Speaking of this machine qì polishing, we have to mention the trend of the development of jade objects today.

With the development of science and technology, many machines can replace people to complete some work, such as polishing, waxing, cleaning, etc., which makes many jade masters feel as if they are useless.

And if it involves engraving, it is even more helpless, you such as computer micro-carving, in a sense, carved things are more accurate than human hands, and it is not easy to go out of shape.

Traditional craftsmen seem to have lost their rightful market.

Craftsmen are not easy to mix, but the master-level jade master is still very popular, not only has not been eliminated in the slightest, but the works are becoming more and more valuable. This is why Tian Yu, although his skills are very good, is still eager to become a master-level jade master.

There is such an opportunity, once he becomes a master, then his future works belong to the master's works, and they are completely different from today's things.

In reality, there is a gap between the rich and the poor, and in this craftsman, the polarization is also very strict, you either become a master, eat and drink without worry, and make a fortune, or you are just a craftsman who has problems with food and clothing.

Put the bracelet into the polishing machine, basically no one cares, and then you just have to wait, of course, the machine must be guarded next to the person, in case something happens, it has to be remedied in time.

Tian Yu saw Zhang Tianyuan standing there, so he simply asked Zhang Tianyuan to help keep an eye on it, and he went to make things like zuò pendants and earrings himself.

These materials were just brought by Zhang Tianyuan, and they were newly obtained jadeite. But what made Tian Yu feel strange was that these jadeites were not big. But the material is almost exactly the same as the previous two pieces of superb jadeite, as if it was cut from there.

He thought that Zhang Tianyuan had cleaned up all the crumbs before. There was some confusion, wondering if Zhang Tianyuan had any way to restore those debris into jadeite.

No, no, no, it's impossible, it's impossible, it's not a fantasy story, how can it be done, absolutely impossible.

In the end, he pushed back down his speculation, feeling that it was a bit unrealistic. But he still asked casually: "Boss Zhang." What did you do with all that debris?"

"Oh, those things, they gave them to the people of the village, they said they needed some fine dust to build houses, and they mixed those crumbs with the cement. Zhang Tianyuan had already thought of an excuse, so this lie came casually.

Although Tian Yu was confused, Zhang Tianyuan's explanation seemed to be very reasonable, and he shook his head. I don't think about it, I still have work to do anyway.

Because the pendants and earrings are relatively small, they test the craftsmanship of a jade master even more, which is actually the same as miniature carving. Because it's too small, it's not easy to start.

Speaking of miniature carving, I always think of the late Ming Dynasty essayist Wei Xue's "Nuclear Boat Story". Zhang Tianyuan learned the ancient text here when he was in school before, and he was asked by the teacher to memorize it.

"There is a KitKat, and the person is called Wang Shuyuan. It can be used as a piece of wood for palaces, utensils, and characters. and birds, beasts, wood and stones. Regardless of the situation, each has its own modality. Taste the rest of the nuclear boat one, cover the big Su Pan Chibi clouds. ”

"The length of the bow and tail of the boat is about eight points, and it can be two meters high...... One boat, five for people, eight for windows, one for a canopy, one for a furnace, one for a pot, one for a hand scroll, one for a rosary, a couplet, an inscription and a seal inscription, a total of 30 characters. And counting its strength, it was (unexpectedly) not profitable. Those who cover the simple peach core repair are for it. Hey, the skills are also weird!"

Micro-carving is a kind of carving art that is good at small and subtle. When carving, the carved things are not visible to the naked eye, and they rely on experience to create thanks to the feeling of moving the knife. Therefore, people also call the miniature carving "God deliberately carving", and its artistic essence lies in the subtleties to see the spirit, see the skill, see the style, and see the soul.

There are many types of art such as micro carving, micro carving, micro painting, nuclear carving, bone carving, etc., and the materials are also varied, such as peach pits, olive pits, jade, bones, ivory, sesame, hair, etc.

With the development of science and technology, tools are becoming more and more precise and subtle, and magnifying glasses, microscopes, projection amplifiers, electron microscopes, etc. are constantly applied to micro-engraving.

The current micro-carving has come to an alley that is inseparable from microscopes, magnifying glasses, etc. In ancient times, the "deliberate carving of God", which relied entirely on feeling and experience, has gradually drifted away.

However, to Zhang Tianyuan's surprise, when Tian Yu carved the pattern on the earrings, he did not use a magnifying glass, but used a deliberate carving based on feeling and experience.

"I said Designer Tian, aren't you afraid of carving the wrong one?" Zhang Tianyuan asked a little worriedly.

"Don't be afraid, I carved this thing, if not 10,000 pieces, but also thousands of pieces, practice makes perfect, not to mention that you don't need a magnifying glass, even if you close your eyes, it won't be a problem. Tian Yu said quite confidently: "When I used to learn miniature carving, the teacher told me not to rely too much on magnifying glasses and microscopes, because that would lead to over-reliance on the eyes and forget the feeling in the hands, which will not be beneficial to learning micro-carving." ”

"Master Liu Jinglin taught you?"

"No, I learn micro-carving and there are other people. My master of miniature carving is actually my father, and I learned miniature carving because of a coincidence. Want to hear about it?"

"If it doesn't bother you to work, you can listen to it. Zhang Tianyuan said.

