Is there a gift? or is it mysterious?

Everyone came to be interested, and they were excited one by one.

[Shadow puppetry, I've only seen the Havoc in the Heavenly Palace...... Monkey King, is it a character?]

[No, that's a monkey.] 】

[emmm, I guess it's Li Bei'er, shy ......]

[Big sister smash, you know too much, come on, borrow one to speak. ] 】

Everyone giggled, and the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was very relaxed.

As Lu Zi'an took out the tools in the box, people's smiles gradually froze.

Pull open the buckle rope on the tool kit, gently spread it out, and all kinds of glossy carving knives and chisel files jump into everyone's eyes.

Lu Zi'an picked up a carving knife casually, and picked up a piece of cowhide in his left hand: "Look, this cowhide, you can see at a glance that it is selected from a young, black-haired bull, first remove its hair and blood, and then after special treatment, then it will become thinner, like now, translucent." ”

Shake it slightly, and the thin and transparent cowhide has a faint cyan color, which is very textured.

"Of course, this is not enough, so you need to apply tung oil ......" Lu Zi'an said, and finally slowly regained the feeling of the previous live broadcast, and handed the cowhide to the camera to show everyone: "After the shade is dried, it will become like it is now, with moderate thickness, firm and flexible, and transparent in the green, so that the cowhide can be used to make shadow puppetry." ”

[How to deal with the special treatment?Fried or stir-fried?]

[I think I should stew it and cut some radish...... Slippery!]

[It's poisonous! I can't get up when I hide under the covers, I'm hungry for saliva!]

Lu Zi'an just raised his head, glanced at it, and shook his head: "I didn't want to go into too much detail, since everyone is interested, I'll explain it roughly......

When they heard that he was going to speak, everyone cheered up, and the frolicking disappeared.

"There are only two ways to prepare cowhide, net and gray. Lu Zi'an picked up the carving knife casually and gently picked up the corner of the cowhide: "The net skin is relatively simple, put it in clean cold water, and soak it for about two or three days." Then take it out and scrape it with a knife, first scrape off the cowhide, then scrape off the scraps of the lining, and gradually scrape it for the third time to scrape off the lining. ”

To put it simply, in fact, this soak is also relatively delicate, and the nuances of temperature, cowhide and water need to be accurately grasped.

"Every time you scrape, you need to soak it in water, and then you can do a fourth delicate work to scrape the skin until it is thin and bright. Lu Zi'an probably compared a posture and demonstrated how to scrape is an accurate posture: "When shaving, you need to pay attention to the uniform force, and the hand strength should be light and steady, otherwise the thickness of the skin will be different, or even damaged." ”

In the end, it is directly stretched out and hung on a wooden shelf, and the shade is dry.

This method is slightly complicated to do, and it requires a high level of craftsmanship.

Everyone frowned again and again when they heard this, and even some insiders couldn't help but take a low breath.

Master Lu is easy to say, but if you really want to operate it, I'm afraid it will be quite difficult......

[What about the other one, will it be simpler?]

This is to the point, Lu Zi'an raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's true, the gray skin is simpler, the jargon is soft scraping, and the difference with the net skin is that when soaking, it is to integrate calcium oxide (lime), sodium sulfide (stinky caustic soda), sulfuric acid, ammonium sulfate and other pharmaceutical formulas into water, and soak the cowhide repeatedly and scrape." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Zi'an also tried to rummage through it: "I'll look to see if I have ......"

Flipping it roughly, he frowned, "Well, I don't. ”

After so long, he forgot that it was he who resolutely refused to use gray skin.

[Master Lu, your sword skills are so powerful, you definitely won't use gray skin!]

[It feels very simple to hear this, my hands are a little itchy, hehe, I'll try it when I go back.] 】

"Well, the leather scraped out by this method is similar to glass, very thin and transparent, which is more convenient for carving, and it is considered an entry level. ”

After Lu Zi'an introduced the leather, he finally started carving.

When making shadow puppets, there are actually special sketches, called "sample scores", and these design drawings have been passed down from generation to generation.

It's just that Lu Zi'an doesn't like to do this, he prefers to do whatever he wants when creating, so he skips this step directly.

"Like this, the thin, translucent finished leather is used for the head, chest, and abdomen, and then the thicker, darker skin is used for legs and other props, so that the raw materials can be saved, and the quality can be improved. Lu Zi'an said, using a damp cloth to soften the cowhide, and gently rubbing his fingers with some oil juice to make the cowhide softer, smoother and smoother.

This oil juice was also prepared by him, and he was going to play with it at the time, but he didn't expect it to come in handy after staying for so long.

Fortunately, the sealing is good, and there is no deterioration.

[In fact, there is another advantage that Master Lu didn't say, which will make the shadow puppet light on the top and heavy on the bottom, stand firmer, and take advantage of it. 】

At first glance, he was an expert, and everyone caught him and asked for a lot of details.

Lu Zi'an's skipped step of "passing the draft" was also picked out by this audience and explained.

It's hard to imagine that there will be such talents in the live broadcast room.

Everyone thought it was very interesting, and after learning more, everyone began to guess which character Lu Zi'an would be.

Lu Zi'an's skills have reached the pinnacle in the art of carving, so when ordinary craftsmen make shadow puppetry, they need twelve or thirteen, or even thirty carving knives, but he only picks a few carving knives and uses them repeatedly.

When carving the line-like pattern, the force is light and slow, and the flat knife is gently pierced, and the cowhide instantly turns pale white.

In many cases, Lu Zi'an is accustomed to using skill.

"In fact, there is a shortcut to artist carving, and there is a mantra for shadow puppetry: cherry blossoms are pierced with a flat knife, 10,000 characters are pushed with a flat knife, and the sleeves are chiseled on the edge of the jacket, and the flowers are carved with sharp knives. ”

The wrist was slightly forced, the beveled knife circled repeatedly, and a rather complex headdress gradually appeared.

It looks like a building made of balls and balls, and it looks like a bunch of bubbles.

is knowledgeable, blurted out: [It feels, it's like the one on the head of the singer?

[Brother, even if we have a heart, I can't guess what you're talking about!]

[Doesn't it feel like a helmet!]

After the man finished speaking, he immediately sensed the mistake and hurriedly remedied: "I remembered, handsome helmet!

Sure enough, Lu Zi'an hooked his knife lightly, and soon carved out the halberd head and red tassel, and then the thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the thin lips were slightly pursed, which was really lifelike.

[I guessed it! Master Lu's carving must be "Mu Guiying in Charge"!]

The others were talking about their own speculations, but a large part agreed with him.

After all, for handsome helmets or something, the impression is generally that Mu Guiying and Hua Mulan went on the expedition on behalf of their father......

Lu Zi'an didn't want to sell Guanzi, smiled lightly, and looked at one of the barrages: "This friend guessed right, I did carve "The Peony Pavilion". ”

[With all due respect, I guessed how smart and close to the demon!]

Indeed, after all, Lu Zi'an has only carved a face now, and his head has not been carved!

[Hehe......] The person who guessed was a little embarrassed, and said honestly: [Actually, I am a singer of Peking Opera, and I guessed it at a glance......]