Item Name: Craftwork in Wood Carving 1926

Item ID: CraCar-AT1

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements March 1927 until November 1927

 1. Plan and carve an appropriate design in low relief on some simple object, such as book ends, a tray, a pair of bellows, a chest, a screen, a clock case, a letter opener, or a box.

 2. State the qualities of hard wood and soft wood, and the best woods to use in wood-carving; name, describe, and explain how to sharpen the different kinds of wood-carving tools; and explain methods of handling the grain of the wood in designing.