Chapter 62: Jewelry Set
Xie Bin listened to Zou Xintong's words, and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, this is also the treasure of the town store, and it won't be sold for much money," and solemnly emphasized as he said: "Remember, it doesn't sell for much money, no matter who the buyer is!" ”
Zou Xintong looked at the statue of Guan Gong and looked at it curiously: "Hey, it's a little different, but are you sure that it won't be sold for much money?" Five million and fifty million are not sold? ”
Xie Bin waved his hand and said: "Don't buy it, let me tell you, this Guan Gong statue is actually about a million prices, but I think it's better to put it here, I specially tailored it for a tasting," he explained: "There must be some objects in the store that can calm the scene, although those jadeites or something are not bad, but they will always make people feel that the main value is in the material." ”
"And this statue of Guan Gong is different, it is the embodiment of my personal craftsmanship, and it is also the concentration of traditional themes and imagination, although the material is also good, but the essence is in the creativity and carving, no matter who comes, I dare not underestimate our appreciation."
Zou Xintong nodded as if she didn't understand, "How does it look more like a relief, the picture is very strong, the three-dimensional sense is also very strong, hey, there are indeed some doorways," said and said with a smile: "Okay, please go up to the second master, I will worship it like a baby." ”
Xie Bin nodded, "Just be careful," and then instructed: "Wait and give me a copy of the orders in the store and the online store, and I'll go to the factory to see if there are any suitable materials." ”
It's also a shame to say, although these custom-made items were reserved for a long time when the contract was signed, but Xie Bin didn't do it for almost half a year, and two orders were also placed for half a year. I don't know if the owner of the order is in a hurry.
The order that has been shelved for the longest time is also the ornaments of Fu Lushou, and the size of the theme is not limited, even the foundation requirements are not high, and it can reach the glutinous seeds. The difficulty lies in the requirement that the content of green, purple and yellow should be uniform, and there can be no too many colors and too little color.
Fu Lushou's material is not much, and this order seems to be not very demanding, but in fact, it is not lower than Mr. Zhou's requirements at all. Old Man Zhou's request is more than ice material, which will be encountered one day.
The color distribution of jadeite is the most difficult to grasp, and I really don't know when I want to meet such a suitable material.
Although the remaining orders are relatively high, they are still within Xie Bin's ability, and the most expensive one is just to order a set of imperial green jewelry. This person has already painted all the design patterns, and only needs Xie Bin to find the material and then carve it.
But if it's just like this, it's not worth asking Xie Bin to carve, after all, although the material of imperial green is rare, there are still some of them, as long as you spend money, you can't buy it, and the difficulty lies in the requirements for carvers.
In addition to a set of jewelry, in addition to bracelets and rings, the remaining hairpin earrings, necklaces and brooches, the highest requirements for carving, because the drawings are designed very finely, a small earring, actually to hollow out ninety-nine roses.
If it is replaced with other materials, it is not a problem to say ninety-nine, even nine hundred and ninety-nine. But this is jadeite, so I searched all over the country, and it is estimated that Xie Bin alone can do this. Although not too many people know that Xie Bin can do miniature carving on jadeite, the previous jadeite works are also extremely fine, and they have surpassed most of the jadeite carving masters in China in terms of fine carving.
In addition to the ninety-nine roses on the earrings, the brooch is also very demanding, and the drawing depicts a phoenix with wings spread. Needless to say, the beauty and nobility of the phoenix are mainly required to be very detailed, and the lines on each feather can be carved out.
Necklaces and hairpins are a little less difficult, but the process is also more tedious. The necklace is multi-layered, requiring white gold inlaid with small pieces of jadeite, and the effect of looking at the picture is also very beautiful.
The hairpin shape is ordinary, the integrated butterfly-shaped hairpin, look at the shape is also the size of the drawing after measurement, and the difficulty is also on the two butterflies. Two butterflies require one left and one right to stand on the hairpin, if the hairpin is made of other materials, it is good to say, find a way to inlay the jade butterfly on it.
However, this hairpin is required to be one, and the hairpin and butterfly must be dug from a whole piece of jadeite. This has relatively high requirements for materials. Other earrings, necklaces, brooches, and other things are not made of large materials, and a few pieces of fist-sized materials can be made.
After the hairpin is brought to the hairpin, the overall requirements are much higher, and the material must be at least 30 centimeters long, and the diameter is at least about 10 centimeters, so as to dig out a complete hairpin.
However, as long as the other party pays the starting price, Xie Bin is not afraid of difficulty, if you want Xie Bin to create a creative work by himself, it takes luck and inspiration. But with ready-made drawings, this is a piece of cake for Xie Bin.
