Beauty, carried through the ages: geometric patterns, woodcarving

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 greater the path in its development, humanity passed, the more numerous the elements of aesthetics that they brought into life. This includes first and foremost folk crafts and arts: embroidery, beading and weaving lace, sculpture, as well as skilful processing of wood, painting and artistic carvings.

Patterned Techniques

The tree is an extremely fertile material for a variety of crafts. It is not for nothing that it was from him that the main objects of everyday life were manufactured in Russia: housing, furnishings, utensils, kitchen utensils. Even the national peasant footwear - bast shoes - spun from the bast, specially treated wood. And what amazing masters were among the people, what wonderful invented patterns!

Woodcarving also entered the rank of national Russian art. It was decorated with many parts of buildings of huts and houses, then houses of later buildings, decorated with interior items. The ancient carvers used in their business two basic types of carving: geometric and relief. Their technology has reached our days. In modern manufacturing industry and simply in the works of amateur artists, geometric patterns are more often found: wood carving of this type is easier to perform and time-consuming.

Types of patterns

What is it? The meaning of the concept is easily guessed by the name. Geometric patterns - wood carving with the image of figures containing different number of faces. The combination of them in various recurring combinations and creates a unique work of art in color and beauty.

The relief carving is somewhat limited in this respect. It requires special types of wood, a certain thickness of brusks or planks, many specific tools. But they can not be found by anyone who is fond of fishing. A different matter - geometric patterns. Woodcarving for their execution is made, basically, by several types of knives with special sharpening, without attracting any special other devices. Yes, and experience is required very small, and the hand of the master is packed quickly. It's about amateur works that we'll talk about.

Selection of wood

To make the product turned out high-quality, long served and pleased the eyes, the amateur cabinet-maker should take note of several rules. The first of them is a competent selection of wood. For example, if small patterns make patterns, wood carvings must be made on the hardest, most durable material. These include pear, maple, apple, and from exotic - boxwood and sandalwood. For more voluminous areas of space, you should choose spruce, pine. Coniferous rocks are perfectly suited for decorative decoration of verandas, decoration of arbors, wells, etc. If it is wood carving on pine, the patterns of large format will look more spectacular also because their perception is not prevented by the annual rings that this tree Are pronounced.

The second important rule is preliminary wood finishing. It must be free of all contaminants. The working surface should be stripped, trimmed, smoothly polished and polished with sandpaper, why brush off the 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 luster gained after processing will emphasize their beauty.

Motifs of ornaments

What artistic motifs can include geometric wood carvings? Patterns (photos attached) contain elements of vegetable, animal ornament, details of various abstract figures. They, in combination with geometric figures themselves , in different combinations form a harmonious whole. This type of decor was inherent in the ancient Slavic culture.

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