Carving Sentence Examples

Some of their carving is very fine.

We can get a head start on carving today.

That's a lot of friggin' carving there.

Articles of furniture are frequently made of it, and it is in great esteem for carving and for the construction of stringed instruments.

She started to hand him what looked like an intricate carving in the side of an orange.

At present the magnificent council chambers for the different legislative bodies of the Venetian republic and the state apartments of the doges are richly decorated with gilt carving and panelling in the style of the later Renaissance.

High relief carving corresponds to the kaisho, or most classical form of writing; medium relief to the gyosho, or semi-cursive style; and low relief to the sOsho or grass character.

Among its interior adornments is an onyx font, some fine wood carving in the choir, and the silver doors to the shrines of its chapels.

The Kei Islanders are skilful in carving and celebrated boat-builders.

Painting, drawing, and wood carving are also popular creative activities.

Why don't I start carving that while you draw this one?

I'll finish carving the pumpkins you've drawn.

There is less stone carving on the exterior walls, door jambs and pillars of the buildings than on those of the Yucatan Peninsula; this is due to the harder and more uneven character of the limestone.

They are bold and skilful sailors and fishermen; other trades, as boat and house building, carving, cooking, net and mat making, are usually hereditary.

The famous manufacture of fine muslins is almost extinct, but the carving of shells, carried on from ancient times, is an important industry in the city.

The latter sometimes made his own models in wax, carving In sometimes chiselled them in wood, and sometimes had Wood and recourse to a specialist in wood-carving.

There should also be mentioned the SchiJjershaus; the medieval gates (Holstentor, Burgtor); and the Hospital of the Holy Ghost, remarkable for ancient frescoes and altars in rich wood carving, the entrance hall of which is a 13th-century chapel, restored in 1866 and decorated in 1898.

On this square stands the Artusor Junker-hof (the merchant princes of the middle ages were in Germany styled Junker, squire), containing a hall richly decorated with wood carving and pictures, once used as a banqueting-room and now serving as the exchange.

The decline of the Mogul empire gave free play to the turbulent spirit of the Jats and Gujars, many of whose chieftains succeeded in carving out petty principalities for themselves at the expense of their neighbours.

The fine arts are represented by sculpture in relief, carving in wood and ivory, embroidery.

The more modern of the two was built by two brothers, rich merchants, between the years 1197 and 1247, and for delicacy of carving and minute beauty of detail stands almost unrivalled, even in this land of patient and lavish labour.

They are classified under the respective heads of porcelain and earthenware, tiles, arms and armour, textile fabrics, needlework and embroidery, metal-work, wood carving and mosaic-painting, manuscripts, enamel, jewelry and musical instruments.

They show considerable skill in carving.

The ruins, beautifully placed on the bank of the river, embody a cruciform church, transitional Norman in style, and exhibiting the carving of the period in its highest development.

The old council-chamber is wainscoted in black oak, and contains a remarkable sculptured chimney-piece (1545) and fine wood carving.

The hotel de ville, the facade of which is decorated with armorial bearings of Renaissance carving, and the church of St Etienne, an unblemished example of Romanesque architecture, are of interest.

The other industries are leather work, sugar-refining, goldsmith's work, ivory carving, iron, brass, copper, stone masonry, tanning, weaving, dyeing and carpentry.

The metallic bowl and mouthpiece of the pipe offered a tempting surface for embellishment, as well as the clasp of the pouch; and the netsuke, being made of wood, ivory or other material susceptible of carving, also gave occasion for art and ingenuity.

The intercolumniation is regulated by a standard of about six or seven feet, and the general result of the treatment of columns, wall-posts, &c., is that the whole mural space, not filled in with doors or windows, is divided into regular oblong panels, which sometimes receive plaster, sometimes boarding and sometimes rich framework and carving or painted panels.

The church contains a richly carved pulpit, the work of Adam Straes van Weilborch about 1620, and there is besides some good carving and a fine organ (1721).

Two facts are established - namely, that the Eskimo lived formerly farther south on the Atlantic coast, and that, aboriginally, they were not specially adept in carving and etching.

Ornamentation was in carving and in colour, the latter far more effectively used than in Middle America.

Their architecture, drawing, goldsmith's work, carving, music and dancing are all highly developed in strict accordance with the traditions of Indo-Chinese art.

The outsides of the principal doorways and their pointed arches are magnificently enriched with carving and coloured inlay, a curious combination of three styles - Norman-French, Byzantine and Arab.

The uneven carving down of the older mountain systems, especially that of the Archean protaxis, and the disorderly scattering of glacial material provide most of the lake basins so characteristic of Canada.

