Qinhuangdao handicrafts shell carving

Shell carving is a handicraft carved from various shells abundant in the sea. There are many kinds of shells, which are wonderful works of nature, with beautiful colors and textures, and some are excellent reflectors. Shell carving is to choose these colorful shells, skillfully use their natural colors, textures and shapes, and carefully carve them into various forms and specifications such as flat paste, semi-relief, inlay and three-dimensional through cutting, turning, polishing and laminating. Shell carving skillfully combines people with the sea. Shell carving is the crystallization of the beauty of the sea and the wisdom of traditional culture, with the natural beauty of shells, the beauty of carving techniques and the beauty of Chinese painting style. Since ancient times, it has recorded the story of man and the sea and conveyed people's yearning and expectation for a better tomorrow.

The key to shell carving is to use art according to materials. The so-called "material" is the finished product of materials provided by nature that are shaped according to the situation and then piled, stacked, connected and glued. Folk artists use shells very skillfully: saw the spotted shells into scarred trunks; Shells with spiral threads are cut into ladies' buns; Make leaves with scallops and shells; Use the red color of conch and chicken heart snail as maple leaf. There are also grapes that are purple in the inner layer of shells, and dresses are the layered expression of Jiangbei. Really can't. I just dyed it transparent. There are as many forms of expression and composition as there are in Chinese painting. After mounting, it is colorful and the group paintings of natural shellfish will never fade.

Shell carving crafts are complicated to make. High-quality shell carving crafts are often mounted, and some are equipped with bases, which have high artistic ornamental value. Shell carving often requires a lot of manpower and material resources. A shell carving painting weighing only a few tens of kilograms sometimes needs to consume one or two tons of raw materials, and it can only be completed after two or three months of meticulous carving. The manufacturing steps of shell carving are as follows:

1, design mode. Design the pattern of shell carving on the map.

2. Cutting and carving. Carving and cutting shell raw materials. This is the basic preparation stage of shell carving crafts.

3. it's stuck. According to the design and the effect of the previous demonstration, one-time gluing, generally using universal glue.

Step 4 drill holes. Due to the need of modeling, the connection between materials only depends on bonding, and the strength is often not enough. It is necessary to use a connector (usually steel wire) and select a drill with a suitable caliber to drill holes.

Step 5 polish. Before and after gluing, the work needs to be polished and adjusted.