The historical development of micro-carving

Micro-carving, also known as rice carving, fine carving, rice grains of painting and calligraphy, etc., is in the small objects on the carving, drawing, carving with a knife instead of a pen, is an ancient technology. The following is the history of the development of micro-carving I have carefully organized for you, I hope you like it.

The history of the development of micro-carving

The earliest micro-carving has appeared in the oracle bones. Xiao Ai's History of Oracle Bones recorded: ? The skill of oracle bone carving is very exquisite? The small ones are as fine as sesame seeds, or craggy and strong, or beautiful and colorful. Han Fei Zi. The foreign reserves said on the left" records, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the State of Wei, someone can carve a mother monkey on the thorns.

Ming Dynasty prevalent nuclear carving, known as? Ghost work technology? , is the meaning of ghostly workmanship, the Ming Dynasty nuclear carving popular in Guangzhou, Suzhou, Shandong Weifang and other places, the Ming Dynasty Wei Xu Peter's write Wang Shuyuan's? Nuclear boat? Is carved on the kernel of a boat. Wan Zhi Synthesis" recorded that the Ming Dynasty Shexian? Liu Tiepen is skilled in micro-carving, can carve the diameter of the inch wood stone into a strange instrument, in the 7-inch stone pagoda skeletonized landscape, trees, pavilions, the window is not full of kibble and can be opened and closed, exquisite and penetrating, fine pole hair?

China's micro-carving history has a long history. As far away as in the Yin and Shang period of the oracle bone inscriptions, micro-engraving appeared. The seal of the Warring States period is as small as millet, but the seal text is divided into Zhu Bai. The well-known Wang Shuyuan's "carved boat" is also a classic of the art of micro-carving in Chinese history.

Early micro-carving categories less, with the progress of the times and the development of science and technology, precision and fine tools continue to be manufactured, coupled with some of the new materials can be used as a micro-carving and discovery of micro-carving, micro-carving of new categories continue to arise. People gradually realize that the traditional? Micro-carving? The concept is a bit? Fuzzy? Many people often put? Micro-engraving Microengraving. micro-painting. and? Micro-carving? are mixed together. The result is that in describing Micro-sculpture? It is difficult to grasp the main points of the micro-carving technique. Microsculpture is different from? Micro-carving? The most important feature is the presentation of three-dimensional space, "nuclear carving", "bone carving", "ivory carving", "bamboo carving" and "micro-painting carving" should belong to the "micro-carving" category. And? Micro-carving? Is concave, decorative, less three-dimensional; and "micro painting" is a pen or knife line drawing to micro-carving surface, or line drawing micro-carving, is a kind of fine and small paintings. Micro-carving carving is a fine and small three-dimensional picture, is a three-dimensional sense of Yang carving micro-carving art.

Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, many literati in the seal of this square inch, with the iron pen inscription book painting, send interest, self-indulgence. And after Shoushan stone became the seal material, Shoushan stone micro-carving art began to appear. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Xuan and Zhou Bin engraved small characters on the patterns of Shoushan stone carvings. The Ximen Thin Idea School? Carving master Lin Qingqing also often carved works in the grass, stone cracks with very fine strokes engraved with their own names and years of production, and later even more people in the seal on the four sides of the square column, with very fine text, carving the ancient poems as a side.

By the 1960s, with the use of magnifying glasses and other advanced scientific instruments in the field of micro-carving, micro-carving art has become a unique new art. In a lot of micro-carving works on the screen often both micro-carved poems or articles, at this time, people also increasingly recognize the importance of micro-carved text calligraphy effect, those who are carved with a fine certain works are nothing more than a bunch of ants and feet, in the magnifying glass to observe, wave limbs and scratches, not the way, the word or dull, or crooked, or distorted, is not desirable. Especially in the micro-carving works on the micro-carving power how, also became a judgment of micro-carving works of success or failure. The reason why good works are respected by people, in addition to micro-carving techniques, the reason also lies in the layout of micro-carving and to show the calligraphy skills of iron scratch silver hook. Qing dynasty micro-engraving master Yu Shuo its specialization in the folding fan side bone micro-engraving, can be in the finger width of the fan bone engraved thirty lines of words, can be engraved in the fan bone bamboo edge of thousands of words, and no a failure, pen pen has post gas. Word to the smallest detail, with 20 times magnifying glass to see clearly recognized. Modern carvers due to the limitations of the bamboo material itself, has rarely in the bamboo micro-engraving of such a small text. There is a certain collector's value.

