[Woodcarver] Black Forest definition...

[sally nye]

Thanks to everyone who responded to my query about Black Forest 
carvings definition.  When I see stags, rifles/shotguns, bagged game, 
leaves, branches etc., I think Black Forest.  Also, the carvings are 
very dark with either stain, type of wood or both.  And the carvings 
are very deep relief or pierced.  I've seen some carvings called Black 
Forest that are just simple leaves in low relief...more etched.

I was wondering about a specific definition but maybe it doesn't exist. 
  Does anyone know the predominant carving wood used in that area?

I'm aware of the German Black Forest but was wondering if the type of 
carvings spilled out of that region into other countries.  I see 
(Ivan's comments) where some confusion could enter concerning the 
cuckoo.  Btw, to hear a cuckoo in the wild is a very pleasant sound.

Thanks
Sally
http://www.fancarversworld.com

On Jul 19, 2005, at 2:06 PM, Ivan Whillock wrote:

> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The cuckoo clock was invented in the Black Forest town of Schönwald,
Germany, by Franz Ketterer in 1738. Ketterer designed the system of 
small
bellows and whistles that imitates the Cuckoo's call, and added them to 
a
standard Dutch clock. Later refinements of the design changed the 
clock's
shape to the familiar birdhouse or chalet. The centre of their 
production
continues to be in the Black Forest region of Germany, in the area of
Triberg and Neustadt. The cuckoo clock is often wrongly associated with
Switzerland, as in the movie The Third Man. This error is probably due 
to a
story by Mark Twain in which the hero depicts the Swiss town of Lucerne 
as
the home of cuckoo clocks.