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Famous Woodcrafts

While woodcrafting is considered one of the most primitive arts, the woodcraft arts of carving and sculpting continue into modern times. Famous woodcraft pieces and producers exist around the globe. They can be found in India, Thailand, Africa, Europe and North America.

India
- Indian rathas depict gods and goddesses.
  
  Woodcrafted pieces from India are highly collectible and usually affordable. Common Indian woodcrafts include boxes, sculptures of deities, and pen boxes. In southern India, woodcrafted architecture is expressed in the form of "rathas," miniature temples of wood on wooden wheels that depict deities and religious or mythological narratives. In Andhra Pradesh, India, woodcarvers create Tirupathi dolls from redwood and sell them to religious pilgrims.
Thailand
- The Buddha is a favorite subject in Thailand.
  
  Wood Royal studio in Thailand is a famous wood sculpture workshop and museum. High-end woodcraft collectors can commission life-sized human and animal sculptures crafted from Burmese teak. Wood Royal studio is also home to the largest collection of antique Asian art pieces and holds more than 200 sculpted masterpieces from Northern Thailand.
Europe
- Famous woodcrafts from the European Dark Ages consist of religious works and altar pieces. According to the Art Enclyclopedia 2011 website, the craftsman Tilman Riemenschneider is of special note. During the Middle Ages, he focused on religious topics and created reliefs, busts and life-sized statues mainly from limewood. Famous European woodcraft pieces include a violin by Constantine Brancusi and the Reclining Figure by Ossip Zadkine.

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