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Wood products Wood products
Wood and Wood Products Wood and wood products have played a critical role in the evolution of humankind. From the most primitive of beginnings, humans have used wood for survival and to improve the quality of life. In the twenty-first century, people continue to use wood for... Read more
Composite materials Composite materials
Composite materials A composite material (or just composite) is a mixture of two or more materials with properties superior to the materials of which it is made. Many common examples of composite materials can be found in the world around us. Wood and bone are examples of natural composites. Wood... Read more
woodcut and wood engraving woodcut and wood engraving
woodcut and wood engraving prints made from designs cut in relief on wood, in contrast to copper or steel engraving and etching (which are intaglio ). The term woodcutting is loosely included within the wood-engraving process, from which, however, it can be distinguished. Woodcutting, the... Read more
Dolls Dolls
Dolls Dolls are known in all cultures and are one of the oldest and most widespread forms of toys. A doll in its most basic form is a cone-shaped figure which can be made of clay, wood, stone, bone, cloth or different natural materials. It is believed that in prehistoric societies, dolls made in... Read more
Wood engraving Wood engraving
WOOD ENGRAVING WOOD ENGRAVING. The earliest images produced in British North America were relief cuts engraved on wood blocks or type metal by printers such as John Foster (1648–1681), and others who worked anonymously. During the colonial period and later, these cuts appeared in... Read more
clapboard clapboard
clapboard , board used for the exterior finish of a wood-framed building and attached horizontally to the wood studs. The word, in its original and strict use, refers to a product of New England; boards of similar type made elsewhere are termed siding. Clapboards are particularly characteristic of... Read more
Hopton Wood stone Hopton Wood stone
Hopton Wood stone. A very hard limestone from the Hopton Wood Quarries, near Middleton, Derbyshire, varying in colour from light grey to light tan, flecked with dark-grey glistening crystalline speckles. It can be cut to a smooth face and sharp ridge and takes a good polish. Jacob Epstein used a... Read more
William James Linton William James Linton
William James Linton 1812-97, Anglo-American wood engraver, author, and political reformer. In 1842 he began working as a wood engraver with John Orrin Smith and produced illustrations for the newly formed London Illustrated News. An ardent radical, he helped found the Leader, expounded the... Read more
panel panel
panel. Term in painting for a support of wood or other rigid material, as distinct from canvas or other flexible material such as silk. Until the introduction of canvas in the 15th century, nearly all movable paintings in Europe were executed on wood, and it was probably not until the early 17th... Read more
Lugo Lugo
Lugo, Italy, Spain 1. Italy (Emilia‐Romagna): derived from the Latin lucus ‘wood’, specifically here a ‘sacred grove’ as opposed to a wild wood.2. Spain (Galicia): a province and a city having the same meaning as the Italian town, although its original Roman name... Read more

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