Patterns for carving wood. Sketches for wood carving: a selection of interesting ornaments. Tools required for work

Most people really enjoy working with materials like wood. The best view The class will be wood carving. In general, woodworking is becoming a very popular activity.

Be careful, the work can be dangerous, it requires increased attention and concentration, so this type of needlework should not be performed with children. This is especially true for those children who do not yet know how to properly handle sharp and cutting objects. This applies not only to children, but also to adults; do not forget about observing safety precautions when working. Therefore, in wood carving they can be used not only hand tools, but electrical appliances.

Basic Tools

Every business has its own tools. So slotted wood carving is no exception. To process wood, use the following tools:

Various knives;
Bit;
Chisels are round and straight;
Fraser;
Jigsaw.

This list can be supplemented with other tools, everything will depend on the complexity of your work. But for beginners, these tools are enough.

Today, few craftsmen use manual labor in large works. To do this, it is best to purchase electrical appliances from specialized stores. These tools include:

Electric drill;
Manual frezer;
Electric jigsaw.

Using these devices, the work will go much faster than usual. And the result of the product will be much better.

In addition to all of the above, the slotted pattern can be made in another way, for example, by burning. How does this method work? The pattern is burned onto the wood using nichrome wire.

True, one of the disadvantages is the strong and unpleasant smell of burning, and you also have to constantly cool the instrument. Then in this case the work goes much slower.

But needlework does not stand still, and there is one more new method the method described above. And this is wood cutting using a laser. When using it, the drawing is 99% accurate. For this method it is necessary to purchase special expensive equipment. It is precisely because of the high cost of the instrument that this method as such is very rarely used in practice.

Light shelf

For manufacturing you will need the following materials and tools:

Sheets of plywood 8 mm and 10 mm thick;
Drill, screwdriver;
Nichrome wire;
Grinding machine;
Wood glue;
Varnish for wood.

Step-by-step instructions for doing the job.

First of all, we make blanks for the walls of the shelf. We cut them out of purchased plywood. The thickness of my plywood is 8 mm, so we cut out four parts, and with the help of glue we make two parts of them each 16 cm thick. These will be the walls of the shelf.

Now you need to decide on the pattern. You can find it on the Internet or draw it yourself on white paper. We print out the drawings and glue them onto the finished side parts of the shelf.

Using a drill or screwdriver, drill holes. Then we move on to cutting out the drawing. We do this with a jigsaw.

Due to the thick wall of the shelf, the work will not happen quickly. We'll have to be patient.

As a result, we get this:

Now let's move on to making the brackets. This must be done from plywood 10 millimeters thick. We repeat all steps as described above.

A router was used to make the joints beautiful. It was needed to mill a blind groove so that in the future there would be no difficulties with fastening the finished product. To do this, we use a cutter with a diameter of 8 millimeters. The thickness of the shelves themselves is also 8 millimeters.

After all the steps have been completed, we move on to sanding. We lay out the finished parts on the work surface, as the shelf itself will look like.

We disassemble all the parts and begin to coat each of them with varnish. We wait until the parts are completely dry.

The photo shows what happened after painting.

Now we move on to attaching the finished product.

Money box for children

For work you will need the following tools and materials:

Sheets of plywood of different thicknesses - 4, 6 and 12 millimeters;
Tree template;
Nichrome wire;
Jigsaw.

Step-by-step instructions for implementation.

We print out the sketch shown below in the photo. We lay it on a sheet of plywood 4 mm thick and cut it along the contour with nichrome wire, but if this device is not available, then you can use a jigsaw. Moreover, the rhizomes must be cut off from the template.

Using the resulting stencil, we draw a pencil so that the second tree is slightly larger than the first; we will need 3 more such layers.

This is necessary to make the piggy bank look more voluminous. From the first part we cut out the top of the tree from the trunk.

On the second tree, with a pencil we mark the place where the money will pass and cut it out.

