Handmade art on metal plates - engraving
A grass-vine woven fruit plate with a silver-white silk scarf on the plate. At a glance, I felt that the object in front of me was not ordinary: the texture of the fruit plate was rough, and the grass vine was rooted in golden gleam. The silk scarf in the dish is soft and smooth, and the folds are delicate. It seems to be woven with the finest silver silk, and the pendant has a share. In fact, this rattan fruit bowl and silk scarves are carved by the craftsman on pure silver. When it appeared as a national ceremony at the APEC meeting, the heads of state couldn't help but reach out and touched it. The result was caught empty--this silk scarf is not a silk scarf! This "fake and false" is a miracle created by the resilience of metal and hand-engraving. "Knife sharpening" is not wrong Engraving is a handcrafted technique of carving a pattern with a metal hammer on gold, silver, copper and other metals. The first step in engraving is to "open up", that is, to make a dice. The scorpion is a tool used by the engraver to operate on metal sheets. It is shaped like a long nail with different sizes. One end is used for tapping, and the other end is printed with various shapes on the metal plate under the force of the hammer. The most commonly used scorpions are divided into more than ten kinds according to the area and shape of the hoe, such as Tuoba, hi-hat, and glutinous rice. Others, with the craftsman's hand-designed patterns, have round, fine lines, half moons, etc., all sorts of things. The personality of each engraved work comes from these nephews with different engraving techniques and aesthetics. The thickness of the metal plate is also particular. Excessively thick sheets are not easy to appear in shape, too thin and easy to "leak". The engravers are generally determined according to the size or use of the work, and the more skillful the craftsmanship, the higher the ability to control plates of different thicknesses. Before the engraving, the metal sheet should be annealed first. After the hardness is lowered, it will be more effective at a moment. In addition to this, the object to be processed must be attached to a rubber sheet prepared with a special material. The softness of the pad makes the feedback strength of each tap soft, and the plate is easy to form rounded depressions and protrusions, and it is not easy to break. Everything is ready, just wait for the teacher to start, hammer down. They know the true nature of metal. Before the first shot down on the hoe, the engraver knows how the seemingly rigid material will respond. In their eyes, the metal is like a person with a dual character, rigid and soft, and tenacious. And engraving this skill is tailor-made for them. The so-called "éŒ¾æ— é”‹" and "carved front", the former is large and round, the latter is deep and narrow. The craftsman knows that only the toughness of the metal can at the same time receive the ambition and engraving, thus revealing the unique charm. At the beginning, the engraver carefully scrutinized the lines on the sheets, and soon the outline of the whole painting was basically presented. However, the real drama that can be turned into a three-dimensional plane is the next one. The plump torso of the object is chiseled with beans, and the flat plate is sunken down with a little bit of tapping, and the other side is raised. The layers with rich layers and sharp drops bulge out and come out. In addition to the smooth and invisible block surface, the hair, feathers, flowers and other parts are distributed with tight and slender lines, which need to be carved with small tick. The craftsman swayed and walked, the object bulged from the flat, stood up, and the lines appeared in the underarms as if they were growing. The vivid form must be gradually generated by the man's tens of thousands of times. This is the metal's "just"; and the sputum is a pen, so that the texture is as delicate and clear as the paper, so that the layers are as undulating as the mountains and rivers. This is the "soft" of metal. There are so many ways to build metal, but because of the "toughness" that knows it, those craftsmen have chosen to engrave. They are convinced that in order to get the most out of the charm of a material, it is necessary to adopt a technique that suits its temperament. As the saying goes, life is a matter of knowing oneself. For metal materials, those who have eye-catching craftsmen are their first confidants. Sunglasses Case, Sunglasses Box Milson Company Limited , https://www.milson-packing.com