Beauty carried through the ages: geometric patterns, woodcarving

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

From time immemorial, man tried to surround himself with beauty. Ancient people painted the walls of their caves with hunting scenes and images of animals, painted faces and bodies, trying to express their own attractiveness more vividly. The longer the path in its development humanity has passed, the more numerous were the elements of aesthetics that they brought to life. This includes, first of all, folk crafts and arts: embroidery, beading and lace weaving, sculpture, as well as skillful woodworking, painting and artistic carving.

Pattern techniques

Wood is an extremely fertile material for various crafts. No wonder it was from it that the main household items were made in Russia: housing, furnishings, dishes, kitchen utensils. Even the national peasant shoes - bast shoes - were woven from bast, specially processed wood. And what amazing craftsmen there were among the people, what wonderful patterns they came up with!

Woodcarving also entered the rank of national Russian art. She decorated many parts of the buildings of huts and towers, then houses of later buildings, decorated interior items. ancient carversused in their business two main types of carving: geometric and embossed. Their technology has reached our days. In the modern manufacturing industry and simply in the works of amateur craftsmen, geometric patterns are more common: wood carving of this type is easier to perform and time-consuming.

Types of patterns

What is she like? The meaning of the concept is easily guessed by the name. Geometric patterns - woodcarving depicting figures containing a different number of faces. Combining them in various repeating combinations creates a work of art that is unique in color and beauty.

Relief carving is somewhat limited in this regard. It requires special types of wood, a certain thickness of bars or planks, and many specific tools. But they can be found far from everyone who is fond of fishing. Another thing is geometric patterns. Woodcarving for their implementation is carried out mainly with several types of knives with special sharpening, without involving any special other devices. Yes, and experience is required very little, and the hand of the master is filled quickly. We will talk about amateur works.

Wood selection

In order for the product to be of high quality, serve for a long time and please the eye, an amateur cabinetmaker should take note of a few rules. The first of these is the competent selection of wood. For example, if patterns are made on small plates, carvingwood should be made on the most solid, durable material. These include pear, maple, apple, and exotic ones - boxwood and sandalwood. For more voluminous areas, you should choose spruce, pine. Conifers are great for decorating verandas, decorating arbors, wells, etc. If wood carving is done on pine, large-format patterns will look more impressive also because their perception will not be interfered with by the growth rings that this tree has pronounced.

The second important rule is the pre-finishing of wood. It must be free from all contamination. The working surface must be planed, trimmed with cycles, smoothly cleaned and polished with sandpaper, why brush particles of abrasive substances well with brushes. It is recommended to repeat the polishing process after applying the patterns. Then no roughness can distract attention from the product, and the glossy sheen acquired after processing will emphasize their beauty.

Motifs of ornaments

What artistic motifs can include geometric woodcarving? Patterns (photo attached) contain elements of floral and animal ornaments, details of various abstract figures. They, in combination with the actual geometric figures, in various combinations, form a harmonious whole. This type of decor was still inherent in ancient Slavic culture.

Those who traveled along the Golden and Silver Rings, saw the works of wooden architecture of ancient masters, havean idea of what amazing pictorial and expressive power lies in a piece of ordinary wood, processed by talented craftsmen.