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Carving, in sculpture, refers to cutting or carving wood, stone, or other materials into the desired shape. Tools serving this purpose include knives, chisels, circular chisels, cones, flat axes, and hammers. In the most common carving method, one hand holds a chisel and the other hand holds a mallet, and then the chisel is hammered into wood or stone with the mallet. Although some metalworking techniques such as welding and assembly have become increasingly important over the past century, carving and molding remain the two main sculptural techniques. A carved work can be called carving, but the term sculpture is usually used to refer to works with serious artistic or aesthetic implications.