Carving

Japanese: carving
Carving

…the sculptures created by this method are called statues. Sculpting techniques can be broadly divided into carving, which carves shapes out of wood or stone, and modeling, which creates free-form shapes by attaching materials such as clay to the sculpture. Statues may be made as prototypes for works that will eventually be finished in bronze or other materials, or simply as studies or for their own purposes. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "carving" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…これによってつくられる彫刻が塑像である。彫刻の技法は大別して,木彫や石彫など材料から形を彫り出すカービングcarvingと,粘土などの素材をくっつけて自由な形をつくりだすモデリングmodellingに分かれる。塑像には,最終的にブロンズ(青銅)その他の材料で仕上げられる作品の原型として製作される場合,また単なる習作として,あるいはそれ自体を目的として製作される場合がある。…

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