The carving of crucifixes and other sacred mementoes gives employment to a large proportion of the population.

The handsome Roman Catholic cathedral for the diocese of Raphoe occupies a commanding site, and cost a large sum, as it contains carving from Rome, glass from Munich and a pulpit of Irish and Carrara marble.

The village folk are mainly engaged in making toys, and carving crucifixes, rosaries and images of saints.

It is not unlikely that the houses of wealthy persons were distinguished by a good deal of ornamentation in carving and painting.

In front was often a hanging panel of embroidered cloth (the frontal; but frontals of wood, ornamented with carving or enamel, &c., are also to be found).

Wares of animal or vegetable material for carving or moulding 2,448 2,068 4,260 4,131

It is an important centre of trade, with manufactures of cotton goods, metal-work, carving, &c. Bhera was founded about 1540 on its present site, but it took the place of a city on the opposite bank of the river, of far greater antiquity, which was destroyed at this period.

Another branch of stone-work, surface carving, was early developed by the artistic dynastic race.

Other carving full of detail is on the great mace-heads of Narmer and the Scorpion king, where scenes of ceremonials are minutely engraved in relief.

Karnak was largely decorated; a granite celia was built under Philip Arrhidaeus, covered with elaborate carving; a great pylon was added to the temple of Khonsu by Ptolemy III.; the inner pylon of the Ammon-temple was carved by Ptolemy VI.

In the carving of windows, aisles, cloister, capitals, bosses and doorheads no design is repeated.

Some of the larger canoes are ornamented with rude carving; and in some islands they are somewhat elaborately decorated with inlaid mother-of-pearl.

The prospectus set forth that the firm would undertake church decoration, carving, stained glass, metal-work, paper-hangings, chintzes and carpets.

The stalls, especially the towering corner-stalls with their ornate carving filled with figures, in Amiens Cathedral are very fine; they date from 1508-1520.

The Rathaus (town hall) of red and black glazed brick, dating from various epochs during the middle ages, is famous for its staircase, the vaulted wine cellar of the city council beneath and magnificent wood carving.

Real power had passed into the hands of Mahommedan courtiers and Mahratta generals, both of whom were then carving for themselves kingdoms out of the dismembered empire, until at last British authority placed itself supreme over all.

It need scarcely be said that tiles have rather increased in value than deteriorated in the eyes of the connoisseur, that the ornamentation of metal-work, wood carving and inlaying, gem and seal engraving, are exquisite of their kind, and that the carpets manufactured by skilled workmen, when left to themselves and their native patterns, are to a great extent unrivalled.

Now it is the abode of the jewellers and ivory-workers of Delhi, but the jewels are seldom valuable and the carving has lost much of its old delicacy.

The oak stalls in the choir are fine examples of late 16th-century carving.

In one of the chapels is a fine Madonna by Fra Bartolommeo; in the municipal picture gallery are a fine "God the Father" and another Madonna by him; also some sculptures by Civitali, and some good wood carving, including choir stalls.

Among the many works of art in the interior, the most beautiful is the mausoleum of Pope John XXII., a masterpiece of Gothic carving of the 14th century.

The surface was plain, inscribed with dedicatory or other legends, or adorned with symbolical carving.

The people were skilled in brass work; their carving and design were alike excellent.

The Great church, or St Martin's (1446-1466) is a large building containing some good carving, a fine organ and the tombs of many Frisian nobles.

The so-called Small church, dating from about 1280, also contains fine carving and tombstones; and is the remnant of a Franciscan convent which once existed here.

He became marechal de camp in 1788; but his ambition was not satisfied, and at the outbreak of the Revolution, seeing the opportunity for carving out a career, he went to Paris, where he joined the Jacobin Club.

The manufacture of silks and carving in olive wood are carried on.

Among minor industries are match factories, rice and paper mills, ice, cigarette, piano, carriage and furniture factories, wood carving, &c.

Unlike their Papuan relatives, the islanders are unskilled in carving and pottery, but are clever farmers and fishermen, constructing ingenious fishing weirs.

The fine church of St James contains an early font with Norman carving, a rich Norman doorway, a painted reredos, and a beautiful old roodstone in good preservation.

The portals especially are often decorated with intricate carving; so also is the prayerniche within.

The finest building in the city is the Jesuits' church, whose facade is covered with elaborate carving.

Carving in wood and ivory, and embossed silverwork are also carried on.

Jackson offered, "We'll have a truck deliver them… and I'll help with the carving."

She had brought an array of Exacto knives and tiny saws for carving.

