394 Bitter grinding skills~

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The inkstone carver gets a good inkstone, just like the actor gets a good script, so that the excellent skills can be fully played, and it is more likely to carve the most exquisite works.

This determines that quarrying will be an extremely critical part of it.

Quarrying is an extremely important part of the production of inkstone, Liu Dongshan spent two months to learn the introductory skills and knowledge of inkstone carving, and now every process of inkstone carving can be said to be very familiar.

To make a natural and simple inkstone into a beautiful work of art with practical value, it is necessary to create the process of design and carving. This process is the icing on the cake if it is properly handled, and if it is not handled properly, it will add to the snake, so the carving artist should apply art to the inkstone according to the material, because of the stone composition, but also according to the stone quality of the inkstone, to coarse and refined, carefully conceived, and consider the subject matter, idea, composition, shape and carving techniques such as knife and knife path.

A successful inkstone carver must not only focus on the inkstone, but also understand from quarrying, maintenance, design, carving, boxing, polishing, wax seepage, inspection and packaging.

Take quarrying as an example, why this quarrying is the most important thing, it is because all inkstones have potholes, good and bad. The high-quality inkstone of the famous pit, coupled with the production of inkstone masters, can produce fine products and treasures. Without one of the two, it will not be beautiful in the end. Whether the inkstone is valuable or not, the most basic condition lies in the inkstone. Therefore, the process of quarrying is extremely important and cannot be reversed.

Duanxi Famous Pit. Since ancient times, it has been mined by hand and is labor-intensive. The quarrying technology is high, so there is a saying that "a pound of end stone is worth a thousand gold".

Liu Dongshan has been to Yanshan, and he clearly knows how much labor and effort is needed to mine a precious inkstone, and how much wisdom is needed!

In the mining of inkstone, if you can't see the stone wall clearly, you can't see the stone vein. It will be a waste of good inkstones. Especially in the old pit, pockmark pit and pit rock, sometimes the whole wall stone may not be made (the masonry is called the broken vein, that is, the fault), it has to be chiseled down piece by piece, and then according to the direction of the stone vein to find the source of the stone.

Those who can engage in this kind of work are skilled and experienced old masonry. However, it is rather regrettable - in this day and age, quarrymen like this are very unappreciated. They have the best skills, but they are paid a small salary. Doing heavy work.

Here, only inkstone carvers shine. Especially in this country of great stone inkstones, inkstone carvers are highly valued, especially the most brilliant inkstone carving masters. It's hard to find.

Countless literati and elegant guests scattered their thousands of gold, holding in front of these inkstone carving masters, hoping to see the master's demeanor. A piece of natural inkstone. Buying 12,000 taels is already precious and rare, but once the inkstone has been designed and carved by an inkstone carver. It may become a beautiful work of art, but how much is it worth?

Countless wealthy families. Based on the collection of precious inkstones, those who do not like to dance and ink can also be used to attach elegance and show the owner's high standard of taste.

In Bian Kingdom, there is also an annual inkstone appreciation conference, which was originally organized by literati and ink artists, and the participants were mostly some students who loved inkstones and had studied inkstones. Later, this organization gradually evolved into an official organization, and the imperial court would send officials to preside over each time, and select the most prestigious inkstone carving masters and the most high-level inkstone carving works.

And this work will be paid directly to the emperor and enjoyed by His Majesty the emperor. This alone is enough for countless inkstone carvers to practice their skills, hoping that one day they will be able to make a name for themselves and shine on the lintel.

A few years ago, countless famous inkstone carvers emerged in various parts of Bian Kingdom, and they also opened inkstone private schools and schools to teach inkstone carving skills. Nowadays, the most famous in Bian is the "Nangong Beichen" and the five major inkstone carving families.

In the south, headed by the Gong family, its inkstone carving works are mostly delicate and exquisite, simple and subtle. It is mainly carved with a shallow knife, line carving and fine carving.

In the north, the Chen family is the leader, and the palace family is different, most of the inkstone carving works are heroic and robust, mainly deep knife carving, appropriately interspersed with shallow knife carving and fine carving.

In addition to Nangong and Beichen, there are five famous inkstone carvings, which also have their own strengths and occupy an important position in the inkstone carving.

Of course, there are also some inkstone carving masters scattered among the people, such as one out of two mountains, three clear, four water and five thin. Among them, it also includes the most famous soul hand Xiao General. His achievements in inkstone carving are beyond the reach of these big inkstone carving families. Although he does not carve as many works as theirs, each one of them is a masterpiece that has been loved for centuries and has been robbed by countless people. Xiao will be known as the Taishan Beidou of the inkstone carving industry, which shows its status.

Many inkstone carvers are eager to worship Xiao as a teacher and learn his masterful and ingenious skills. It's just that this Xiao will see the dragon from the beginning to the end, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find it, plus he has a strange personality, let alone worship him as a teacher, it is difficult to ask him for guidance.

Of course, these people would never have imagined that the world-famous soul hand Xiao General would actually accept an unknown boy as an apprentice, and he would also teach him all his skills.

Liu Dongshan is the only disciple of the soul hand Xiao Jiang to enter the room and close the door.

Speaking of this pair of masters and apprentices, it is not something that can be explained in one or two sentences. Since Liu Dongshan fell off the cliff and did not die, he saw Xiao Jiang again in the mountain, and began his apprenticeship experience.

Their relationship is a secret, no one knows, even Liu Dongshan's wife Li Banxia, she doesn't know anything.

Because of this incident, Liu Dongshan has always felt guilty about Li Banxia, in his opinion, husband and wife should be honest with each other and should not hide anything, especially such a major event. Maybe one day, Banxia might blame him when he learned about it, but he had no choice.

Master said that it was not yet time to say this, and he would die.

In order not to bring danger to the master, Liu Dongshan never dared to say this in front of others, nor did he dare to tell about his carving of inkstones.

However, what puzzled Liu Dongshan was that six days ago, he went to see the master and handed over the [Maple Forest Singing Evening Picture] that he had finally carved for a month to show the master, and the master looked at it and said something that made Liu Dongshan both happy and puzzled-

He said, "Disciple, you can go out of the mountain—"

Taoguang cultivates obscurity, lives in seclusion in the world, grinds skills, and finally gets that: one day out and the future is fixed!

Bian Guoyan's inkstone carving pool of stagnant water, it's time to inject a touch of fresh blood-

………… (To be continued......)