Among Chinese stone animal carvings, stone lion carvings have a unique style and can be produced in countless quantities. They are widely used for decoration, such as the stone lion carvings on both sides of the gates of imperial palaces, houses, government offices, temple shaped tombs, modern large-scale commercial buildings, hotels and restaurants, and the stone lion decorative carvings on bridges, monuments and workshops. The body shape of stone lions varies in various ways, such as standing, squatting, lying, and so on, with various shapes and often regional differences. The stone lions are carved from a wide range of materials, mostly sandstone, marble and granite. There are many kinds of stone carvings, such as cliff paintings, natural colored stone paintings, inlaid stone murals and stone screen carvings; Stone carvings of famous inkstones such as Duanxiyu, Lu, Taohe, Songhua, Temple of Heaven (or Pangu) and Helan; Paperweights, stationery stone carvings; Tea sets, wine sets, smoke stone sets, lamps and lanterns, table, chair, stool, tea table and other daily necessities, such as craft stone carvings, which are large in number and well made; Inkstone carvings and other unique styles have become a wonderful flower of Chinese stone culture: inlaid stone murals are a new masterpiece of contemporary stone carving art. The colorful stone landscape carvings in the hall on the first floor of the Central Television Tower, completed by Nu Skin, are magnificent and amazing.
The handicrafts made by forging copper are lifelike in shape and easy to sculpt Suzhou Sculpture The lines of the handicrafts are very smooth. Even if you look carefully, you will not find any shortcomings. Of course, you need to ensure the craftsmanship of the sculptors. Only the craftsmanship can ensure the shape and image of the forged copper sculpture handicrafts. In the process of production, brass or copper plate is usually used as the base, and then forging is carried out, and multiple forged copper plates are used to show the overall image of the handicraft. For many sculpture artists, corresponding copper plates are selected for forging. Sculpture customized The forging copper processing technique is unique. Attention should be paid to heating the copper plate, then forging, after a certain forging, polishing and polishing to make the surface smooth, so as to become the desired forging copper sculpture handicrafts, which are all hand-made, very public welfare, natural and vivid in appearance. Attention should be paid to the handicrafts produced, Certain maintenance is required to ensure its appearance is not affected.
Relief is a kind of sculpture. The sculptor carves the image he wants to shape on a flat plate, making it separate from the plane of the original material. Relief is the product of the combination of sculpture and painting. It deals with objects in a compressed way, and displays three-dimensional space by perspective and other factors. It is only for one side or two sides to see. The reliefs are usually attached to another plane, so they are used more in architecture and can be seen on utensils and implements. Due to its compression characteristics, it occupies less space, so it is suitable for decoration in a variety of environments. In recent years, it has played an increasingly important role in urban beautification. The relief is as rich and colorful as the round sculpture in content, form and material. The materials of relief include stone, wood, ivory and metal. The relief is a semi vertical sculpture whose image shape protrudes from the stone surface (as opposed to the relief). It can be divided into light relief and high relief according to the depth of stone removal in image modeling. The bas reliefs are single level statues with relatively simple contents; The high relief is a multi-level statue with complicated contents. The carving technique and expression style of relief are basically the same as those of round sculpture. Many ancient and modern large-scale memorial buildings, high-end mansions and private houses are equipped with such decorations. Their main works are wall blocks, flower windows, dragon columns (early) and column bases.
European style components, also known as GRC European style decorative components. GRC is the abbreviation of Glass Fiber Reinforced Cement. Hainan GRC component is a composite material invented and widely used abroad in the 1970s. It is a new composite material made of fast hardening Portland cement and alkali resistant glass fiber mixed with appropriate additives. It combines light weight, high strength, high toughness, water resistance, incombustibility, sound insulation, heat insulation, easy processing and other characteristics. Hainan EPS has a unique position in building materials. It is mainly used to make interior and exterior decoration components of European style buildings to meet the needs of European style decoration.
From the perspective of development, sculpture can be divided into traditional sculpture and modern sculpture. Traditional sculpture is a visual, tactile and static three-dimensional art form molded with traditional materials; Modern sculpture uses new materials to make anti traditional four-dimensional, five-dimensional, acousto-optic, soft and dynamic sculptures. According to traditional materials, and according to environment and function, it can be divided into urban sculpture, garden sculpture, indoor sculpture, outdoor sculpture, desk sculpture, shelf sculpture, etc. There are many kinds of sculpture materials, such as clay, stone, wood, metal, gypsum, resin, ivory, etc. Then several categories were developed: wood carvings: wood carvings have a long history. Most of the early themes were centered on religion. In addition to religious icons, they were also used for the decoration of altars and religious places. In countries where wood building flourishes, wood carving develops with architecture. Modern wood carvings have quite diversified styles and features, and artists like to use abstract forms to express them. In addition, wood carving is also an important contributor to the invention of printing. Please see woodcut prints for details; Stone carving: The regions where stone carving is developed have a lot to do with where the stones suitable for carving are produced. The regions where stone carving is developed have a long history of stone carving. In the past, stone carvings were often used as decorations of gardens, signs of doorways, or architectural decorations of mausoleums. Because the stone is thick (not easy to be stolen), and the details of carvings are not easy to be damaged by wind and rain, stone carvings are mostly in outdoor environments. The common stone carving material is marble. There are clay sculptures, ice sculptures, sand sculptures, metal sculptures and pottery.
Lacquer carving is a traditional handicraft in China, also called red carving. Its technique began in the Tang Dynasty, and its process is extremely complex. Paint, tire The process of polishing and polishing is complicated and takes a long time, so large lacquer carvings are also extremely expensive and have always been the furnishings of royal families and nobles in ancient times. Lacquer carving is a technique to carve patterns on stacked flat lacquer bodies. It was introduced into Beijing during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Through the painstaking research of lacquer carving artists, the lacquer carving technique has gradually become perfect and mature, and lacquerware has become a handicraft with Beijing characteristics. Beijing lacquer carving is as famous as Hunan Hunan embroidery and Jiangxi Jingdezhen porcelain. It has been known as the "Three Masters of Chinese Arts and Crafts". For many years, lacquer carving has been favored by lacquer carving art lovers at home and abroad for its unique craft, exquisite and beautiful shape without losing a sense of solemnity.