carving

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The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

There was an open bar, a roast beef carving station and trays of appetizers passed around a restaurant located on a Dallas Cowboys themed golf course.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Living in Devon she is unable to practice with snow but, as a stone sculptor by trade, she said carving both was a similar practice.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

The event formed part of the 2026 Winter Olympics cultural programme, with teams tasked with carving Olympic Fair Play-themed sculptures from snow.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

People of my father’s generation sometimes showed off having passed through the initiation by carving scars into their foreheads and removing their lower teeth, but that tradition has almost disappeared.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau