A traditional anatolian wood carving technique: Kundekari

Abstract

Kündekari is a traditional Turkish wood carving technique that hundreds or thousands of wooden parts are carved one by one without using glue, nail or peg by hands and link each other by fitted into techniques. Although every part is very similar to each other, each one has a different place in the total. For this reason; it is impossible to replace a part with another. Ornaments which shape like star, octagon, decagon and plant forms are made by the part joint together by detailed calculations. The parts move easily at their places by kündekari techniques. Thus the ornament made like this, can be stable either woods are contracted or dilated. If it is protected against earthquake, fire and extreme humid, its durability will be between at least 7 and 8 centuries.