Talk:Wood carving

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[edit] Redirect from woodworking

I deleted this redirect because woodworking and woodcarving should remain separate. Woodcarving can be considered a subset of woodworking, however it is a sufficiently complex entity in and of itself to merit its own page. I see this being echoed in the fact that the "carving" link on the woodworking page links to a disambiguation page which links to "wood carving." Hopefully in the future this page will include a discussion of woodcuts.

I concur, as wood carving is a separate function. The only similarity between wood carving and wood working is the fact that wood is used. I find wood working to be more cabinet building, millwork, etc. where wood carving is more art / sculpture.Kaiserb 16:32, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding wikification and cleanup

I've done some small edits and cleaned things up a bit, but it is still a big block of information. Much of the information is good, but some of it, presumably from the 1911 EB, is weirdly biased. For example, check out the crazy 'Savage Races' section that does a pretty handy job of belittling quite a few cultures. Unfortunately, outright deletion is probably not the solution, because it does contain smatterings of information about their carving styles. Still some work to be done, but its close. Phidauex 20:42, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Request

This article could benefit from images of wood carvings. Phidauex 20:42, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the wooden cranes image, it makes a good header. I'm going to leave the image request up because there seems to be a lot of opportunities in the article for the addition of images of various historical carvings, or examples of carvings mentioned in the article. Phidauex 20:20, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
I agree. This article is still a mess (Savage races!?), but there is lots of potential. I did a quick search around for other carvings but I haven't been able to find anything in the commons. Reflex Reaction 20:45, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reorganisation

I think it needs many more images, specific to each period. Also dates specific to folk mentioned in the article need to be removed. POV are also still present in some bits. Still is still some spelling mistakes, and a lot of the use of etc, which is an old style spelling. Should these be removed ?. Some of these links to the plates in the original 1911, are still present, Plate III. fig. 6. I did the work to put it into different periods of history, and the savage races popped out. If you look at the article it covers a large area of earth.

I also think it needs to be reordered/reoganised, in time, as it covers European carving then all the world. This imperial bias needs to be removed. Scope_Creep

I completely agree, there is so much that needs to be done with this article that I really don't know where to start. I did not have much luck finding fair use or free images. I will see about getting some publicity for the article. Reflex Reaction 14:22, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
The article is now listed at Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive please vote for it's nomination Reflex Reaction 14:59, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] existing cultural bias

this article suffers woefully from a cultural bias toward tribal and crafts activities. it is much in need of material on the fine art of carving including medieval to 17th century carving from europe and other locations. Joan-of-arc 21:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)