Classification of micro-carvings

Ivory micro-carvings

In the H?rfels Cave in southwestern Germany, the University of Tübingen, Germany, led by Professor Nicholas Konrad, archaeologists. Archaeologists led by Konad discovered these three ivory microsculptures: a small bird, a horse's head and a lion figure. These three micro-carvings are carved from mammoth ivory in ancient times, the height of each micro-carving is no more than 2.5 centimeters, carving skill, exquisite techniques, the feathers on the waterfowl and the horse's head on the beak, nose and eyes are carved very finely, each lifelike, it is very impressive.

More than 30,000 years ago, Europe was in the Neolithic era, widely distributed two types of people, one is an ape - Neanderthals, and one is the evolution of the adult Homo sapiens, their lifestyles have been significantly different. These microsculptures are the work of Homo sapiens, and nothing excites Prof. Conard more than the microsculpture ? Lion Man? The discovery of this half-human, half-lion statue symbolizes a certain belief practiced by Homo sapiens at the time, he believes.

Professor Nicholas Konad of the University of Tübingen in Germany? Konrad:? It was a great honor to find this? lion man? was certainly a surprise, and in the past we have found a large lion man near this area. Now we have two lion men, which sends a message that humans of that era already had some kind of faith.?

At that time, Homo sapiens in Europe practiced a pantheistic religion, shamanism, which favored some kind of connection and transformation between the real world and the spirit world. The bird sculpture symbolizes a useful waterfowl that could dive, and which the shamanistic Homo sapiens believed could move between the real and the spiritual worlds. The lion is likely to be a symbol used by shamanic priests or shamans to call upon their followers.

Nicholas Konad, a professor at the University of Tübingen in Germany. Konad: ? There is no doubt that there was competition between Neanderthals (apes) and Homo sapiens, and there is reason to believe that Homo sapiens had the ability to utilize some kind of (belief) sign symbols at that time to better adapt to the environment at that time, thus eliminating Neanderthals and taking over the whole world.?

Smallest comic book

Organizers of the Excellence in Hardware/Software Meeting (EHSM) in Hamburg, Germany, presented the world's smallest comic book, inscribed on a human hair. The comic book, titled Juana Knits The Planet,*** is divided into 12 panels showing a little girl making music, planting trees, and more.

A human hair is about 80 micrometers in diameter, and each panel of this comic takes up only 25 micrometers, so it can only be read through a microscope.

The work was done with a concentrated ion beam borrowed from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and reading the cartoon in the microscopic world was truly extraordinary.

Micro-carving on a hairline

When magnified through a microscope, the head of Lu Xun and related text can be clearly seen on a hairline.

China's intangible cultural heritage micro-carving master Chang Shiqi's hundreds of pieces of micro-carving works in the Guanyuan Jewelry City on display to the public, to hobbyists and industry insiders to show the infinite charm of the art of China's micro-carving, especially in a thin strand of hair carving out portraits and text, which is the first time in the Mainland exhibition. Abraham Lincoln, Lu Xun statue, Journey to the West characters and a hair on the carving of 308 words, etc., let a person eye-opening.

March 25, 2006 - According to a BBC report, Chinese-American micro-sculpture artist Jin Yinhua displayed a work in which a lifelike image of a giant panda was carved into a strand of hair. The artist spent 10 days creating the miniature masterpiece using a tube of rabbit-hair brushes, the report said.

Visitors to the Chinese gallery will need to pass through a microscope that magnifies the work 50,000 times before they can appreciate it.

Other microsculptors include Russian artist Dvorianov. He used to create oil paintings of famous figures on poppy seeds and grains of rice. Dvorianov's largest work to date is a 2003 drawing of the Titanic cruise ship on a piece of mineral floss 2 millimeters in diameter.

In 2002, micro-sculptor Wigan spent months designing, sculpting and painting a micro-sculpture of Muhammad Ali Boxing Liston on a tack.

His collection also includes Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Tower Bridge and Jesus. Each piece is so large it could fit through the eye of a needle.

