WOOD CARVING ( MAS VILAGE )

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Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the Sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual Sculptures to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a Tracery Mas village live some of the most talented. Do not be surprissed when you visit an art shop to find a corps of wood carver making statues - the Balinese do everything in groups, and many of the young carvers work under the derection of a master. A carver select his seasoned block of timber - often, an ebony from Sulawesi then shapes the rough form with an axe. With a malet and dozens of small chisels, the carving is worked into its finished form an finally smoothened. The polish is nothing more than shoe shine.