Woodcarving
by a wood carver
Traditional art, woodcarving is practiced since the dawn of time. Since the origin, man continues to carve images, create and decorate objects from wood. If they obey to utilitarian purposes, craft or aesthetic, these wooden sculptures can be completed within a religious purpose ; they are carriers of meaning and they help to raise the gaze of man. Christian art, for example, has used the potentialities and wealths of woodcarving to express the mysteries of tradition.
Wood carver
The works of Philippe Péneaud, wood sculptor, are inscribed in continuation of those of Christian sculptors who seek, as in Carolingian art, Byzantine, Romanesque, to show the transfer of light in the matter, to celebrate in the wood and in the color, the presence of the invisible in the heart of the visible.
The pages of this site are held in several chapters. The first is devoted to the sculptor himself and his approach of woodcarving.
The gallery
The second big chapter is the gallery. You will discover a multitude of wood carvings, in relief or in three dimensions that should arouse your contemplation, angels- archangels, cherubim and seraphim - the tree of life, Christ in majesty, Christ on the cross, the Virgin in majesty - the Throne of Wisdom - the carved icon of the Trinity with its three angels, high reliefs with the Vigil at the tomb, the Adoration of the Magi, the flight into Egypt, statues of the Nativity with the Mother of God, Joseph, the shepherds, the Magi...
Lectures about icon
taught by Philippe Péneaud, à l'Atelier Sainte-Catherine, 246 cours de l'Yser, 33800, Bordeaux
- On 9 December 2008 : An introduction to the icon
- On 5 March 2009 : The icon of the Crucifixion
The four creatures
The book is available in bookstores or online :
- L'Harmattan
- Amazon.fr
- Chapitre.com
- Fnac.com
- Priceminister
- La Procure
- Mollat
Woodcarving courses
Tools, gouges for woodcarving
You will find in another chapter all the resources to start carving : toolsof the woodcarver's workshop, gouges for woodcarving, clamps and presses, hammers and mallets, wood for carving, sharpening.
The course of woodcarving
An exceptional moment
Perhaps this visit will wake up the sculptor who sleeps in yourself ! Maybe you will desire to go further and to experiment a course of woodcarving ! To this end, it's very easy ! To learn about woodcarving and the technics of sculpture... To know about the different stages in woodcarving... it is very easy ! The sculptor runs a regular woodcarving course for all levels, even real beginners. The teaching of this course of woodcarving is progressive and adapted to each person...
Tree of Life carved during a woodcarving course
Tetramorph
This book represents a well-informed and thorough investigation in the footsteps of Four Living Creatures, also called The Tetramorph. Extracts and photographs of the book by Philippe Péneaud are also presented in these pages.
The book is available in bookstores or online at one of the links below :
- L'Harmattan
- Amazon.fr
- Chapitre.com
- Fnac.com
- Priceminister
- La Procure
- Mollat
