In the surprised eyes of Zou Xintong and Chen Minhan, Xie Bin ran into the living room covered in stone chips, holding a small stone sculpture in his hand, his face was full of excitement, and shouted to the two women: "It's done, it's done." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Chen Minhan has never seen Xie Bin like this, where does Xie Bin still have his usual steady and generous demeanor at this time, he is completely a child who has just gotten a new toy. However, Chen Minhan had only moved in after all, and he was still a little restrained, so he just covered his mouth and chuckled.

And Zou Xintong didn't care, and said humorously: "It's done? I thought I was born, but I just wanted to ask you if you gave birth to a boy or girl. ”

Xie Bin touched his head, patted the dust outside the door, and then returned and sat on the opposite side of the coffee table excitedly, gently holding the small Shoushan stone carving on the table with both hands, "Look, how is it?" ”

This small ornament is only carved, but the base is not yet installed, but it does not affect the aesthetics. Looking at the small ornament on the coffee table, Zou Xintong covered her mouth first, gently approached the coffee table, stared at it for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Xie Bin, how much is this worth?" ”

Xie Bin was choked by Zou Xintong's question, and he was still waiting for these two women to praise him well. It's no wonder that Xie Bin hurriedly showed Zou Xintong and Chen Minhan as if he was offering a treasure, because this small ornament named "Ant Fun" by Xie Bin is really the most outstanding of all his works over the years.

This is not the most valuable, but the carving process and the fun and emotion contained in the work itself. So far, Xie Bin can still clearly remember a few excellent works, in fact, there are only a few.

The first is the wood carving of the little girl who gave it to Xiao Wang Zi, which is a work carved by Xie Bin's craftsmanship when he was accumulating, although there are still slight flaws in the carving skills, but it is infused with his feelings, quite life, and the little girl carved quite expressively.

The second piece is the painting "Buddha jumping over the wall" he painted, which is also his unintentional flash of inspiration, but also a perception of life, as well as an expression of personal inner feelings, but the expression is very subtle, borrowing the dish of Buddha jumping over the wall to express his attitude towards life.

In addition, there is also a "Battlefield Style" sold on the Internet, "Mei Qing Double Happiness" that was auctioned off by Li Guohui, and two "Family Happiness" given to his teacher, etc., which can be regarded as relatively sè works. The market value of these works is not very high, but in Xie Bin's heart, they are the most valuable.

Because these works are more or less with their own feelings, not only the display of his craftsmanship, but also the release of his feelings, when creating, completely immerse his mind in it, every stroke or every knife is Xie Bin's hard work.

It is no exaggeration to say that those works are Xie Bin's children, and Xie Bin can even remember every detail of each work, including from the very beginning of the layout to the final finish, which is still deeply imprinted in his mind.

And now there is one more member in these works, it is this Shoushan stone sculpture "Ant Fun" designed by Tan Rui and carved by Xie Bin Cāo knife. There are sixteen ants in total, ninety-six legs and thirty-two antennae, and there are almost no identical movements, each ant is in a different form, but each one is unusually realistic.

The cake that was used as food by these sixteen ants was already formed in just a few knives, and there was nothing to praise at all, but with the sixteen ants below, it seemed that the humans watching could smell the fragrance of the cake.

Xie Bin even secretly thought that Tan Rui, a girl, probably didn't lie on the ground to watch the ants move when she was a child. This kind of experience must be experienced by children in rural areas, but how many people will care? When I think about it, I smile at most, and then forget about it.

But Tan Rui just drew this scene and asked Xie Bin to carve it out, and she also ingeniously arranged the overall situation from the perspective of ants, which is not bad. What is an artist's imagination and creativity, and what is inspiration? Here it is. Inspiration that comes from life and is higher than life flashes, a different perspective on the world than ordinary people, and humanistic feelings that can be attributed to people.

No matter what kind of artwork, whether it is landscapes, flowers, birds, fish, insects, figures, etc., it is all to be seen after all. And the beauty of this "Ant Fun" is here, the sixteen ants in the work do not seem to be ants, but sixteen people, or sixteen kinds of people.

The emotional and psychological activities of the sixteen ants are fully expressed only through six legs and two antennae. For example, an ant in the lead, standing on four hind legs, two antennae raised high, one of the two front legs on the edge of the cake, and one waving in mid-air, like a leader cheering vigorously under the trumpet and drumming his hands.

Another example is the second ant, whose head is firmly pressed against the cake, its antennae have been flattened, and its two front legs are also holding the cake hard, and the four backwards are almost lying down, but they are still pushing forward. Apparently a hard worker, hard enough.

