• Different types of wood can be carved.wood image by Amjad Shihab from Fotolia.com
  
  Wood carving is a specialized skill requiring precise tools and methods. Wood carving techniques are used to design patterns. These designs are cut at varying degrees of depth and carved with accuracy. Professionals master these techniques to create products for utility and beauty. At the same time, methods for carving wood can also be learned by novices or woodworking enthusiasts.
  
  

Incised Carving

• Detailed patterns can be carved into wood.Antique Wardrobe with Wood Carvings image by Yali Shi from Fotolia.com
  
  Incised carving is a specialized technique for carving wood with delicacy. Cut for width and depth, incised carving slices only along the surface area of wood. This technique allows the carver to maintain even lines, either straight or curved. Pattern lines, according to CarvingPatterns, are carved as a v-shaped cut, using a bench knife, or a trench cut. that uses a veining tool or u- or v-gouges.
  
  

Wood Block Prints

• Historically, wood carving has been used to convey religious messages.saint kung fu master wooden carving image by alma_sacra from Fotolia.com
  
  Wood block printing techniques can be used with incised carving. While incised carving cuts out bevelled patterns, wood block technique will carve the same exact design in reverse.Carving Patterns suggests using a good carving wood, such as basswood, for this highly sensitive procedure.
  
  

Intaglio Carving

• Wood carving is popular in different cultures, including Asia.medieval dragons head wood carving image by thomas owen from Fotolia.com
  
  Intaglio carving is another method used for cutting into wood. A more advanced means of carving, the intaglio technique is also used on the surface of wood. Each section of the image is molded and carved into three-dimensional looks, Carving Patterns says. Intaglio carving can make images pop out from the wood surface or recede deeply into wood.
  
  

Chip Carving

• Small knives provide more control over carving.chopping-knife image by Aleksandr Ugorenkov from Fotolia.com
  
  Hobbyists and novices can employ chip carving. Triangular cuts are made into the surface of wood. From there, artistic patterns can be derived. Chip carving can be carried out using a variety of carving knives, including stabbing (used in a stabbing motion to carve out chips) or detail knives. Fine chip cutting is a technique using smaller incisions that plunge deep into wood.