved Translucent or holes:
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| Carved Translucent or holes |
It is the carving that has a shape like a real shape or better known as 3-dimensional carving. In the process of carving of this type, the first timber in the image correspond to the image that will diaplikasikan.misal leaf, ethnic, animals, calligraphy and etc.. Then it takes a sawing process to create a hole in the picture earlier. This tool is a saws tool are specifically designed to make carving a hole.
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| plong/bobok saw |
The tool is better known as plong saws or bobok saw. Once the process is complete then the last hole followed by the carving process.
2. Carving Arising:
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| Carving Arising |
It is the opposite of the kind of translucent carving or holes. In the bas-relief, the workmanship is by drawing the timber to be carved and molded or carved in accordance with the way the picture was carving the wood in order to make it look arise.
Both forms of translucent carvings or engravings that arises is the type can be applied into the type of carving Bali, Madura or Jepara carving. For carving bali, has a style that impressed ethnic or classic. For this type of carving madura almost the same as carving bali, whereas Jepara carving has a style that is more flexible. In Jepara carving, the resulting lines look neater and more beautiful to look at. Jepara carving usually more feature an elegant look at a furniture product.
If you visit Indonesia, you will find different things about the wood carving. In essence, the carving is one of the crafts that will never die and still exist and have high artistic value.
Both forms of translucent carvings or engravings that arises is the type can be applied into the type of carving Bali, Madura or Jepara carving. For carving bali, has a style that impressed ethnic or classic. For this type of carving madura almost the same as carving bali, whereas Jepara carving has a style that is more flexible. In Jepara carving, the resulting lines look neater and more beautiful to look at. Jepara carving usually more feature an elegant look at a furniture product.
If you visit Indonesia, you will find different things about the wood carving. In essence, the carving is one of the crafts that will never die and still exist and have high artistic value.
