Hobby of wooden art

Originating from folk beliefs and a lifestyle close to nature, the hobby of playing with wooden handicrafts has appeared in Vietnamese families since ancient times. Nowadays, wooden handicrafts - increasingly creative and unique works of art made from wood associated with artistic, feng shui and spiritual values ​​are still a passion pursued by many people...

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Huy displays many unique wooden art works in the living room space.

The living room of Mr. Nguyen Xuan Huy (Tan Long area, Doan Hung town, Doan Hung district) is not used to... receive guests as usual, but is a place for him to respectfully display and cherish dozens of large and small wooden art objects, of all shapes, styles, patterns... Pursuing the hobby of wooden art objects for many years, Mr. Huy is more and more passionate and realizes many interesting things. Wooden objects represent the Wood element, the Wood element symbolizes Spring, displaying wooden objects in the house will bring peace, harmony, and coziness. If wooden furniture is favored for its comfort, luxury, and high durability, then wooden art objects are loved for their uniqueness, creativity, and can both be used for decoration and contain many feng shui and spiritual elements such as: Maitreya Buddha statue, three-legged toad, four sacred animals gathering, successful horse, sailboat, vase...

“Each wooden handicraft product usually does not have a fixed price, but through the fate as well as the evaluation and playing style of each person, it will have different values. For handicraft products made from precious wood, with strange shapes, the cost to own is not small. There are works, in terms of wood value, there is nothing, because they are made from mixed wood, from tree stumps in the corner of the yard... but when the artisan "breathes life", carves, sculpts, they become unique, very valuable in art, even one of a kind" - Mr. Huy shared.

According to Mr. Huy, wood art enthusiasts often love burl wood - which is the wound of the tree formed by pests, lightning strikes, cutting... then the tree accumulates nutrients to nourish and heal over many years, forming large lumps and lumps. Burl wood is often of good quality, long-lasting, with beautiful and unique natural colors and grain compared to the main tree. In the past, burl was considered an excess lump of the tree, which could only be cut off and thrown away. Nowadays, for wood art enthusiasts, burl wood, especially burl wood of precious trees, is considered a "premium" material, promising to create strange, rare, and unique statues, so it is always attractive to players.

The Maitreya Buddha statue, hand-carved and delicately crafted from agarwood, is the statue that Mr. Hoang Minh Toan loves the most.

Sharing the same passion as Mr. Huy, for Mr. Hoang Minh Toan (Tram Sao area, Gia Cam ward, Viet Tri city), the hobby of collecting wooden handicrafts also helps him regain energy and balance his life. Entering Mr. Toan's house, you will always smell a gentle, relaxing scent. That is the scent from the agarwood statues that Mr. Toan has devotedly collected for many years.

Among them, the statue he loves the most is the Maitreya Buddha statue under a 2.5m tall pine tree, hand-carved, delicately, which he painstakingly brought back from Ha Giang . On one side is his extremely hard and busy business. On the other side, his hobby of collecting wooden handicrafts not only brings feng shui value to his family but also gives Mr. Toan more relaxing and calm moments in the midst of his busy life.

“My business travels to many places, creating opportunities for me to explore, discover , and collect fine art wooden products. For me, the joy after a hard day's work is not only gathering with my family but also admiring and touching my favorite statues. Every time I enjoy and inhale the scent of the wood, pondering the meaning, message, and historical anecdotes in it to realize the soul and spirit of the statue, all fatigue seems to disappear.”

Phan Uyen

Source: https://baophutho.vn/thu-choi-do-go-my-nghe-222406.htm