Chapter 266: Jade Carving Factory
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Walking into the courtyard, this building was even smaller than Chen Yi imagined, but compared with the remaining ten or so people in the jade carving factory, it naturally seemed very large. (Please search, the novel is better and faster!)
There are several houses in the courtyard, one of which looks like it should be a production workshop, while the other is probably used for rest.
When you enter here, you will know at a glance that you have come to an art carving factory, and there are some carved or unfinished products piled up everywhere in the yard, and some scattered waste materials are mixed in it.
Walking closer, Chen Yi glanced at it a few times, and couldn't help but smile, some of the carved items placed in the courtyard were carved from inferior Shoushan stone, and some were cheap stick jade and jade from Xiong Ross Kingdom.
The slightly better stick jade can be sold for a thousand yuan a kilogram, and the poor quality is directly sold, its chemical composition is basically similar to Hetian jade, and the hardness and density are not far apart, but it is a low-grade jade in terms of quality, so it is often sold as Hetian jade by some illegal traders.
Some jade carving exercises, naturally it is impossible to use Hetian jade every time you practice, so these cheap jade or Shoushan stone are the best choice.
It's just that these jade objects carved from inferior jade, many of them are delicate things, and some of the characters and animals are lifelike, if they are replaced with good materials, I am afraid they are definitely masterpieces.
Only these people who truly understand the original meaning of jade carving will insist on protecting the jade carving culture of Lingzhou without giving up.
"Hehe, Chen Xiaoyou, can you tell what kind of jade these are?" Seeing the expression on Chen Yi's face, Gu couldn't help but smile and asked, do you know about jade, just this one question, you can know.
Chen Yi couldn't help but smile. After he got the identification system, in addition to porcelain, the most contact was this jade, and the most on the antique market stalls were also jade made of various jades, which can be said to be beautiful and plastic. There are glass, stone, and broken jade extruded, and the slightly high-grade ones are stick jade, Xiong Ross jade, or some low-quality Dushan jade. It can be said that he has seen a variety of jade in China.
In the same way, through the continuous identification and analysis of these jades, Chen Yi can now know the types of these jade stones without even touching them with his hands, just by looking at them carefully.
"Anciently, this jade pot is made of stick jade, and this figure carving is carved from Shoushan stone. And these scattered jade pendants are made of Xiong Rose's jade. Chen Yi smiled, pointed to some jade objects stacked next to him, and said one by one.
Seeing that Chen Yi only glanced at it a few times, and didn't touch it with his hands at all, he knew the materials used for these jade artifacts, and the faces of the two old men, Gu Gu and Bai Lao, showed a look of surprise. This kind of eyesight, if it is replaced by these jade carving masters who have been in contact with jade all year round, it is amazing, so young, they have such eyesight.
For Chen Yi's appearance, Jiang Wei's face was as usual, and Chen Yi was able to be in the antique city where fish and dragons were mixed. There are a lot of treasures, which is enough to show how good his eyesight is.
Similarly, he was also a little glad that he brought Chen Yi with him this time. It was a right choice, otherwise, with the situation that these two old men were angry just now, they would not let him enter the courtyard at all, it was precisely by Chen Yi's words that he was able to come in, of course, there was also the credit of the blood wolf.
"Chen Xiaoyou, Bang Ziyu is so similar to Hetian Jade, how can you see it." At this time, Gu couldn't help but ask again, he really couldn't believe such an amazing thing, maybe Chen Yi was blind, and he was right for a while.
In this way, it is even more difficult to use his eyes to see what kind of raw material this is, and if there are some difficult words, to say the difference between some jade, this is even more difficult Chen Yi, when identifying some jade, its information contains the characteristics of these raw materials, for these, he remembers very deeply.
"Ancient, although the stick jade is very similar to Hetian jade, but in the eyes of some people who understand jade, there is still a difference, Hetian jade texture is pure and delicate, there are cloud-like jade flowers, strong sense of oil, and stick jade texture is coarse, just like this jade pot, with a strong sense of grain, the luster is not soft, after polishing, there is a layer of wax." Chen Yi pointed to the jade pot in front of him and smiled and told Gu Gu the difference between the two.
Hearing Chen Yi's perfect answer again, the ancient two were even more surprised on their faces, it seemed that this young man was not as simple as they imagined.
"Chen Xiaoyou, I don't know where you come from and which master you follow to learn to appraise." Bai Lao couldn't help but ask, so young, with such eyesight, his master must be extraordinary.
