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2. Olive wood carving in Palestine - Wikipedia

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   The Holy Family in olive wood. Beit Sahour, 2000. Olive wood is used because it is easier to carve than other woods and could be done accurately with simple hand tools. Also, it has a diverse variety of natural color and tonal depth, due to the annual structure. It is also resistant to decay and receptive to a number of surfacing treatments. [3]

3. Palestinian handicrafts - Wikipedia

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   Olive wood camel made in Bethlehem. According to the Bethlehem municipality, olive-wood carving is thought to have begun in Bethlehem in the 4th century CE, following the construction of the Church of the Nativity. At the time, Christian monks taught how to make craft to the city's residents. Though its exact origins are obscure, one of the ...

4. Woodturning - Wikipedia

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   Rough turning is an inexact science: turning wood too thick will lead to splits, and turning wood too thin will lead to distortion that cannot be removed because not enough thickness is left. Once dry, it is mounted on the lathe a second time and turned to its final form. Rough turning is typically used on most functional work and some art pieces.

5. Segmented turning - Wikipedia

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   Segmented turning, also known as polychromatic turning, is a form of woodturning on a lathe where the initial workpiece is composed of multiple parts glued together. The process involves gluing several pieces of wood to create patterns and visual effects in turned projects.

6. Olivewood - Wikipedia

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   Cyprus film production dates back to the 1950s, soon after World War II, with They Who Dare as first film noted on location on IMDb.Productions since the 1950s include action, comedy, sci-fi, romance, drama and melodrama along with notable documentaries from the BBC and the National Geographic.

7. Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard - Wikipedia

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   Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Maryland. Maryland Steel, in Sparrows Point, Maryland, US, was founded in 1887. It was acquired by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in 1916 and renamed as the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard. The shipyard was sold in 1997 to Baltimore Marine Industries Inc.