Chapter 85: Master of Wax Carving

Polaris High Jewelry Design Workshop is not located in the bustling business district, but next to a small artificial lake on the outskirts of Beijing.

Although it is not the core business circle of the capital, such a place is still very valuable here.

In the wax film manufacturing room, Yang Jin was busy with a group of staff.

One of them, a plainly dressed master, is micro-carving a wax model with a small carving knife under a magnifying glass. It's an extremely old craft, and very few people can master it, let alone master it.

This master's name is Bai Shao'an, one of the famous wax carvers in the capital, and his teacher, in the feudal dynasty era hundreds of years ago, used to be the royal wax carver who made jewelry for the dignitaries and nobles in the Forbidden City.

Passed down to him, the skills are even more outstanding. Even today, when industrialization is so developed, Bai Shao'an is still a master sought after by the upper-class elites, and Yang Jin has to respectfully call him Master Bai.

When Bai Shao'an was carving, he asked for absolute silence, and there could be no interference next to him, Yang Jin stood honestly, motionless, staring intently at Bai Shao'an's carving process.

What Bai Shao'an is carving now is Yang Jin's latest design - a wax model of gold beads under the moon. The gold beads under the moon are a pair of jewelry pendants designed by her, the whole is hollowed out process, and the thin hollow ring arm is also inlaid with tiny and crystal clear gemstones, and in the hollow circle, it is a gold bead. Complex and beautiful patterns, with the style of classical Chinese aristocracy,

This work is used by Yang Jin to participate in this year's International Jewelry Design Competition, in order to win the honor in the competition, she spent half a year just designing!

And now in manufacturing, there are problems. When encountering complex patterns, Bai Shao'an worked slowly and meticulously, and he could complete it little by little, but because of the many hollows and hole designs, it became quite difficult to make wax models.

For this thing, Bai Shao'an has been carving for several days, but he still hasn't succeeded, and there are always some discrepancies with the perfect version.

"Hiss!" Bai Shaoan gasped and showed a regretful expression, "It's a little bit worse, let's scrap it!"

After speaking, he did not hesitate to throw the work that had been carved for most of the day directly into the trash!

This is Bai Shao'an's pride as a master of wax carving, as long as the work is a little dissatisfied, he will scrap it and start over.

"Xiao Jin, it seems that the wax model of your work will drag on for a few more days. Bai Shao'an shook his head, wax carving is an extremely energy-consuming thing, carving like this once a day, Bai Shao'an already feels very tired, and he is too old to withstand high-intensity work.

"It's okay, Master Bai, we still have time. You've done a great job. Yang Jin comforted.

"Old!" Bai Shaoan sighed, "If I had been ten years younger, I would have succeeded a long time ago, but now that I am older, my hands are shaking!"

"You can rest first, and I'll take a look. Yang Jin said, "Maybe you don't have to work hard, I made an appointment with a friend, and said that there is a state-of-the-art 3D printer that can print wax patterns." ”

Hearing this, Bai Shao'an's brows immediately furrowed, and he said: "What kind of 3D printer, don't be superstitious about that thing! The craftsmanship passed down from the ancestors is the most important!"

Yang Jin smiled generously and said, "You're right, this traditional craft, we can't lose it." But sometimes, you can also use this modern equipment to reduce the amount of labor! After all, not everyone can learn this skill. ”

"Use it, just use those ordinary jewelry, these top works, that can't be perfunctory at all!" Bai Shaoan continued to educate her, "Didn't you get an imported 3D printer last time?

"Isn't the result as good as what I carved?"

Yang Jin did not refute, Bai Shao'an's concept is more traditional, and the 3D printer is a thing that robs the wax carver of his job to a certain extent, so Bai Shao'an is particularly repulsive to this.

And Yang Jin's point of view is very simple, she will use whichever is easy to use, she is just a jewelry designer, not an engraver.

"Sister Yang, the person has arrived. At this time, Yang Jin's assistant came to inform her that someone from the Z space-time 3D printer manufacturing factory had arrived.

When Bai Shaoan heard this, he said, "What kind of machine? I'll take a look at it too." How can this metallic thing be compared to the craftsmanship of the ancestors!"

Yang Jin did not refuse, she was also skeptical about the 3D printer of Z time and space. Because Yang Jin has always felt that in this regard, foreign companies are at the forefront of technology. Since the highest-grade imported products have not satisfied her, it is estimated that the machine made by a domestic company in this Z time and space is not very good.

If this is the case, Master Bai is here, point out some shortcomings to them, and he can refuse the other party.

"This place is beautiful. Du Mingxuan came here with a technician and four staff members to look at the buildings here.

"Hello, are you from Z time and space?" Du Mingxuan saw that a woman came out of the workshop.

She moved lightly, her posture was graceful, and she was wearing a red sleeveless dress, and a sense of elegance and luxury came to her face.

Take a closer look at her face, it is not the popular Internet celebrity face now, but it is very characteristic of traditional Chinese women, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and green eyebrows. is like a lady in an ancient painting, but wearing modern clothes, the collision of tradition and modernity, there is no contradiction in her, but a different kind of charm.

"Yes, hello. I'm Du Mingxuan from Z Time and Space, you must be Ms. Yang, right?" Du Mingxuan asked.

"It's me, it's nice to meet you. I didn't expect you to come to the capital in person!" Yang Jin shook hands with him, her hand touched Du Mingxuan lightly, and quickly withdrew it, polite and elegant.

"Haha, yes. Du Mingxuan smiled, "The products I brought this time are not ordinary precious. It's a great necessity to go in person!"

"Then I'm really curious!" Yang Jin looked at the logistics truck, and the workers were unloading.

"This is a prototype, our factory specially made the 'Luban' 3D jewelry printer for jewelry manufacturing. Du Mingxuan introduced, "I believe that its performance will definitely satisfy you!"

"It's this thing again. Next to Yang Jin, Bai Shao'an's mood was obviously not very good, "Flashy." ”

Before the official introduction of the product began, some people were dissatisfied, Du Mingxuan asked Yang Jin curiously, "Who is this?"

"I forgot to introduce, this is our company, and also a famous wax carver in my country, Master Bai Shao'an!" Yang Jin introduced, "Bai Lao's craftsmanship is recognized in the jewelry industry, and his old man's master used to be the royal wax carver of the Forbidden City!"

"It turned out to be Master Bai, fortunately. Du Mingxuan said.

"The master doesn't dare to talk about it, I'm just a wax carver. Bai Shaoan said, "Young man, your machine can also carve wax?"