We Egyptians also use hieroglyphs to decorate jewelry and other luxury items. We carve the symbols into stone or wood, and incised or cast them in gold, silver, and other metals. We paint hieroglyphs on various surfaces, sometimes put down simple figures in black ink, and other times using detail and bright colors. Occasionally artists carve semiprecious stones or rare woods into hieroglyphic shapes and then inlaid them into walls or pieces of furniture.