Who knows the traditional sandalwood making process? Preferably a video.

Sandalwood fan evolved from folding fan, and its bones are made of sandalwood, hence the name sandalwood fan. Sandalwood is a small evergreen tree, native to India, Australia, Indonesia and other places, and also cultivated in Taiwan Province Province of China. This kind of wood smells good, so when you hold it in your hand, it smells pleasant. You can clear your heart in summer and put it in the basket in autumn, which has the effect of preventing insects and moths with fragrant clothes. Small and exquisite shape, gorgeous and exquisite, rich in decorative interest, widely loved by women, so it is specially used for modern female lovers.

There are six main types of sandalwood fans:

1, inverted shoulder: because the silk surface is shorter than the exposed part of the fan surface, it is called "inverted fan" in jargon; Because its silk surface looks like a bridge, it is named "Xiling Bridge" in Hangzhou, hence the name "Xiling Bridge" (Figure 1).

2. Grid view: The silk surface changes from the original uniform arc to two or three discontinuous pieces of different sizes, just like the free and continuous pavilion in the center of the West Lake, which is called "two-grid view" or "three-grid view". This is the form of "ivory fan bone silk painting small folding fan"

3, comprehensive: also known as "Panorama", the surface has no silk, all sandalwood fans are hidden in the bone with ribbons or nylon silk, and exquisite patterns are pulled out in layers. (Figure 2: Humble Administrator's Garden with Integrated Sandalwood Fans)

4. Arrangement: the silk surface accounts for half of the whole fan, and the shoulder (the part between the fan head and the silk surface) is shaped like a beard with curved ends, hence the name.

5. Hot stamping: the combination of hot stamping and hot stamping.

(Figure 3: Easy Tour of Hot Sandalwood Fans)

6. Mosaic: In the pattern of pulling flowers and scalding flowers, there are also pieces of ox bone, ox horn, ivory or silver thread for ornament.

The processing technology of sandalwood fan mainly includes painting, bronzing, calligraphy and mosaic. The following are briefly introduced:

Drawing is a technique that the operator uses a very fine special wire saw to draw holes in the fan according to the pre-designed pattern. It has a certain kinship with folk paper-cutting and paper engraving, and has the characteristics of strange danger and ingenuity, and it is very difficult to operate.

Prepare a special round wire saw before pulling flowers. The mechanic tapped with a mallet on a steel chisel thinner than a pencil. The steel chisel has teeth on three sides on a very thin steel wire. When opening teeth, straighten the steel wire with a bamboo bow, and use rectangular hardwood strips at the bottom to avoid bending or shaking the steel wire. The teeth should be opened carefully and evenly, and the pattern drawn can achieve a delicate, gorgeous and ethereal effect. (Figure 4: All-flower sandalwood fan Shanghai Yuyuan Lake Museum)

When pulling flowers, two to six bamboo strips should be arranged in four mouths, supported by wooden boards at the bottom, and pulled out at one time. The holes should be smooth and smooth, and the magnificent decorative patterns should be deliberately displayed with skillful skills. It's amazing that a fan has only 80 holes, and now there are about four or five hundred or even one or two thousand holes in fine flowers. (Figure 5: Actual operation diagram of drawing process)

Hot stamping, also known as fire painting or pyrography, burns various patterns on the fan with a special electric branding pen. The nib of bronzing is conical and made of silver. When stamping flowers, the technician holds a thermal conductive pen, first outlines the outline of the depicted object and the lines of the internal structure, and then uses the side friction of the pen to render, so that the depicted object gradually has a three-dimensional effect.

(Figure 6: Hot sandalwood fan the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon)

Hot stamping has high heat and deep scorch marks; When the temperature is low, the scorch marks will fade. The operator should adjust the pressure and temperature from time to time as needed, and master the pen speed appropriately according to the temperature. The electric pen is different from the brush pen, but the skilled perming technician has rich and varied brushwork, and can also obtain the artistic effect of Chinese painting line drawing, such as strength, age, softness, looseness, roundness, thickness, moistening and clumsiness.

(Figure 7: Actual operation diagram of hot stamping process)

Painting: In the silk sandalwood fan, the shape of the fan is wide and narrow, some are curved like a crescent, some are arched like a long bridge, and some are divided into blocks. Therefore, painting must adapt to this form, be ingenious and operate in place, in order to draw interesting artistic conception.

Sandalwood fans are small and exquisite, and the ribs are decorated with patterns. Fan silk painting is too concentrated or too simple, which will appear cumbersome, crowded or empty, so the painting should be moderate and appropriate. Plain fans should be painted with red main flowers, and ink can also be used. The blue lagoon has a green fan, so everything can be painted in all seasons. Plum, peach, begonia, chrysanthemum and crape myrtle are all suitable. You can draw with double hooks, or you can draw with pen and ink. In short, we should focus on beauty, meaning, beauty and vulgarity.

Mosaic: sandalwood fans are sometimes inlaid with ivory, ox bone, tortoise shell, emerald, red coral, gold and silver silk, mother of pearl and so on. For example, red corals are used to make crane crowns red, and horns are used to make Hei He feathers; Or inlay ivory lines on the fan bones (Figure 8). Mosaic should pay attention to the whole plate, color contrast and reasonable and harmonious layout.