The third tree will be solid; you don't need to do anything on it. On the fourth we make the same place for passing money, only from a completely different angle. We don’t do anything on the 5th tree, but the roots will be additional.

We paint each of the parts with paints. Then we begin the assembly. The very last tree will be the base; we glue the remaining parts onto it, as shown in the photo.

Now we move on to making the base for the piggy bank.

We mill folds and grooves.

Here's what happens:

We paint the base and cover it with polycarbonate 2 millimeters thick. We cut out a place at the base so that the tree itself can be attached.

That's all, the tree-shaped piggy bank is completely ready. In the same way, you can make a piggy bank in the shape of animals.

We also bring to your attention a selection of the most beautiful ornaments for decorating window frames. They can be printed and placed in your personal craft album. We wish you success in your endeavors.

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As soon as wooden houses began to come into fashion again, the tendency to decorate their facades with all kinds of patterns and ornaments was revived. It has been used by people for many centuries and today, thanks to many technological innovations, it is becoming available to an increasing number of homeowners. Next, we will look at the main types of this direction and the nuances of do-it-yourself wood processing.

Varieties

It is worth noting that carved ornaments can decorate any wooden product, be it a box, a cornice, a gazebo or the facade of a residential building. So, if you want to experiment, then you don’t have to build a wooden building; for the first time, for example, a stair railing or the door of an old bedside table will be enough.

Through thread

This is a very common method of creating patterns, which is used most often in the process of decorating houses. It involves the complete end-to-end removal of some elements of the wooden surface. If before everything necessary work were performed mostly with chisels and cutters, now the task is performed mainly with a jigsaw.

Blind thread

When implementing this method of applying patterns, the cutters do not pass through the wooden canvas, which is most conveniently done with a milling cutter.

In turn, blind threads are also divided into several types:

Flat-notched. In this case, there is a background plane, and the ornament goes deeper into it. Subspecies:

Thread name	Description
Contour	Most simple instructions execution, which consists only of cutting an even groove along the contour of the pattern that does not change its size.
Bracketed	Here the main element is no longer a groove, but a semicircular notch created by a chisel in two steps. It is from such peculiar brackets that the ornament is created.
Geometric	In this case, there are two fragments: a triangular pyramid buried inside the canvas and a peg. First, the area to be treated is outlined, and then all excess is cut off according to the planned figure.
Black-lacquered	Unlike the first option, here the primary plane is first coated with black varnish, and only then the grooves are cut out, which results in an amazing play of light and shadow.

Relief. Here the fragments of the ornament are either on the same level with the background, or even higher than it. The method itself is similar to contour carving, but when it is implemented, the edges of the grooves change their shape, fitting into the overall design.

Slotted thread

The name of this type of carving means that with this method of wood processing, the background is removed. Therefore, such threads are also called sawing or through threads.

The techniques of slotted carving are quite simple, which is why it has been used since ancient times to decorate houses (cornices, platbands, etc.)

It can be used as an independent type and in combination with geometric and relief carvings. In the latter case, this work seems more labor-intensive, but very effective. Carved carving, combined with geometric and relief, is called through openwork, because it resembles lace (Fig. 90).

Rice. 90. Slotted carvings on house decorative elements: A– frieze; b– top of the casing; V– overhead element

Secrets between the lines

Is it true that the hardest thing to cut out are the hands?

This is so difficult that history has recorded cases when a famous artist assigned the handwriting on his paintings to another. In carving, the development of hands begins with defining them general position, reference (control) points of the forearm, joints, hand, fingers. The sleeves are first made without folds, and the hands are made without fingers. The position of the fingers is determined by the points of the hand, and the features of the folds are determined by the points of the sleeve. Then the individual parts are cut into a partial profile. If there are no errors, final processing is carried out.

Slotted carving is characterized by the use of stencils, which greatly facilitates the work. If the design is not very complex, then it can be done with a hacksaw (Fig. 91). This hacksaw is called a trigger and has a narrow blade, shaped like a wedge. The final design can be finished with chisels (both straight and curved).

