Simple fruit carving course
Tomato flower carving steps:
1. Starting from the top, cut the tomato into 6 equal parts with a knife.
2, the knife cut to the bottom 2/3, don't cut off.
3. Cut the tape a little thicker and cut it one by one. 4. Then peel off the skin by hand and show a flower shape.
Liu Ding carving steps:
1. Cut off both sides of Liu Ding's head and bottom respectively 1/4.
2. Draw a circle at the joint of Liu Ding pulp and skin with a knife, but don't cut it off.
3. Cut off the flesh, and then cut off the lines on both sides of the flesh.
4. Wrap the skin upside down and finally fix it with a toothpick.
Green Apple Cat Carving Steps:
1. Cut a piece of skin with meat from the back of the apple.
2. Cut this piece of skin in half, and then cut it into two conical ears.
3. Cut the top of the apple with a knife.
4. Insert the carved ear properly.
5. Cut out a bow and fix it to your ear with a toothpick.
6. Insert a toothpick as a beard and dig a small hole in the bean as an eye and nose.
Carving steps of watermelon bowl:
1. Choose melon with thick skin and smooth surface. Watermelon is the most commonly used.
2. Cut off the bottom cover at one end of the watermelon with a sharp knife (a small amount is enough), so that the watermelon can be placed vertically on the table, and the long watermelon can be placed horizontally as a long bowl.
Step 3 draw a pattern. Draw a pattern on the melon skin with a marker, such as the head and wings of a swan. You can hand-paint, go to a handicraft shop, or buy patterned paper molds online.
4. Carve along the outline of the pattern. According to the thickness of melon skin and the sharpness of knife, appropriate strength and knife method are adopted. You can cut or saw back and forth. Be sure to cut into the flesh from the epidermis.
5. After carving the pattern, remove the redundant green skin around. Cut off the top of the watermelon and make it into a bowl. Be careful when peeling green skin, twist or pull gently, and don't use too much force.
6. Dig out the pulp. Removing the pulp with a ball digger can leave a thin layer of pulp close to the melon skin and retain a little bright color.
7. Fill a bowl with watermelons. Usually used to hold fruit salad, but also can hold thousand layers of cake. Eat immediately or put in the refrigerator. Watermelon bowls are generally only used to hold food, after all, the skin will rot if left for a long time.
How do novice fruit carvers choose knives?
First of all, for beginners of wood carving, before choosing tools, we must first understand the purpose and scope of use of various tools. If they don't understand, they can consult some books on professional knowledge and learn about various tools before they go to the place of origin to buy or customize them. After all, a good tool is really important.
What tools are commonly used for fruit carving?
1, round knife: As the name implies, its blade is round, suitable for carving flowers, such as leaves, petals and branches.
2. Flat knife: As the name implies, its blade is smooth and suitable for lettering in painting. The carved things have a sharp outline and a sense of blockiness.
3. Oblique knife: As the name implies, its blade is at an oblique angle of 45 degrees, which is suitable for corner joint and hollow seam. If the eye part of the task needs to be decorated, it can be carved more vividly with an oblique knife.
4. Jade Wandao: Its blade is round, between a flat knife and a round knife. Suitable for parts where flat knives and round knives can't. Very gentle, more suitable for carving uneven ornaments.
5, medium steel knife: that is, the two sides of the blade are inclined, which is suitable for embroidering carvings.
6, gadgets: tweezers, scissors. Tweezers are mainly used to install and pick up some decorative items.