[Wood Carving] What are the four major Chinese woodcarving woodcarving craftsmanship maintenance of woodcarving crafts?
Brief introduction of woodcarving craftsmanship Woodcarving is a kind of sculpture, which is often called "folk crafts" in our country.On June 7, 2008, the Wood Carving State Council approved the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.Woodcarving is a type of work separated from the woodworking, which is "fine carpenter" in the classification of the work of our country.
What are the categories of woodcarving crafts?
Wood carvings are widely used in our lives, and the form of performance is also very diverse.
Wood carvings can be divided into three categories: three -dimensional round carving, root carving, and relief.
Civil art species classified by carving materials.Generally, trees that are dense and tough, and are not easy to deform, such as Nanmu, rosewood, camphor, cypress wood, ginkgo, agarwood, mahogany, longan, etc.The natural form of tree -rooted artwork is "tree carving".Wood carvings have round carvings, reliefs, carving, or several techniques.Some are also painted with color to protect wood and beautify.
The texture of the wood used is different from the technical method of carving, and many types have been divided into.Although there are many differences in the major types, all kinds of woodcarving crafts are full of Chinese traditional culture. They all have very good meanings, reflecting a very high artistic value of woodcarving.
According to the applications in life, woodcarving art is mainly divided into two categories, one is ornamental, and the other is practical.Observation woodcarvings are basically valuable.Like those ornaments such as birds and beasts, flowers, birds, fish insects, marine creatures, and zodiac signs, such as the desk, the decoration, the case, the case, the case, the case, the case, the case, and the zodiac, the appearance is very beautiful and goodThe meaning.
Practical woodcarving crafts, as the name suggests, are artworks that can be used and viewed by combining the practical and artistic decoration of woodcarving craftsmanship.For example, palace lamps, frames, strokes, pen holders, pen holders, jewelry boxes, savings tanks, and furniture carvings are not only beautiful, but also closely related to our lives. Many practical woodcarving crafts also use more in daily life.
Four Great Wood Carvings of China
With the development of the times, woodcarvings have formed distinctive local characteristics. Dongyang woodcarvings, Yueqing yes, wood carvings, Golden lacquer wood carvings in Chaozhou, Guangdong, and longan wood carvings in Fujian.There are many works with folklore, opera, and historical stories as the theme of building decorative woodcarvings. Playing the rewarding woodcarving focuses on the beauty of the wood itself. Differential is the same as the material, and it has become a favorite craftsmanship and artwork for people.
Dongyang woodcarv
Dongyang Mu Carving is originally derived from Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province. It has a long history and is a traditional folk craft in Dongyang. It is known as the "hometown of carving".The emergence and development of Dongyang woodcarving art is first because the place where the place is suitable for carving -camphor.The appearance characteristics of the Toyo woodcarving decoration lies in it that it retains the original color and texture of the wood. Because it is finely polished, it is more Smooth and delicate, exquisite.
Dongyang woodcarving has exquisite skills, elegant and exquisite products, well -known Chinese and foreign, and Dongyang woodcarving is also very wide in terms of performance.It has also begun to show the Dongyang woodcarving.
The decoration of the poplar carvings is one of the Chinese folk woodcarving crafts.The poplar wood grows slowly and is known as "thousands of years".The texture is tough and Smooth, the texture is fine, the color is yellow and gentle, and the ivory effect.
The Yang Yang is carved with small woodcarving ornaments. Zhejiang is a traditional key production area of the Yangwu woodcarving, which is mainly distributed in Yueqing and Wenzhou.Zhejiang Yangwu woodcarvings originated from Leqing County, about 150 years ago.It originated from the woodcarving small Buddha statue decorated on the dragon and lighting skeleton, and developed into art appreciation in the late Qing Dynasty.
Guangdong gold lacquer wood carving
Guangdong gold lacquer woodcarving is also known as Chaozhou woodcarving. It originated from Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. The surface of Chaozhou woodcarving is gold. It is a feature of Chaozhou woodcarving."Gold lacquer wood carving".It is said that "gold lacquer wood carving" is because of the ingredients. This paint is specially configured for gold foil that can be adhered to the wood, and at the same time, it plays a role in moisture -proof and anticorrosive.
There are two main forms of lacquer forms of the woodcarving ornaments of Chaozhou: First, the common "black paint gold", that is, the black paint is used as the foundation, and then the gold foil is covered; the second is "colorful gold".There are many architectural decorative parts, with green or purple red, pink and yellow, and then gold with gold, produce a brilliant effect.
Fuzhou woodcarv
Fuzhou woodcarving in Fujian Province is also called longan woodcarving. It is also a kind of woodcarving art developed on the basis of building decoration, furniture decoration, and temple statues. It matures in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.Fuzhou woodcarving decoration is made of longan wood, so it is also called "longan woodcarving".
Longan wood is mainly produced in southern Fujian. It has a slightly crispy texture, fine texture, and red color.The trunk of the old dragon's eyes, especially the roots, is strange, is a good material for sculpture.The woodcarvan artist uses its roots and its crease scars. Due to the shape of the potential, woodcarvings are carved into various characters, birds and beasts. The shapes are vivid and stable, and the structure is beautiful.The knife method or ax split the knife chisel, or is delicate, round and skilled.
Wood carving craftsmanship maintenance
For those who collect crafts, collecting their favorite crafts can cultivate sentiment, inject infinite vitality into the busy space, and create a rich imagination space for themselves.How to make your favorite things can always be young and always exude the vitality of life, which has a lot to do with how to effectively collect maintenance crafts.Let's talk about the maintenance of woodcarving crafts:
First, the woodcarving crafts should not be exposed to the sun for a long time.Wood carving crafts are like people.Therefore, when placing, you should pay attention to consciousness, especially do not place them in the window.
Second, woodcarving crafts should not be placed in extremely humid or dry rooms.In a very humid environment, some woodcarving crafts will grow "hair".For example, green sandalwood crafts will spit out silver -white silk.Although it is a beautiful scenery, as far as I know, many people don't like it.If you are too dry, some woodcarving crafts may be partially cracking.Moreover, everyone's current living standards are much higher than in the past.The easiest thing is that there is heating in the winter in the north, and the air conditioner can be blown in summer.Therefore, we must pay attention to the woodcarving crafts not to blow directly into the air.Don't put him near the heating pipe.
Third, woodcarving crafts should not be placed near the fire, fire walls, fires, and stoves.
Fourth, it is not advisable to wipe with a towel with water. It is better to wipe a wax or oil -containing cotton towel.Usually according to the cleaning of the room, often use dried cotton or feathers to remove the dust on the wood carving crafts to show the beauty of its natural beauty. If the luster of the woodcarving crafts is not good, you can use a brush to apply the upper light wax to the woodcarving crafts.On the surface, just polish it with a rag.Of course, you can also use a cotton towel to dip some walnut kernel oil gently on the surface of the woodcarving crafts.However, don't wipe it with a towel with water, which will make the woodcarving crafts too humid, but it will not achieve the expected effect, and it will hurt them.
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