"Does the little brother really know how to forge bronzes? ”

Shang Ya was skeptical.

Qin Huai's little brother can switch freely between nuclear carving, jade carving, and wood carving, and it is understandable that he is at ease.

After all, it's all carving.

But there is a difference of 108,000 miles between carving and bronze casting, and they belong to two different fields entirely!

And Qin Huai's little brother has never cast bronzes, so he can directly master a skill across fields?

It's a bit fantastical to hear it.

"It's not ...... you think"

Qin Huai lowered his head and glanced at Shang Ya with a smile.

For Shang Ya, Qin Huai is always very gentle.

That kind of tenderness is almost spoiled:

"There are eight types of art, namely painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, literature, theater, and film. The meaning of sculpture is to carve and shape. The two are deeply linked. ”

Speaking of this knowledge, Qin Huai is always fluttering and radiant.

The knowledge that Qin Huai understands is like a dazzling diamond jewel, dazzling.

"Haha......"

Shang Ya let out an unlearned laugh.

"It's okay, you're not a professional, you don't have to understand. ”

Qin Huai doted on the added.

"The little old man's bronze casting skills are indeed excellent. ”

Qin Huai did not hesitate to praise.

It became famous as early as the nineties, and after another twenty years of precipitation......

Mr. Yan's bronze casting skills have been perfected.

It is estimated that the country and even the world can stand on the first echelon.

"Go outside and see the old gentleman's casting process. ”

Shang Ya curiously suggested that based on Qin Huai's influence, Shang Ya had always felt that the casting process of bronze should be particularly elegant.

But......

When she came to the shed with Qin Huai, she was disappointed.

The scene was chaotic for a while.

The hot, red-hot copper paste glows a heart-palpitating red glow in the container.

A head-shaking vertical electric fan blows hot air.

The old gentleman's desk was messy with tools and smoke, like a small chaotic factory.

Mr. Yan threw himself in front of the table to carve a wax model.

Qin Huai glanced at it and immediately understood that the old gentleman was using the lost wax method.

The so-called lost wax method.

The first step is to carve out the detailed outline and pattern of the Sanxingdui bronze head with coagulable wax oil.

In the second step, a thin and appropriate protective layer is poured on the surface of the wax sculpture with fine gypsum mud, which is dried and solidified.

In the third step, a heat-resistant paint is applied to the outside of the plaster layer.

In the fourth step, the model is placed on a fire to allow the wax to melt and flow out, leaving a plaster shell.

In the fifth step, copper paste is poured into the remaining gypsum shell and cooled and solidified.

In the sixth step, the plaster cast is smashed to leave the bronzes.

Step by step, the resulting bronze will be the same as the original wax-carved model.

The ultra-exquisite moire bronze forbidden bronzes now in the Yu Provincial Museum are cast by the lost wax method.

Some of the bronzes of Zeng Hou Yi's chimes are also cast by the lost wax method.

Don't look at the lost wax method has been born for more than 2,000 years. But its subtlety can be used even in the casting of aerospace parts.

"Don't worry, it's just a knick-knack, it's fast. ”

Mr. Yan thought that the two of them were in a hurry.

After all, the pace of life is getting faster and faster, and there is little patience to wait for an afternoon.

"Otherwise, you will go out for a while, and come back in the evening. ”

"It's okay grandpa, we can wait. ”

Shang Ya waved her hand, held her breath, and no longer bothered the old gentleman.

Mr. Yan then placed a plaster mold the size of a grapefruit on the table.

The container is then tilted, allowing the red-hot copper paste to flow slowly along the inner wall of the mold.

This step must be done with care so that no bubbles appear.

Once bubbles appear, the surface of the bronze will be undulating, even if the bubbles are small, which can affect the aesthetics.

However, one side must be careful, but the other side must not be dragged with mud and water.

If it is too abrasive, the copper paste will be significantly layered when solidifying, which will also affect the appearance.

Therefore, the process of pouring pulp should be delicate and decisive.

This step is a difficult test of patience, technique, experience, and arm muscle memory.

