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Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The Latvian Arts and Crafts Association in Canada was established in 1953 as a means of drawing together the many Latvian artisans living in the Toronto area. Their skills currently include weaving, embroidery, knitting, spinning, felting, quilting, jewellery making, wood carving, traditional straw work, pottery and stained glass making. The artwork focuses and builds upon the cultural and ethnographic heritage of Latvian art, techniques and symbols.  1, record 1, English, - Latvian%20Arts%20and%20Crafts%20Association%20in%20Canada

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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In 1981 [the artist] was living in Taos, when he started to experiment with mixed media and discovered a love for bas relief wood carving in sugar pine.  1, record 2, English, - bas%20relief%20wood%20carving

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

En 1981, [l'artiste] vit à Taos où il commence à expérimenter des techniques mixtes et divers matériaux. Il se découvre alors un amour pour la sculpture de bas-reliefs sur bois de pin à sucre.  1, record 2, French, - sculpture%20de%20bas%2Dreliefs%20sur%20bois

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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The art of cutting designs into wood or carving objects out of wood.  2, record 3, English, - wood%20carving

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le métier de sculpteur consiste à réaliser, par enlèvement de matières, des reliefs et des formes dans l'espace. La sculpture sur bois était très présente dans les intérieurs des siècles passés sous forme d'ornements sur des meubles, des boiseries ou sous forme de ronde-bosse (par exemple les statues dans les églises et les riches demeures).  1, record 3, French, - sculpture%20sur%20bois

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Wood carving... is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool(knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.  1, record 4, English, - wood%20carving

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In French, "hucherie" refers to the ancient art of carving wood furniture practised in the Middle Ages.  2, record 4, English, - wood%20carving

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Au Moyen Âge, art de faire des huches, des coffres et autres meubles, et de sculpter sur bois.  1, record 4, French, - hucherie

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En anglais, le terme «wood carving» englobe la notion de hucherie.  2, record 4, French, - hucherie

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Block-cutting. The act of carving a block-mould, generally in wood or in alabaster, as a permanent source from which working moulds could be taken. Block-cutting was superseded by the casting of block-moulds in plaster of Paris after c. 1745.  2, record 5, English, - block%20cutter

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish