How to carve characters on gourd

Question 1: How to carve characters on the gourd? Thank you, 100 points. Most of the materials used in gourd crafts are completely cooked, peeled and cleaned. Scratching is an exception.

You need a gourd, a pencil, a wax carving knife, rubber or plastic on hand, wood dye, soft cotton cloth and a tool knife.

After the gourd is harvested, the skin of the green gourd will soon begin to dehydrate and change color. This means that the epidermis begins to loosen.

You can use your nails to try to carve where you don't intend to design a pattern, such as near the handle, to make sure your gourd is at this stage.

When the skin is soft, draw a design pattern on the gourd with a pencil. Carefully cut the soft skin along the design pattern with a wax carving knife to reach (but not damage) the hard shell surface below.

Wear rubber or plastic gloves.

Dip a soft cloth in wood colorant and rub the carved part. Let the dye dry completely. Then scrape the remaining skin clean with a tool knife.

Just like batik, the part below the waxy skin of the gourd itself will not be colored by dyes. Only the carved part of the skin can be dyed. In other words, only the carved patterns will be colored.

Optional:

In addition to scraping off the skin after carving, you can also put the gourd aside and let it dry naturally. Then the pubic skin (mildew spot) is removed by the usual method. You will not only get the original design pattern, but also leave a unique color and shape because of the shade (mildew).

Leather dyes are also suitable for places where wood colorants can be used. Colorful wood colorants can bring more design options for your creation.

You can even create multi-colored scratch works. After finishing the first color design, let it dry. Then melt some wax to cover the carved area and flatten it with your fingers to completely cover the pattern of the first part. Then begin to draw and carve the second part of the pattern and color it. This cycle ...

Question 2: I planted my own gourd. I want to carve something on it myself. I scraped off the skin a few days ago to dry it for later use, and now it's all faded. That's because your gourd is immature.

Question 3: How to carve characters on the gourd with a knife? When it matures, it should always be there.

Question 4: How to carve on the gourd to taste Lanzhou carved gourd from the perspective of carving techniques.

Autumn was written in 20091February (this article was originally written by myself, please indicate the source).

The main difference between Lanzhou gourd art and other parts of China is that it is more important than carving, and traditional painting and calligraphy are embodied by carvers. This technology has a history of more than 100 years since it sprouted in the Qing Dynasty. At first, craftsmen carved flowers and plants on peeled gourds with needles for their own appreciation. In the early years of the Republic of China, several artists began to carve figures and drama masks and sold them as children's toys in the market. At this time, the work was carved after peeling the gourd. Times have changed. At present, there are about 300 gourd sculptors in Gansu province, mostly concentrated in Lanzhou and Linxia, and farmers account for more than 95% of the total number. With the continuous exploration and innovation of artists, their craft level is also constantly improving. As far as creative tools are concerned, only needles were used at first, but now needles, knives, needle knives and even soldering irons are used. Their carving tools are still mainly needles, and a few people only use carving knives. But because they can't carve very fine patterns with carving knives, few people have used them so far. In addition to the needle knife, there is also a needle knife carving method. This paper mainly talks about the advantages and disadvantages of three carving methods: needle, knife and needle knife, so that enthusiasts can deeply understand the gourd carving art in Lanzhou from the perspective of techniques.

It is not easy for us to carve wonderful traditional calligraphy and painting on the gourd. Stone carving includes painting, writing and carving. So many "methods" are ways to deal with details. Exquisite carving function reflects the endless changes of details. Only when the details are handled in place can we build a beautiful whole, produce aesthetic feeling and have "rhyme". Just like writing a Chinese character, the accuracy of stippling details is the premise of writing a good character. We judge the quality of a gourd sculpture by whether the sculptor has grasped the essence of traditional culture and how to deal with the details, instead of being confused by the external splendor, complexity and carving content, which is also the only criterion to appreciate the gourd art works.

Let's talk about needles first. In the past, the needles used in gourds were usually used for sewing and embroidery. As the most common tool, this needle has been used to carve gourds for many years, and many people still use it now. However, the needle used for sewing has low hardness, and it is easy to break the tip after a few engravings, which is very troublesome. Artists of the older generation have to grind several needles in advance when carving. The needles used now are all small twist drills bought from hardware stores. Grind the flat end of the drill into the shape of a needle, and then carve it on the gourd. The hardness of the drill is higher than that of the sewing needle, and the hardness is appropriate. It is not easy to break the tip when carving, and it is very convenient to use. A work can be ground two or three times. Needle engraving technology is simple, and it doesn't need the foundation of professional engraving, so the sculptor can master it in time. Moreover, the carving speed is fast and the output can be realized. At present, many middle and low-grade gourds on the market are carved with needles, which is why Lanzhou carved gourds are called "needle carved gourds".

