How to make root carving video

Preparation materials: varnish, brush, sandpaper, knife, small basin, dead roots, disposable gloves.

1, carefully remove the epidermis from the root with a knife, and then brush it repeatedly with a brush and sandpaper to clean up the rotten things at the root.

2. After the root of the tree is treated, prepare a small pot and pour a proper amount of varnish for later use.

3. Put on disposable gloves, then hold the root in one hand and the brush in the other, dip it in varnish and brush it back and forth, and then brush the whole root again.

4. Put it in a ventilated place to dry, and then brush the varnish for the second time.

Root carving is a traditional folk craft circulating in Shaanxi province, which is mainly distributed in northern Shaanxi. Root carving is a carving method and one of the traditional carving arts in China. It takes the autogenous and twisted form of tree roots (including tree body, tree tumor and bamboo root) as the artistic creation object, and creates artistic image works such as figures, animals and utensils through conception, artistic processing and technical treatment.