1, rosewood: precious wood, brown and purple in tropical Asia. Solid and delicate, commonly known as "mahogany", highly polished and waxed jet after carving is extremely beautiful. Suitable for fine carving, mostly used in high-grade handicrafts and practical handicrafts.

2. Ebony: precious wood. Produced in Hainan, China, it has a solid texture and black stripes, commonly known as ebony. There is a difference between true and false. It is true that water sinks, but it is false that water does not sink. Suitable for fine carving, mostly used for high-end handicrafts.

3. Mahogany: precious imported wood, produced in tropical areas of Southeast Asia. The texture is staggered and beautiful, and the material is solid and slightly rough. At first, the color was light yellow-red, and after a long time, it turned purple. After high polishing and waxing, it is very beautiful, suitable for all kinds of exquisite small craft carving and mahogany furniture carving.

4. Sandalwood: a kind of precious imported wood, produced in Southeast Asia, with grayish yellow color, tough texture, delicate texture and excellent fragrance, suitable for carving all kinds of high-end handicrafts.

5, rosewood: precious wood. It is a specialty of Hainan Island in China. Its sapwood is light in color, slightly loose in texture, reddish brown in heart and hard and delicate in texture. Suitable for carving all kinds of high-grade handicrafts and traditional furniture.

6. Teak: precious wood. Produced in Southeast Asia and southern China, the wood is hard and durable, with a slightly coarse structure. Gray has two kinds of textures, wavy and straight, which are not easy to deform and extremely beautiful, but it requires high skills when carving. Because teak has a large diameter, it can be used to make large wood carvings.

7. Nanmu: precious wood, produced in the south, with delicate and soft material, grayish brown-green color, wavy texture and golden luster, commonly known as "Jin Sinan". It is suitable for carving simple, generalized and antique works with quaint beauty.

8. Camphor Tree: produced in southern China, especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Sichuan. Delicious, yellow to taupe, reddish brown. Rough material and strong durability. The texture is obviously staggered, and the luster is beautiful. Since ancient times, as a first-class material in the wood carving industry, it is mostly used in antique wood carving and furniture wood carving, and it is not easy to be eaten by insects.

9. Cedar: It is produced in the Yangtze River valley and Jiangnan area of China. The color changes from light yellow to dark yellow and brown for a long time. Fine and solid material, straight and slightly rough texture, suitable for carving relatively large and rough works.

10, basswood: produced in northern China, similar to ginkgo wood, yellow and white in color (also known as white wood), light, soft and fine in material, straight and even in texture, with spun silk luster and easy to carve. It has the characteristics of no deformation and no cracking, but it is not wear-resistant. Suitable for fine carving, mostly used for all kinds of embossed wall decorations and ordinary handicrafts.

1 1, boxwood: precious wood, produced in southern China, is a yellow hardwood with ivory effect. The material is tough and delicate, and the texture is meticulous and even. After carving, it is highly polished and waxed, which is extremely beautiful. Most suitable for small round carving figures.

12. Birch: It is produced in the north of China, with a brownish yellow color, pure and delicate texture and beautiful spots. The material is hard, delicate and bright, slightly heavy and easy to crack, suitable for carving small works and practical handicrafts.

13, color wood: similar to birch, produced in the northeast. Wood grain has a peculiar three-dimensional effect, which can replace mahogany after dyeing and is suitable for carving small works and practical handicrafts.

14. Catalpa bungeana: It is produced in the northeast of China, and it is grayish white, grayish green brown or reddish brown, with medium weight and hardness, slightly coarse structure and loose structure. The texture is wavy, which can replace nanmu effect after dyeing, and it is not easy to deform and crack, especially suitable for making large relief or simple round carving works.

15, Huang Boluo: The material characteristics are slightly inferior to that of Catalpa bungeana produced in southern China. The wood grain is beautiful, delicate and bright, and the color is bright yellow at first.

16, Populus davidiana: It is produced in the south of China, with little growth and fine texture. Wood is soft and takes a hundred years to grow. It is mostly used to make craft sculptures such as screen hanging.

17, Fraxinus mandshurica: similar to Fraxinus mandshurica, it is produced in northeast China, with hard material, straight texture and beautiful wood grain. The radial section is a beautiful parallel stripe pattern, and the semi-chord section is an obviously changeable ribbon garland. Because wood is easy to crack and deform, it is only suitable for carving simple and abstract round carvings, which is famous for its special wood grain taste (right: Fraxinus mandshurica).

18, Liu: produced in Southeast Asia. Divided into Bai Liu and Liu Hongan. Bai Liuan has a rough structure and a pheasant texture, which is easy to dry and process. The texture of Liu Hongan structure is the same as above, and the radial pattern is beautiful, but it is difficult to dry. Both are suitable for carving simple and abstract works.

19. Pine: produced in northeast China, provinces south of the Yangtze River basin and Taiwan Province Province. Pine trees are divided into larch, Korean pine and masson pine. Korean pine is yellow-brown and slightly fleshy red; Pinus massoniana is dark brown and reddish; Larch is slightly yellow and white.

Brown. Pine has obvious division of annual rings, many resin channels, wide and beautiful wood grain and strong decorative interest, but it is not easy to process, and it is only suitable for carving simple and abstract works. Color can play a special role in resin stripes.

Do not treat it, such as contrast color, to enhance the decorative effect of its wood grain.

20. Ginkgo biloba: also known as Ginkgo biloba, it is also a superior material for making wood carvings, which is produced in the north and south of China. The wood is light yellow, light, soft, delicate in texture, boxwood appearance, not easy to deform, and the darker the color over time, it is suitable for relief and general round carving. However, because of its medicinal value, it is a national protected plant, and there are few materials used for carving at present.