Burma . f clocks and sewing-machines are in all the towns. An engine-erecter, who had set up machineryin most countries of Europe and Asia, said he had nowhere met the samenatural aptitude for handling machinery as in Burma (cf. p. 10). The floral wood-carving of Burma is remarkable for its freedom andspontaneity. Rich as the floral tracery is, the animal grotesques are labouredand deficient in fancy. The carving is done in teak-wood when it is meant forfixtures ; otherwise, yainank is preferred. The tools employed are chisel, gouge,and mallet. The design is traced on the wood with charcoal, g
Burma . f clocks and sewing-machines are in all the towns. An engine-erecter, who had set up machineryin most countries of Europe and Asia, said he had nowhere met the samenatural aptitude for handling machinery as in Burma (cf. p. 10). The floral wood-carving of Burma is remarkable for its freedom andspontaneity. Rich as the floral tracery is, the animal grotesques are labouredand deficient in fancy. The carving is done in teak-wood when it is meant forfixtures ; otherwise, yainank is preferred. The tools employed are chisel, gouge,and mallet. The design is traced on the wood with charcoal, gouged out in therough and finished with sharp fine tools, using the mallet for every and yamanihave a coarse grain, inwhich fine detail cannot berendered. Small and deli-cately elaborated figuresare carved in sandal-woodand also in ivory. Wholetusks are carved over withfigures of the Buddhaand are dedicated in thekyaungs. In some of thesethe figures are modelledin a single piece under an. 265. SAWING UP THE LOGS.
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