sculpt

sculpt (http://definr.com/sculpt)

     v 1: create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material;
          "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" [syn: sculpture]
     2: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at
        it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of
        her husband" [syn: sculpture, grave]