Introduction and cultural value of micro-carving Carving techniques of micro-carving

The art of micro-carving is one of the traditional Han crafts, a kind of pocket art, is a special carving techniques, has a high cultural value, now let's take a look at it.

I. Introduction to micro-carving

The art of micro-carving is a traditional Han arts and crafts in the most fine and small crafts, is a set of Han cultural essence of the pocket art, is a branch of the carving techniques, for the microscopic carving of a school, micro-carving generally refers to the micro-fine round carving, relief carving and carving (hollowing carving) and so on. The manifestation of more with the natural world like things. Micro-carving is convex out, rich in three-dimensional sense. It can even be in the size of a grain of rice ivory, bamboo, or a few millimeters of hair on the carving, its works to use a magnifying glass or microscope to see the content of the carving, so it has been called "stunts". Micro-carving there is a soft school of hard school, soft school is in the ivory hair and other soft materials such as carving, hard school is in onyx jade porcelain and other hard materials such as more than 6 degrees of hard material carving, relative difficulty, hard material carving is more difficult. Many micro-carving works are often seen in the Yang carving and yin carving techniques *** with the implementation to create.

Seal engraving side of the art of micro-engraving art is the basis for the emergence and development. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, many literati in the seal of this square inch, with the iron pen inscriptions and paintings, to support the interest, self-indulgence.

Second, the production method of micro-carving

1, micro-carving pay special attention to the selection of materials, the stone texture requirements of absolute purity, can not afford to have half a point of sand and half a crack,

because half a point of sand may destroy a fine picture or more than 10 Chinese characters.

2, micro-carving knife is also a special fine knife, both sharp and fine, but also sharp.

3, to have a particularly sophisticated calligraphy and painting skills, carving can only be carried out when the "intention to carve", "" intention to carve ".

4, the scene should be breathless, concentrated ideas, millimeters, a thousand pounds, a breath.

5, the knife should be stable, accurate, ruthless, micro-carving of the knife that is the pen, not enough power, due to micro-control, the knife does not reach the meaning. In the micro-carving works with micro-carving inscription must pay attention to the effect of calligraphy, those who see the big show ugly, the word of the crooked, the line of the unaligned, the painting of the misalignment, with the dissonance, are the creators should be avoided.

6, should grasp the artistic effect of changes in the lines produced by the knife and stone. Only in this way can the calligraphy and knife brushwork to achieve perfect unity.

Third, what is the cultural value of micro-carving

Only the embodiment of a variety of knife skills of gold and stone type micro-carving has a relatively high value. Under the premise of distinguishing the authenticity of the material and the type of craftsmanship, and then from the chapter of the work, color, technique to determine the level of taste, so as to determine its artistic value.

Micro-carving pay attention to the selection of materials, the stone texture requirements of 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 a special skill in calligraphy and Chinese painting, so that the carving can be carried out "intentionally carved". 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 "desk cliff carving" Shoushan stone calligraphy micro-engraving of new varieties.

The Shoushan stone cliffs would have been small and exquisite, a thousand forms, and then with the art of micro-carving calligraphy, it is more appreciated, and thus loved by all.

The above is the knowledge of micro-carving, I hope it can help you.