Choosing your wood.

Chapter 1 of the book "Emotions in Wood: Carving the Expressive Face," by Ann Brouwers is presented. It details the criteria in helping sculptors choose the kind of wood that is right for a particular sculpture. It presents several questions to help establish the kind of wood that is right for a sculpture which include whether the sculpture is for interior or exterior, is it going to be large or small, and the special color requirement of wood.