Lacquer master is willing and willing to inherit the nearly extinct rhinoceros skin lacquer art, which has accumulated for half a lifetime and eventually became a great musical instrument.

0 1 China is the home country of lacquerware. If I want to do it, I must do my best.

Liyang Old Street in Tunxi, Huangshan, far away from the noise and glitz, has its own ancient and elegant Zen meaning. Gan's studio, a master of lacquer art and a representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage projects, is located here.

His lacquerware works are displayed in the bright hall on the first floor, including a warm red and gold spotted rhinoceros skin paint bowl, a quiet green and gold spotted rhinoceros skin paint diamond flower box, a gorgeous colorful lacquered teapot and a quaint staghorn sand incense burner. If a stranger comes in to visit curiously, and Gan happens to be downstairs, he will kindly introduce lacquerware to others.

In his 60 s, he wore a neat white shirt, his white hair was not messy, his narrative was orderly, and his tone was calm and gentle, like a quiet scholar.

Only the nails reveal different information, and there is black paint ash under the nails, which is the trace of his hand.

When it comes to lacquerware, most people will think of Japan, whose lacquerware technology is recognized as superior all over the world.

China is the birthplace and home country of lacquerware. Lacquer craft is extensive and profound, and the finished product is very atmospheric, but it can't rank first in the world, among which rhinoceros skin lacquer craft is on the verge of extinction.

Mr. Gan realized the seriousness of this problem and made up his mind to devote himself to the research of lacquer art. He said, "We must do it from generation to generation like Japanese craftsmen. If I want to make lacquerware, I want to make the best lacquerware. "

Prior to this, he experienced a career as a lacquerware apprentice, lacquerware master, deputy curator and antique dealer. His life was stable and rich.

1999, in order to be the "best lacquerware", 45-year-old Gan closed the antique shop with rich income and turned to study the process of producing rhinoceros skin lacquerware. This business can not bring good income, but it needs a lot of time, energy and financial resources.

Instead of choosing what everyone is keen on, he chose a difficult and lonely road-rhinoceros leather paint.

I didn't watch the samples of this craft, but there were only a few words recorded in the book. Ganke doesn't even know if he can walk this road, but he said, "The choice is very important, that is, go all the way and never look back."

It takes a year to make it, even if the process is complicated, it must be perfect.

Rhinoceros skin painting is the most distinctive traditional craft in Huizhou. During the Southern Song Dynasty, lacquerware with rhinoceros skin paint was presented as a tribute to the royal family. It is difficult for ordinary people to find a piece, and craftsmen of all ages regard the complicated production process of rhinoceros skin paint as a secret method.

People pay attention to lacquerware, and pay more attention to the painting process of lacquerware surface, because this is the most obvious and attractive.

It is a willing belief that every step of a good thing should be perfect from beginning to end. If you want to do it, start with the most basic lacquer bone. It takes at least one year to make a lacquerware and complete the whole process.

Lacquer tires are mostly wooden tires, other ceramic tires and metals, as well as metal tires and leather tires.

In order to make the fetal bone firm, old nanmu or old ginkgo wood is generally used, which is delicate and firm and not easy to deform. With 10 years of woodworking experience, Gan can easily make a wooden model. He can polish the wooden tire of the bowl as thin as a piece of paper, and there is almost no error in the size and height of the bowl mouth.

After the tire shape is completed, it should be covered with summer cloth, and then painted with lacquer ash made of raw lacquer and ancient tile ash. The ancient tile ash is the most stable after firing, and the viscosity is stronger after blending with raw lacquer, which is a good choice.

Because of the adhesiveness of the paint, Xia Bu will become very obedient. After a day, when the paint is fast drying, let the summer cloth be further compacted, and fill all the holes in the summer cloth when approving the ash.

This process is "laminating cloth layer by layer and plastering layer by layer". After plastering once, the carcass should be placed in a warm and humid shade and dried in the shade, and then this process should be repeated for several months.

"Whether the paint can be dried depends on the weather and temperature and humidity. Cloth usually dries in three to five days or a week, but sometimes once you miss the best drying period, it will drag on for a long time. "

Although it takes a long time, Gan Tangke asked the master who made lacquerware with him not to cut corners on it, because the firmness of fetal bones can ensure that lacquerware can be preserved for thousands of years without decay.

The concave-convex texture made on fetal bone is called "beating", and beating is the key step in making rhinoceros skin painting. The height, shape and direction of rhinoceros skin paint all determine the final pattern, which is why rhinoceros skin paint can form a wonderful texture without carving, drawing and tracing.

This action seems simple, but it turns many rhinoceros painters away. I would like to say, "when you are knocking, you should master the fluidity of the paint, quickly put the paint cloth on the scene, and strive to have a well-thought-out plan, and the technique should be consistent with your mind."

When it is completely dry, you can paint it in different colors. The paint layer is only 1.5 times and the paint layer is only 1 mm thick.

The paint needs to be brushed 40 times repeatedly, and it needs to be dried in the shade before it can be continued. The paint is not completely dry. Never brush it again.

Next is the most challenging step-polishing. Four layers of paint add up to only the thickness of a piece of paper. After polishing, the texture of this rhinoceros skin paint is gone, which is equivalent to waste. The previous months have been wasted and need to be started again.

In the final stage of polishing, it is necessary to rub repeatedly between these millimeters. Behind the sweet but indifferent expression is 14' s painstaking efforts and tempering.

The last step in making lacquerware is to polish or fade the lacquer surface.

Willing to insist on using hands instead of tools for final polishing.

He said: "Only the skin and experience of the palm can feel the temperature and frequency of pushing light on the paint surface, thus forming a delicate and crystal-clear surface texture."

He pursues a bright paint surface without any scratches, which was not found in previous lacquerware.

In 20 1 1 year, his rhinoceros skin lacquerware works were permanently collected by the Palace Museum.

Paint making is also a kind of life practice.

Have the will to do things and find a reason to die-what others think is impossible can always be done well as long as you choose the right method.

In 2009, Gan was named as a national "non-legacy" inheritor, which is an affirmation of the road he chose. This constant attempt and pursuit, in Gan's view, is driven by "beauty", is the recognition of lacquer ware, and is the presentation of its ever-changing charm and its own value.

Gan likes to integrate his philosophy of life into the process of making lacquerware, which makes his daily handwork seem to have a taste of self-meditation.

What he values is the "degree" of doing things and being a man, and also the creed of "being as gentle as jade".

In the eyes of people around you, the sweetness of life is extremely strict with craftsmanship and has not relaxed at all. But he has always been gentle, gentle in words and deeds, not angry with others, and rarely anxious. Quite a gentleman's wind-polishing your temperament is like polishing your beloved lacquer ware.

He said, "It doesn't matter if you can't do your best today, there will be tomorrow;" It doesn't matter if you can't do the best tomorrow, there will be the day after tomorrow, even for a lifetime.

As long as you keep doing it, you will be the best one day. Do one thing all your life and you should be able to do it well. "