In fine clay bricks, craftsmen would carve images of objects or patterns. The beauty of brick carving in traditional Taiwanese architecture can be enjoyed along the old streets of Sanhsia and Shenkeng, in the Lin Family Compound of Panchiao, and in the old residences of Yuanli in Miaoli. Carved bricks are in the gatehouses, the lintels, the roofs, and even the furniture, brush holders and fruit platters.
工匠在質地細密的特製土磚上雕刻物像或花紋，台灣的傳統建築，如三峽老街、深坑老街、板橋林家花園、苗栗苑裡老宅等的門樓、門楣、屋頂，甚至傢俱、筆筒、果盤上的雕刻，都能欣賞到磚雕之美。