The root carving coffee table emphasizes "three carvings and seven borrowings" and intentional modeling
As the saying goes, "Good tea needs good tea sets". Of course, tea sets do not only refer to utensils for brewing tea, such as purple clay tea sets, glass tea sets, porcelain tea sets, etc., but also root-carved tea tables for tea lovers to drink tea. So what is a root-carved tea set? The so-called root-carved tea table is made of tree roots as raw materials, which are screened, conceived, and processed to become a natural tea table. Some people also call it a "root-carved tea table" or "root-carved tea table". It is mainly used for drinking tea. The outstanding feature of root-carved tea sets is that they make full use of the natural shape of tree roots, give full play to human wisdom, turn waste into treasure, and make it a special product that integrates practicality, decoration, and collection value.
The production of root carving tea tables looks very simple, but it is actually very complicated. The production of root carving tea tables should emphasize "three carvings and seven borrowings" and intentional modeling. No matter what the root material is or what the subject is, this principle must be followed. With the rapid development of tea culture, root carving tea tables, with their unique charm, integrate practicality, art, appreciation and collection, are deeply loved by celebrities and scholars, and are the new favorite of the collection world. Now I will introduce you to root carving tea tables from the following aspects.
1. The particularity and preciousness of the materials used for root carving tea tables: Root carving tea tables are generally made of tree roots that are hundreds to thousands of years old and high-quality tree species (because they must be resistant to immersion, moisture, insects, and deformation, have a certain hardness and toughness, and have clear and beautiful color and wood grain, precious tree roots are generally used).
2. Perfect combination of nature and craftsmanship, integrating the strengths of root art and wood carving: Root art creation has a certain uniqueness. His creation must respect the natural form of the root, explore its natural beauty, try not to destroy its natural form artificially, and then use his imagination on this basis to find the concept that best reflects the natural beauty of this root material. When processing, it is necessary to pay great attention to the combination of experience and aesthetics. The basic principle is to ensure that the tabletop is clean and generous. It is best not to splice the legs of the entire tea table. Such works have more integrity and collection value. At the same time, the root carving tea table should achieve the effect of roughness and fineness, and the unity of man and nature.
3. Uniqueness (the only one in the world): Since the root carving coffee table is mainly created based on the prototype of tree roots, and the prototype and material of each tree root are different, the root carving coffee table produced is also unique.
4. It cannot be synthesized and cannot be counterfeited: The root carving coffee table is made by strictly following the principle of "30% artificial and 70% natural". It is made around the requirements of the theme, with clever use of ingenuity, reasonable and careful selection, and unique conception and processing. It cannot be synthesized.
5. The essence of nature, the spiritual thing between heaven and earth: Nature has created roots of various shapes and forms, providing root art workers with an inexhaustible supply of creative materials. The value of root carving tea tables lies in their naturalness, and the clever use of nature should be throughout the creation process.
Therefore, a good root-carved tea table is a simple and elegant landscape painting, a passionate and elegant Tang and Song poems, a Taoist practice of harmony between man and nature, a Buddhist essence of meditation and enlightenment, and a spiritual perception and aesthetic summary of the world and nature we live in. Using a tea table made of ancient tree roots from the previous year to make tea, paired with exquisite teacups and quaint purple clay teapots, there is really a sense of "tea doesn't intoxicate people, people get intoxicated by themselves". Tea lovers drinking tea on the root-carved tea table can not only bring out the nature of tea to the fullest and brew a good tea that makes people ecstatic; but also taste the "tea-flavored life" and taste the natural and simple state of mind.