Analysis of Wood Suitable for Carving

With the popularity of wood carving, many ordinary families began to care about what wood is suitable for carving in order to help them choose. Today, let's take a look at the wood analysis suitable for carving in Bian Xiao for your reference.

Wood suitable for carving

Some wood is soft and some wood is hard. Generally, wood is soft and easy to carve, while hard and heavy wood is difficult to carve. Hardwoods with tough wood, fine grain and bright color are called hardwoods, such as mahogany, boxwood, rosewood, flat peach wood and hammerwood. They have all the advantages of carving, are excellent materials for carving, are suitable for carving works with complex structure and fine modeling, are not easy to be broken and damaged in the production process and preservation process, and have high collection value, but carving takes a lot of time and is easy to damage tools.

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 you can skillfully use the smoothness and texture of wood grain to make some more lyrical works. Generally speaking, the greater the shape ups and downs, the richer the wood grain changes and the more delicious it is; The more tactful and smooth the modeling, the more ideal the effect of wood grain trend will be, and even unexpectedly beautiful and very decorative. Of course, the modeling design of this kind of wood should be highly summarized. Too complicated and too small will not only destroy the wood grain, but also cause visual contrast.

Wood suitable for carving can be found all over China. According to the local tree species, you can choose the following tree species. 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 unique; Excellent paint and adhesive properties. The best materials are boxwood, pear, boxwood, Dalbergia odorifera, red bean, sappan, neem, walnut, camphor, litchi, longan, amethyst, Cephalotaxus fortunei, plum, teak, iron knife, and imported materials such as mahogany and rosewood. Good materials include Cuckoo, Mulberry, most species of Lauraceae, Acacia, Acacia, Myrica rubra, Dalbergia, Toona sinensis, Melia azedarach, Achyranthes bidentata, Mume, Lepidoptera, Crataegus pinnatifida, Taxus chinensis and so on. 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.