Yang Xin Microcarving artist Shi Feng has unique skills

On a white hair silk, the Song Dynasty poet Zhu Xi's poem "Encouragement" is clearly visible, "Youth is easy to learn old age, an inch of time can not be light." The text turned calligraphy without sacrificing charm, and the inscription and seal everything.

Hair can also make a fuss? It is true that at the home of Yangxin's micro-entrepreneur Shi Feng, there are large and small nail sculptures and shallow thumb-like jade paintings. Its "carved" objects or hundreds of words, or a vivid "micro-volume."

Appreciate the Arts "Three Cares"

In 1992, 25-year-old Shi Feng “came” from the TV to Chang Shiqi, a master of Chinese arts and crafts. At the time, Chang Shiqi, at the invitation of the Guinness Book of World Records Asia, went to Singapore to hold an exhibition of personal miniature sculptures. He also wrote 308 words on the pros and cons of the 2cm-long person, breaking the 249 hair-carvings created by the Indian microcarver at the time. The Guinness Book of World Records.

As a result, Shi Feng decided to worship Chang Shiqi as a teacher. Before apprenticeship, Shi Feng was a student of a certain oil painting specialty of the Academy of Fine Arts. During his leisure time, he also loved to “scrutinize” miniature sculptures. When he learned that Chang Shiqi was working at the Hubei Institute of Arts and Crafts, he went straight to Wuhan with a few pieces of his own sculpture.

However, perhaps it was too "reckless" and Shi Feng could not meet Chang Shiqi himself. Fortunately, he will have to call Chang Shiqi. After returning home, the calm Shi Feng called Chang Shiqi and Chang Shiqi expressed his willingness to meet him. So he again went to Wuhan with his work.

After reading Shi Feng's works, Chang Shiqi did not say yes, nor did he say yes or no. He just "dropped" a few pieces of ** into the hands of Shi Feng and asked him to go home and try. Although there are foundations for studying oil paintings, Shi Feng does not dare to neglect them.

This trial took half a year. In the past six months, Shi Feng was almost closed and working for more than 16 hours a day. Six months later, he carefully presented his work to Chang Shiqi's desk. The master finally spoke: He agreed to accept him as a student.

The arts are mainly minor and supplemented by Shi Feng, saying that people in the circle of friends all call him the “three-match artist”, the three-finger refers to the miniature carving, the jade and the gold and silver wrong craftsmanship, and the shallow carving of calligraphy and painting. However, in Shi Feng’s own opinion, **micro carving is always his introductory skill. After more than ten years of intensive research, it has now reached the realm of perfection.

The so-called micro-carving, it is a kind of fine carving techniques known for fine, carved a subtle three-dimensional picture. "Miniature carving is the use of specific tools, to achieve reduced carving, there are paintings and characters, generally require a microscope to see." In the 5 mm × 5 mm size film, the world famous painting "Mona Lisa" "laugh" was quiet and happy The full text of the Diamond Sutra with more than 6,000 words is "resting" on a piece of a 2.5cm x 4cm piece.

Shallow carving lies between carving and carving. Shi Feng said that for an artist, shallow carving should be based on micro carving. In his heart, the release of any piece of work means the only thing. In his desk case, a piece of Guanyin's Guanyin diagram was partially completed. "Pro is inconsistent with copying and copying. Pro is to achieve a kind of artistic effect with a sculptural texture through the change and depth of notch. It is a conversion and reference of the sculptor's original manuscript. It is not the same as the picture of the original. "But sometimes, for the entire work, even if it is a bit late or some part is longer than 0.01. Millimeters will not work. Shi Feng said, "Tiny is only a form, but the key is in the art."

In 2008, Shi Feng was the third person who succeeded Ma Jingui and Yang Genlian to successfully restore and master gold and silver fabrications. According to him, the process was first seen during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty and was gradually lost in the late Qing Dynasty. In the 1940s, Pan Bingheng, one of the “four strangers” in the jade industry, had restored the method of producing gold-inlaid jade. However, Pan Bingheng did not want to transfer art to art. Before and after 1978, the production of gold-inlaid jade was lost again.

In 2010, Liu Yuchuan designed and Shi Feng produced a shallow-grained painting of white jade, “The five gems are empty”. He won the Chinese jade (aluminum) apparatus hundred flowers award (Beijing) silver award, becoming the highest award in the field so far.

The knife is simpler than the pen. "The hardness of the jade is relatively large." Shi Feng said, "If you use too much force, you will break the knife. If you use too much force, you will slip the knife. The carving generally requires smooth lines, and any flaws must be polished. Again."

Prior to 2009, in the area of ​​shallow carving of calligraphy and painting, Shi Feng was still at the stage of exploration and research. Therefore, the quality effects on the selection of materials and the effect of the screen were uneven. “Every stage of the work tends to be perfect, but with the renewal of technology and tools, the perfect standard for each stage is different.”

According to Shi Feng, he can probably do more than 20 works a year, and the minimum manual cost for each piece is 20,000 yuan. So far, he feels that the best piece of shallow carving work is Wang Wei’s “Snow Out of the Tianshan Mountains”. It took nearly a month for the manual to cost 50,000 yuan.

Shi Feng said that the art of micro carving needs a relatively quiet environment. He usually chooses to create in the evening. "If it is carved in the hair, I will first let myself quiet for a few minutes, let the breath and pulse down, and then start the knife." Shi Feng said, the key is to control the pulse, and now basically has mastered the pulse beat and the next knife The law between moments. "Like writing on a moving car, words written by people who haven't written are usually crooked, and people who write often aren't a problem," he said with a laugh. "For me, holding a knife is better than taking a pen. simple!"