BeiJing Carved Lacquerware

The main process of lacquer carving is carving, and the main raw material is lacquer, so it is called lacquer carving. There are two kinds of carved lacquer in Beijing: metal tyre and non-metal tyre. The former is in enamel and the latter is in lacquer. Paint layer by layer, apply one layer, dry and then apply another layer, and apply two layers a day. There are dozens of layers of coatings, and many layers are 300 to 500. Then, with a knife instead of a pen, according to the design drawings, relief patterns such as landscapes, flowers and figures are carved. The paint used is mainly vermilion, with yellow, green and black as the background color, which can be divided into crafts such as removing red (piling vermilion), yellow, green, color and rhinoceros. The process of lacquer carving is very complicated, and it has to go through more than a dozen processes, such as tire making, blue burning, bottoming, painting, carving and polishing, all of which require high skills. The process of carving lacquer in Beijing is very complicated, and it has to go through more than a dozen processes, such as design, tire making, painting, sample drawing, carving and polishing, all of which have high technical requirements. Carving is the most important process. In the past, the knife method of carving was mainly flat carving, but now a large number of them are relief carving, hollow carving and three-dimensional round carving. The color matching of carved lacquer is also very particular. In the past, there were only four colors of black, red, yellow and green, but now it has developed into more than 20 kinds of white, apricot yellow, tea red and pink. Each work has also developed from a single color in the past to a variety of colors now. These products are moisture-proof, heat-resistant, acid and alkali-resistant, non-deformation and non-deterioration, and are deeply loved by people.
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