Once you can't get it right, the bronze will be scrapped directly!

Therefore, Mr. Yan's expression was solemn, his wrist was nailed in the air and he didn't move, and he even held his breath.

Qin Huai watched with relish.

Bronze has temperature, sculpture has a degree!

The red-hot rolling molten slurry is solidified into a static bronze, and the process alone is full of artistic atmosphere!

Qin Huai's eyes lit up and he was eager to try, but he kept suppressing that desire.

……

"Whew. ”

After pouring a model, the old gentleman put down the copper paste container, let out a long sigh of relief, and rubbed his sore shoulder.

After three minutes, Fang Cai's expression was solemn and serious, and he continued to pour the molten slurry with bated breath.

The scorching heat made the old gentleman's arms red.

But the old gentleman's arm was still like an old tree root in the deep mountains and old forests, nailed to the air.

The molten slurry pulls out a finger-sized hanging river and slowly submerges into the mold......

Half an hour later, Mr. Yan filled two grapefruit-sized molds with bronze juice.

"Let them cool for an hour to smash the mold and take out the bronzes. ”

The sweaty little old man beat his waist, and there was a hint of comfort in his tone.

……

"Sir, can I cast a bronze by myself?"

Qin Huai was eager to try and made a request.

The little old man glanced at Qin Huai suspiciously.

"This is not a fish wash, as long as you have knowledge, you can play. It's not ceramic, it's ceramic.

The skills required to forge bronzes can basically turn a craftsman into a 'miscellaneous artist', such as painting, calligraphy, seal carving, artistic modeling, and historical research...... Everything needs to be mastered, and casting bronzes is dangerous. Are you sure?"

Mr. Yan shook his head again and again.

Qin Huai must have made the request out of curiosity.

This is the innate curiosity of human beings, and Old Man Yan can understand it.

However, the process of forging bronzes is too complex and dangerous.

Therefore, Mr. Yan also has the right to choose to refuse.

"Actually, I can forge bronzes. ”

The word Qinhuai is round.

Hearing this, Mr. Yan's casual expression gradually froze.

Qin Huai's overall painting style is serious and cold, and he rarely laughs......

"In that case, I want to see you show your hand, too. ”

Mr. Yan placed the solid beeswax, carving knife and gypsum mud in front of Qin Huai with a wait-and-see look.

Mr. Yan's sixty years of experience told him that Qin Huai should have some talents hidden in him.

Qin Huai didn't say much politeness, he directly straddled the table, held his breath, and picked up the carving knife and beeswax.

Of course, he also opted to use the lost-wax casting process.

After all, the most surprising bronze casting technique to date is the lost wax method.

It can cast any desired delicate pattern.

Qin Huai picked up the wax block, cut it into many small portions, and then began to carve them one by one.

For carving, Qin Huai is very proficient, painting under the knife, and the edge winds into a painting.

Soon carved a phoenix bird standing on the leaves and resting with its eyes closed,

"Oh, this hand carving is not bad!"

Mr. Yan couldn't help but give a thumbs up, the tip of Qin Huai's knife swam, and a phoenix bird came out of the beeswax, with a delicate demeanor and a lifelike shape, like magic!

"Young man, what are you doing?"

"Engraver. ”

"Be specific. ”

"Jade carver. ”

"There should be some fame, right?"

"It's ok. ”

Qin Huai replied expressionlessly, but the tip of the knife was still spinning and jumping, and the beeswax was peeling off piece by piece, like a petal cherry blossom blown down by the wind in April.

Not long after,

Ten hollowed-out phoenix birds are lined up on the tabletop, and one of them spreads its wings and is about to fly into the blue sky.

At its eyeballs, the small word Qin Huai was also engraved.

This is the payment mark.

After carving the phoenix bird, Qin Huai poured a layer of gypsum mud on the wax sculpture, and the light gray gypsum filled all the hollow parts.

It forms a three-dimensional mold that wraps the wax sculpture of the phoenix bird.

Set aside all ten plaster casts to dry.

Qin Huai immediately began to carve trunks and branches of different shapes with beeswax......

