Woodcarving

A gallery of photos taken during a trip to the museum, including a folding table (1480-1500); casting molds; a brooch; some wooden combs; six candlesticks (14th-15th centuries); a clasp (13th century); belts (14th and 15th centuries); carvings in ivory and wood; a pig-face bascinet; a mail shirt; a 14th century dagger and some sword pommels; and a chest, stool, and bed at the Design Museum.

The basics of relief carving, from picking your wood, to the required tools and care of those tools.

Working in wood was one of the most important crafts of the Viking Age, and resulted in many of the most famous works of art that survive. Learn about tools, types of wood, finishing, and carving.