Rice. 91. Making slotted threads with a hacksaw: A– filing; b– final processing with a chisel

In those places where it is impossible to get close with a chisel, the final elaboration of the shape is carried out with a knife. The product is finished on both sides, which helps to clarify the silhouette of the ornamental composition.

The carver working with slotted carvings must be especially careful and precise, since the slightest chip or cut in the wood will spoil the silhouette of the ornament.

Saws that are used for cutting curved workpieces along the outer contour are called rotary. They come in narrow and wide varieties (web sizes from 4 to 15 mm) and are accordingly used for small workpieces that have steep lines, and wider ones that have a straight or smooth contour. The difference between this tool and a bow saw is that the blade rotates, therefore, without changing the position of the workpiece, you can saw in any direction.

Secrets between the lines

How to work with growth?

A variety of products can be made from a single growth, the shape of which can be clarified only by removing the bark from it. This is difficult because the surface of the build-up can easily be damaged, which will reduce the aesthetic value of the product. If the bark of a fresh growth is easily removed, then it is difficult to remove from a dried one. Therefore, it is better to work with dried material. The bark is cut with a knife or chisel, the cambium is cut with a cycle, after which they begin marking.

When performing slotted carvings, you can effectively use not only a hand-held (for example, a bow saw), but also a power tool, in particular a jigsaw.

The order of performing the individual stages of slotted carving is as follows (Fig. 92).

Rice. 92. Execution openwork carving: A– drawing a picture using a template; b– filing, marking guide recesses; V– making holes; G– sawing along the internal contour; d– finishing

First, they mark the workpiece, having previously secured it, after which they drill holes (small ones are made with an awl, and large ones with a brace), the pattern is filed along the contour, cleaned or chamfered (using sandpaper or a chisel, respectively). On final stage the product is polished, turning Special attention on recesses and corners that should be clearly visible in order to emphasize the beauty of the relief.

A type of slotted thread is an applied thread, which consists of individual parts or elements and figures. Characteristic feature applied carving is that the design on the wood is completed only on one side - the front side. This is explained by the fact that products made using this technique are glued onto the surface to be decorated (furniture, frames, etc.). Otherwise, it resembles openwork carving.

Secrets between the lines

Is it possible to carve items using bark?

This has long been practiced by carvers. But the bark should be very decorative and durable. For this purpose, birch bark (birch bark) is used, which is glued onto the prepared birch timber. In a product made from such material, the bark will contrast and enhance the artistic perception. This technique is usually used to cut out dishes.

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In a similar way, the table of contents (top) for the icon cases in the photo below were made.
To enlarge the image, click on it with the mouse.

First, a sketch of the table of contents in real size is drawn on paper, in accordance with the size and proportions of the future icon case. It is determined where the wood carving will be located, and the sketch of the carving itself is first drawn.
Then the drawing is transferred to a sheet of fiberboard or plywood and carefully, as accurately as possible, cut out with a jigsaw at low speed, without turning on the pendulum stroke. Fine tooth file (I use BOCH T101 AO or Gepard T101 AO files)
Thus, we made a template according to which, using a router, we will make the very top (crown, table of contents) of the icon case.
There are two in the photo below ready-made templates: The first of the fiberboard is the table of contents wall, the background on which the wood carving will be attached. The second plywood template is the cornice, the arched frieze of the icon case, it will be made of wood.
All bends, curves, and template lines are carefully sanded with sandpaper. It depends on how symmetrical, even and neat our template will be. appearance ready table of contents for the icon case in the future.

The following photos are a template for the lower and upper parts of the icon case

We place the fiberboard template on a sheet of plywood and trace it with a pencil.
After this, we cut out with a jigsaw close to the drawn line, but without touching the line itself.

