Chapter 22: Engraving

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Engraving Engraving is a general term for three creative methods: carving, carving and molding. It refers to the use of various plastic materials (such as gypsum, resin, clay, etc.) or hard materials that can be carved and carved (such as wood, stone, metal, jade, agate, etc.).

Create a visible and tactile artistic image with a certain space, so as to reflect social life and express the artist's aesthetic feelings, aesthetic emotions and aesthetic ideals. Carving and engraving achieve the purpose of artistic creation by reducing the carvable material materials, and plastic by piling up the plastic material materials.

A variety of sculpture crafts with a long history and exquisite skills, such as ivory carving, jade carving, wood carving, stone carving, clay carving, face carving, bamboo carving, bone carving, inkstone, etc.,

It is a precious artistic heritage in Chinese arts and crafts.

Ivory carving, jade carving and other crafts because of the expensive materials, workmanship and very fine, so gradually from practical goods to appreciation, so people called "special crafts", before liberation, it is only a plaything in the hands of the exploiting class. Wood carving, stone carving, clay carving, face sculpture and other crafts are mostly spread among the people, with a strong local atmosphere.

The so-called technique is the author's treatment of image and space in the creation of wood carving. This technique is mainly embodied in carving and carving in the sense of reduction. To be precise, it is to excavate and reveal the form step by step by subtracting waste materials from the outside to the inside.

In the subtractive modeling again and again, we not only experience the surprise of the work "coming out of the shell", but also feel the special charm produced by various knife techniques, and some accidental effects, which can make the work produce new rhyme. Therefore, in the creation of wood carving art, the most meaningful exploration is to use various knife techniques to properly reflect our creative intentions.

Knife technique is like the brushstrokes in calligraphy and painting, which can play a role in strengthening and enriching the artistic effect of the work. The reason why the beautiful brushstrokes are formed is the expression of the mastery of the technique.

When copying a good painting, people often find it most difficult than the brushstrokes, because the brushstrokes are the product of the combination of the artist's mind and skill, and they are something that is difficult to embody in any imitation.

Therefore, only by mastering the skills and constantly accumulating experience can you achieve the ideal and truly belong to your own knife technique. The kind of wood grain and carving, smooth and rough, concave and convex, arranged with a round knife, cut with a flat knife...... The charm of the artistic language they express is unattainable by sculptures of other materials.

In short, the knife technique is a technical technique used by the sculptor to embody his own creative ideas, and it is also a means to vividly reveal the content of the art. The turns, setbacks, concave and convex, and ups and downs of the knife are all in order to make the work more vivid and natural, so as to fully reflect the material beauty of wood carving and reflect the rich carving beauty.

People who do not know the true meaning of wood carving art, when using a knife, they do not use a knife to write, but to paint and make a contrivance, and then they are afraid of carving badly, and the result is that the knife is rigid and ingenious, and the fun of wood carving can not be carved. Therefore, it is necessary to carve more, practice more, ponder more, and become familiar and perfect in order to form your own artistic language and artistic style.

The construction surface of the miniature carving is very small, and it is difficult to complete without a fairly high calligraphy G bottom and the skills of skillful use of miniature carving tools, and when carving, it is necessary to hold your breath, concentrate your thoughts, and be meticulous.

Miniature carving techniques

Microscopic carving is a general term for carving techniques that are known for their small and fine skills, and it is an independent branch of carving techniques. Common types include micro-carving, micro-painting, miniature painting, nuclear carving, bone carving and micro-carving.

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Engraving Engraving is a general term for three creative methods: carving, carving and molding. It refers to the use of various plastic materials (such as gypsum, resin, clay, etc.) or carved and engraved hard materials (such as wood, stone, metal, jade, agate, etc.) to create a visual and tactile artistic image with a certain space, so as to reflect social life and express the artist's aesthetic feelings, aesthetic emotions and aesthetic ideals. Carving and engraving achieve the purpose of artistic creation by reducing the carvable material materials, and plastic by piling up the plastic material materials.

It is a precious artistic heritage in the arts and crafts of country Z. Ivory carving, jade carving and other crafts are expensive materials and very fine workmanship, so they have gradually changed from practical products to appreciative products.

Therefore, it was called "special craft", and before liberation, it was only a plaything in the hands of the exploiting class. Wood carving, stone carving, clay carving, face sculpture and other crafts are mostly spread among the people, with a strong local atmosphere.

