Weathering: Surfaces Aged by Rain and Sun

A close-up of a long-weathered wooden surface. The original color of the wood has completely faded, turning into a silvery grey. Softer earlywood has been eroded and recessed by wind and rain, while harder latewood protrudes, creating a distinct undulating texture on the surface, allowing the direction of the growth rings to be felt by hand. The surface has fine, dense longitudinal cracks of varying depths. Dark rust stains spread outwards around nail holes. The edges and corners are rounded. This texture cannot be artificially created; it can only be achieved through time. The wood is used on a wall or a bench, paired with a rough earthen wall and a flagstone floor. Light strikes at a grazing angle, making the undulations most clear. Avoid: using artificially aged imitation weathered wood, smoothing the surface, painting and staining, eliminating cracks and rust marks.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片經過長期風化的木材表面近景。木頭原本的顏色已經完全褪去,變成一種銀灰色;較軟的春材被風雨侵蝕而凹陷,較硬的夏材凸出,因此表面形成明顯的凹凸紋理,可以用手摸出年輪的走向。表面有細密的縱向裂紋,深淺不一;釘孔周圍有深色的鐵鏽痕跡向外暈開;邊角被磨圓。這種紋理不可能人工做出來,只能靠時間。木材被用在一面牆或一張長凳上,搭配粗糙的土壁與石板地面。光以掠射角度打過來,讓凹凸最清楚。避免:使用人工做舊的仿風化木、把表面磨平、上漆與染色、消除裂紋與鏽跡。