Eucalyptus asked curiously, "How is the root carving made?" Can you show me the creative process? ”

Hu Sang told Eucalyptus that the creation of root art takes a long time, and the production can generally be divided into eight steps, including degreasing treatment, peeling and cleaning, dehydration and drying, shaping, finishing, quenching, coloring and lacquering, and naming, which takes a year and a half or even longer to complete.

The choice of materials is very important for the production of root carvings. The choice of root carving materials is relatively wide, although bamboo, rattan, trees, shrubs, etc. can be used as root carving root materials, but most of the more precious root carving root materials are made of rosewood, red sandalwood, camphor wood, sandalwood, agarwood, cypress and other superior wood, these woods have tough, steady, calm connotation, and compared with other root materials, the preservation time can also be longer.

However, as the saying goes, "three points of artificial, seven points of nature", when selecting materials, we should try to choose roots similar to the shape of the creative image to create better works. The natural shape of the root material, coupled with a small amount of artificial carving, can achieve a natural artistic effect.

The timber must be selected from hard, delicate wood, stable wood, not easy to crack and deform, not moth-decayed and immortal and can be preserved for a long time, such as boxwood, sandalwood, beech, etc. The dead roots in the silt or deep buried soil, the ancient gloomy root wood formed by hundreds of years of carbonization, its quality is almost close to fossil, and it is a good material for root art.

The selection criteria for modeling can be summarized into four types: rare, strange, ancient and strange. The roots of trees that generally grow in the plains are difficult to form a peculiar form because of their abundant nutrients and fast growth, and the wood fibers are also relatively loose. Only the roots that grow in the harsh environment, such as the growth of the sun or the cliff in the stone crevices, and through the lightning split, fire, ant erosion, stone pressure, human stepping, knife cutting and tenacious survival of the roots, due to the lack of light, lack of soil, less water and lack of nutrients, long and not gradually deformed, the longer the year, the stronger the quality, the more strange and vigorous the shape, is the ideal material for root art.

Traditional bamboo carving products, Dafan round carving almost all use bamboo roots as carving materials, wood carving products are made of high-quality wood or the base of the trunk, roots and galls. The main reason for this material selection is to pay attention to the texture and tone of the material, which is not easy to rot, delicate and engravable. At the same time, on the premise of ensuring the integrity of the modeling, it cleverly borrows the root shape and root state to create.

When making root artworks, the epidermis of the root wood has long been stripped away, and the veins on the phloem will gradually fade over time. These two characteristics are not enough to explain the "artificial" and "natural" components of the root carving works, the texture of the root material inside the silk flowers, but with the growth of time and become more and more beautiful, and this silk flowers and color are also the most confirmable parts of the material, which is precisely the most difficult part of all the characteristics of the root wood.

The texture of the root material, the silk flower and the pan staggered gall boil belong to the same "natural", which are indispensable components in the creation of root carving. When the boils, galls, phloem veins, and exposed texture tones on the root material become the composition of the form and subject matter of the work, it is the expression of the plastic art of root carving. The root carving shape should have enough space volume, perfect decent transformation, and smooth curve transition. To ensure the complete ornamental surface of the axis, the work should reflect the "exquisite humanities" to the greatest extent. The shape of the root carving should reflect the beauty of the material, respect the material structure of the root material, and increase the amount of chiseling and time to mix the enlightened image. The work should be made into a single instrument, the original material color, fine polishing, and proper matching.

Hu Sang took the blue eucalyptus to see several kinds of wood for making root carvings.

Lychee wood, an evergreen tree, belongs to the Sapindaceae family. It is a hardwood, it is a fine wood, and it is very resistant to acids. The material is hard and heavy, tough and durable, not afraid of water immersion, and is a good material for wood carving and furniture. Where the old lychee wood is more than 100 years old, its roots are coiled and knotted with good shape, and it has more ornamental value than ordinary mahogany.

Wenge wood, also known as "wolfberry wood", is a type of mahogany with a chicken wing ("V"-shaped) pattern on the chord section of the heartwood of wood. Wenge is known for its distinctive, unique texture.