"You're going to build a small bronze god tree?"

Old Mr. Yan saw through Qin Huai's intentions.

"Yes. ”

Qin Huai nodded.

According to the research of archaeologists, the bronze sacred tree unearthed in Sanxingdui is not a bronze directly cast with bronze, but a welding technology like black technology.

Qin Huai is ready to continue to use welding technology:

First of all, the base, trunk, and nine branches stretched out were carved out in an orderly manner using the lost wax method.

Next, the parts are welded together.

Finally, you're done!

Although the welding process is very complicated, Qin Huai can still control it.

……

……

Until noon, Qin Huai made a third of the parts.

After eating a meal of noodles with Mr. Yan, Qin Huai continued to devote himself to the casting work.

Once Qin Huai started working, it was like a piece of electrified resistive body, and it began to heat and glow.

At a glance, Qin Huai's body movements, facial features, shallow breathing, and even the two thin lips, long eyelashes, and the curvature of the fingers are all full of idioms of meticulousness, full attention, and concentration.

The concentration was so great that even the old gentleman was amazed.

Old Mr. Yan nodded approvingly.

Silently watched Qin Huai melt all the beeswax, and then poured the molten slurry into the plaster model......

Busy until the evening, Qin Huai wiped the sweat from his forehead and left Mr. Yan's small courtyard.

"I'll come back tomorrow. ”

Qin Huai waved his hand.

"This young man is very powerful, whose apprentice is it? Old Jia of Yu Province? Or Lao Zhu of Suzhou and Hangzhou? But I have never heard that they have an apprentice named Qin Huai. ”

Old man Yan was puzzled.

Such a young bronze caster with a certain skill can basically spread in the bronze casting circle.

It is impossible not to have the slightest rumor.

"Tomorrow I will ask who his master is!"

Mr. Yan nodded heavily.

……

……

The next day, in the morning.

Qin Huai smashed the plaster model in the workshop, and the bronze parts cast inside were revealed.

The bronze parts with cloud patterns, hollow branches, and hollow phoenix birds are shining, dazzling, and the patterns are delicate and luxuriant, and the patterns are delicate.

"The carving skills are a must, the pouring speed is perfect when pouring the molten slurry, and the surface of the solidified bronze is as smooth as a mirror, a top-notch work!"

The little old man's vicious eyes instantly made an evaluation.

From the mouth of a professional bronze caster, the gold content is undoubtedly very high.

Even the praise of a million ordinary people who eat melons is not as valuable as this comment.

The corners of Qin Huai's lips were slightly raised, and he began to grind the welding of the parts, and finally used the welding pipe to glue the liquid tin like mercury to weld them one by one.

The welding process lasts until three o'clock in the afternoon.

Finally, a small bronze divine tree forty centimeters high held up a piece of sky in front of Qin Huai.

The branches of the tree are bent like snakes, revealing a sense of life.

The leaves grow freely, and nine phoenix birds perch among the branches.

At the very top, a bird has a beak spread out, and its wings are spread out in the shape of soaring into the sky.

There are cloud patterns between the leaves and trunks, indicating that it is a towering giant tree.

The whole tree is majestic and mythical.

Against the backdrop of the brilliant golden light, it looks like a sacred tree growing in flames!

Shang Ya's small mouth opened slightly.

Old Mr. Yan also stared intently at the Divine Tree.

If he said that he would make a bronze sacred tree, he would too. And it's not badly made.

But Qin Huai's divine tree has its own momentum.

Rising from the ground, chic, the branches and leaves are elegant and fairy, not like ordinary things in the world.

And the ten phoenix birds, each of which has a unique micro-expression, reflecting a unique character, like a real golden crow with a soul.

"Let's get old. ”

Qin Huai looked at it for a moment, and his heart suddenly moved.

It's better to give it a bit of layered bronze rust.

It imitates the vicissitudes of abrasion 3,000 years ago.

Qin Huai had an idea.

Mr. Xiang Yan asked for a palette bowl and paint.

Mr. Yan was able to repair bronzes, and there was naturally no shortage of these materials.

