God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 627 Small-leaf Boxwood

When Xu Jingxing heard Li Bin's question, he was not bothered and explained it patiently.

In fact, Li Bin's concern is chaotic. No matter how uninspired he is, he will not put multiple carvings of the same shape in the same space. , we have to divide them into left and right, let alone a master like him?
However, even if he is a master, he can't create so many lucky cats with different shapes in such a short period of time. Get ready, the shelves that need to be adjusted should be adjusted quickly, the decorations that should be canceled should also be canceled quickly, and the accessories that should be added should be added quickly.

Although he is not a professional decorator, the decoration of the house is closely related to the art itself. As long as the aesthetics does not deviate, he will naturally know how to decorate more beautifully. What's more, he has also studied with Ding Shuhuai for a while. Knowing everything, basic things are almost not difficult for him, and he can easily understand and master them.

So he is still very professional in arranging these carvings, at least he didn't leak his feet in front of half a bottle of water like Li Bin.

When he finished explaining, Li Bin and the general manager surnamed Zhou nodded again and again, very satisfied with his statement.

Seeing that Li Bin and the two had no objection, he raised his own question, "Then here comes the question, Brother Li, what grade of wood do you plan to use? Will you buy the materials yourself? Or will I pay for all the materials and work?"

Li Bin thought for a while and asked tentatively, "What kind of material is more suitable?"

"There are quite a lot of suitable ones, and those with lighter colors can be used. Common woods such as white maple, rubber wood, ash, and nanmu can be used, but if you want to use high-end ones, it is best to use boxwood and boxwood. Although the wood is not the most expensive, the color is very suitable, relatively light, and the adjusted objects are generally brighter, which matches the modern decoration style, and is also closer to the background color of the lucky cat, and the carving effect is better. Of course, The best one is Buxus microphyllum."

"What's the price of small-leaf boxwood?" Li Bin didn't rush to give an answer, but asked the price first.

"I'm really not sure about this, because I haven't bought Buxus microphylla, let me ask for you," he shook his head while sending a message to one of his suppliers.

He has been doing woodcarving for so long, so naturally he can't continue to use leftovers. Instead, he specially found a reliable wood wholesaler. The materials used are all sent from the Yunnan-Guizhou area. The materials there are relatively complete. They are available in any size. Needless to say, you can get the small ones, and you can get the big ones, even the ten-ton large root materials that Hu Dacheng makes, as long as you pay the starting price, you can also get them.

The news was quickly given over there, and the price of Buxus lobularis was also within his expectations. The ordinary size of Buxus lobularis is not expensive. For logs with a relatively large diameter, the price is hard to say.

Buxus microphylla is not a rare wood species. It can be found everywhere in China, and its planting and growth areas are very wide. However, the problem is that the growth rate of Buxus microphylla is very slow, which is almost the same as that of red sandalwood. There is even a "leap year shrinkage" statement.

The so-called "leap year shrinkage" originated very early. Su Shi wrote a poem like "there are countless plants and trees in the garden in spring, but only Huang Yange in leap year".

Apart from Su Shi, the person who likes Buxus microphylla the most is Mr. Li Yuli, a writer, esthetician, dramatist, and drama theorist in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. In "Idle Love Occasionally Sending", there is a saying that "boxwood is one inch per year, without overflowing, and it shrinks back by one inch in leap years, which is the destiny of heaven".

Of course, this kind of statement is not reliable, because no matter how magical the wood is, it is impossible to shrink it back an inch in leap years. If it really has such a function, it is not wood, but Monkey King's golden cudgel.

However, this statement is not groundless, because it is recorded in the book "Natural History" that someone has made careful observations, saying that in leap years, although the size of boxwood will not shrink by an inch, it will not grow. It seems to stop growing in leap years.

These sayings add a bit of mystery to boxwood out of thin air, so it is very popular among literati and refined scholars.

Of course, Buxus microphylla can become a valuable wood not only because of these strange legends, but because its wood is really excellent.Because of the slow growth rate, the wood of Buxus microphylla is extremely delicate, and the pores of the wood cannot be seen with the naked eye. The degree of fineness is even comparable to that of ivory, and because the color of Buxus microphylla is also relatively moist milky white, it has been misunderstood for a period of time. Think ivory.

But because of the slow growth rate of Buxus microphylla, there are almost no large-sized carvings of Buxus microphylla. Even if it is used to make furniture, it is mostly used together with other wood. If it is used for carvings, it can only be made of small carvings. .

Because of this, the price of small-leaved boxwood with a diameter of more than 25 centimeters is very high. A log of 30 centimeters can be bought for about 100 yuan per ton, and a log of [-] centimeters can be compared with the price of small-leaved red sandalwood. It can reach more than [-] million, and there is still a price but no market. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy small-leaf boxwood with a diameter of more than [-] centimeters.

It may be a bit exaggerated to say that you can’t buy it even if you have money. If you are really willing to spend money, and if you are lucky enough, you can occasionally get one or two aniseed pieces with a diameter of about [-] centimeters. After all, there are so many places. In the deep mountains and old forests, especially places like Myanmar, the money given is enough, and the locals can even search the whole mountain for you, but you have to wait for a long time and whether you can buy it depends on your luck.

After listening to his explanation, Li Bin frowned and said: "Brother, the price is still acceptable. The problem is that it is not easy to solve the problem if there is no big material. Although the carvings I want are not big, but two A small piece of about ten centimeters is too small, right? Can the carved thing be seen?"

The problem is real, but not insoluble.

He smiled and said, "Brother Li, since I said Buxus microphylla can be used, there must be a solution. Let me talk about this solution first. If you are not satisfied, let's change the material, okay?"

"Okay, brother, you say."

"The method is actually quite simple. It is used together. The base is made of one material, and the main body is Buxus lobularis. Because the main body is a lucky cat, the size is not big. Boxwood about [-] centimeters is enough. After carving it separately Connecting them with mortise and tenon structure is not only easy to disassemble, but also saves effort when repairing, cleaning, and moving, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)