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Chapter 243 'Taiyi Forty-six Sages' wood carving

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"Shout, you kid has a lot of breath! Lao Kang, I don't think I'll look for a chance, just today, right now! Just let you, an old guy, compare yourself with other people's little bosses?" Old Man Lu next to him also smiled.

"Yes, Bibi, let Lao Lu say, I'm also curious!" Donald also helped beside him.

At this time, Old Man Wu noticed Uncle Long, who was smiling next to him and never interjected, and couldn't help asking, "Shopkeeper Long, you don't worry at all!"

"What are you worried about? I have confidence in Xiaodong's wood carving skills! Although I am not as good as you old guys, I don't have to be inferior to you in terms of skills!"

Listening to Uncle Long's confident words, the four old men couldn't help but glance at each other in a little surprise, they have cooperated for many years, and they have been friends for many years, but they know that Old Man Long is not a person who talks big words, since he said so, it must be that Liu Dong's carving level has reached a certain level.

"In that case, I'm even more curious! Let's go, let's compare and see!"

Kang Lao's words made the people around him also clamor.

"Alright, since you all want to see it. Then come with me!" Uncle Long took the lead. Walk with everyone to the third floor!

The third floor is Uncle Long's studio in Taiyi Pavilion, and the small pieces of furniture that are usually made are generally on the third floor, so there is a lot of wood here, and the tools for carving are also very comprehensive.

After everyone came up, Uncle Long pointed to the carving tools on a table of eight immortals in the middle of the third floor and said, "Xiaodong." The tools are here, the wood is placed next to the wall, and you can choose what wood you want. ”

After listening, Liu Dong nodded, and then came to the edge of the east wall, where there are large and small woods, basically when Uncle Long makes furniture, the remaining leftovers are not too big. But the wood is a good material. Even huanghuali and rosewood are available, but they are too small.

After looking around. Liu Dong chose an old wenge with a thick bowl mouth and a height of more than 30 centimeters.

Folk carpenter masters used to divide wenge wood into new wenge wood and old wenge wood. The distinction between the old and the new has nothing to do with the age of the wood, but mainly with the quality of the wood. The wood is rough, the grain is turbid, stiff, lack of change, the wood is purple-black, the wenge wood that is easy to warp and stubble is the new wenge; the wood is delicate and dense, the texture is vivid, rich in changes, there are crab claw patterns in purple and brown shades, the longitudinal section is slender and floating, and the wenge that resembles chicken wings is the old wenge.

After seeing Liu Dong choose the materials, the crowd of onlookers around him became completely quiet, because the next step was to officially enter the carving process. What the woodcarver needs at this time is quiet.

Holding the wood in his hand, Liu Dong used his perspective ability to carefully understand it inside and out, every scar, and every texture, and then sketched what he wanted to carve in his mind. A pattern keeps emerging, and then it is quickly dispelled by Liu Dong.

"Hey, there you go!"

Liu Dong was sure in his heart, then opened his eyes, and regardless of the strange eyes of the people around him, he walked directly to the Eight Immortals table next to him, took the carving knife in his hand, and then flew left and right on the wood in his hand.

Because of his own strength, it is not as difficult as ordinary people to carve a relatively hard mahogany like wenge at this moment.

Seeing his movements, the four old men standing next to him glanced at each other, and a look of surprise and surprise appeared on their faces.

But they all watched quietly, and they didn't make a sound.

As time passed, the wood in Liu Dong's hands was also taking shape little by little, and at this time, everyone was attracted by the wood carvings he carved.

And Liu Dong, who devoted himself to carving, unconsciously used all his carving skills. Round carving, semi-circular carving, line carving, openwork carving, and even miniature carving. At this time, everyone's attention began to pay more and more attention to the works in his hands.

Soon, as Liu Dong's works gradually took shape, the surprise on everyone's faces began to become more and more, and even many people's faces began to show admiration.

After Liu Dong put the six seals of 'Taiyi Forty-six Sages' on it, he put down the carving knife in his hand, and his face showed satisfaction.

The next thing is polishing, next to which Uncle Long used the gauze for polishing the furniture, Liu Dong took it easily, and then began to polish it on his works little by little.

Then after more than half an hour passed, when Liu Dong put down the gauze, the work in his hand became vivid.

"Bang! bang......!"

I don't know who applauded first, and then everyone applauded enthusiastically. And everyone's eyes looking at Liu Dong also contained a look of admiration and admiration, even the four old men were no exception. And Uncle Long's eyes contained a deep sense of relief.