The so-called technique is the author's treatment of image and space in the creation of wood carving. This technique is mainly embodied in carving and carving in the sense of reduction. To be precise, it is reflected from the outside to the inside, step by step through exquisite techniques.

Food carving, referred to as food carving, is a variety of edible raw materials with carving performance, through a special knife method, processed into beautiful shape, auspicious and generous, lifelike, with ornamental value of the craft works. Food carving has a wide variety of patterns, a wide range of materials, regardless of ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, flowers, birds, fish and insects, landscape architecture, myths and legends, all have auspicious wishes, meaning beautiful symbols, can be expressed in the form of art.

history

It has a long history, and it has it in the Spring and Autumn period. In the history book of "Guanzi", the word "carved egg" is recorded, that is, it is carved on eggs. By the Tang and Song dynasties, the art of carving food became fashionable.

The edible objects used were carved into various flowers, birds, fish, insects, etc., which showed the luxury of the life of the nobles at that time, and also showed the superb skills of the chefs at that time. In the Qing Dynasty, there were many finely carved table arts, such as Manchu and Han full seats with different flavors in various places.

Form a unique style of food art: every table must be carved, and every dish must be carved. At present, China's food carving skills have been a very exquisite period, and there are many elite masters, such as Zhao Huiyuan, Qi Xin, Meng Shuang, Du Le, Xiao Qiang, a new school of food carving, etc., they will study food carving into an unprecedented artistic myth, regardless of the dish art, food carving booths, etc., all use very peculiar art to express the charm of Chinese food carving art.

Commonly used raw materials

There are two types of commonly used raw materials, one is the roots, stems, leaves, melons, fruits and other vegetables with fine texture, firm and crisp tenderness, and pure color, and the other is cooked food that can be eaten and ornamental, such as egg products. The most commonly used is the former. Characteristics and uses of commonly used vegetable varieties:

1. Green radish: large in size, crisp and tender in texture, suitable for carving all kinds of flowers, birds and animals, landscape architecture, etc., can be used in autumn, winter and spring.

2. Carrots, radishes, lettuce: These three vegetables are small in shape and different in color, suitable for carving various small flowers, birds, fish, insects, etc.

3. Beetroot: also known as blood bump, it is suitable for carving various flowers because of its bright red color and round body shape.

4. Potatoes and sweet potatoes: delicate texture, can carve flowers and figures.

5. Cabbage and shallots: The use of these two varieties of vegetables is relatively narrow, and they can only carve some specific flowers, such as chrysanthemums and lotuses.

6. Winter melon, watermelon, pumpkin, cucumber, gourd, jade gourd, cucumber: Because these melons are with a gourd inside, they can use the color, shape, and carving of various relief patterns on their appearance. If you go to its inner cup, it can also be used as a container, such as melon cups and hollow carved melon lanterns, cucumbers and other small raw materials can be used to carve insects, which can be processed to decorate and embellish.

7. Red pepper, green pepper, coriander, celery, eggplant, red cherry, green onion white, red adzuki bean: these varieties are mainly used as decoration for carving works.

Food carving

Commonly used knife techniques

The knife method is different from the knife method used to process and cut the ingredients of the dish on the pier, and it has its own unique characteristics. To summarize the following knife techniques,

1) Rotation: The knife method of rotation is mostly used for the carving of various flowers, which can make the work smooth and regular, and at the same time is divided into two methods: internal rotation and external rotation. The external rotation is suitable for flowers carved from the outer layer to the inner layer, such as moon season, roses, etc., and the internal rotation is suitable for flowers carved from the inside to the outside or flowers that are alternately used by two knife techniques, such as calla lilies, peony flowers, etc.

2) Carving: The knife method of carving is the most commonly used knife method in carving, and it always runs through the carving process.

3) Insertion: The knife technique is mostly used for feathers, wings, tails, strange stones, buildings and other works of flowers and birds, and it is a knife technique completed by special knives.

4) Stroke: It refers to a knife technique that draws out the general shape and line of the idea on the carved object, has a certain depth, and then carves it.

5) Turn: The knife technique of turning refers to a knife technique that is expressed on a specific carved object, which has a regular circle and arc shape.

6) Painting: Painting this knife method is more suitable for carving large-scale relief works, which is to show the general shape and outline of the image to be carved on the plane. For example, this knife method is mostly used when carving watermelon cups, and beveled knives are generally used.

