The introduction of Chinese folk wood carving techniques

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Flat knife block method: mainly in the chiseling of blanks with a flat knife large surface cutting out the contours of the work and the structure of the part, so as to produce a rough and powerful sense of the axe chopping and cutting, the flat knife block method can be combined with a number of round knife through the entire process of carving in order to form the final artistic effect, but also can be used only in the initial stages of the carving of the large form The carving can also be used only in the initial stage of the carving for the large shape processing, and then use other knife to do from square to round more rich and delicate carving.

Round knife carving method: because the round knife knife method is not sure, carved out of the shape of the outline is more ambiguous, resulting in a clearer sense of concavity and convexity, so it is very suitable for exploring the performance of a variety of objects of the texture and texture effect, as the bottom of the bas-relief processing, commonly known as the "hemp base", is also an excellent way to play the role of the lining of the expression.

Relief carving: the image of the pattern to be expressed in the wood will be raised, the carving technique belongs to the "Yangwen". Its principle of operation is the same as the "Zhuwen yin" in the art of seal carving. The difference is that seal carving is a single line, while relief carving should be layered, try to show the three-dimensionality of the decorative subject matter.

Through carving: Through carving is a technique developed on the basis of the tradition of relief carving and openwork. The picture can be skeletonized at multiple levels and overlapped, so the content of the through carving has a great capacity and high expressive power. Is in the ancient architecture is widely used in a wood carving art form. Such as doors, windows, hall partitions, skirts, ceilings, and beams, etc., the general use of relief carving process. The simple shape of the carving to the ancient and elegant patterns and patterns, lifelike artistic images, giving people a pleasing enjoyment.

Shallow carving: in the "36 mandarin ducks" in the Humble Administrator's Garden, there are shallow carvings of orchids, bamboo, stone, Bogu and other patterns on the window skirts of the screen in the partition hall, which is a sense of tranquility and elegance, and makes people feel relaxed and happy. It has few tools, easy to operate, wide range of subjects, rich content, pattern design is not subject to specifications and other characteristics. Suitable for decorating large areas of the board, such as cabinet door panels, screens, hanging screens, partition boards, large-scale indoor murals and so on.

Yin carving: Yin carving, also known as "sunken carving". Series refers to the concave carving of a technique. Just the opposite of relief carving. This carving technique is often in the color after painting lacquer objects on the construction, so that the carved objects can produce a kind of lacquer color and wood color contrast, similar to the artistic effect of Chinese paintings, full of meaning. Most of the wood carvings are of flowers such as plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, and there are also poems and words of good luck. This technique is mainly carved in lacquer furniture, but also lacquer furniture commonly used techniques. It belongs to the same line carving with the "Yin" decoration, but there are differences. If the former is the "white drawing", yin carving is the "writing". Bottomless carving and stay bottom carving, are three-dimensional carving process, stay bottom carving and divided into transparent carving, hollow carving, round carving and transparent double-sided carving.