On the triumphal arch of Titus in Rome there is a carving of Titus ascending to heaven.

The South (principal) elevation has the pedimented center piece with exuberant armorial carving Duff Arms and Motto.

Inside the calm of the Cathedral we admire a solid wooden carving of six monks carrying a bier on their shoulders.

It isn't long, however, before Esther begins carving new and increasingly brutal wounds into her body.

Despite the dry climate there are streams, carving out cave systems & river canyons.

This part is fitted with stalls, on which some elaborate carving has been bestowed.

Between the column is a finely detailed carving of the Royal coat of arms.

The Ipswich carving is limited both in terms of narrative excitement and decorative embellishment.

In his generation Eric Gill was the prime exponent of direct carving.

The south transept has a half-timbered gable with restored Jacobean carving.

The carving, gilding and decoration are still in good state of preservation.

I also started carving a red Turkish marble - nice, tight colorful stone " .

Come along and try paper marbling, pottery, stone carving and more!

Exhibit 36 An oak Stanley Davies bookstand with chip carving and carved monogram to the base, circa 1930.

Apart from this, the act of hammering and carving these strange monoliths also injects a form of energy which will be discussed later.

Orders are taken for Church work, and almost every kind of fancy or plain needlework, painting or carving.

The right-hand carving appears to show someone carrying what look like water pails.

Expressions in Wood I specialize in hand carving bowls, platters, dishes and abstract sculptures mostly from native grown hardwoods.

We use a homemade gadget, but I think you can buy pumpkin carving kits.

We had a pumpkin carving competition and grand raffle, as well as hot dogs and toffee apples to eat.

The animal is rendered freely in a style reminiscent of the chip carving of the early Anglo-Saxon period.

Their distinctive and extensive body scarification was a means of establishing ethnic identity and is striking feature of their figure carving.

A fantastic UK built long skateboard for carving, cruising and surfing the streets.

Retrospectively, neon seems as stodgy as the carving on a Victorian town hall.

Carve your own piece of a stone beach totem pole - learn how to use stone carving tools using special ' soft blocks ' .

Decoration Decoration includes veneering, carving and the use of moldings and inlays.

The most unusual find this year was the carving of a Pictish bear, found on a paving stone in the largest wheelhouse.

He tried to captivate the ambitious fancy of that king with a design for carving Mount Athos into a gigantic seated statue.

A deep pulp cavity in the upper third of the tusk restricts the working of the ivory around the hollow cavity to shallow carving.

Letter from Alexander Seton to Sir Robert Liston describing the Bridekirk font and carving and reproducing the runic script.

Perhaps - to speculate more wildly - this is part of the carving from the ancient cross from which the abbey took its name.

The Monk 's Door at the east end of the aisle has swirly foliage patterns in the carving.

Carve your own piece of a stone beach totem pole - learn how to use stone carving tools using special ' soft blocks '.

His talent for carving out life of the inanimate and random has to be unique in film history.

The most unusual find this year was the carving of a Pictish bear, found on a paving stone in the largest Wheelhouse.

Unless you're doing a lot of carving, stick to medium or stiff bushings.

The Log Home Store offers many instructional books and videos including basic log furniture building, chainsaw carving and creating furniture and household items from twigs.

Chippendale style is more elaborate than Queen Anne, with a greater use of carving, the addition of fretwork, and rich upholstery in brocades, velvets and damasks.

Unlike Chippendale, Sheraton used carving sparingly and incorporated simple ivory or brass key plates and metal drawer pulls.

This lack of grain makes maple perfect for receiving detail, whether through carving or painting of the wood itself or through other details in the room.

The whiteness of the color will brighten the space while showing off the carving and formal design.

Select a maple rod if you want simplicity of design, or an elaborate carving that will not compete with wood grain.

If you have a Craftsman style home or enjoy the natural grain and beauty of wood, oak will show off your curtain rod to great effect, no matter what the style or carving.

Chefs trained in this method are often skilled at carving elaborate floral designs from vegetables, lending an imaginative flair to their dishes.

Let the turkey rest for 15-20 minutes before carving; this resting time gives the juices a chance to settle.

Carving your bird too early results in the juices running out, and the meat ends up dry.

Allow the lamb to rest outside of the oven, lightly covered with foil, for 30 minutes before carving and serving.

Making 3D cakes or extreme cakes require you to do some carving.

Tent it with aluminum foil and allow it to stand for 30 minutes before carving to allow the juices to reabsorb.

After an hour, remove the tenderloin from the freezer and use a sharp carving knife to make extremely thin slices.

However, you will still be skidding as opposed to carving your turns.

