Peach stone carving step

1. Observe the grain of peach pit and design the size, position and quantity of carved gourds;

2. Carve a large shape with a flat knife, and pay attention to the fact that the gourd and rattan leaves block each other, which is layered and natural;

3, deepen the carving with a knife, pay attention to the hollowing out of the bottom of the rattan night, and the leaves are as mean as possible;

4, continue to deepen, the side of the gourd should be radian, can't be carved flat, the gourd should be carved fine, and the surface of the gourd should be scraped clean with a diagonal knife;

5. Perform final adjustment, polishing, oiling and polishing.

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Artistic charm of peach stone carving

1, see macro in micro.

(1) Although the nuclear carving is small, the macro can be seen from the micro. Since ancient times, nuclear carving has amazed and fascinated countless antique playthings with its unique artistic charm, and the market is becoming more and more promising. Now, exquisite nuclear carvings can be sold at high prices, which also stimulates the creative enthusiasm and intelligence of ingenious artists who inherit the previous crafts.

(2) In the Jiangnan water town where the nuclear carving technique prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more than 100 young people who passed on this technique. Chen, a well-known nuclear sculpture at home and abroad, and Yin Yijun, a descendant of Yin Genfu, a nuclear sculpture artist in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, all have nuclear ship products such as Night Tour on Dongpo Chibi, Fisherman's Joy, Double-decker Passenger Ship, Suzhou Garden, Birthday of the Eight Immortals and Peach Blossom Garden. Some of the fine products were bought by collectors from all over the country, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and some of the nuclear sculptures were taken at many auction houses in Shanghai.

2. New ideas and tastes

As long as the sculptor's carving skills are exquisite, the subject matter created conforms to the tastes of contemporary appreciators and collectors, and has certain new ideas and tastes, such nuclear carving will always be favored and cherished by people.

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