The specific process of root carving, the steps of the root carving production process

Bodhi root carved double-sided arhat.

Prepare materials: varnish, brushes, sandpaper, knives, small pots, dead tree roots, disposable gloves.

1. Carefully remove the skin of the roots with a knife, and then brush the rotten things from the roots with a brush and sandpaper repeatedly.

2. After the roots are treated, prepare a small pot and pour an appropriate amount of varnish for later use.

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

4. Put it in a ventilated place to dry, and then apply the second coat of varnish.

Hello, the production of root carving can generally be divided into eight steps: degreasing, peeling and cleaning, dehydration and drying, shaping, finishing, quenching, coloring and lacquering, and naming.

First, choose the root material. Root carving is precious in nature, and good root materials are not boring and can be encountered everywhere. Mountain cliffs, mountain forests, and even the firewood piles of ordinary people are all raw materials with a certain natural shape.

2. Peel and clean up. There are two ways to peel the skin: the fresh peeling method and the soaking method.

The fresh peeling method is to wash the roots with water and leave them in the open air for 2-3 days to allow the moisture of the roots to evaporate, and then pry up the bark from the fracture with a knife. The soaking method is suitable for dry roots that have been left for a long time, and the method is to immerse the roots in water for several days until they can be peeled off. Be careful not to damage the root material and damage the texture.

3. Conceive the model. Don't be in a hurry to carve by hand, you should carefully ponder and observe its shape according to life experience.

Fourth, engraving and molding. After the conception is completed, it can be processed by hand, cutting off the excess roots, and the section is processed into a natural cave with fire, and the convex surface is processed into a nodule to achieve the effect of natural beauty. It is necessary to use abstract, exaggerated, and hazy images to reflect the natural image of the roots of the tree.

When some root materials are incomplete, you can choose to use the root material of the same texture for splicing, and the technique should be delicate and do not leave traces.

Fifth, grinding. Use a coarse abrasive cloth to polish the root material to smooth out the wound marks, and then polish it with a fine abrasive cloth to make the surface bright and visible. When sanding with an abrasive cloth, the force should be uniform to avoid destroying its original color and texture.

6. Coloring. The raw material for coloring is varnish, Yabai bracelet can be painted 3 times on the root material repeatedly, and practical root carving handicrafts such as flower pot stands, TV stands, etc., can be adjusted and lacquered, so that it is antique. The final step is naming.

A good root carving work with a good name can add a lot of value to it.

Definition: Root carving, one of the traditional carving arts of the Han nationality, is to take the self-generated form and distortion form of tree roots (including tree body, tree nodules, bamboo roots, etc.) as the object of artistic creation, through conception, artistic processing and technological processing, to create artistic image works such as figures, animals, utensils and so on.

2.Production steps: The production of root carving can generally be divided into eight steps: degreasing, peeling and cleaning, dehydration and drying, shaping, finishing, quenching, coloring, lacquering, and naming.

3.Materials: It is necessary to choose hard, delicate wood, stable wood, not easy to crack and deform, not moth-decaying and immortal tree species that can be preserved for a long time, such as boxwood, sandalwood, beech, etc.

The dead roots that have been submerged in the silt or buried deep in the soil, and the ancient gloomy root wood formed by hundreds of years of carbonization, are almost close to fossils, and they are the best materials for root art.

There are many steps in material selection, conception, sawing, carving, polishing, lacquering, etc.

The "eight steps" of root carving production, the beauty of nature, the wonder of shaping!