The lines carved by the needle are slender and can be "as thin as silk". However, the expression form of needle is single, and the shape of needle tip determines its limited ability to express line changes. For example, it is difficult for calligraphy lines to achieve the effect of "breaking the hairpin, leaking holes, painting sand on the cone and Yin Yinni" as the ancients said. At present, needles are only suitable for carving the hair of some animals and decorative patterns with little line drawing (also called line drawing). Take a line drawing technique of Buddha as an example, its picture has strict requirements on the direction and radian of lines, but the thickness, dryness and brightness of individual lines have little change, so it is feasible to carve such a pattern with a needle alone. However, in China's art, sketch works have great limitations in interpreting traditional cultural elements. When carving Chinese painting lines with complicated line changes with needles, the lines carved with needles are very rigid and unchangeable, "craftsman style". To carve an ink painting, a figure or a landscape, we must first simplify the original painting into a line painting, turn many changeable things into a line, and "simplify" the elements that make up beauty. This is very undesirable in art, moreover, especially when carving lines with great changes such as China's calligraphy, it is even more impossible to use a single needle, that is, to use steel needles with different diameters for carving, and only the thickness of the lines can be changed. So the shortcomings of needle engraving are fully exposed.

Let's talk about knives again. In addition to carving gourds with needles, there are also a few sculptors who carve gourds with knives, and their works are mainly Chinese paintings ...

Question 5: How to carve characters on the growing gourd? I want to carve a mold on the growing gourd and cover the gourd that hasn't grown yet. When it grows up, it will become what you want.

Question 6: What words are engraved on the gourd? Five points. Most ancient gourds were used to hold wine, and it is also appropriate to carve some poems related to wine: What is life like for wine? For example, morning dew is much more difficult to go to Japan. Du Kang is the only one who can solve the problem. Wei Jin-Cao Cao short song

Question 7: I planted the gourd at home. I want to paint or carve on it. I want to know how to draw, or if there is a template or something you can teach me. Do you have any painting skills? There should be no template. You should lay a good foundation first, and then carve the pattern with a special carving knife.

Question 8: How to draw carved gourds? 1, gourd carving generally goes through three processes: embryo selection, drawing and finished product coloring. After autumn ripening, the gourd with good appearance, smoothness and no spots is loved by most sculptors.

2. After the picked gourd is peeled, washed with vinegar and exposed to the sun until the surface color is close to the khaki color of antique painting paper, the "embryo" is "baked".

3. The gourd should not be picked too old, otherwise the cortex is easy to wrinkle and not too tender, otherwise it is not conducive to carving line drawing. Carved gourds must be aged. In those days, the outside of gourd was often dry, but the inside was wet, so it was not suitable for use.

4. After carving various patterns, mix the bottom ash or wheat straw ash with cotton oil or soybean oil evenly (or add pigment) and deeply smear it on the gourd with patterns.

5. Finally, wipe off the dust on the surface of the gourd with a cloth. The putty left in the groove of the pattern will make the pattern clearer and more realistic, and will not fade for a long time.

Question 9: What should I do with the gourd before carving? There are four most important production links in the post-processing of craft gourd.

One is to scrape the skin in time.

After picking the gourd and opening the mold, the skin should be scraped off in time. The gourd skin has wax to ensure moisture, so it is difficult to dry the gourd without scraping the skin. After picking, the gourd contains a lot of water, and if it is not dried quickly, it is easy to mold and rot. Scraping skin is a very professional skill. Scrape evenly, properly and skillfully, and don't scratch the endothelium and xylem of the gourd.

The second is to go.

Gourd pulp has a high water content and is prone to mildew and rot. After picking the gourd, remove the pulp in time, soak it in the pool for 5-7 days, take it out after fermentation, shake off the pulp and dry it in time.

The third is painting.

Craft gourd painting has five processing techniques: pinching flowers, scalding flowers, carving, painting and pattern.

Pinching flowers is a unique skill of China. Pinch concave lines on the surface of the gourd with a pinch knife, but the gourd skin can't be pinched. Its processing technology is unique and unique, and its expression is quaint and vivid, which is suitable for hand-held play.

Hot stamping is a common processing technology, similar to bamboo and wood hot stamping technology. Burning black lines and patterns on the surface of gourd with electric soldering iron shows more ink painting styles, which is suitable for display and appreciation.

Sculpture and painting are traditional processing techniques. Take the gourd as the creative carrier and carve various pictures on the gourd. There are many paintings, and all kinds of people, animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects, landscapes and landscapes can be painted.

The fourth is to use the insert as the cover.

After painting and processing, the gourd should be inlaid into a cover. Gourd, as a craft ornamental vessel, should have a beautiful inlay and cover, generally with ivory mouth, jade mouth, gold and silver mouth and so on. , also made of copper, mahogany, resin, plastic and other general materials. The material of the lid is similar to that of the mouth, but the exquisite design of the lid should match and coordinate with the grade and style of the gourd itself, so that the style of the gourd is integrated and has the exquisite finishing touch.

Question 10: How to make the gourd background color? How to paint the gourd with background color before carving or pyrography? Ask the master for a guidance. Pyrography does not need to be painted with background color, but it is sometimes painted.