God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 138 Shoushan Stone Carving
"Ah, have you really thought about it?" Xu Jingxing also pretended to be surprised and widened his eyes. Of course, he knew that Old Man Zhu would definitely not do that, and he was just talking about it.

A twisted melon is not sweet, no matter how much old man Zhu wants to accept him as an apprentice, it is impossible to use such a method. Once such a method is used, not only will he not receive an apprentice, but he will ruin such a little friendship .

Old man Zhu laughed heartily, and then discussed with Xu Jingxing how to carve this stone.

When it comes to stone carvings, Xu Jingxing is actually a little guilty, because he has never done this kind of stone carvings before, and he has ordered to carve a few stone seals. This is the first time he has come into contact with Shoushan stone. I don't understand, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his eyes are smeared at this moment.

If he didn't have Ruyi gloves, he would never dare to take on this job.

But with the addition of Ruyi Gloves, his arm is too strong. With enough strength, Shoushan Stone, which is not particularly hard, is no different from wood. At most, there are minor adjustments in small skills.But his carving technique is very casual, and it often changes back and forth, so the adjustment of this technique is as simple as adjusting the rhythm of breathing.

Of course, before that, it is also a very necessary procedure to know how other people carve Shoushan stones. You must know that the carving of Shoushan stones is also a school of its own, with unique carving techniques and styles.

What Xu Jingxing has to do is to combine the advantages of others with his own unique style. This is his true style, and only in this way can his level go further.If you only focus on building a car behind closed doors and turn a blind eye to the advantages of others, then you will not be able to figure out anything even after decades of thinking.

As for the traditional carving techniques of Shoushan stone, in fact, it has integrated many schools of carving techniques. The main techniques mainly include round carving, button carving, thin carving, hollow carving, shallow relief, high relief, mosaic carving, chain carving, seal cutting and miniature carving. Wait, look at a lot, in fact, the general calculation is roughly similar to wood carving techniques, but because the stone is very good and easy to carve, these techniques can be brought into full play when carving, and even different carving techniques can be combined. Arbitrary combination, the carving concept is somewhat similar to Dongyang woodcarving in the woodcarving genre.

Today, because of the unique stoneness of Shoushan stone and the rich carving methods, together with bodiless lacquerware and cork painting, it is called "three wonders of Rongcheng".

Xu Jingxing has roughly researched that Shoushan Stone Carving attaches great importance to the shape of the stone itself. When carving Shoushan Stone, craftsmen like to do follow-up carvings. Generally, they do not change the shape of the original stone itself, but directly carry out fine processing on the basis of the original stone, which takes a long time. Well, as for the saying that "one equals nine works", that is to say, for a good Shoushan stone carving, one point of quality is worth nine points of carving.

But Xu Jingxing doesn't quite agree with this statement. The texture and color of the stone are predetermined and cannot be changed, but the shape of the stone can be adjusted according to one's own needs. Among other things, the same stone can be placed horizontally or sideways. It can create two or even several works with completely different styles. If you use a carving knife to make subtle adjustments, there will be more changes. There is no need to stick to the shape of the stone itself.

Of course, he respects the concept of saving materials as much as possible, because he himself doesn't like wasting materials.

There is only one thing that gives him a headache, that is, the Shoushan stone carvings are often openworked, especially for landscape themes, there are many techniques such as openworked carvings, and they have to be combined with round carvings and semi-circular carvings, which is very energy-consuming and requires knife skills. It is very high, and some delicate places must be carved with the smallest carving knife, and even micro-carving techniques are often used.

He doesn't know anything about miniature carvings. Although he can reduce the carved patterns to a certain extent with his stable and powerful arms, compared with real miniature carvings, that's really nothing. A real master of miniature carvings can More than ten characters can be engraved on the hair, a Tang poem can be engraved on the hair, and a picture of the Great Wall can be engraved on the sesame seeds. Some foreign experts can engrave twelve comic patterns on the hair with the help of concentrated ion beams. The size is only 25 microns.

In Xu Jingxing's view, those people can already be called gods, which is something that human beings really can't do. Normal people can't even see the appearance of hair, but they can create art on it, which is simply unimaginable. He still hasn't figured out how those people did it.He couldn't even figure out what kind of knives those miniature masters used.

Not to mention the high-tech concentrated ion beam, most people can't play with it.However, the micro-carving knives used by most micro-carving masters do not look much different from ordinary carving knives, but how can they carve such detailed calligraphy and paintings?He really couldn't figure it out, you know, the tip of a general carving knife is larger than the size of miniature carvings.

Of course, if you don’t understand it, you don’t understand it, and if you can’t do it, don’t be afraid. He can use his strengths to avoid weaknesses.If you don't know how to do micro-carving, then don't use micro-carving. There is no one kind of carving technique that must be used.In fact, this is indeed the case. With the carving techniques he has mastered, he can create any sculpture works except miniature sculptures.

We ate lunch at old man Zhu's house, they were the only old couple at home, neither Xu Jingxing nor An Xin were shy of strangers, although it was their first time here, they were quite natural at the dinner table, they should eat, talk, talk to each other The two elderly parents had a short chat with each other, and they didn't know that they were a family.

Whether it is a family or not is not important. After lunch, Xu Jingxing started drawing according to the results of the discussion in the morning. He had to determine the general theme, elements, shape and even details. After all, it was the first time making Shoushan stone carvings, so it is better to be cautious .

And in this kind of preparation process, it can check for leaks and make up for vacancies, and make the preparation work foolproof.

By around five o'clock in the afternoon, the rough design was finalized. This was the result of his seeking opinions from old man Zhu while designing. Knife.

After finishing all this, he bid farewell and resolutely rejected the old man Zhu's plan to stay with the old couple. Just kidding, it's nothing to have lunch here. If he stays in the evening, he will be a bit shameless. I don't know. I thought his family was short of food.

Old man Zhu saw that he couldn't stay, so he didn't insist on staying, and called him: "Wait, give me a ride, I'm going out to do something."

(End of this chapter)