There is another huge difference between cherry red and persimmon red materials, which is that cherries have many cracks and are not as complete as persimmon red materials.
After Zhu Qinghong asked his apprentices to cut the mineral materials sent by Zhou Zhi along the cracks, they found that the largest piece of cherry red mineral materials only weighed 70 grams, which was far from a hundred grams.
Seventy grams of material can only be processed into a small handle at most, which can be completely held with one palm. The size is smaller than an egg. It is up to Zhu Qinghong how to create the theme. It’s nerve-wracking.
Because for a craft award like the Hundred Flowers Award, carving, subject matter, difficulty, beauty, and ideas are all considered, and size and complexity are also two very important indicators.
Aniseed will undoubtedly play a big role in this aspect.
But how to bring out the small materials is a bit of a test.
"You have a lot of ideas, please give us your ideas."
"How about we do a "Hundred Dragons"?" Zhou Zhi thought about it.
"What is "Hundred Dragons"?" Zhu Qinghong didn't understand.
“From ancient times to the present, our Chinese people have had a variety of dragon shapes.” Zhou Zhi explained: “Starting from the turquoise dragon-shaped funerary ornaments in the Neolithic Age, to the Ming and Qing Nine Dragon Walls, and in between After countless evolutions and countless absorptions.”
"It is said that dragons give birth to nine sons, each of whom is different. In fact, there are more than nine kinds of dragons that can be related by blood?"
"The Chilong and Chihu of Guangzhan Han, the Capricorn of the Song Dynasty, and the There are many kinds of dragons, such as Jianma, Pixiu, Panchi, etc.”
“We can adopt them from ancient historical legends and dragon-shaped emblems on various utensils. Come in, carefully select and design a hundred dragon-related carvings, and then design and make a red sandalwood seawater screen to place them. Will it be able to achieve the effect of Shanzi?"
"This handiwork... "Zhu Qinghong imagined a hundred cherry-red dragon-shaped carvings gathered on a red sandalwood screen base. This screen base should be at least 1.2 meters square.
“One meter and two meters square is not a problem.” Zhou Zhi said: “Isn’t it necessary for us to limit our thinking to the expression form of sitting on the screen with two planes? We can completely imitate the immortal. Take a theme like Chengcha and make it three-dimensional!”
"Wow..." Zhu Qinghong imagined the shape of this set of carvings: "To make it three-dimensional, how big of a red sandalwood would it be?"
"Yes." Zhou Zhi said: "I have a big red sandalwood there. The original pile of red sandalwood was purchased by Mr. Wang to restore the furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was large, but it was actually an empty shell and was not used in the end."
" You have to click here If you design it with different ideas, I can contribute this original pile, but you have to worry about how to design it into a beautiful seat."
"Great!" Zhu Qinghong was happy. Broken: "As long as we have the materials, it's easy!"
Zhu Qinghong is a master of antique carvings, and this kind of subject is more to her liking. Lu Man and Zhang Mingyu are also good at handling small pieces. Next words.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Zhi closed his eyes and imagined that a hundred cherry-red carvings as big as eggs and as small as candied dates were inlaid on the base of the rolling waves carved from red sandalwood. It would be quite spectacular.
"Elbow, this kind of carving you are talking about..." Wu Renzhong has been listening for a long time, and now he is rubbing his hands with a look of anticipation on his face. "Ah, by the way, do you want to go to the capital of Shu with me?" Zhou Zhi asked: "By the way, did you buy some wedding clothes?"
"Uh... let's forget it. , if you leave now, if I follow you, it will really kill Uncle Tu. "Wu Renzhong hesitated for a while but refused Zhou Zhi's temptation: "You can just develop the wedding photos and bring them back."
Using his own expertise, Zhou Zhi shot Wu Renzhong and Shama Ricong in various places in Lianhe Township. , took a set of wedding photos.
Although Tusilou and Shanxiang in Lianhe Township look old, they are very beautiful when viewed through the lens. In addition to the rented wedding dresses, Zhou Zhi also took a set of photos of them in national costumes. Zhou Zhi himself was very satisfied.
With a family background like Wu Renzhong's, getting married is a very complicated matter. Even if he wanted to travel casually, get married, and have a honeymoon, he would not be able to get through with his sister, so he would definitely have to organize one.
Wu Renzhong would have used this as an excuse to go shopping in Shudu six months ago, but now, he feels that he is too busy.
This is a sign that professionalism is beginning to explode, and it is also motivated by achievements.
The investment promotion organized by the Second Lighting and Lighting Bureau was very successful. The traditional porcelain fired from the Jukou Township steamed bun kiln triggered a small trend in the island country. This kind of pink and matte, purple body, thick glaze, and beautiful shape The wood kiln porcelain, whose craftsmanship and craftsmanship are close to those of the official kilns of the Song Dynasty, was named "Jiukou Yaki" and was featured in a special exhibition at the Fujita Museum of Art.
Lao Zhong was praised as Master Zhong, and interview invitations came one after another, which even made the Erqing Bureau feel proud.
Lao Zhong was inevitably a little embarrassed to deal with such a scene, but another Yi artist, Lesoage, was very adaptable to this situation of constant invitations.
Just like Matsui Zuo and Jin Chunyi were astonished when they first arrived in Liangshan, Lesoage's ethnic minority identity and the ethnic themes he consistently used in his creations also amazed people who like art in the island country.
If this painter with a professional background, who is good at oil painting and sculpture, uses modern techniques to depict traditional themes in his oil paintings, then the lacquerware he creates uses ancient craftsmanship to carry modern innovations.
Among many lacquerwares, it can be seen that some styles have been inherited from the island country's maki-e lacquerware, but there are also obvious differences. Some patterns give the islanders a sense of strangeness in the familiarity, or in other words, A sense of familiarity in the unfamiliar.
In fact, Lesoage was able to make a fool of himself under careful guidance. China has left too many patterns for thousands of years. He only needed to polish the black background, outline with gold powder, and simply deal with the relationship between size and proportion, and the lines. Relationships, a lot of white space, and a little embellishment can basically hit the Achilles' heel of the Japanese people.
The same is true for rhinoceros paint, but with a more concise subtraction, especially the pattern produced by stacking black paint and gold paint, just like the shadows and ripples of lights in the Qinhuai River at night, revealing a mysterious And the beauty of nature is absolutely beautiful.
Lesoage's innovation is limited to the use of lacquer, and there is no need to innovate in the shape of the wares. The countless shapes of lacquerware in the history of the Han Dynasty have been carefully selected by ancestors and tested by time.
The lacquerware sent to the island country for the exhibition is all made of Qinggang wood, which is a specialty of Liangshan Prefecture. The wooden body itself is very fine and can be pressed into very thin pieces.
In the Han Dynasty, lacquerware became famous for its exquisite production, bright colors, beautiful patterns and exquisite decoration. In "Salt and Iron Theory: Insufficiency of Powder", it was once described as "a cup takes the effort of a hundred people, and a screen takes the effort of ten thousand people."
This batch of lacquerware from Lesoage is modeled after the lacquerware unearthed from Han Dynasty Tomb No. 1 in Mawangdui, Changsha. (End of this chapter)