We screw the template into the plywood blank.
Using a router and a straight copy cutter with a bearing, we go around the workpiece along the contour.
The bearing on the cutter moves along the edge of the template, and the cutter removes excess material from the workpiece.
In this case, the workpiece exactly copies the profile of the template.
We also outline the arched cornice with a pencil on a wooden board.

Cut with a jigsaw, roughly, without touching the line.
We attach the template to the workpiece and repeat the previous operations.
We attach the template using self-tapping screws to reverse side parts, not on the front - so that no traces of self-tapping screws are visible on the finished element.
Although if you make a mistake, putty will help.

We repeat the same thing when making an element for the lower part of the icon case.

Using an edge molding cutter, select the desired profile from the front side of the cornice.
Then select a shallow (5-8mm) groove inside the cornice.

We connect the cornice with the wall of the table of contents.
You can immediately glue two parts together and then paint them together, but I find it more convenient to varnish and tint these two elements separately.

View from the front and back.

Sketch, wood carving template

Overhead thread for icon case

25.01.2019, 06:50

Making carved decor for the table of contents of a floor icon case.

The top (or table of contents, crown) of the floor icon case is an arch with applied wood carvings.
Inside the arch there will be an Orthodox eight-pointed cross with carved decor.

First, we draw the arch itself on a scale of 1:1 and then the cross around which our wood carving will be placed.
Initially, the sketch is drawn “by hand”; the accuracy of the lines and the smoothness of the curves do not play a significant role at this stage. The main thing is to arrange the pattern evenly around the cross, observing the general proportions, to create a logical and complete design of the floral ornament.
After that, using patterns, we align the hand-drawn lines, achieving smooth transitions, roundness of curls, and adding small details to the sketch.
We draw, as usual, only one left part of the pattern - the right one will be strictly symmetrical to it.
In order to understand what the finished carving will look like, you can attach a mirror along the vertical line (running along the cross). The right side of the carving sketch will be reflected in the mirror, that is, the entire pattern as a whole will become visible to us.

With a pencil I shade out those parts of the sketch that will be cut with straight chisels. Unshaded areas - semicircular incisors.

Some craftsmen cut out the sketch and glue it onto a piece of wood. Then, along the lines of the sketch, using a jigsaw, unnecessary parts of the pattern are removed and cut with cutters directly on the paper and on the workpiece at the same time.
With this method, the sketch template is not saved, and if you later need to make exactly the same decor, you have to re-create the drawing.
I do it differently: I laminate the sketch drawing with simple transparent tape on both sides. I then carefully cut it out using the cutters to create a carving template that can be used over and over again. You can call it a stencil.
I attach the template to the workpiece and trace it with a sharpened pencil or pen. Using a jigsaw, I remove everything unnecessary and get a blank for carving. Externally, this is a house slotted carving, but we still have to work on itcutters and chisels. In order for me to understand where, what and with what to cut, I transfer the sketch drawing onto the wooden part. Also with the help of patterns.

After processing with cutters, the finished decor is manually sanded with fine sandpaper.
We use sandpaper to remove scorch marks from the jigsaw file, and smooth out uneven surfaces after work with chisels.

By turning the thread over, you can trim the reverse side of the pattern with cutters in some places. In this way we will, as it were, lift and separate our carved decor from the background to which it will be attached.

In the following photos, the wood carving is coated with clear varnish.
The wooden board for the workpiece was glued from different plots - this can be seen from the different colors of the boards. In this case, this is not important - the finished carved decor will be painted with gold paint.
The varnish acts as a primer and several coats will give a smooth surface before coating with gold.

Wood carving on the icon case painted “gold”.

Floor-standing icon case with wood carvings

Wood carving, sketches, photos

14.09.2018, 04:29

Transferring a wood carving sketch onto a linden board using a template

If the overhead thread is symmetrical in the horizontal or vertical plane, then only half of the sketch (template) is drawn

"Spruce and Drill" - handmade wood carving workshop in Belarus

Decorative panel, for church furniture

12.09.2018, 06:50

We make panels only from wood: ash, oak, birch, alder. Most often, of course, from linden.
If necessary, we will do the finishing: tinting with stain or stain, varnishing.
All wood carvings are carved only by hand.
A drawing, sketch, sketch of a carved ornament is discussed in advance. As are the sizes.