It's just that Xie Bin feels envious that these drawings are really good, from the initial draft design to the final finished renderings, everything is very clear, the key points and difficulties of each work are marked, and all the content is clear at a glance.
In this way, when processing, Xie Bin only needs to follow the map. And it can avoid some unnecessary mistakes and errors, saving worry and effort.
And this is Xie Bin's shortcoming, he can only draw some simple renderings, and there is no comparison with this drawing.
Xie Bin's creation without drawing drawings seems to save a lot of processes, but it brings a lot of unnecessary restrictions to the creative process.
For example, Xie Bin made a work, thought about the shape in his mind, and began to carve by hand, and when he was halfway done, he suddenly had a new inspiration, but it was too late to change it at this time.
And with drawings is much better, draw drawings and then make renderings, what the finished product looks like at a glance, if you find deficiencies or need to change the place, you can also modify, and then look at the new renderings.
And sometimes, if you feel that you are coming but you can't carve it, you can draw it first, and then slowly supplement or modify it later, and then make it into a finished product. But Xie Bin can't draw, he can only remember the inspiration in his head, and it is good to remember it, but he often forgets it after a long time.
Looking at this very exquisite drawing at this time, Xie Bin had nothing else to do but admire and envy. It's not impossible to learn this thing on your own, but it's definitely better to find a qualified teacher to guide you. To draw this kind of drawing, you must have a good drawing foundation, otherwise, you will not be able to draw on paper even if you think of a good idea.
Of course, the ability to sketch must also be very strong, if possible, it would be better to master computer drawing, so that the renderings are much simpler, and they are quick and clear, and easy to modify.
Xie Bin understands all of this, but there is no suitable drawing teacher for the time being, and he himself does not have much time to study. Thinking of this, Xie Bin felt that he had to find a suitable time to make up for his shortcomings, otherwise, his achievements would probably be limited to this.
Looking at these orders in his hand, Xie Bin went to his factory to select materials. All the gambling materials that Xie Bin got back were all put in the factory, cut by those masters and then registered and stored one by one, especially those more valuable materials, which were placed in the safe and only Xie Bin and Zou Xintong could take them out, and this is the case with materials of this level like Imperial Green.
It's been so long, and even Xie Bin himself doesn't know how many good things he has in his hands.
This can't be blamed on Xie Bin, no matter how good the jade is, in his eyes, it seems a bit exaggerated to say that it is at hand, but the truth is almost like that. Only when it is used, Xie Bin will go to the factory to pick up some materials.
Of course, those more special or extremely precious materials, Xie Bin has always been in his hands, and he has not put them in the factory at all, and those masters and Zou Xintong don't know that Xie Bin still has inventory in his hands. For example, Xie Bin has a piece of the best Huang Fei in his hand.
Yellow jadeite is not uncommon, but the best ones are even rarer than green ones. Xie Bin has a half-gambling material in his hand, and after opening a window, he can see the yellow fog, but his performance in other aspects is very average, many people have taken a fancy to it, but few people dare to bid, because the boss's offer is four million.
Xie Bin was curious, and used his ability to probe, only to find that this inconspicuous stone turned out to be a good material close to the glass species, and then thinking that this was still a rare Huang Fei, Xie Bin was still very excited. After all, such a good Huang Fei is really rare.
Speaking of which, Xie Bin is looking for these materials with average performance, if this piece of material performs slightly better, let alone four million, no matter how high it is, some people dare to bet. There are more people who dare to spend money in the gambling circle, and Xie Bin's little wealth is really not a big deal.
However, making a fortune in a muffled voice is exactly what Xie Bin wants, and for those stones that have been fired very high, no matter how good the performance is, Xie Bin is not very willing to get it. However, I have to admit that among those sky-high stones, there are indeed more good materials.
Xie Bin's factory is actually a small processing workshop, and the total number of security guards is only more than 10. However, the monitoring is very strict, there are almost no dead ends, you have to change into work clothes when you go in, and you have to leave your work clothes when you go out, so as to avoid people being greedy for ink as much as possible.
There are a lot of top-grade jadeites here, and secretly bringing a small piece outside is enough for many people to spend a lifetime, so it is still necessary to make this security measure so strict.
The masters in the factory are busy rushing to work, they are not only responsible for the supply of finished products in the main store, but also the part of the cooperation with Zhang Lu, they are also responsible, even if the lowest-grade products are processed by machines, but the rest of the work is enough for them to be busy.
(To be continued)