There are many root carving works handed down now, and there are also many exquisite ones.
In particular, some famous boutiques are even more unique.
Upon closer inspection, each work has its own characteristics, which vividly demonstrates the creative concept of "one-third of the work is carved and seven-points of natural creation".
The power of nature allows tree roots to grow into different shapes.
A famous root carving master showed its moving side.
The burst of inspiration and the joy when the creation is completed give people a sense of accomplishment.
For Chen Wenzhe, root carving is a carving method and one of the traditional carving arts in my country.
With their hands, artists turn dull and abandoned tree roots into pieces of lifelike works of art, reinvigorating them with vitality.
Nowadays, the art of root carving has spread all over the world.
There are also many artists abroad who are good at making root carving works, as well as handicraft enthusiasts.
For example, there is a British artist who, inspired by European folklore and myths, carves humble tree roots into mysterious and charming "unidentified creatures" that make people unable to put them down.
The artist's childhood home was nearby a forest, and he liked to go to the woods to collect tree roots when he was very young.
He often picks up a small pile and has to push a trolley to transport them home.
At first, he just selected some tree roots with good shapes, good looks, or strange growth, and sold them in the store run by his father.
Until one day, he took out one of them and carved a cute shape.
From that day on, he fell in love with root carvings and could no longer bear to sell these "treasures".
Whenever he had time, he would sit quietly in his room and carve root carvings.
Gradually, the technology became more and more proficient.
In his eyes, carving roots is the best way to commemorate a tree. He likes the feeling of finding a new piece of roots and predicting the potential of its inner form.
Nowadays, this artist can carve out the inspiration or pictures that appear in his mind at any time and present them to everyone.
This is the growth process of a master. The magical creature with long limbs he made from oak roots is one of his masterpieces.
Their facial features are similar to humans, but they seem to be tightly wrapped, "wearing" black coats, and have strange antennae.
In short, they are unlike any other creature on earth.
These images all come from his imagination, and it is a very happy thing for him to be able to turn his imagination into reality.
He also hopes that people will like these mysterious creatures made from tree roots.
Chen Wenzhe is optimistic about this kind of art master. After all, it can be regarded as a kind of cultural export.
Since there are masters who have grown up abroad, there is certainly no shortage of them in China.
There are even "Desert Heroes" in the western frontier of our country, who have created a unique Xinjiang root art, and it turns out to be an unpopular investment!
Red willow, poplar, and jujube grow in the vast deserts and Gobi Desert, and are called "desert heroes" by the people of northwest my country.
Once the sand dune buries it, it will grow one section and always stand on the dune.
Due to special geographical conditions, tamarisk, poplar euphratica and jujube grow extremely slowly.
Therefore, these three types of trees have the reputation of "live for a thousand years and never die, die for a thousand years and never fall down, and fall down for a thousand years and never decay."
Their unyielding and tenacious spirit is a true reflection of the local people!
Because it is difficult to grow, its roots are hard and dense and have a strange shape.
Red willow root, Populus euphratica root and Jujube root are the best root materials for making root art works.
The unique root art has also become an unpopular investment!
The main reason is that these plants are desert vegetation and are natural plants protected by state orders. At present, the resources are protectively exhausted.
Therefore, red willow root art, jujube root art, and Populus euphratica root art are all very rare.
I often hear that some people confuse root art, root carving and wood carving. In fact, they are three different concepts.
Root carving can be said to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, absorbing spiritual energy into divine craftsmanship.
As an art that combines ingenuity and ingenuity, it has not only been favored by literati, but also attracted many collectors to invest in it.
In addition to being used for home furnishings, it also has ornamental and play value.
In recent years, root carvings have gradually entered the homes of ordinary people.
For a valuable root carving work, first of all, the material selection must be very precise.
Only then can you be full of inspiration and connotation in the creative process.
Finally, we look at the technology. The production techniques must be precise, and the final effect is the key to determining the quality of a work.
Root carving is a typical slow-kung fu art. From material selection, modeling, conception and production to naming, it can take as little as a month, and sometimes it may not even be completed in a year or two.
From the root being unearthed to the perfect completion, it went through many processes.
Although tree roots are found all over nature, those that can be used for root carvings are very rare.
First of all, when digging for tree roots, you must have a calm mind. You must intercept the best form of the tree roots and discard the others.
Selecting the best form segment is mainly for the convenience of future creation.
In the end, artificial carving and the natural form of the wooden roots are integrated, so that the ordinary wooden roots can be transformed into lifelike statues.
In the hands of the artist, each decayed and dilapidated wooden root "turns decay into magic" and transforms into exquisite works of art, which is amazing!
If you want to make a good root carving, you must first concentrate on studying the lines and texture of the root carving.
From material selection, modeling, conception, production to naming, all must be carefully thought out, carefully crafted and concentrated.
The characteristic of root carvings is that they are similar but not alike. You see different things from different angles, and different people will have different feelings.
Of course, materials also have limitations. Some require 3 to 3 months of observation, repeated modifications, reference materials, and re-creation when inspiration arises. Some require three to five years.
There are more than a dozen varieties of root carving materials. In addition to the unique geographical location of Xinjiang Province, which results in unique raw materials.
There are also grasslands in the north of our country, where there are three most special trees.
They are thuja, small-leaf buckthorn and Populus euphratica that grow in the grasslands and in the rock crevices of mountains in the Gobi region.
Thuja, people often call thousand-year pine or ten-thousand-year cypress, is a type of cypress that grows on cliffs.
Because it has to bypass relatively hard rocks, it has a strange shape.
Thuja is dense and smells fragrant.
The small-leaf buckthorn, commonly known as the black orchid, can grow for thousands of years in the harsh environment of the Mu Us Desert. It is known as a living fossil, and the locals also call it the spirit of the black orchid.
People must be familiar with Populus euphratica. Its characteristic is that it will not die for a thousand years, it will not fall down after a thousand years, and it will remain immortal even after it falls down.