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Beautiful Wood Carvings:
4, 5. Icelandic Art, Ancient and Modern The National Art Gallery, a splendid modern building, houses Icelandic treasures dating back, in some cases, to about 900. There are beautiful wood carvings, finely fashioned drinking horns, Viking Ornaments in various materials and early ecclesiastical vestments and works of religious art. There is one original sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen, whose father was an Icelandic wood carver.Wood furniture of improved designs and increased utility is an important market. Numerous types are available, such as solid wood, decorative veneers, straight and molded plywood, and composites or combinations of wood with paper, metal, ceramics, and plastics.Laminated wood construction is a modern development. Small straight or curved pieces or strips of wood are glued together lengthwise to form arches and rafters of beautiful design for roofs of auditoriums, churches, athletic arenas, barns, and other buildings. Impreg, a form of laminated wood treated with resin to eliminate shrinking and swelling, is used in making die models for automobile parts. Compreg, another resin-treated wood, can be pressed and molded to produce an attractive glossy finish that withstands scratching.
The glittering feather moss (Hypnum [Pleurozium] splendens) is a beautiful combination of gold, and green leaves on red stems. And the last moss on Janet's rock has the most romantic common name of all: the triangular wood-reveller (Hylocomnium tri-quetrum). This particular moss grows only on wood with a luxuriant delight that led to the term, reveller. It was collected in a nearby wood and placed on the rock in a crevice that holds its wooden base. Triangular refers to the shape of the stems.
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