Besides, the last one, perhaps because he felt that the leader could not see it, followed the back and pretended to be, with two front legs still lying at the end of the cake, and four retreated to three days were hanging in the air, and the two tentacles were still swaying triumphantly one after the other, obviously satisfied with their lazy and labor-saving methods.

In addition, there are those who steal cakes, those who look around, those who whisper, and those who express dissatisfaction, and those who express their dissatisfaction, and only through simple body shapes, the sixteen ants are vividly expressed, like sixteen people with complex feelings.

Of course, Tan Rui's idea is ingenious, Xie Bin's craftsmanship is also clever enough, there is no involvement between the sixteen ants, each ant is the same as the real one, the ninety-six legs are complicated and orderly, and it doesn't look messy at all, which is Xie Bin carved by using the skills of openwork and even chain carving.

And considering the structural problems, the distribution of the sixteen ants is also very detailed, so there is no need to worry about the ants having too thin legs and being easily crushed.

Someone asked, this Shoushan stone carving is not very difficult, why can't others use so many skills together? In fact, there are people who can blend together, but it requires a very high level of art and carving skills.

As mentioned earlier, when traditional craftsmen teach apprentices, the content of their teaching is very biased. Because the general craftsman is not highly educated, when learning a craft, it is impossible to learn everything and know everything like Xie Bin. Just like the chefs in the restaurant, they also learn food carving, but how do they learn it?

Anyone who has ever been a chef knows that the teacher will not teach you from the basic art knowledge, but directly tell you how to carve the dragon, how to carve the birthday star, and how to carve the phoenix? In this way, it will not take two months for this food eagle to learn.

Don't look at them carving these things to life, but if you ask them to change their look, they won't be able to do it at all, let alone change their style.

And most of those traditional craftsmen are like this, such as Dongyang wood carving, those masters also teach this, how should the characters be carved? How should mountains and rivers be carved? And the apprentices learn like this, knowing what it is, but not knowing why. Only a few people can study hard, break through this limitation, and then make a career.

Therefore, it is easy to find skilled craftsmen in this world, as long as they are experienced and skilled; But masters are hard to find, because there are so many things to learn, and it is too difficult to innovate.

And now, Tan Rui, a layman, doesn't care if he can go under the knife or not, just design; But Xie Bin is also a wild man who does not take the conventional road, and his foundation is solid enough. Yin made such a good thing by mistake.

It's a good thing, but if you want to say how much it's worth, it's really hard to say. In terms of its cost and material, the market price is 100,000 yuan, which is considered to be the peak; But if you can meet a connoisseur who likes it, you can't say for sure.

Besides, Xie Bin hasn't decided whether to make a move or not. Because this piece of "Ant Fun" is not only a simple creative novelty carving, but more importantly, it faintly expresses a taste of "the joy of knowing the fish", which should be "the joy of knowing the ants of the child".

What is the greatest pleasure of a group of ants when they gather together? Maybe it's just a small bite of cake scraps. With such a small piece of residue, they are satisfied. And this is also the expression of Xie Bin's inner feelings, he is not demanding, and he doesn't want to dominate the world and dominate the business sea, he just wants to live a stable life, as long as he is happy, no matter what others say.

Because of this, when Xie Bin carved this work, he almost completely burst out of his inner feelings, hiding his ambition and hope in this small carving work. I just don't know if anyone can see it. This is probably something that even Tan Rui, who did design, didn't imagine.

It is said that when ordinary people see this work, at most they think it is fun and interesting, and at most they miss their childhood life; And some knowledgeable people may see the anthropomorphic taste from these sixteen ants and taste some life insights, which can be regarded as very appreciative players; And if you want to be able to see Xie Bin's thoughts, you have to combine the name "ant fun" to appreciate it.

can taste Xie Bin's deep feelings and wishes, then it should be regarded as Xie Bin's confidant.

Therefore, Xie Bin was a little reluctant to take it out and display it at this time, and if someone took a fancy to it, Xie Bin would be really embarrassed. But it's too late to do it again now. After thinking about it, Xie Bin decided not to sell it no matter how much money it was.

As for Zou Xintong asking how much this thing could sell for, Xie Bin had no choice but to ignore her, gently picked up this ingenious little guy, held it in his arms like a treasure, and said to Zou Xintong: "Sister Xintong, this is not for sale, I will keep it for myself." ”

Zou Xintong said unhappily: "Hey, don't be so stingy, I know that you should be a baby, but the baby also has a measured value, right?" Why don't you let me show it off? ”