Types of wood carving

Craft wood carving usually refers to the folk, has a long history and a strong national traditional color, pay attention to the fine carving, ingenious wood carving handicrafts.

Craft wood carving is divided into pure ornamental and practical two categories. Ornamental wood carving is displayed, arranged in the cabinet, window, table, several, case, shelf, for people to enjoy the small, separate works of art. Practical wood carving refers to the use of wood carving process decoration, practical and artistic combination of works of art.

Artistic wood carving

Artistic wood carving usually refers to the conception of exquisite connotation deep, original, reflecting the author's aesthetics, artistic methods and artistic skills of the work. Art wood carving is generally designed and produced by the author, so he can always run through and grasp the creative ideas and pursuits. The creation method of artistic wood carving is not only to use the same form as other sculpture materials to express people and objects in the objective world, either realistically, exaggeratedly, or abstractly, but also to combine the use of the characteristics of wood, and to excavate the elements of beauty from the morphological attributes of the original materials, in order to fully embody the interest of wood carving art and the beauty of the material.

The subject matter and expression of artistic wood carving depends on the author's artistic quality and interests on the one hand, and on the natural shape and natural texture of wood on the other hand, that is to say, "to apply art according to the material". Art of wood carving expression method is rich and eclectic, there are bold, rough and powerful; have fine carving, smooth lines; there are simple and general, clever use of natural beauty. Good art wood carving is not only the carver's dexterity product, but also decorative, landscaping, temperament, pleasing to the eye works of art, so it has a high collection value.