Carved panels can be used as overlay wood carvings for church furniture, for example, for a floor icon case or a church iconostasis.

Carved panel for a wooden altar

08.09.2018, 07:57

Hand-carved decorative wood panel

At the first stage of work on the panel, a wooden panel made from identical linden slats (lamellas) is glued together.
A sketch for wood carving is marked on the shield and all unnecessary parts of the ornament are removed using an electric jigsaw. The result is a slotted or through saw thread.

A decorative panel can become an element of a furniture facade

In our case, wood carvings (carved panels) were made for the door of a wooden altar in an Orthodox church.

You can order production from us and buy an altar with a canopy, in the form of a floor-standing icon case.

06.09.2018, 07:36

Wood carving - from sketch to finished product

Creating a sketch or drawing is the first step in making carved decor.
The sketch is drawn on a scale of 1:1.
This takes into account not only the external, aesthetic appearance of the future product, but also the capabilities of the carver, his skill, the availability of the necessary cutters, the complexity and size of the carved decor.

To enlarge the picture, click on it with the mouse.

The next step, after creating a wood carving sketch, is to laminate it (for example, with ordinary transparent tape) and cut out a template along the contour of the drawing.

With this method, the thread template can be used repeatedly if several carved patterns are to be cut.

Just trace the template along the contours with a pencil.

The next step is cutting out the slotted pattern with a jigsaw.

We remove everything unnecessary, leaving what we will work with with cutters.

In principle, this is already the so-called house carving.
A simple incised overlay wood carving used for home decoration.

Using patterns or “by hand,” we apply cutting lines and designs to the workpiece.

After working with cutters, sanding, tinting and painting, you get this kind of wooden carved decor.

This applied cross with a carved pattern was cut out for a church lectern made in our workshop.

You can see his photo and description in the "Analoi" section.

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21.05.2016, 07:50

Wood carving for the front part of a church lectern.
Step-by-step production.

Transferring a drawing or sketch to the board.
You can transfer the pattern to the workpiece using a carbon copy or using a cut out template.
With the second method, a template once made and cut out, for example, from thick cardboard, can be used many times if you need to make many identical products.

The finished slotted pattern is processed with cutters and chisels of various shapes.
At the final stage, the wood carving is sanded with fine-grained sandpaper before painting or coating with oil, wax, or stain.

Wood carving for mirror

26.03.2016, 09:19

Sketching a carved pattern

Transferring the design to a linden board and cutting out the outline with a jigsaw

Finished work... Then sanding, tinting, painting...

Great Krakotka on the Polish map and on the Schubert map

There is a legend among local residents that tells why the village has such a name: they say that once upon a time a small unknown village burned down near Slonim. Two residents of this village - two brothers who bore the surname Krakot - descended along the Jordanka River to these places. The first brother settled in the upper reaches of the Jordan River, and the other went down the river. The place where the elder brother settled was called Great Krakotka, and where is the youngest - Malaya Krakotka. Today, these two Krakotkas are still located next to each other....

Here's another story from that time

One day they decided to involve the boyars living in Velikaya Krakotka in the ordinary daily work that the peasants did. The boyars then began to resist, saying that digging the earth and hauling hay were duties and activities for peasants. And theirs, the boyars' business, is military service. We got offended and went to the capital - Warsaw, to the king himself ZhigimontVase.
He listened to the boyars and said that no one would do this to them again and gave them a paper in which it was written that the boyars should not be involved in any other work other than military service. The kings did not give offense to their subjects and tried to adhere to ancient laws.

After three sections of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Krakotka found itself in Russian Empire in Slonim district. There is evidence that in 1798 there were 31 men living in the village. The fact is that before this there was a liberation uprising under the command Tadeusha Kosciuszko.

