1. Don't rush to play with the newly bought boxwood bracelets or pieces. A good practice is to clean the surface of beads or chess pieces with a piece of cotton cloth, and wipe off some unclean things on the wood, basically for about 20 minutes every day, for three to five days, and then proceed to the next step.
2. The second step is very simple, just two words: location! Leaving the cleaned boxwood bracelets or pieces for about 7 days will help boxwood bracelets or pieces to form an oxide film (early patina) on the surface at an early stage.
Step 3: After 7 days of storage, we can start using it directly. It should be noted that hands must be clean and not wet. It takes about 15 days, 30 minutes each time. After the dish is cooked, it will produce patina (medium patina).
4. After the previous steps, in order to harden the patina produced by boxwood, you can carry out the second step on boxwood bracelets or handles, or two words: place! Leave it for about 10 days (advanced patina formation).
5. The last step is simple. It takes about half a year to repeat steps 3 and 4. At this time, the boxwood bracelet or handle will become very beautiful, and the glass texture will come out (eventually patina).
The sapwood of boxwood is light yellow, the wood texture is thin and straight, the annual rings are not obvious, the wood is tough, the texture is smooth, the newly cut wood has a faint fragrance, and the wood is extremely tough, which is very suitable for fine carving.
Boxwood works will naturally change color during storage, and the color will deepen year by year. According to the color depth and patina, we can roughly judge the age of wood carving. The longer the boxwood carving time, the darker the color and the brighter the patina. Conversely, the lighter the color, the less patina.
The old boxwood carving is stained with a kind of "oily hemp color". The fake color is unnatural and there is no patina. When identifying, you can use a soft cloth or cotton swab dipped in a small amount of "banana oil" to wipe, the fake will fade, but the genuine will not.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-boxwood
2. How does boxwood carving produce patina?
All Wan Wen woodcarvings, such as boxwood carving, rosewood, Buddha's bead woodcarvings, or the patina of walnut, Vajrayana Bodhi and Xingyue Bodhi, have the same formation principle, that is, human secretions infiltrate into objects, oxidize and re-oxidize, thus forming a patina. For wood, after the patina is formed, it can well protect wood carvings or beads from cracking, and at the same time, the gloss and color will be improved to varying degrees.
For boxwood carving, it is the same. Authentic boxwood plays better. If it is boxwood, it doesn't mean much. How to form patina: In a word, we should play patiently, not stop all the time. Play with cotton cloth for 3-5 days, and then let it stand for 5-7 days. The first is the process of re-polishing. Second, let its surface slowly oxidize, then play with cotton cloth for 5-7 days, let it stand for 7- 10 days, and then directly play with hands for 7-65433 days.
At this point, you are likely to put it down. Just play from time to time after that.
Attention: First, don't be eager for success when playing. This is the essence of wenwan, which is nurturing. Second, play with clean hands and don't sweat.
The third is to stand in a cool and dry place, avoiding places with strong wind, high temperature and direct sunlight. The fourth is to play for 30-60 minutes every day.
Fifth, we should give full play to the edges and corners. The above content is only for Baidu to know and publish, and it is declined to reprint.
3. How does boxwood carving produce patina?
All Wan Wen woodcarvings, such as boxwood carving, rosewood, Buddha's bead woodcarvings, or the patina of walnut, Vajrayana Bodhi and Xingyue Bodhi, have the same formation principle, that is, human secretions infiltrate into objects, oxidize and re-oxidize, thus forming a patina. For wood, after the patina is formed, it can well protect wood carvings or beads from cracking, and at the same time, the gloss and color will be improved to varying degrees. For boxwood carving, it is the same. Authentic boxwood plays better. If it is boxwood, it doesn't mean much.
How to form patina:
In short, you should be patient, the game doesn't stop all the time. Play with cotton cloth for 3-5 days, and then let it stand for 5-7 days. The first is the process of re-polishing. Second, let its surface slowly oxidize, then play with cotton cloth for 5-7 days, let it stand for 7- 10 days, and then directly play with hands for 7- 10 days. At this point, you are likely to put it down. Just play from time to time after that.
note:
First, don't rush for success when playing. This is the essence of wenwan, which is nurturing.
Second, play with clean hands and don't sweat.
The third is to stand in a cool and dry place, avoiding places with strong wind, high temperature and direct sunlight.
The fourth is to play for 30-60 minutes every day.
Fifth, we should give full play to the edges and corners.
The above content is only for Baidu to know and publish, and it is declined to reprint.
4. Can boxwood carvings be played or just enjoyed?
Boxwood is bright yellow, and the new one looks clean and beautiful. So it's easy to get dirty, so you need to pay attention when playing.
Large objects (ornaments) can be taken care of often, and the color will turn red, which is very beautiful. The method is very simple, and the dust on the surface of wood carving is often wiped with a feather duster and a rag. Taboo is not to be damp, not to be exposed to the sun, to avoid high temperature, and the environment should not be too dry or too wet, otherwise the wood will crack easily and the existing patina will be destroyed.
