Small Wood Carvings: The Scent of Camphor Wood

Several small Taiwanese wood carvings on a shelf: a rounded animal figurine, a wooden plate, a carved wooden comb, and a small standing human sculpture. The wood is camphor and cypress, with warm light yellowish-brown to honey colors, and fine, wavy grain patterns. The carving retains knife marks—the surface is not completely polished, showing individual cuts and turns that create subtle light and shadow under illumination. The objects are not varnished, only treated with wood wax oil, presenting a soft, semi-matte luster. They are arranged in varying sizes on a plain shelf, with gaps between them. Avoid: completely smooth surfaces without knife marks, dark stains and glossy finishes, intricate openwork dragons and phoenixes, objects arranged too densely.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

層架上的幾件台灣木雕小品:一個圓潤的動物擺件、一只木盤、一支雕花的木梳、一個小型的人物立雕。木料是樟木與檜木,顏色是溫暖的淺黃褐到蜜色,木紋細密而有波紋般的變化。雕工保留刀痕——表面不是完全磨光的,可以看見一刀一刀的削面與轉折,在光下形成細碎的明暗。器物沒有上漆,只以木蠟油處理,呈現柔和的半霧光澤。它們大小不一地排在素色層板上,彼此留有空隙。避免:把表面磨得完全光滑無刀痕、使用深色染色與亮面漆、雕成繁複的鏤空龍鳳、把物件排得過於密集。