"Don't bother, I'll wait for the bracelet to finish polishing, just in time to tell you this story, which may pique your interest in miniature carving. Tian Yu put down the jade in his hand, anyway, there are not many, if he uses them to make pendants and earrings, it won't take long for him, since Zhang Tianyuan wants to listen to the story, he must tell it, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to hold it in his stomach.

After sorting out his thoughts, Tian Yu began to tell the story.

About ten years ago, Tian Yu's father fell in love with collecting, and found a rusty bronze mirror in the antique market, a very ordinary Tang Dynasty bronze mirror: 7.5 cm in diameter, very small, and the cost was not much, only 800 yuan.

"It's just buying something. I didn't take it seriously at all. Tian Yu recalled, "Since it's playing." If you have nothing to do, then you can be poor. My dad didn't even have the heart to pick up the leaks at that time, he just planned to have fun, and it wasn't expensive anyway. ”

After Tian Yu's father bought the bronze mirror, he brought a knife to clean up the rust on the mirror.

After two days of intermittent work, the smooth mirror surface and the mottled red and green patina shine together, which looks quite eye-catching and feels quite comfortable.

Just like that for a few days, on a sunny early morning. Tian Yu's father suddenly discovered the thousand-year-old secret hidden in the mirror - at first, Tian Yu's father only saw a few lines as thin as a gossamer on the edge of the mirror.

"My dad said at the time that he was very careful not to hurt the mirror. Besides, even if you clean up the scars left behind, it won't be arranged in an orderly manner. Tian Yu recalled, "Confused, my dad brought an eighty-fold microscope to see what was going on." ”

It's really not knowing if you don't see it, and it's shocking to see it.

The lines are arranged in an orderly manner. Not a fresh scratch, but inherent in the mirror.

Moving the microscope, the lines as thin as a hairspring begin to "spread" on the copper mirror: the entire mirror surface is a "thread" as thin as a cow's hair. Dense and everywhere.

What is it?

Tian Yu's father didn't seem to understand it for a while.

"When the microscope is reflected in the eyes, it is all reflections. I want to see it clearly. It's almost impossible. Tian Yu reminisced and said, "Say it again." At that time, my dad was not psychologically prepared for anything, and it was a reflection again. I didn't know where to go, and it was impossible to think that thing was actually the crystallization of miniature carving. ”

So the dead horse became a live horse doctor, Tian Yu's father took a high-level digital camera that could shoot the microstructure, and took pictures of the whole and parts of the copper mirror, "click, click", a "blind shot". When I put it on the computer, the 7.5-centimeter-diameter bronze mirror turned into an image with a diameter of more than 1 meter. After a closer look, we can sort out a little "clue" -- on the bronze mirror, there are landscapes, trees, flowers, buildings, walls, figures, and small bridges (arched bridges);

Looking at the text next to the characters, there is a "donor" or something.

In the space of about 4 square centimeters in the middle and upper part, a 260-character "Heart Sutra" was vertically engraved from right to left: "Contemplating the Bodhisattva in Freedom...... The color is not different, the emptiness is not different, the color is empty, and the color is the color...... There is no obstacle in the heart...... It's the Great God Mantra, it's the Great Ming Mantra...... Revealing the Truth, Revealing the Truth, revealing the Truth, revealing the Truth, revealing the Truth......, revealing the Truth, revealing the Truth,

This is obviously the micro-carving of the Heart Sutra, which is Xuanzang's translation.

It's just the popular Xuanzang translation at the moment, "Prana Jiedi" is mostly "Polo Jiedi", "the heart is free of obstacles" and more of "the heart is not hindered".

In addition to the 260-character "Heart Sutra", there are also dates and inscriptions: "The first year of the Dragon Era (889) May 6th Shenshi (15 o'clock ~ 17 o'clock Beijing time) system...... Ears of Memory. ”

"Because the name of the engraver is vaguely recognizable, but I am not sure that the interpretation is accurate, I will not say it, so as not to mislead you. Tian Yu said.

This "Tang Dynasty beast pattern "Heart Sutra" micro-engraved bronze mirror", not only has an accurate year, sun, moon and hour, and even the carver also fell into the paragraph, its significance in the history of micro-carving in our country, self-evident.

It was from that time that Tian Yu's father was obsessed with miniature carving, began to study hard, and finally succeeded in spending ten years, and in the following time, not only made progress by himself, but also taught Tian Yu to learn miniature carving.

The reason why Tian Yu can have great success in miniature carving today is also due to the fact that he followed his father to learn from him.

After listening to Tian Yu's story, Zhang Tianyuan did have a strong interest in micro-carving, he mastered the six-character true trick, if you play micro-carving, it is definitely twice the result with half the effort, especially the check in the word appreciation, the effect is better than the microscope, if you don't learn micro-carving, it's really a pity.

Miniature carving art is the most delicate and tiny handicraft in the traditional arts and crafts of the Han nationality, is a pocket artwork of the essence of Han culture, is a branch of carving techniques, a school of microscopic carving, micro-carving generally refers to the fine round carving, relief carving and openwork (hollow carving) and so on. Most of the things that come out of the surface are similar to the natural world. The miniature carving is convex and three-dimensional. It can even be carved on ivory slices the size of rice grains, bamboo slices or several millimeters of hair, and its works can only be seen with a magnifying glass or microscope, so it has been called a "stunt" by successive dynasties.

If Zhang Tianyuan really learned this miniature carving technique, there will definitely be more places to use it in the future, and even if he doesn't use it, it is good as a pastime art. (To be continued......)