The successful processing of bamboo products is usually based on one method, and other methods are used together, so the charm of dao must be rich, and the function of art will be better. Bamboo carving is the author's thoughts running in the bamboo, with a knife to convey their feelings in the heart, all by their own understanding, appropriate use of various bamboo carving methods. Now the first cut as follows:
I. three-dimensional carving:
- 1. Round carving: that is, three-dimensional carving. Most of the five sides of the carving, the bottom left with money, mainly to study utensils and furnishings, with bamboo root as the primary information.
- 2. Open carving: hollow out the blank outside the picture. Or between the levels of air permeability, with a strong three-dimensional sense, to incense cylinder, pen - based. Mostly tetrahedral carving. Bamboo tube as the primary information.
- 3, high relief: do not make hollow relief with appropriate three-dimensional sense. To three - sided body carving, often used in the pen container, bamboo tube as the primary material.
- 4, relief: must have a three-dimensional sense of relief, to the front of the main carving, mainly used in the pen container.
- 5, deep carving: also known as the deepening of the depression, is the deepest in the concave, with a proper three-dimensional sense, and relief, sculpture and other methods combined together, in fact, is the concave relief, such as the metal mold of the Yin die. This kind of carving is rare, mainly used in the pen container. Carve vegetables, lotus flowers and so on.
Ii. Plane carving
- 1, shallow relief: mainly plane carving, a little three-dimensional layer, also called bo di Yin wen, like inu carving in the thin meaning of carving.
- 2, left green carving: also known as the leather carving, is the convex carving of the leather carving, leaving the text and text on the bamboo (green), other shovel to the bottom (ground). Assume that the text and text again to shallow cut, divided into layers, so that there is a deep and light ink effect, for the green carving of the top quality. Often used for pen holder, arm rest, fan bone. To the performance of calligraphy and painting with the pen, with ink as its characteristics.
- 3, deepening: deep indentation, no need to rely on highlights to see the indentation. It is suitable for carving calligraphy works and painting with the charm of steles. It is mostly used for arm rest, fan bone, pen container and spring turning products. It is a common method of making bamboo crafts.
- 4, shallow cut: the mark is very shallow, often need to see the knife mark in the highlight of a cut, for the shallow cut. Mostly used for arm rest and fan bone, to show the painting of ink - based interest.
- 5, leather carving: that is, leaving bamboo on the concave carving, this kind of carving is very rare. To shallow engraving, deepening method combined, engraved calligraphy and painting are appropriate, with a strong expression of calligraphy and painting.
- 6, turning spring: also known as post spring, is a kind of bamboo products. It can be embossed, shallow engraved and deepened on bamboo springs. Bamboo springs are mostly made of utensils, which are usually general products. To deepen as the first method, often inlaid with turquoise, stone green and other colors.
- 7, fine carving: also known as wool carving, mainly to carve lines, most of a brush to a knife into, with burr marks.