Small objects (handles, beads) can be played with your hands, and the plates must be clean. Don't use the method of sweat stains, because boxwood is easy to get dirty, and bad plates will be ugly. You can play with white cotton gloves, but you can't bring rubber gloves. The effect of my friend's beaded vegetables is close to that of olive stones. I didn't take a picture of it either. I'll find a picture online to show you the good effect of the food.
5. How to maintain boxwood carvings and tips for maintaining boxwood carving?
The first step of maintenance: For boxwood carving placed indoors for viewing, always wipe the dust on the wood carving surface with a feather duster and rag, and remember not to wipe it with water. If it takes a long time, the surface of woodcarving will crack easily, which will greatly reduce the collection value of woodcarving.
Step 2: Now people's quality of life has improved. In this hot summer, people prefer to use air conditioners to adjust the indoor temperature. In winter, northern Renye Fang likes to use heating. People who collect boxwood carving should not put wood carvings in air-conditioned rooms or near heating pipes.
Step 3: If the indoor and outdoor temperatures are very high, people are particularly prone to heatstroke at this time, and so are boxwood carvings. Don't put it in direct sunlight. Wood carvings exposed to sunlight are easy to break. If patina has been formed before, patina is easy to fall off.
Step 4: Meiyu weather is also annoying weather. In this season, clothes and quilts are particularly prone to mildew, so is our woodcarving collection. In this season, try to put wood carvings in a dry environment. If you are a qualified collector, you can put wood carvings in a vacuum environment.
6. Where does boxwood for small wood carving generally come from?
1. Boxwood for carving is produced in many places in China, as long as it is boxwood, there is no need to pursue the origin.
There are many kinds of wood used for carving, some are soft, some are thick and hard. Generally, cork is easy to carve, while thick and hard ones are difficult to carve. Hardwood with tough wood, fine grain and bright color is called hardwood, and its color is similar to boxwood, such as mahogany, rosewood, flat mahogany, hawthorn, nanmu, rosewood, agarwood, mahogany, longan and jujube. It has all the advantages of carving, is the first-class material for carving, is suitable for carving works with complex structure and fine modeling, and is not easy to be broken and damaged during production and preservation.
Pine is suitable for beginners, such as basswood, ginkgo wood, camphor wood, pine wood, cypress wood and so on. This kind of wood is suitable for carving works with simple modeling structure and general image, and it is also easy to carve. However, due to its soft wood and light color, some of them need coloring treatment to enhance the sense of quantity.
7. How to plate small bamboo carvings?
Maintain the environment to keep bamboo root carving in a state of constant temperature and humidity as much as possible.
Specifically, don't put it in an air-conditioned room in summer (the air-conditioned room is too dry) and don't put it next to the heating pipe in winter. In short, try to put it in a place where the temperature and humidity change little.
Play bamboo root carving more. After playing, sweat will protect the bamboo root carving and prevent it from cracking.
Carve bamboo roots with solidified oil from time to time. Specifically, olive oil, tung oil or walnut oil can be used.
The oiling time depends on the specific situation of bamboo root carving. If you don't play at ordinary times and feel that the bamboo root carving is dry, you can apply some maintenance oil.
If the bamboo root carving moves to a new place, the temperature and humidity in the new place are quite different from those in the original place, so it can be covered with glass for a period of time to adapt the bamboo root carving to the new environment (equivalent to giving the bamboo root carving a buffer period).
8. How to maintain boxwood carvings? Recommended maintenance methods.
1, boxwood carving is not suitable for high temperature. Boxwood carving, like all wood carving crafts, should not be placed in high temperature environment. Exposure will damage boxwood, make it brittle and hard, and it will crack easily in the future. Especially not on the balcony, it is best to put it in the shade next to the window curtain. It should be kept indoors in a humid environment to prevent dryness.
2. Wood products are the most waterproof. When storing boxwood carvings at ordinary times, we should pay attention to controlling the appropriate humidity. Boxwood carvings must not be stored in a humid environment for a long time. If placed in a humid environment for a long time, boxwood carvings are prone to grow "hairs" and a large number of molds will appear on the surface. In the long run, boxwood carvings will rot easily.
3. It is inevitable that there will be dust when boxwood carving is left for a long time. For unpainted boxwood carving, clean the surface dust with a soft brush; For painted boxwood carving, you can wipe it with a slightly moist cotton towel. If you feel that the surface gloss of boxwood carving is not enough, you can wipe it with a towel dipped in walnut oil, which can increase some luster.
4, the environment is too dry, boxwood carving may crack. With the improvement of modern living standards, every household has air conditioning, especially in the north, which is used most of the year. So be careful not to blow boxwood directly at the air outlet to avoid air drying and cracking, and don't put it near the heating pipe.
5. Don't wipe the boxwood carving with a towel with water, but use a wax or oily cotton towel. If it is often wiped with a wet rag, it will not achieve the expected effect, and over time, water will penetrate into boxwood carving, which will damage the quality of wood carving. Therefore, dry cotton cloth or feather duster can be used to dust the wood carving crafts when cleaning.
6. Sometimes inadvertently, or under the action of some external force, some cracks appear in boxwood carving. In this case, don't worry too much. We can use a toothpick, apply a little super glue to the crack, and then press it tightly with our hands. After a while, those cracks can be basically repaired.