7) Sharpening: refers to the surface of the carved work "rounded", that is, to achieve a smooth and neat surface.

8) Picking: Cutting refers to the use of various knives in a specific position of the engraving work, cutting out the excess part.

9) Hollowing refers to a knife technique used when carving works to reach a certain depth or penetrate the air.

Specific requirements:

In order for the work to achieve the desired effect, the following requirements should be noted:

1) Understand the banquet format. There are various forms of banquets, which can be simply divided into "birthday banquet", "celebration banquet", "party banquet", "family banquet", "state banquet" in international exchanges, work banquet and large-scale cocktail party for trade exchanges. Understand the form of the banquet, you can carve out the carving works that are suitable for the form of the banquet to set off the atmosphere of the banquet, such as: "birthday banquet" can be carved "pine crane Changchun", "old birthday star", etc., "festive banquet" carved "dragon and phoenix Chengxiang", "mandarin duck playing in the water", "peacock peony", etc., "celebration banquet" carved "eagle wings", "horse galloping" and so on.

2) Understand the customs and habits of guests. With the increasing number of exchanges between China and the world, it is necessary to know more about the living habits, customs, religious beliefs, preferences, taboos, etc. of people in different countries and regions, so as to carve out the works that guests love.

Food carving

3 Highlight the topic. Before carving, the theme should be determined first, and the structure, proportion (layout) and other issues of the work to be carved should be conceived to ensure that the theme is prominent, and at the same time, some additional works should be taken into account, such as "Hundred Birds" in the "Hundred Birds" work, "Peacock Peony", "Peony Flower", etc. The additional works should not be far-fetched and patchwork, so as not to add to the painting and not play the role of the finishing touch.

4) selection of raw materials and art, in the selection of materials, to choose high-quality color and beauty of raw materials, but also in the shape of raw materials to be considered, generally speaking, the shape of raw materials and the image of the work is similar to the general form, carving is relatively smooth, in addition to some peculiar shape of carving raw materials, should give full play to the author's imagination, broaden the horizon, according to the aptitude, in order to make the best use of things, to create a novel and unique work of art.

5) Pay attention to hygiene requirements. It is particularly important to do a good job in food carving hygiene measures, first of all, to keep the raw materials clean and hygienic, and the texture is excellent. Do not use spoiled or rotten raw materials, thus guaranteeing the quality of the banquet and the health of the guests.

Shoushan stone carving, together with Fuzhou's reborn lacquerware and cork paintings, is called "Rongcheng Three Uniques". Shoushan stone carving is a traditional folk carving art, which is produced in the northern mountains of Fuzhou

The Shoushan stone of the northern peak of the ward is used as a material, and small carvings are made through special techniques for people to enjoy. Shoushan stone carving attaches great importance to the shape of the stone, so there is a saying that "one is against nine work".

The stone quality, stone color, stone shape, stone pattern of Shoushan stone are extremely rich, crystal moist, variety, hardness between 2.5 and 2.7 moles, it is the best carved color stone, with the characteristics of fine, knot, moist, greasy, warm and condensed, the folk call it "Stone Emperor", "Stone Queen", and there is "precious stone and cheap jade" said.

The appearance of Shoushan stone carvings with independent shapes has a history of 1,500 years. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Shoushan stone mine has been mined, and after the development of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the independent Shoushan stone carving industry was finally formed. During the Tongzhi and Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty, Shoushan stone carving formed its own unique style, and there were two major schools of East Gate and West Gate.

Shoushan stone carving techniques are rich and diverse, exquisite and skillful, and in the process of development, they are widely absorbed, integrating the carving skills and artistic essence of Chinese painting and various folk crafts.

Its techniques mainly include round carving, seal button carving, thin carving, hollow carving, bas-relief, high relief, mosaic carving, chain carving, seal carving and miniature carving. Shoushan stone carving works have a wide range of themes, including people, animals, landscapes, flowers and birds. Due to these reasons, the social influence of Shoushan stone carving is very wide, with the artistic charm of "accompanying the emperor and generals, the literati and scholars, and the common people", and is well received by connoisseurs and collectors at home and abroad.

Shoushan stone carvings occupy a prominent position in the traditional jade culture of country Z, and related carvings have become a symbol of elegance, exquisiteness, dignified and wisdom.