In the 18th century, our country was almost entirely Uniate. Uniates lived then and in Great Krakotka, and Little Krakotka, behind which there has long been a Uniate cemetery.

At the Krakotki cemetery

Attractions

The village is famous for its natural monuments.

On the very outskirts of the village is the Republican Geological Geomorphological Natural Monument "Krakotskaya ridge". Scientists say that it appeared 220 thousand years ago during the Ice Age! Such ridges, they say, appeared from sand, stones, in the openings of water streams in ice cracks.

The famous Krakota boulder

When the ice melted, a man came here.

On the outskirts of Krakotka, in the forest, there is a very beautiful juniper grove. If someone has been to Crimea, then he has seen such juniper groves. Such groves are rare in Belarus.

On the outskirts of the juniper grove, an ancient cemetery has been preserved, along which stones are scattered. The fact is that according to local ritual, when they buried someone who took his own life, a stone was placed above the head and at the feet, where a wooden cross was also placed. It is believed that when the day of judgment comes and everyone goes to God’s judgment, it will be easier for him to get up holding the cross. Now these stones have been destroyed because the cemetery was plowed up and planted there.

About the holy healing spring

In the village there is a holy spring with healing water, which has been known since ancient times.

There is a local legend about the krinichka.

They say that this land once belonged to Mr. Skurat, who had a daughter, she had very poor eyesight. One day an old man came to the village and stopped near a mountain from which water flowed.

The elder drank this water, rinsed his face, and immediately his eyes began to see better. He came to the village, told the people about it, who told everything to Pan Skurat. Pan began to take this water and treat his daughter, rubbing her eyes - the girl was cured. Then Pan Skurat dug a well on the mountain and from that time on this little spring began to be called Pan Skurat's spring.

Now the krinichka is consecrated in honor Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John. They say that on holidays the water here is drawn to the bottom, but it quickly fills up. Water helps against eye and stomach diseases. There are examples of people being cured with this water. But it is known that water helps those who believe.

The Holy Krinichka is located near a river with the interesting name Jordanka. It was deeper and wider until land reclamation was carried out. And when the reclamation was carried out, it became a small stream. The name of the river is mysterious. Legend says that once in these places they killed a man who called himself Jordanas. Or maybe there is a connection between the Jordan River and the famous Jordan River, in which John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ?

Water blessing prayers are held here, with special solemnity - on the day of the Nativity of John the Baptist (July 7). Water from this source is taken not only local residents, but also pilgrims, travelers from near and far abroad.

Famous personalities of Great Krakotka

In the part of the village that was formerly called Malaya Krakotka, Ivan Solomevich, a Belarusian literary critic, folklorist, bibliographer, translator, and encyclopedist, was born.

He signed his works with the pseudonym Krakotsky or Yan Solomevich.

The writer was born in Malaya Krakotka, and went to school in Velikaya.

By the way, the famous Belarusian Grigory Okulevich was born in Great Krakotka. During the occupation in Polotsk, he was an active figure in the Belarusian national liberation movement. He was also one of the organizers of the BKRG and TBS. When the Poles began to hunt Okulevich, he was forced to emigrate to Canada to avoid arrest. But he did not abandon his Belarusian activities there, and together with his friends he created the first Russian newspaper in Canada, which had its own Belarusian page in the Belarusian language. And when World War II began, Grigory Okulevich volunteered for the war. After the war, he became the chief secretary of the Russians in Canada Federation in Canada, and later became the editor-in-chief of an emigrant newspaper. In Canada, Okulevich wrote and published two books: “50 years of the Belarusian Republic” and “Russians in Canada.”

In Great Krakotka, Grigory Okulevich and his friends created a Belarusian library on the basis of the TBS and named it in honor of Yanka Kupala. But the Poles didn’t like everything that was Belarusian, they didn’t like the local Belarusian movement, so the Poles closed the library. All Belarusian books were taken out of the library. Only in 1939 was the Belarusian library of Yanka Kupala renewed in the village.