That look is like looking at the eyes of the children who have been teaching for many years after they have finally grown up and achieved success.

At this time, Mr. Kang was the first to step forward and take the work carved by Liu Dong in his hand. Seeing this, everyone also gathered around.

"What a 'Taiyi Forty-six Sages', with superb knife skills, smooth lines, and different characters, but they are all lifelike!, that's great!" Old Man Kang nodded and exclaimed.

"Well, it's very clever indeed!" everyone nodded.

At this moment, Liu Dong's work carves the images of all the forty-six wood carvers here today, including Uncle Long, and almost everyone's costumes are different.

Wu Chengqing, Wu Lao's image is Gao Guanbo with a Confucian dress, and there is a crane with its neck high and wings spread beside him. Tang He Tang Lao dressed as a walker, holding a wine gourd in his hand, half snuggling on the rock on the side, followed by a lying tiger, Kang Jun Li Kang Lao, dressed as a monk, holding a rosary in his hand, and a male lion lying behind him. Lu Peien, Lu Lao is dressed as a Taoist, holding a whisk in his hand, and a unicorn is standing beside him. Then there is Uncle Long's usual costume, holding a book and a ring ruler in his hand, but he sits on top of a sleeping dragon. Standing next to the dragon tail was Liu Dong with a respectful expression.

The five old men were in the center of the entire carving, and the surrounding forty-one jade carvers also had different images and surrounded the perimeter. Next to it is a tall willow tree, outside the willow tree is a winding river, the river flows from the mountains in the distance, the whole scene is Liu Dong with perspective techniques, the carved scene is extraordinarily grand.

Moreover, in many places, Liu Dong uses the technique of miniature carving, which is very meticulous, and also uses semi-circular carving in the treatment of characters, which is more three-dimensional and vivid than line carving!

The ornamentation of the figures, the hair of the animals, and the ripples of the river, Liu Dong all used the original wood grain of wenge wood, and with a little treatment, the expression was more vivid and natural.

It can be said that this wood carving work, which took Liu Dong more than three hours to complete, is also the best interpretation of the peak level of his wood carving skills.

"I really didn't expect that Mr. Liu had such a high level of wood carving skills at a young age, which was much stronger than when we were young!" Kang Junli said with a sigh after handing over the wood carving in his hand to Tang He Tang next to him.

But from this wood carving, Mr. Liu's wood carving skills have reached the pinnacle of 'skill', and then go up to the realm of 'Tao'! We only touched the door bar when we were forty years old, and we broke through when we were fifty years old, and now it is just the first glimpse of the doorway. Now Mr. Liu is only twenty years old, I am afraid that in another ten years, or even less, you will surpass us!"

In the face of Wu Chengqing and Wu Lao's praise, Liu Dong looked ashamed. However, in contrast, he was more curious about the wood carving realm of 'technique' and 'dao' that Wu Lao had just mentioned, and no one had ever mentioned these to him before.

Noticing the look of doubt on Liu Dong's face, Wu Chengqing roughly understood what he was thinking, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Uncle Long and ask, "Shopkeeper Long, didn't you tell him before?"

"Hehe, I didn't say it! I didn't expect Xiaodong's wood carving skills to improve so quickly, if I had known, I would have sued him!"

After a pause, Uncle Long turned his head to look at Liu Dong and said, "Xiaodong, I was afraid that you would be so ambitious, so I didn't mention it to you about the things in the wood carving realm. But I'm sure you should know a little bit about what you usually hear and see!"

"In fact, whether it is carving, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, or even doing anything, there is a difference between skill and Tao, if we have to distinguish between these two realms, we can use an idiom instead!"

"Finishing touch!"

"In the realm of technology, you can only say that you have reached the peak of carving technology, even if you do it well, then jade carving does not have its own thoughts, can not convey a spirit to people, can only be a dead thing! If your wood carving technology is sublimated to the realm of 'Tao', then it will be simplified, just like our masters of Chinese painting, sometimes just talk about a few strokes, it is a profound meaning, and the content is full of exquisite paintings! And this is also the realm of future pursuit!"

After listening to Uncle Long's words, Liu Dong fell into deep thought, at this moment he thought of Zheng Banqiao, one of the eight monsters in Yangzhou, his ink bamboo chatted a few strokes, but it conveyed the spirit of Ning Bending.

There is also Xu Beihong's horse, there is not much pen and ink, but it reveals a wild recklessness and unruliness!

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Dong raised his head and asked, "Uncle Long, how can we reach the realm of 'Dao'!" (to be continued......)