This description is indeed quite accurate.

Luban lock is a skill, and the final formation is generally the shape of something that cannot be said.

Of course, no one is going to force this, after all, it's just a toy, the focus is on the process of putting it together and the difficulty of the technique, and no one will demand it according to the standard of artwork.

But the thing Xu Wen put together soon revealed a specific shape, and it was obvious that he had designed and planned it from the beginning.

"What's that?"

"Looks like a globe?"

"Kind of, but not exactly like ......"

"Like an egg!"

"Egg, your sister, have you ever seen such a complex and exquisite egg?"

"The sky is like a chicken, the celestial body is round like a projectile, and the earth is like a chicken in the middle. ”

"What is this?"

"Zhang Heng's "Armillary Sphere Note", this is the description of the world by the ancients!"

With a large base, anything can happen. There are many people in the barrage, and there are masters of their own, and soon someone touched Xu Wen's idea.

"Isn't that an ancient globe?"

"The Han Dynasty knew that the earth was round......"

The barrage was full of admiration, and in general it was quite exciting, and there were people whispering at the scene, but they were discussing other things.

"He's ...... Take the pieces of wood apart, re-carve and put them together to form a pattern?"

"There is no direct raw material ......"

In the crowd, Professor Chen Nan also stood aside, frowning, a little puzzled and a little thoughtful.

Before the auction, he approached Xu Wen and questioned it at that time.

In traditional wood carving, a self-evident routine is to maximize the use of raw materials, and on the basis of a deep understanding of raw materials, according to the original form, to be processed and changed.

This is also consistent with the traditional Chinese concept.

In traditional Chinese aesthetics, it is required that man and nature are in harmony, that man and nature coordinate and adapt to each other, and that life and production conform to the situation, rather than just pure forcible transformation.

Xu Wen got such a piece of pagoda pattern blood beech, which is a rare piece of good material, and his luck is very good.

This material was found by him, whether he wanted to sell it at a high price or keep it for his own use, it was his freedom, and others, including Chen Nan, had nothing to blame.

So Chen Nan was simply concerned and didn't plan to come out and say anything.

But seeing the way Xu Wen used this material, he was really a little unbearable.

Xu Wen did not use the whole wood at all, as is traditional, but disassembled and cut it into parts for use.

In that case, why did he use such a whole piece of fine blood beech? Wouldn't it be cheaper and less troublesome to use the already scattered pieces of wood?

This piece of blood beech is indeed a leak, and the price for buying it is not high. But good materials themselves are a godsend, and they are still unbearable!

He went to question Xu Wen, and Xu Wen only said that he knew about the auction at the beginning.

Up to now, Chen Nan vaguely felt something, but there were still more doubts, which made him pay full attention to Xu Wen, to see him finish it all.

In terms of skills, the projects on the big screen are still being refreshed, and Xu Wen has one step at a time, and the so-called show-off skills are just that.

At the same time, the shape of the "globe" is becoming more and more complete.

The sky is like a chicken, which means that the universe is like an egg, the sky is the egg white, and the earth is the egg yolk.

If you look at the earth alone, this concept is indeed very similar to the modern view.

Therefore, in the expression of this image, it is necessary to express both the sky and the earth's surface.

Obviously, Xu Wen absorbed some modern theories, but in terms of overall expression, he was more inclined to Zhang Heng's original version of the armillary sphere note, and carried out some abstraction and art.

The world is divided into two layers, heaven and earth, the sky dome surrounds the ground, there is the sun and the moon in the sky, there are mountains and rivers on the ground, and the pedestrians are weaving.

The sun and moon in the sky are carved in the traditional way of hollowing out the ball, that is, first make a ball out, and then drill out the hole, and use the hole to layer the ball and carve it layer by layer.

This set of balls, also known as concentric balls or ghost balls, is most often found on ivory carvings, and wood carvings are also occasionally seen.

Xu Wen made ten layers of the heliosphere and twelve layers of the moon, which obviously symbolizes the heavenly stem and the earthly branch.

For the traditional hollow ball, this number of layers is not too much - the late Qing Dynasty ivory carving set layer, up to 60 layers.

But that kind of set of balls is usually relatively large, and the diameter of the outer layer is generally about 12 or 3 centimeters.

And Xu Wen's two balls are not only wood carvings, but the difficulty of carving itself is greater than that of ivory carvings, and they are much smaller than ordinary set balls.

According to the naked eye, the diameter of the solar sphere is only five centimeters at most, and the diameter of the moon is less than four centimeters.

This level of precision carving, still completed in such a short period of time, its difficulty can be imagined, by no means inferior to the top ivory carving masters, or even surpassed!

The sun is carved with immortals flying into the sky and the gods gathering, while the moon is carved with strange beasts and birds and towering trees.

The camera has taken a close-up photo, whether it is an immortal or a strange beast, all of them are vivid, not only the action clothes, but even the facial features are depicted, and I can't imagine that their largest is only as long as two rice grains stacked together.

When Xu Wen came to the live broadcast, the audience was shocked once, and now that they saw the finished product, they were once again shocked and speechless.

The sun and moon balls are so complex, but the auspicious clouds are concise, smooth and freehand. It adorns the sky, occasionally revealing the situation below.

There are mountains, rivers, cities, and forests below, although it is impossible to truly encompass the entire world, but Xu Wen is well detailed and extremely cleverly arranged.

The details of the houses and pedestrians are lifelike, and the simple splashes of ink are freehand, and the two are matched just right, obviously it is impossible to really show the whole world on a ball, but it just makes people feel that the world is much bigger than people can see, and there are more places worth exploring and studying.

"Incredible......

As the "globe" continued to be perfected, Chen Nan's gaze continued to sweep over the big screen and Xu Wen, his breathing gradually became short, and he muttered in his mouth.

The beech is reddish-brown and usually fairly uniform, but this beech is special in that it varies in color, from almost entirely brown in some places to its original yellow color.

Xu Wen made extremely clever use of this color change, so that the entire "globe" was like a sunshine falling, with light and shadow intertwined, light and shade.

Under the reflection of the sun, this world is vivid, rich and stunningly beautiful!

And it's so beautiful, and it also has its peak.

The camera has been diligently cultivating the whole picture of the work, from the whole to the part.

Many people have noticed a lake located on the top of a high mountain in the grassland, surrounded by only a few trees.

The layers of red glow were stacked, as if the sun was rising, and a woman under the tree by the lake was standing against the tree, as if looking at the sun in the sky, and as if looking into the distance.

Xu Wen's knife technique is a little more concise than other figures when carving this woman, making her seem to be just a shadow, not knowing the shape and posture.

But for some reason, this place seems to have a special charm, which can attract people's eyes, and people can't help but look at it again and again.

Whether it is the whole world, or this side of the landscape, as well as the ripples on the water surface and the mountains in the distance, all make full use of the original color and texture of this piece of blood beech, seeing this, even Chen Nan has to say that Xu Wen's choice of this piece of blood beech as a raw material is by no means untargeted, he has carried out the most perfect excavation and application of its essence, he saw its soul, and presented it!

This "globe" not only includes the top technology of various categories in terms of skills, which can be called a show-off skill, but also rich and ingenious in content, very spiritual, and is a real work of art.

At this moment, Chen Nan suddenly took out his mobile phone and began to calculate his net worth.

He had a strong urge to buy it!

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