Is Chinese fir suitable for shallow carving?

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Some wood is soft and some wood is hard. As soft as 1, it is easy to carve, but hard and heavy. Hardwoods with tough wood, fine grain and bright color are called hardwoods, such as mahogany, boxwood, rosewood, flat peach wood and hammer wood. They have all the advantages of carving, are excellent materials for carving, and are suitable for carving works with complex structure and fine modeling. They are not easy to be broken and damaged during production and preservation, and have high collection value, but carving is time-consuming and laborious, and easy to be damaged.

Pine is suitable for beginners, such as basswood, ginkgo wood, camphor wood, pine wood and so on. This kind of wood is suitable for carving works with simple modeling structure and general image, and it is also easy to carve. However, due to its soft wood and light color, some of them need coloring treatment to enhance the sense of quantity. Some wood grains are obvious and varied, such as Fraxinus mandshurica, pine and Chinese fir. So we can skillfully use the smoothness and texture of wood grain to make some more expressive 1 works. Generally speaking, 1, the greater the shape fluctuation, the richer the wood grain change and the more delicious it is; The more melodious and smooth the dynamic form of modeling, the better the effect of wood grain trend, making it unexpectedly beautiful and highly decorative. Of course, the modeling design of this kind of wood should be based on a high degree of generalization. Too complicated and too small will not only destroy the wood grain, but also cause visual contrast.

There are suitable wood carvings all over China. According to the local tree species, the following tree species should be selected. In terms of wood properties, the wood used for carving requires a detailed and uniform structure; Moderate hardness, easy to cut, not broken; Small shrinkage, no cracking and deformation; The color, pattern or texture of the material is beautiful and novel; Paint and glue work well. The best materials are boxwood, pear, boxwood, Dalbergia odorifera, red bean, sappan, neem, walnut, camphor tree, litchi, longan, amethyst, Cephalotaxus grandis, plum, teak, ironwood, imported mahogany and rosewood. Good materials include Dioscorea nipponica, Mulberry, most species of Lauraceae, Acacia, Acacia, Vaccinium, Dalbergia odorifera, Toona sinensis, Melia azedarach, Pistacia chinensis, Melia azedarach, Sapium sebiferum, bearded grass, clematis, Butterfly Lake, Begonia, Lagerstroemia indica, Lithocarpus chinensis and Taxus chinensis. Followed by Myrica rubra, Pterocarya stenoptera, Betula platyphylla, Corylus heterophylla, Cercidiphyllum, Magnoliaceae, Cercidiphyllum, Cercidiphyllum, Spatholobus suberectus, Schizonepeta, Plum, Sapium sebiferum, Cephalotaxus fortunei, Holly, Elaeagnus angustifolia, Aquilaria sinensis, Elaeagnus angustifolia, Elaeagnus angustifolia.