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Sunday, 22 March 2026

Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood

Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood

To create a woodcarving in the style of 
Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent.

Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood


Aren’t these two images of the bouquet of flowers you just saw wonderful? I didn’t create them myself, but they served as inspiration for a personal piece in this style. 
This exquisitely elegant woodcarving is apparently attributed to the French woodcarver Aubert Parent. (Attributed – so without a signature)
Sold at Christie’s in 2014,  Auction price USD 1,250 
Description:

A LOUIS XVI CARVED LIMEWOOD FLORAL TROPHY
ATTRIBUTED TO AUBERT PARENT, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Dimensions: 44 cm high,  and 35.5 cm wide.

Creating delicate woodcarvings in the style of Aubert Parent


I thought it would be a fun challenge to try making something completely different: a woodcarving reminiscent of the work of woodcarvers such as Aubert Parent or Jean Pierre Putman. 
As you know, crafting family crests in wood has been a significant part of our annual turnover for years. So a bouquet of flowers carved from lime wood was, once again, something completely different; it turned out to be a new challenge and a learning process.  

Below you will find a number of images of the various stages. The ornament is 45 cm long, 27 cm wide and 8 cm thick.
It is almost impossible to explain in detail how to tackle this project, but much of it comes down to intuition and creativity. Hopefully the images will help give you a better idea.  Of course, it’s not perfect in terms of the plant kingdom, but nothing is as boring as ‘perfect’.

We start by transferring the design onto the wood, cutting out the outline with a jigsaw, then gluing it (with newspaper) onto an MDF board, and ‘let the fun begin’.






Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood


Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood

Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood

Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood
Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent
 High-relief woodcarving in lime wood


Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood
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