Carving of vegetables and fruits

Carving from vegetables and fruits has many national characteristics: Thai, Chinese, Japanese carving masterswork quite differently. But no matter what style of carving you choose for studying, it is important that with the help of carving you can realize your creative ideas in life, please yourself and your loved ones.

Let's try to learn together today carving from vegetables and fruits by the example of carving leaves from cucumbers and a carrot flower.

Carving of vegetables and fruits: cucumber leaves

For cutting leaves from cucumbers you will need 2 small cucumbers, an average Thai knife for carving, a small Thai knife for carving.

Average Thai carving knives have a specific flexible short blade, convenient for cutting patterns on vegetables and fruits. The blade of a small Thai knife for carving looks like a bird's beak - it's narrow and short.

So, we proceed to carve leaves from cucumbers. From the sides of the cucumber, cut rather thick slices. Then, using a sharp knife, you need to give the slices the shape of the leaves.

Further on the green side of the resulting sheet, two small grooves should be cut along central vein of the leaf.

Then, with a small Thai knife, make grooves-streaks from the central vein to the outer edge of the leaf.

At the end of the work should be done notches along the outer edge slice - and, voila, a sheet of cucumber is ready.

Carving of vegetables and fruits: a flower of carrots

To make a flower from carrots, even an ordinary kitchen knife, the main thing that he was well sharpened. Also need a fairly large (thick) carrots.

From carrots you should cut off a part of the cone. The cut must be smooth. Further, in the center of the cone obtained, it is necessary to make a conical groove approximately 1 cm deep. Small cuts should divide the surface of the cut into five equal sections.

Then you need to Cut the first flower petal with the tip of the knife. For this, make deep cuts under the petal, carving out the "pulp" of the carrot under it. The second petal of the flower is cut out so that it slightly overlaps the first petal.

Then, in a similar way, cut out the other flower petals - as many as fit them. Then make deep incisions and remove the flesh from under the petals.

The resulting the flower should be cut with carrots.