How to remove the bark of the root carving, and how to protect the bark of the root carving?

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 to 3 days to allow the moisture of the roots to evaporate some, and then use a knife to pry up and peel off the bark from the fracture.

The soaking method is suitable for dry roots that have been left for a long time by submerging 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.

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 the conception of ideas, artistic processing and technological processing, to create people, animals, utensils and other artistic image works. The art of root carving is to find natural beauty and show creative processing of plastic arts, the root carving process pays attention to "three points of artificial, seven points of nature", which means that in the creation of root carving, the natural form of the root material should be mainly used to express the artistic image, auxiliary artificial processing and modification, therefore, the root carving is also known as "the art of the root" or "the art of the root".

I think this friend also likes the art of root carving, it is easy to peel the roots that have just been dug up, but it is not suitable for peeling immediately. If the roots of the tree are peeled immediately, it is easy to crack (the damp roots that have been peeled off suddenly see the sun and wind, it does not ease the time and does not adapt to it at all), so do not rush to peel, it is best to wait until it is dry before peeling. If it is peeled by hand, it is used with a chisel shovel, and it can also be processed with an angle grinder equipped with woodworking grinding discs.

It should be seen what kind of material it is, such as the cypress, the skin should be removed immediately, otherwise there will be insects and all the white skin will be eaten off. Others can also be peeled immediately, and after being pulled, it can be eroded in the water for several months, and the wood pulp inside will be fine.

It depends on what wood color it is. In general, don't peel it right away.

To keep the surface clean. Because it is completely exposed to the excavation, it is easy to get dust, especially the carved part, which is more likely to accumulate dust, and the dust has all kinds of oxides and sundries, so it should be removed in time, otherwise it will cause the surface of the handicraft to be corroded. In the collection, it is necessary to try to avoid collision and collision, especially the collision of metal utensils.

In particular, the openwork parts should be protected.

Moth-proof and insect proof. Most of the insect pests are various wood-borers and termites. Collectors can use chemical anti-moth-proofing methods, such as placing mothballs, or spraying the moth-eaten area several times with the usual spray used to spray mosquitoes.

Root carving products are susceptible to deterioration and decay due to environmental and climate disturbances, so the importance of the environment is self-evident. We want to prevent the harm of moisture, many root carvings will have long hair due to moisture, so it is difficult to restore a root carving product. At the same time, daily maintenance, insect prevention and surface cleaning are also indispensable.

Then I'm going to have to brush up on a little bit of protective gas, and I'm going to have to dry it so I can get water.

I've seen high-pressure water gun grinding on the Internet.

A brief introduction to the two methods of root peeling:

1. Rain and sun drying method This is the use of the principle of "wet rise and dry contraction" to promote the separation of bast fibers from wood. For those tree roots or shrub roots that have been exposed to rain, sun, and wind without deformation and cracks (such as: jujube roots, Zhumin Tsubaki roots, paulownia roots, pear roots, jujube roots, etc.), it is best to put them in the open air, let them blow in the wind, sun, rain, and let them dry naturally.

After a summer, the wood is dry, the root bark is cracked, and the bast fibers are separated from the wood, and then the root bark is peeled off with a knife that is not too fast, which is clean and smooth, and can maintain the pattern and texture of the xylem surface with large branches. In particular, the sour jujube root and the single pear root are more prominent, so you might as well give it a try.

Second, the blister method is the decay method and the degreasing method. For those tree roots and shrub roots that are prone to deformation and cracks, such as Ma pear very (also known as Hagering), thorn root and so on, it is best to soak them in living water for 4 to 6 months, which can promote root bark rot and prevent deformation, cracks, and insect moths. When soaking, turn over and check once every one to two months, depending on the degree of root bark rot and decide the soaking time, it is better to peel off the skin when it is wet, and then put it in a cool place to dry, do not expose to the sun.

This method causes some of the wood colors to become.

1.buy beeswax;

2.Melt the beeswax in water: put the beeswax in the glass, and then put the glass in boiling water until it melts;

3.Dip it with a brush and brush the root carving evenly, brushing twice;

4.After drying, store in a cool place.

5.In this way, when processed later, the effect will be better and it will last for a long time.