The Second has begun World War, and the library was destroyed, but in 1946, the Yanka Kupala library in Velikaya Krakotka was born for the third time. Yanka Kupala’s wife, Vlada Frantsevna Lutsevich, corresponded with this library.

Yakub Kolas, Arkady Kuleshov, Kondrat Krapiva, Ivan Shamyakin, Mikhail Lynkov sent books with their autographs to the library. In 1970, a new library named after Yanka Kupala, but today it no longer exists. Pavel Tavlay, the father of the famous Belarusian poet Valentin Tavlay, took an active part in the construction of Yanka Kupala.

Tavlay began writing poetry in early age. When he studied at the Slonim Teachers' Seminary, during the census he registered as a Belarusian, but wrote Belarusian as his native language, for which he was expelled from the seminary. 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of the poet Valentin Tavlay. He suffered for 7 years in Polish prisons for his Belarusian activities, but, fortunately, he did not fall under Soviet repression and did not rot in Stalin’s camps; he died of natural causes in 1947. His fellow countryman, the Belarusian poet Mikola Arochka, wrote a lot about Valentin Tavlaya, researched his work, and dedicated many poems to him.

Mikhail was born in a neighboring village, but he loved to come to Velikaya Krakotka, he loved these places. The village is proud of its fellow countryman-poet.

The Great Patriotic War

In 1941, a strong battle took place near Velikaya Krakotka. On the German side, Gulden's regiment fought here against the Red Army. 160 German soldiers died here and were buried on a mountain near the church. And in 1944, when the Germans were retreating, they dug up the remains of each of their dead soldiers, put them in new coffins and took them to Germany.

Today no one can say how many Red Army soldiers died. Only 1,600 soldiers were captured; they were marched through the streets of the village. In the middle of the village of Velikaya Krakotka, 17 known and 338 unknown Red Army soldiers were buried in a mass grave in the middle of the village. And how many of them still lie buried in craters and trenches?

A house was recently built in the village and the remains of 4 more Red Army soldiers were found. They were taken to a mass grave and buried there.

On the outskirts of the village and in the forests, even now, amateurs studying the history of the Great Patriotic War, the history of the Great Krakotka, find objects from those times, testifying to strong, bloody battles.

One of the old finds, a cross was found on the road leading to the temple in Malaya Krakotka

Search at the monastery lake (formerly Lake Shkolnoye)

Solidus 1663. A lot was found along the road near the temple in Malaya Krakotka

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Program "Amateur's Journey" and "Hope for the Village"

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Wood carving is one of the most common arts and crafts techniques. Moreover, it gained great popularity back in the mid-nineteenth century. In this article we will take a detailed look at the features of this thread, its area of application, as well as the tools that are used for this work.

Features of slotted thread

General information

The principle of slotted carving is that patterns are applied by completely removing the background. Those. Curly holes are made on a thin board or sheet of plywood.

Therefore, such threads are called sawn or openwork. It is performed by drilling and sawing.

The patterns made with slotted carvings visually look airy and very beautiful, reminiscent of lace. Moreover, the techniques for making patterns are quite simple. Thanks to this, even novice carvers can master this technique, because cutting out ornaments is much easier than choosing a background and cutting contours, as is the case with the blind technique.

The only thing that should be noted is that the edges of the ornament are not always smooth, so they have to be rounded by cutting along a narrow chamfer. In some cases, even recessed fillets are chosen.

As for the design, slotted carving can be:

Geometric;
Ornamental and decorative.

Note!
A unique effect can be achieved by combining openwork carving with relief carving.
True, this technique requires the carver to have some experience.

In the photo - the facade of the house decorated with carvings

Since ancient times, this technique has been used to decorate the facades of houses. Moreover, before it was popular not only in villages, but also in cities. It was used to decorate platbands, cornices and other decorative elements. It must be said that house carving does not require particularly clean execution, as it usually looks from afar.