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Fine Arts · Year 2 · 3 credit hours · 16 sessions

Wood & Stone Carving

This course trains students in traditional and contemporary methods of carving wood and stone. Emphasis is placed on tool handling, material behavior, additive and subtractive processes, surface refinement, and creating sculptures with structural stability and expressive form.

§ 01 By the end you can
  1. Demonstrate safe and effective use of carving tools for wood and stone.
  2. Understand grain, hardness, and structural behavior of carving materials.
  3. Apply subtractive techniques including chiseling, rasping, sanding, and detailing.
  4. Develop sculptural forms with attention to proportion, balance, and volume.
  5. Produce finished wood or stone carvings with refined surfaces and artistic intent.
§ 02 Sixteen sessions

The whole semester.

  1. 01Introduction to Wood & Stone Carving
  2. 02Safety Procedures, Tools & Studio Setup
  3. 03Material Properties: Grain, Hardness & Structure
  4. 04Tool Mastery: Chisels, Gouges, Rasps & Mallets
  5. 05Planning Forms: Sketches & Maquettes
  6. 06Roughing Out Mass & Establishing Volume
  7. 07Subtractive Shaping Techniques
  8. 08 · MidtermWood Carving: Relief & In-the-Round
  9. 09Stone Carving: Blocking, Pitching & Shaping
  10. 10Developing Planes, Curves & Contours
  11. 11Intermediate Detailing & Texture Techniques
  12. 12Surface Refinement: Filing, Sanding & Smoothing
  13. 13Structural Stability & Weight Distribution
  14. 14Surface Finishing: Oils, Waxes & Polishes
  15. 15Preparing Sculptures for Display
  16. 16Final Wood or Stone Sculpture Project

Midterm around session 8. Final project briefed at session 8 or 9 and developed in stages until the juries.

§ 03 Final project

Students will create a fully carved wood or stone sculpture showing technical competency and expressive form.

Deliverables

  1. One finished wood or stone sculpture.
  2. Tool-use and process documentation with sketches and progression photos.
  3. Presentation describing material approach, form development & finishing choices.

How it’s judged

§ 04 Watch first
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