Is the carved gourd dry?

Carving gourds requires the use of dried gourds. There are two techniques for carving gourds: one is to carve slender mountains, rivers, flowers and figures on the surface of gourds with large, medium and small special steel needles, and then use loose ink to make the lines obvious. Experts call this technique "description".

Another technique is to hollow out the shell of the gourd with a meat cutter, and outline the landscapes, flowers and figures to be described with rough slit lines. Experts call this technique "carving". After the picture is carved, the gourd is decorated with a round swastika pattern from top to bottom, and finally the work is completed with a chemical or silver base.

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Gourd carving was first spread among the people in Gansu. People carve simple patterns of flowers, plants, insects and fish on the gourd for viewing. Later, through the artist's continuous exploration and research, the craft level was continuously improved, and the art of carving gourd was gradually formed.

There used to be a needle method for carving gourds, but now a knife carving method has been created, and various hollow gourds have appeared. Some have also created famous landscape paintings that imitate the freehand brushwork of ink and wash, and imitated the rhymes of Wu Changshuo, Ren Bonian, Xu Beihong and Qi Baishi to create colorful gourds with unique styles.

Among them, Lanzhou carved gourd is a traditional handicraft with a long reputation in Lanzhou. It depicts people, scenery, flowers and so on with carefully selected small gourds. With the help of poetry and calligraphy. Exquisite and wonderful carving, vivid and freehand brushwork, and strong artistic appeal.