Shoushan stone microcarving

Shoushan stone microcarving is the practice of carving tiny images or text into small pieces of Shoushan stone. The history of Shoushan stone microcarving began in the late Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Xuan and Zhou Bin used to carve small characters in the patterned out-of-the-way places of Shoushan stone carvings, and Lin Qingqing, the master of the Ximen School of Thin Ideas, used to carve his own name and the year of production with very fine strokes in the grass and stone crevices of the carvings he made. Later, some people in the seal on the four sides of the square column, also in very fine characters, carving ancient poems as the side.

In the 80's, Chen Zhongsen to seek precision in the micro, further development of the ? Micro-carving? The art of micro-carving was further developed in the 1980s. Chen Zhongsen since the 1960s to concentrate on the art of micro-carving, micro in the search for precision, works of ? The works are so small that they require a power magnifying glass to see. To need to use power magnifying glass to see clearly. He is not only able to express in the micro-carving of real, cursive, official, seal script, figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, and even color ink abstract painting, and the carved words, dots, scratches, inter-frame structure is extremely subtle, and its manipulation of gold and stone full of flavor. Calligrapher Qi Gong gave him the gift of "Iron Brush". Iron Pen The calligrapher Qi Gong gave him the title "Iron Brush". For example, Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface" full text, can be in a 1 cubic centimeters, larger than soybeans on a plane of Tianhuang stone all carved, so he said it is? Art in micro?

Shoushan stone micro-carving calligraphy and painting first of all on the creation of the material is very careful, be carved at the stone quality to be absolutely pure, containing not half a bit of sand and cracks. Second, should have both pointed and sharp knife. Third, the carver is required to have skilled calligraphy and painting skills, sometimes the eye is not enough to use, can only rely on? Idea? And pen movement to carve. Creator to enter the realm of superb art, concentration, breathlessness, the trained sense of beauty, poured into the knife. Fourth, to have solid basic skills. Micro-carving strives to use the knife is stable, accurate, ruthless. Micro-carving knife that is the pen, not enough power, because of micro-control, the knife does not reach the meaning. Fifth, should grasp the knife and stone produced by the artistic effect of line changes. In addition, there are emblem carving, and stone carving, wood carving and so on.

The art of carving micro-carving

The art of micro-carving? Art in micro? Micro-carving is also very concerned about the picture and chapter art, which is? Intention in the fine? Micro-carving carver must first have a very good calligraphy and painting skills, although the micro-carving is so small that can not be recognized with the naked eye, but under a magnifying glass is still very fine, such as large calligraphy. Chen Zhongsen in addition to micro-carving calligraphy, but also created a new species? Micro-carving painting. He used the Shoushan stone itself colorful, texture characteristics. His micro-carving works? Hundred bears paradise picture? In the United States? World Art Center? and won the only Special Gold Medal at the Third Golden Rooster Awards. Special Gold Medal

Nowadays, there is a micro-carving research society in Fuzhou, with more than 10 members, among which Li Yiming's micro-carving calligraphy work has won the Special Prize in the relevant tournaments in Japan. Special Prize? In addition, there are Chen Dongsheng, Chen Mingde, Zhang Ping, Yang Shieying, Liu Yongqi, Lin Yuixi, Lin Qinsong and others, also outstanding achievements.

Micro-carving pay attention to the selection of materials, the texture of the stone requires absolute purity, can not afford to have half a point of sand and half a crack, because half a sand point may be carved more than 10 Chinese characters. Second, the micro-carving knife is also a special fine knife, both to be sharp and fine, but also to be sharp. Thirdly, it is necessary to have particularly skillful calligraphy and Chinese painting skills to carve ? The carving can only be done with the intention of carving. Fourth, the scene should be breathless, concentrated ideas, millimeters, a thousand pounds, a breath.

Fifth, the knife should be stable, accurate, ruthless, only so that the calligraphy and knife brushwork to achieve perfect unity. 1990s, you Jiarui opened up the? Cliff stone carving on the desk? Shoushan stone calligraphy micro-engraving of new varieties. Shoushan stone cliffs would have been small and delicate, a thousand forms, and then with the art of micro-carving calligraphy, it is more appreciated, and therefore loved by all.

Since 2005, from the motherland of the U.S. micro-engraving artist Xie Sanshanshan (Mr. Shan Shan Xie) in New York to show his micro-engraving skills, the American people and the majority of the Chinese people love.