This innovation led to skis that are easier to control and allow a skier to easily facilitate carving.

These elementary skills will prepare you for carving.

From this position, you have only minimal, if any control over the carving movements that are the milestones of efficient skiing.

Controlling stress starts with improving organization, practicing effective time management, and carving out time for rest and relaxation.

This might mean carving out time each day or week to be totally present with your loved ones.

Although more expensive in most cases, a rolled fondant icing has a firmer texture that lends itself to carving and intricate details.

Ask a local pumpkin carving artist to carve wedding scenes, hearts, or even Celtic designs into your pumpkins and set them up to light the way into your reception or use them as unique centerpieces.

For a family-friendly wedding, consider hosting a pumpkin carving for children.

A curtain with a shadow of Norman Bates' mother in Psycho, coming straight at you with a carving knife.

The rectangular shape of a sheet cake provides ample room for carving out figures.

A classic birthday option, the number cake involves carving digits from a large, flat rectangular sheet cake.

But, when she's not acting or singing, she's busy carving out her place in the business world.

Once you've completed the cut, slide it into place to test the fit and adjust it as necessary by carving it until you have a clean fit.

One section could have vertical balusters and the next section could have etched glass or a special carving.

The silver rings are made by intaglio carving and were often used to seal letters and other documents by pressing the ring into hot wax, leaving the image of the Celtic cross or other design in the wax.

A black onyx cameo or some other relief carving is a great choice.

For both men and women there are lots of creative pursuits, such as scrapbooking, making birdhouses, wood carving, photography, painting, and even the act of repairing things can be considered an art form.

For those, however, who enjoy walking to their own beat and carving out their own fashion style from the multitude of seemingly endless copy-cat designs, this can the perfect fit!

It will be about carving out a space uniquely their own and competing within that realm.

Allow turkey to rest on the counter for 30 minutes before carving it.

Tent the lamb with a piece of foil and let it rest for 15 minutes before carving it.

Soon, her talent and her trademark technique dubbed "carving and slicing" became two industry staples for taming and cutting curly hair.

Bobs, bowls, and face carving are all techniques and shapes that work great on the client who is willing to maintain their hair cut every 4 to 6 weeks.

You will want to take along scraping or carving tools such as putty knives or plastic utensils.

For added safety, test the temperature before carving, as it should be 165-degrees Fahrenheit.The easiest way to determine the temperature of the turkey is to use an instant-read meat thermometer.

Once your food has completed the cooking process, always allow the roast or chicken to set for 10 to 15 minutes before carving.

Premature carving will release the trapped juices and leave the roast or chicken drier than had you waited to carve.

Try painting, etching, or carving the finished candles.

For the grill master or chef, consider picking up electronic timers, electric carving knives or other fun electronic kitchen gadgets.

Invisible settings are created by carving a slit into each diamond just beneath its girdle.

This is an interesting feature of carved rings and highlights the carving.

Another option is to inlay the carving with a different metal or even tint the metal to highlight the design.

Creative and unique proposals include hiding a ring in a rose, unexpected proposal poems or carving the proposal message in a tree.

This means that a ring that might once have been hand carved and therefore be extremely expensive to replicate, might now be made through machine carving or have been cast, which are much less expensive production methods.

Wide band diamond engagement rings can be lovely options with more room for personalization, carving, or engagement ring engraving.

Creative and unique proposals include hiding a ring in a rose, proposal poems or carving the proposal message in a tree.

Once you bring them home, you can have fun baking, carving or making fun apple head sculptures and Jack-O-Lanterns.

Create a pumpkin carving table, and let the kids choose a small pumpkin.

Carving a pumpkin with a sharp knife can cause cuts or puncture wounds.

This can include carving, painting, or decorating pumpkins and is usually a timed game over thirty minutes.

By finding and using pizza coupons, it is possible to indulge in that favorite dish without carving a slice out of the budget at the same time.

In fact some lasts are not based on "bio-data" at all - they start with a designer carving wood or "clay" to achieve the desired visual shape - a process devoid of real toes.

In 2007, Dr. Addison Montgomery left Seattle Grace and Grey's Anatomy behind, carving out a new life for herself in Los Angeles.

What began as a simple concept to reinvigorate the failing Swiss timepiece industry while carving a contemporary niche for the company, has now achieved cult collectability status among watch lovers and fans of pop culture.

While an adult should do the carving, get the children's input for facial expressions.

You can even make stamps at home using potatoes by carving away the parts you don't want to show up.

Halloween Craft Freebies has ideas for carving pumpkins, making crafts with witches, pumpkins, and ghosts, coloring pages, ideas for costumes for all ages (including babies) and much more.

