Bone carving

Bone carving is the act of creating art forms by carving into animal bones and often includes the carving of antlers and horns. It can result in the ornamentation of a bone, or the creation of a figure. It has been practiced by a variety of world cultures, sometimes as a cheaper, and recently a legal, substitute for ivory carving. It was important in prehistoric art, with notable figures like the Swimming Reindeer (antler), and many of the Venus figurines. The Anglo-Saxon Franks casket is a bone casket imitating earlier ivory ones.

Bone was also used by artists and craftsmen to try out their designs, especially by metalworkers. Such pieces are known as "trial-pieces".

Decorative arts and handicrafts

Textile	Banner-making Canvas work Cross-stitch Crocheting Embroidery Felting Friendship bracelet Knitting Lace-making Lucet Macrame Millinery Needlepoint Needlework Patchwork Quilting Ribbon embroidery Rug hooking Rug making Sewing Shoemaking Spinning (textiles) String art Tapestry Tatting Tie-dye Weaving

Paper	Altered book Bookbinding Calligraphy Cardmaking Cast paper Collage Decoupage Photomontage Embossing Iris folding Marbling Origami Kirigami Moneygami Papercutting Paper toys Papercraft Papermaking Papier-mâché Pop-up book Quilling Scrapbooking Stamping Wallpaper

Wood	Bentwood Cabinetry Carpentry Chip carving Ébéniste Fretwork Intarsia Marquetry Wood burning Wood carving Woodturning

Ceramic	Azulejo Bone china Earthenware Porcelain Pottery Stoneware Terracotta

Glass	Cameo glass Glassware Stained glass

Metal	Engraving Jewellery Goldsmith Silversmith

Other	Assemblage Beadwork Bone carving Doll making Dollhouse Egg decorating Engraved gems Hardstone carving Lathart Lapidary Leatherworking Miniatures Micromosaic Mosaic Pietra dura Pressed flower craft Scrimshaw Straw marquetry Wall decal

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Bone carving

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