Jade carving, commonly known as jade ware, has a long history. Jade pendants appeared in China during the Neolithic Period, and the jade carving skills of the Shang Dynasty were relatively mature. There are dozens of jade carving materials, such as white jade, jasper, sapphire, black jade, jadeite, crystal, agate, topaz, single jade, Xiuyu, etc. Because the jade itself is fine, hard and warm, or white as cream, or green and green, bright and lovely color, suitable for making valuable decorations. As for the production of jade, most people think it is carved with a carving knife, but it is not. The jade is hard, and the carving knife cannot cut it into it. Instead, it is polished by various shapes of drill bits, emery and water, depending on the shape of the work. Therefore, it takes a long time to complete a jade carving.
Wood carving is a kind of sculpture, which is often called "folk craft" in our country. Wood carving can be divided into three categories: three-dimensional round carving, root carving and relief carving. Wood carving is a kind of work separated from carpentry, which is classified as "fine carpentry" in our country. Folk art varieties classified by carving materials. Generally, the tree species with fine and tough texture and not easy to deform are selected, such as nanmu, red sandalwood, camphor wood, cypress, ginkgo, agarwood, mahogany, longan, etc. The tree root carving art in natural form is called "tree root carving". Wood carving has round carving, relief carving, engraving or several techniques. Some are also painted to protect wood and beautify it. Generally speaking, tools for wood carving creation, such as saws, wood files, chisels, carving knives, flat shovels, axes, wood drills, wood hammers, planes, etc., can be used for root carving creation. In addition, you also need basic tools such as scissors (scissors for pruning), knives, brushes, sandpaper (cloth), coarse and fine cloth, cotton yarn, rope, etc. During special processing, such as fire roasting, steaming, and insect prevention, some tools are also needed, which can be used in general families instead of other tools.
Circular sculpture, also known as three-dimensional sculpture, refers to non compressed three-dimensional sculpture that can be viewed from multiple directions and angles. Sculpture is the overall expression of art on the sculpture. The viewer can see all sides of the object from different angles. It requires the sculptor to carve from the front, back, left, right, top, middle and bottom. Chaozhou Sculpture hand painting The techniques and forms of round sculpture are also varied, including realistic and decorative, concrete and abstract, indoor and outdoor, shelf and large city sculpture, colored and non colored, etc; The contents and themes of the sculptures are also rich and colorful, which can be characters, animals or even still life; The materials are more colorful, including stone, wood, metal, clay, gypsum, textiles, paper, plants, rubber, etc. Sculpture hand painting customized It is mostly used in fountains, gardens and indoors. Because the round sculpture works are very three-dimensional, vivid, lifelike and vivid, the selection of stone materials is strict. First of all, we should design the shape of the sculpture, and pay special attention to the fact that the sculpture must have a proper proportion with the real object from length to width to thickness.
It is a three-dimensional plastic art to use certain material materials to produce works of art with solid image. Because the production methods are mainly sculpture and molding, it is called sculpture. According to the production process, sculpture can be divided into two categories: sculpture and sculpture. Subdivision is divided into carving, carving, molding, chiseling, carving, casting and other skills and techniques. According to genre, sculpture can be divided into memorial sculpture, urban garden sculpture, sculpture, tomb sculpture and exhibition sculpture. According to the style, sculptures can also be divided into head portrait, bust portrait, bust portrait, full body portrait, group portrait, etc. According to the technique and form of expression, sculpture can be divided into three categories: round sculpture, relief sculpture and openwork sculpture. Round sculpture, also known as "muddy sculpture", is a three-dimensional sculpture that is not attached to any background and can be viewed from all sides. The round sculpture is characterized by a solid image standing in space. When creating it, one must take into account its sense of volume and weight. When shaping the image, one must also take into account that people watch it from different angles. Relief, also known as "relief", is to carve a convex artistic image on the plane. According to the different degrees of surface relief, relief can be divided into high relief (high and low relief, deep relief) and low relief (low and low relief, shallow relief). The openwork is between the round sculpture and the relief sculpture. On the basis of the relief sculpture, it is made by hollowing out the background, but it does not leave the plane, just like a round sculpture attached to the plane background.