God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1497 Seal Carving
Now there are a lot of people who practice seal carving, omitting those who carved seals on the street, just say that those so-called orthodox seal carving masters who can open a shop, when they do their work, they mostly trace to seal script dictionaries, just imitating their shapes. , As for the true meaning of those seal characters and the changes and evolution of strokes and gestures, few people pay attention.

What's more, they don't even turn over the dictionary, but directly use the conversion software to convert.

If it is too much, you don’t even need to manually engrave, but directly enter the simplified characters in the computer and let the computer convert and engrave by itself. You can engrave several chapters in one minute, and you can engrave any content, which is extremely trouble-free.

There is no way, in the era when everything is money, making money is the first priority, and everything else is secondary.

Anyway, ordinary people can’t tell the difference between manual seal cutting and machine seal cutting, and even most people don’t know seal characters at all, just like that. Not many people really pay attention.

Only those who play with seals and understand seals will care about these, and only these people can really understand.

Therefore, the scale of the seal cutting industry is quite large, but in fact there are very few people who play well.

Although Xu Jingxing hadn't done much with seal cutting, he knew seal characters, most of the seal characters today, and even a lot of partial seal scripts and partial scripts like Basiba script and Dongba script that are more suitable for seal carving.

There is no way, he has a good brain, and in the eyes of others, the unpopular words that seem like a bible are not much different from English and Japanese in his eyes. As long as there is a correct translation, he can remember most of them after reading it twice , Even if you read it twice carefully, you will not forget it. The memory and learning ability are super strong.

So when doing seal cutting, he didn't need to look through any seal script dictionary at all, it was as simple and easy as carving simplified characters.

As for the need to engrave reverse characters in seal cutting, it is even less of a problem for him.

No matter how skilled the ordinary seal carver is, most of them will use a pen to outline the strokes and outlines of the seal on the seal surface in advance.

But he didn't need anything, he just picked up the carving knife and started doing it, because those patterns were all in his mind.

Anyway, no one was watching, so I wasn't afraid to scare them, no matter how shocking the world was, it didn't matter.

Of course, the content of the printed text is still worthy of scrutiny. Different printed texts will be used in different occasions. Name stamps are more common and can be used in formal occasions and entertainment occasions, but casual stamps must not be used in formal occasions, especially official occasions, commercial occasions. Idle chapters must not be used on occasions.

However, in the seal business, without a reservation, you can only make casual seals without personal identification. As for who can buy them, it depends on the fate and the buyer's preference, after all, it is not a customized product.

But there are also many differences and particularities in the free chapters. The printed text can be text, but it can also be a pattern of flowers and birds, or a combination of text and patterns. It is fun, interesting and interesting.

Of course, some of the chapters are engraved with famous sayings, aphorisms, aspirations, etc., or very characteristic patterns that can express certain connotations.

It's just that the main purpose of the seal is to leave one's own mark on the calligraphy and painting works, so there are still a lot of specialties in the function of the idle chapter, such as "leading chapter", "waist chapter", "corner chapter", "auspicious language chapter" and "warning chapter" "The "Collection Chapter" and "Appreciation Chapter" are all subdivided in this way, which is worthy of scrutiny.

This is also a relatively important category in the appreciation of ancient calligraphy and painting.

Many people hold a painting that looks real no matter how they look at it, but an expert can tell it is fake at a glance.

why?
It is very likely that the problem lies in this chapter, for example, the "leading chapter" is placed at the end, or the "corner chapter" is placed at the beginning. It is also possible that the imitated "auspicious chapter" is not the same as the original author of the painting and calligraphy. take.

Anyway, there are so many details that most experts and scholars dare not say they have 100% mastery.

Of course, Xu Jingxing was just practicing, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. He just picked a few good aphorisms and poems and started to work.

As a side note, what he used was not the more convenient and quicker electric cutter, but the old-fashioned chisel cutter, which is the wood carving cutter he used before.

There is actually a difference between wood carving knives and seal cutting knives. Although the principles are roughly the same, wood carving knives are larger in size and seal cutting knives are relatively smaller.Moreover, most of the woodcarving knives are similar to chisels and can be struck with a hammer, but the seal carving knives are more like pen knives.

However, there are also relatively delicate small knives among wood carving knives. Although they are not easy to use, they can be used.

With the materials, the tools, and the content ready-made, it is easy to engrave this chapter.

Well, the main reason for the ease is that the process of seal cutting is relatively simple, and the content is not very complicated. It is a flat construction. It is probably the simplest work among many carving categories. Strictly speaking, it is a skill that a child can master. Elementary school students You can get started after a week of learning.