Chen Yi looked apologetic, and then said: "Bai Lao, I am from Haoyang, as for my master, I am really sorry, I am only a registered disciple of my master now, so I dare not mention his old man's name, I hope Bai Lao can understand." ”
"Chen Xiaoyou, it's nothing, with your current eyesight, any master will be proud of you, let's go into the production room and take a look, there are a few of our friends carving jade inside." Gu shook his head and smiled, said indifferently, and then took Chen Yi and the others to the production room.
In his opinion, Chen Yi's practice of not relying on his master is very worthy of affirmation, and now some people, their own ability is not good, but they rely on a master or a relative or the like, rampant and domineering everywhere, this kind of person is the most annoying, Chen Yi is so eye-catching, but he still does not want to reveal who the master is, and inadvertently, it has increased their good impression of Chen Yi.
Before entering, Chen Yi let the blood wolf stay in the yard, while Bai Lao smiled, saying that he was with it in the yard, and he loved this dog that relieved him very much.
Chen Yi deliberately confessed a few words to the blood wolf, and then went to the production room, and when they entered the production room, they saw more than a dozen machines placed in it, and there were several old men who were busy on several machines.
In some countries such as the West, most of the works of art such as ornaments are automatically processed by machines.
It's just that in China, from ancient times to modern times, the process of jade carving is inseparable from handiwork.
With people's handiwork, into the feelings, can be made into exquisite jade carving, those Western decorative handicrafts, is simply a mold made of zuò.
This production room looks very large, but there are only a dozen machines placed, and other places inevitably seem a little empty, "Chen Xiaoyou, we were here one or twenty years ago, but there were hundreds of workers here, and in the past, this was just a workshop of our jade carving factory, but now it has become the last position of our jade carving factory." Looking at the emptiness of the production room, Gu Gu couldn't help but say with some sighs.
It is precisely because of Chen Yi's understanding of culture that he resonated, and the jade issue just now made him have a good impression, so he described it like this, otherwise, if Jiang Wei came here, Jiang Wei would not have come to visit the production room so lightly.
The old men looked like they were all in their sixties, all in good spirits, and they didn't notice their arrival at this time, and they looked intently at the jade in their hands or on the table.
"Chen Xiaoyou, how much do you know about jade carving?" Gu Gu didn't rush to take Chen Yi and the others to watch in front of the machine, but asked Chen Yi with a smile.
Chen Yi pondered for a moment, and then replied truthfully, "Ancient, I know a lot about some characteristics of jade, but I know very little about the process of jade carving, but I only know that jade is made of artificial carving. ”
"Chen Xiaoyou, tell you, in fact, jade is not carved, but made of emery, quartz, garnet, etc., which are harder than jade, supplemented by water grinding, whether it is ancient or modern."
"As the so-called, the stone of other mountains can attack jade, jade is not cut, not into a tool, this represents the processing process of jade, the general jargon will not be called jade carving, but called jade, but in order to be easier to understand, unconsciously, it is called jade carving, let's go, just one of the old men wants to make a jade pendant, we can watch the jade making process from beginning to end, and it can be regarded as unlocking the mystery of jade carving for Chen Xiaoyou."
Hearing Chen Yi's words, Gu smiled and told Chen Yi some knowledge of jade carving, which made Chen Yi feel that he had gained a lot.
Jade carving, jade carving, after listening to it a lot, naturally thought that jade was carved, but I didn't expect it to be carved out little by little with something hard.
When he walked around these machines, Chen Yi appeared on some tables next to him, full of all kinds of jade, roughly speaking, there are about dozens of pieces, and each piece is very exquisite, looking at its jade material, it is very different from the inferior jade outside, which is carved with real Hetian jade or jadeite.
At this time, they walked to the side of a machine, an old man was holding a piece of jade, comparing something, sensing their coming, immediately raised his head, looked at it, and then helped his eyes, and said with some displeasure: "Old head, didn't you say, don't let people disturb us, why did you bring people here again, today it is your turn to be on duty with Lao Bai, this is a bit unqualified." ”
"Ahem, these two are very curious about our jade carving culture, and this Chen Xiaoyou is an appraiser who knows a little about jade culture, so I took them to take a look, so that more young people can understand our Lingzhou jade carving, isn't this exactly what we need." Ancient coughed, then said with a smile.
The old man glanced at Chen Yi and the others, and then nodded, "Oh, appraiser, well, let them stop talking and watch quietly." ”