"Can you still be old?"

Mr. Yan found that Qin Huai's surprises were one after another, and he became more and more stunned, and even wondered if he was dreaming.

First, he put forward the 'giant worship theory', and then saw through the fish wash at a glance, and then cast the bronze god tree with ease.

Can you also wallow bronzes?

Isn't this the standard for Aoke?!

Qin Huai didn't say a word and began to mix colors.

In fact, he slowly became a miscellaneous family, understanding a little bit of painting, seal carving, calligraphy, imitation skills to the peak, carving skills into the house.

Really miscellaneous.

The bronze is old, in fact, it is contained in the imitation technique, and the skill that Qin Huai has treasured for many years finally comes in handy.

Layers of rust smeared on the sacred tree.

Dry.

Reapply.

Mix the paint with the earth and rub it onto the sacred tree with a toothbrush. Brush three layers.

Leave to dry.

Dip in water to brush off the dirt.

This technology is the invention of Jia Yubo, the first generation of cultural relics restoration experts in China, and a series of top bronze restorers such as Wuding, the stepmother, can form a layered rust on the bronze.

It's like digging out of the dirt.

Of course, there are more delicate details in it, which are brushed out by Qin Huai's feelings.

For example, the subtle dryness and wetness on the surface of the sacred tree, the obscurity, and the red indigo, the excavation of these details can make the sacred tree more and more fake.

After brushing for three hours, the original golden bronze sacred tree was rusted.

The vicissitudes of life are coming.

Old Mr. Yan was amazed and patted Qin Huai's shoulder fiercely.

"Okay, Qin Huai, if this bronze divine tree is let me see it at the folk treasure appreciation meeting, I'm afraid I'm going to be blinded!"

The old gentleman was so surprised that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

In fact, he can also do the old, and in China, there are only a few people who have a higher level of counterfeiting than him.

And Qin Huai's bronze counterfeiting process is more confusing in terms of details!

Qin Huai hooked his lips slightly.

After all, it is the pinnacle of imitation technology, and the deception is naturally very high.

"Oops, the rust covered the word Qin Huai. ”

Qin Huai only found out afterwards that something was wrong, the words on the payment were too shallow, and they were easily covered.

But it's not a big deal, anyway, Qin Huai took it home as an ornament. And the payment is still inside, as long as you scratch the rust, you can see it clearly.

Not a big problem.

……

"Okay, Mr. Yan, we're going back to Jinling. Visit you next time I have time. ”

Qin Huai's tour had come to an end, so he packed up the bronze god tree and the small Sanxingdui bronze mask, and left Mr. Yan's courtyard.

"I will ask students to study the theory of giant object worship, and I will ask you to look at it and sign it. ”

Mr. Yan still remembers the thesis and the first authorship.

Qin Huai Bao laughed.

Many university professors have embezzled students' research results, but the old gentleman has repeatedly ceded the first authorship to Qin Huai.

This respect for knowledge is admirable.

"I'll see you next time, old gentleman. ”

Qin Huai led Shang Ya to say goodbye and went straight to the airport, estimating that he would be able to fly back to Jinling at twelve o'clock in the evening.

"Home!"

Shang Ya was quite excited, she had been wandering outside for more than a month, and she was mentally exhausted.

I need to lie down on the bed at home and sleep beautifully.

However.

When Qin Huai and Shang Ya Meizi passed through the security check.

A squad of police officers suddenly rushed out of the emergency passage.

This team of policemen was very disciplined, and their expressions were solemn and solemn, and they surrounded Qin Huai and Shang Ya with lightning speed.

Immediately afterward, several old experts with glasses ran after the team.

Shang Ya stopped in front of Qin Huai in horror and hurriedly explained!

"The loveliest people, are you surrounding the wrong person. My husband and I are five good citizens, and there is absolutely no illegal or criminal behavior. ”

Qin Huai looked dazed when he saw this, and he didn't react to what happened for a long time.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Qin, we received a report that you are suspected of stealing and selling national precious cultural relics, please let us check the package......"