The root carving industry's innovation is lackluster

The wood (root) carving work is a kind of household product. It not only emphasizes the carving technique, but also reflects the artistic value and the collection value relative to furniture, doors and windows. China's wood (root) carving art has a long history. In recent years, the extensive promotion of machine carving has enabled it to achieve mass production, but the industry's ability to innovate has become increasingly lacking.

Master works have been heavily imitated in wood carving works currently sold in the home market. However, where the craftsmanship is good, the prices are in the thousands or even tens of thousands. If the master craftsman's work is expensive, the average consumer Only pure appreciation, the price is not what they can afford.

When the author visited the wood carving market, it was discovered that some wood carving merchants chose to enter some low-quality, poor-quality arts and crafts to sell at a low price in order to occupy the market share, and to make profits in order to make up for it. For the same product, the price for the carving process is a little less than 300 to 500 yuan, which is a far cry from the master's sculpture. In order to obtain more profits, some manufacturers will further imitate the master's works for engraving. Although the products produced by the master are not well carved, they can generally be sold at a high price. At least the price is far higher than that of the same material on the market. Because these products imitate the master's creativity, people feel that there is a certain degree of artistic taste, so the market has also appeared a large number of homogenized products.

After a long period of artistic experience and constant updating of their creative ideas, some masters of sculptures have demonstrated the spirit of innovation and the spirit of the sculptors' continuous exploration of the arts, and have finally established a high reputation in the industry. In the face of homogenization, many masters expressed that they were helpless. Mr. Zheng Junliang, a master of arts and crafts in Fujian Province, said that he always had a work on the market and he was quickly being imitated. Because the wood carving industry is now relatively unpatented, there are Even imitators were treated as originals.

The phenomenon that the carving art should be integrated into the homogenization of culture has, to a large extent, suppressed the enthusiasm of wood carving masters and is not conducive to the sound development of the industry. It is true that many industries have undergone a process of imitating products on a large scale from development to maturity. The wood carving industry is no exception. However, with the development of the market, products must have innovation in order to be sold in the market and recognized by consumers. Shows his artistic height and creative features.

More and more people have realized the value of wood carving crafts. With the development of the market and the continuous improvement of people’s economic level, the wooden (root) carving consumer market has begun to spread from the big cities to the second and third tier cities. Dongyang's mahogany furniture companies have now incorporated wood carving techniques into mahogany furniture, and their methods are relatively mature. This move will further promote the rapid development of wood carving root art market.

The author interviewed Mr. Zheng Jianfu, the director of the China Gendiao Arts Research Institute in Chenzhou. He said that art must have a market width and a high degree of culture, and the root carving art is even more so. The width of the market is an integral whole. Only in the market can consumers win their love and sales. In the future, the development of the root carving must take the fine line and take the practical, ornamental, and collectible combination of the line because of the current high spending power. More and more, their level of appreciation is also increasing. To buy things, they buy good things. Artwork has become an important investment for them.