Especially in terms of shape, conventional seals have no shape at all, mostly long strips, with a little more attention to carving a flower button at the end, and more attention to carving some simple patterns that do not affect the grip, after all The size of the stamp is small, and the texture of the stamp stone is relatively soft, and it needs to be used frequently, so it is not suitable for too many and complicated knife work.

Therefore, making the shape of the stamp couldn’t be simpler. The cutting machine cuts out the rough shape with two clicks, and then polishes it finely, and then smooths it with sandpaper and a polishing knife. The shape is complete.

Of course, the side that engraves the seal must be more careful, the surface must be flat enough, and the error must be small enough, otherwise the engraved seal will not be flat, and the left seal will appear uneven, and even the seal will appear. On and off situation.

It's just that even primary school students wouldn't make such a mistake, let alone Xu Jingxing.

When the sun was high and Zheng Sijin got up, Xu Jingxing had already carved all the bloodstones in his hand. Of course, he had only finished carving and hadn't polished it yet.

No matter what kind of sculpture it is, polishing is always a very time-consuming job, and it is also the most unskilled and patient job. At the beginning, this job was done with peace of mind. Now, it is Li Lingyu who is doing it , anyway, he doesn't often do this work, only when he makes some more expensive or detailed heavy work, he will do it himself.

And these bloodstone seals are written and practiced works. If it weren't for the bloodstone, which can be sold for some money, these materials would not be left at all, and would only be used by him as pure consumables. until all are exhausted.

But looking at these nearly a hundred chapters, he is still a little satisfied.

There is no way, the material of the seal is never the most important thing, but the printed text is.

To be precise, the three elements of seal method, chapter method and knife method are the most important.

What is seal method?

It refers to the characters of seal cutting itself, because seal characters are also divided into small and small seal characters, Miao seal characters, bird and insect seal characters, nine-fold seal characters, etc. Different seal characters have different origins and footsteps, which is a very particular thing, not a real cultural person The advanced content that can’t be understood or learned at all, the contents of the seal character dictionary and seal character conversion software are only a small part of it, which is very particular.

As for the constitution, it refers to the layout of the seal.

Although there are many types of seal characters, if you want those seal characters to show the beauty of seal cutting in a square inch, in addition to the artistic charm of the seal characters themselves, the layout is more critical. The most typical one is the tile-like seal. This layout is very popular, basically All seals can use the tile-style layout, but this popular layout can still greatly enhance the design and artistic sense of the seal.

On the contrary, sword technique is more abstract, unlike seal technique and composition technique, which are more intuitive, and you can tell whether it is beautiful or not at a glance, but knife technique is difficult to see intuitively and accurately. An element that is more abstract, more fantasy, more ethereal but actually exists.

Because seal cutting is also a kind of line art, it is a plastic art that uses carved lines to show the beauty of characters, so lines are the most important.

Think about it carefully, is the line sharpened by an electric sharpener the same as the line that is buckled by a carving knife?

Although both kinds of knives can be used for engraving, there is a big difference in the techniques when it comes to the details. When this gap is reflected on the paper through the seal, it will only be more difficult to find.But existence is existence. In the eyes of experts, no matter how subtle the difference is, it is difficult to escape the eyes of the eye. This is also an important factor for experts to identify the authenticity of calligraphy works.

But whether it is seal method, chapter method or knife method, in the final analysis, it is still the major elements of plastic arts. In other words, it is the three major elements of creativity, layout and craftsmanship.

Naturally, Xu Jingxing did not lack these three abilities, so he got started very quickly.

It's a pity that most of the carving works of art have gone astray these days, relatively speaking, they pay more attention to the material. The more expensive the material, the more valuable the work is. With two sculptures in front of them, most players just look at the material. , Only on the basis of the equivalent of the material will we look at the content carried by the material, not the other way around.

Therefore, these bloodstone seals that he worked all night, although the content is very good, but the market price cannot go up. This is still the result of his reputation bonus. I'm afraid that no one cares about it at all, and the sale may not be as good as the fake bloodstone seal.

Don't think it's ridiculous, it's true. Although the fake bloodstone seal is fake, it's good-looking. It's full of blood and bright colors. It looks very festive. It's very similar to the best chicken bloodstone, so many buyers know it's fake, but they will still buy it. Buy it, it's cheap anyway.

This situation is not limited to the bloodstone industry, but also in other gem and jade industries. Just like those buyers who buy luxury goods at low prices in the circle of friends, they are well aware of the quality of the products.

(End of this chapter)