Camphor wood, the whole plant has a fragrance. It is produced in the Yangtze River basin and the vast areas south of China, and is found everywhere in valleys. The bark is yellowish-brown and slightly dark gray, and the heartwood is reddish-brown. The quality is heavy and hard, the wood is large, and the texture is fine and intricate. The cutting surface is smooth and shiny, the color is beautiful after painting, it is not easy to deform after drying, it is durable, and it is easy to carve. Camphor wood carving has the effect of repelling insects and sterilizing and purifying the air.

It is difficult to grow boxwood for thousands of years, boxwood grows slowly, it generally takes 40-50 years to grow to 3-5 material height, and the diameter is less than 10 centimeters. But it has a tough texture, a delicate grain, moderate hardness, and a bright color, some of which are egg yellow, and can be comparable to ivory after being finely carved and polished. With age, its color changes from light to dark. In Chinese folk, boxwood has always been regarded as a hundred poisons, suppressing evil and warding off evil spirits, safe and auspicious.

Quercus wood, also known as Cinnamomum chinensis, is a famous wood that has been grown for thousands of years, and it is a taxaceae. Produced in Japan, South Korea and Yunnan, China, Sichuan Hengduan Mountains at an altitude of 3000-4000 meters above sea level, the material is solid and firm, the texture is fine and straight, the color is golden, and the smell is fragrant.

The rosewood wood grain is like a tiger skin pattern, also similar to raccoon spots, also known as "civet", full of domineering. The old man has a fist song, and the young man has a straight line. The wooden knot pattern is halo like money, the color is bright, the texture is clear, and it can be used as furniture and study utensils.

It takes at least 50 years from growth to maturity, and it grows slowly, has high hardness and is not easy to wear. At the same time, it also contains extremely heavy oil and iron, which keep it unchanged, acid-alkali proof, moisture-proof and corrosion-resistant, and the color after grinding and planing is oxidized to golden yellow through photosynthesis.

Yew, also known as yew and red cedar pine, is an ancient tree species left behind during the Quaternary Ice Age. The paclitaxel contained in yew has a unique anti-cancer mechanism and high anti-cancer activity, which can prevent the reproduction of cancer cells and inhibit the migration of tumor cells, and is recognized as the most important anti-cancer active substance in the field of natural medicine today. Yew generally grows for 100∽250 years, is an endangered and precious plant, and China has listed it as a rare and endangered protected plant.

Sandalwood is delicate, and many ancient temples or furniture are made of sandalwood. Sandalwood not only has the function of anti-ant, but also has the effect of clearing blood and anti-inflammatory. Sandalwood also has anti-spasmodic and tonifying properties on the body.

Rosewood has a hard texture, with a variety of colors ranging from dark black to red, and a fine texture. Rosewood is dense and heavy. The growth rate is slow, every 5 years, it takes more than 800 years to become a timber, and the hardness is the first of the wood, which is called "the wood of the emperor".

Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, red sandalwood has been a good furniture material for chariots and courts. According to historical records, red sandalwood was first imported from Annam (now Vietnam), and in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty imported a large amount of red sandalwood from Nanyang to hide in the palace in order to show the dignity of the court. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, all kinds of furniture were made with red sandalwood. In the Ming Dynasty, the red sandalwood furniture was handed down very little, and the red sandalwood gradually became the new favorite of the court in the Qing Dynasty, and the red sandalwood furniture was almost monopolized by the court.

Hainan Huanghua pear is a national first-class rare plant, also known as Dalbergia fragrant, which is only produced on the slopes below 350 meters above sea level on Hainan Island in China. According to historical records, Hainan pear was already a specialty of Hainan Gong Imperial Palace in the Tang Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, furniture made of rosewood not only became an exclusive tribute for the royal family, but also became a symbol of the feudal ruling hierarchy.

Camphor wood is a kind of construction and furniture talent, not deformed, insect resistant. Camphor wood is fine, has natural grains, and has a tough texture, which is not easy to break or crack. Folks mostly use camphor wood to carve Buddha statues. (Note: Camphor is a granular crystal made by distillation of the roots, stems, branches and leaves of the camphor tree.) )

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