Primary 4 Cultural and Creative Arts Flashcards: Meaning, Materials and Techniques of Carving

Question 1

Shaping a solid material by cutting, chipping, or scraping parts away is ________.

Accepted Answer

carving

Question 2

A soft beginner material for carving simple classroom shapes is a bar of ________.

Accepted Answer

soap

Question 3

The tool with a shaped cutting edge used on wood or stone is a ________.

Accepted Answer

chisel

Question 4

The wooden or rubber hammer used to strike a chisel is a ________.

Accepted Answer

mallet

Question 5

The toothed tool used to reduce a large piece of wood is a ________.

Accepted Answer

saw

Question 6

A carving knife is best suited to trimming and adding fine ________.

Accepted Answer

details

Question 7

Soapstone is easier for a beginner to carve than hard ________.

Accepted Answer

granite

Question 8

Fruit carvings are temporary because the material can ________.

Accepted Answer

spoil

Question 9

Clay should be partly dry, or leather-hard, before details are ________ into it.

Accepted Answer

carved

Question 10

The first stage of carving is planning and ________ the design.

Accepted Answer

drawing

Question 11

Copying the planned outline onto the material is called ________ the design.

Accepted Answer

transferring

Question 12

Removing large unwanted pieces to form the basic shape is called ________.

Accepted Answer

roughing out

Question 13

Adding textures and fine lines after basic shaping is the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

detailing

Question 14

Sanding and polishing belong to the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

finishing

Question 15

Varnish or oil may protect the surface of a finished ________ carving.

Accepted Answer

wood

Question 16

The carved material should be held firmly so it does not ________.

Accepted Answer

slip

Question 17

A cutting tool should always move away from the carver’s ________.

Accepted Answer

body

Question 18

Sharp chisels, knives, and saws require direct ________ supervision.

Accepted Answer

adult

Question 19

Which tool combination removes large pieces from hard wood: chisel and mallet, brush and palette, needle and thread, or glue and ruler?

Accepted Answer

chisel and mallet

Question 20

The main difference between carving and modelling is that carving ________ material.

Accepted Answer

removes

Strong work.