Materials used in the manufacture of art products from wood, hand carpentry tools, methods of manual processing, assembly and finishing of products are considered. Machines and tools that mechanize individual operations are described. Methods of artistic processing of products are given: turning, carving, mosaic; techniques of various types of thread, marquetry. The book by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Matveeva provides information on the properties of wood, drying and protective treatment methods. Basic principles of wood products construction are described, various types of carpentry structures and joints are described. Since wood art products are very diverse and the conditions for their manufacture can be different (individual production, serial, mass - individual elements of art furniture), the book pays attention to both manual methods of wood processing and mechanized - on universal and specialized equipment.