How to make root carving art

Root carving crafts are made from tree roots through screening, conception and processing. With less investment and simple tools, farmers in many places get rich by making root carving crafts. Now introduce its processing procedure:

1, selection of root wood: it is widely used, and most of them use hard miscellaneous wood, and all kinds of trees with hard wood and not easy to crack can be used, such as elm, sandalwood, jujube, boxwood and other hardwoods.

2, finishing, the root material must have a certain concept behind the head, what kind of shape and rubbings the root can make, we must know fairly well.

3. Peeling method: soak and peel or cut with a knife. Soaking and peeling will not destroy wood grain.

4, root drying method: do not expose to the sun, should be mainly dry in the shade.

5. Tools: (1) Mining tools: saw, axe, hammer, shovel, etc. (2) Cutters: flat knives, oblique knives, round chisels, semicircular chisels, etc. (3) Abrasive tools: sandpaper, semi-circular file, assorted file, etc.