Rather, carving out 6 pack abs takes a combination of good nutrition, exercise and dedication.

A ski specific workout may involve rolling the feet from the big toe to the little toe, to simulate the movements used in carving.

After the turkey is finished roasting, let is rest under tented foil for about 15 minutes before carving and serving.

The object of this particular party is to decorate the outside of the pumpkins while eliminating the mess (and sharp utensils) used in carving them.

Be sure to have tools on hand for pumpkin carving and let the guests be as creative as they choose.

This can be tricky if your wand is thin - too much carving and your wand is weakened and could easily snap in two.

Lines of waiting diners regularly go out the front and back doors, winding past carving stations, where chefs slice large slabs of roast beef, the restaurant's specialty.

Jackson offered, "We'll have a truck deliver them… and I'll help with the carving."

Jackson and Elisabeth resumed carving.

The woman carving this night's kill gave her extra for Jack.

His grave in the old kirkyard is marked by a stone ornamented with rude carving, executed probably centuries before his time.

There is, however, considerable carving on the interior walls, the best specimens being on the tablets, affixed to the walls with plaster.

Its chief portal, which dates from the 12th century, is a masterpiece of graceful arrangement and rich carving.

Their architecture in wood, however, was excellent; and the teak forests of their country afforded the finest timber for building and for carving.

The Tholos lay to the south-west of the temple of Asclepius; it must, when perfect, have been one of the most beautiful buildings in Greece; the exquisite carving of its mouldings is only equalled by that of the Erechtheum at Athens.

The carving is done in teak wood when it is meant for fixtures, but teak has a coarse grain, and otherwise yamane dogwood, said to be a species of gmelina, is preferred.

As in 1770, carving or cutting is the chief method by which ornament is produced, the vessels being blown very solid.

When he came to the throne the empire was breaking up from within; one by one he freed the provinces from the tyrannical rulers who, like Ali of Jannina, were carving out independent, or quasi-independent, empires within the empire.

The chief industries are sugar-refining, the manufacture of cement, paper, bamboo and rattan ware, carving in wood and ivory, working in copper and iron, gold-beating and the production of gold, silver and sandal-wood ware, furniture making, umbrella and j;nricksha making, and industries connected with kerosene oil and matches.

In Japan, as in Europe, three varieties of relief carving are distinguishedalto (taka-bori), mezzo (chniku-bori) and basso (usunikubori).

In Tinghai a considerable business is carried on in carving and varnishing, and its silver wares are in high repute.

A carving knife, for example, is a piece of cutlery.

By taking a block of marble and carving a statue, or taking a handful of seed and growing a cornfield, you have combined your labor and know-how with something of little value and have created something of more value.

Another variety of carving much affected by artists of the 17th century, and now largely used, is called shishi-ai-bori or niku-ai-bori.

The art museum, in Eden Park, contains paintings by celebrated European and American artists, statuary, engravings, etchings, metal work, wood carving, textile fabrics, pottery, and an excellent collection in American ethnology and archaeology.

Its general plainness contrasts with the elaborate carving of the stone canopy which shelters the southern portal.

The building was intended to be "a place of public meeting for all sorts and descriptions of people, without distinction, who shall behave and conduct themselves in an orderly, sober, religious and devout manner, for the worship and adoration of the eternal, unsearchable and immutable Being, who is the author and preserver of the universe, but not under and by any other name, designation or title, peculiarly used for and applied to any particular being or beings by any man or set of men whatsoever; and that no graven image, statue or sculpture, carving, painting, picture, portrait or the likeness of anything shall be admitted within the said messuage, building, land, tenements, hereditament and premises; and that no sacrifice, offering or oblation of any kind or thing shall ever be permitted therein; and that no animal or living creature shall within or on the said messuage, &c., be deprived of life either for religious purposes or food, and that no eating or drinking (except such as shall be necessary by any accident for the preservation of life), feasting or rioting be permitted therein or thereon; and that in conducting the said worship or adoration, no object, animate or inanimate, that has been or is or shall hereafter become or be recognized as an object of worship by any man or set of men, shall be reviled or slightingly or contemptuously spoken of or alluded to, either in preaching or in the hymns or other mode of worship that may be delivered or used in the said messuage or building; and that no sermon, preaching, discourse, prayer or hymns be delivered, made or used in such worship, but such as have a tendency to the contemplation of the Author and Preserver of the universe or to the promotion of charity, morality, piety, benevolence, virtue and the strengthening of the bonds of union between men of all religious persuasions and creeds."

Elisabeth picked up her knife and started carving again.