Under a bright desk lamp, 74-year-old Wang Tianming raised and lowered his knife within a few minutes , a string of characters the size of sesame seeds floated on a piece of jade. To carve a wonderful world in the slightest, he relies more on his feelings. This is the legendary life of Wang Tianming, the representative inheritor of the provincial intangible cultural heritage miniature sculpture project.
Do not use a magnifying glass when engraving, it is more about feeling
The moment the carving knife touches the surface of the jade, the powder that appears instantly covers the Even so, Wang Tianming still did not stop the carving knife in his hand. The moment he stopped and brushed off the dust, a song "Wanglu Mountain Waterfall" appeared in front of him, every word was clear and vigorous. The font, which is as big as a sesame seed, is hard to see even without a magnifying glass.
What is amazing is that when Wang Tianming made miniature works, almost all By feel, never use any assistive devices. "I don't use a magnifying glass when engraving, and I don't even wear glasses." He said, many people wonder, can engraving such small characters be seen clearly without a magnifying glass? In fact, he can't see clearly at all. He only uses his eyes to see whether each character is arranged neatly. As for the strokes of the characters, it depends entirely on the feel of the hand.
If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. Wang Tianming's carving knives are all made by himself. Sometimes it takes more than 10 hours just to sharpen the knives. Whether it is a three-edged knife or a four-edged knife, what they have in common is that the blade is very sharp, comparable to a syringe. "I used a microscope to make a comparison, and my blade was even sharper than the needle tip of the syringe." He held up a carving knife, and the carving knife used was different according to the hardness of the carved object.
The 11 characters carved on the hair need a microscope to see clearly
The place where Wang Tianming lives is also his studio. Here, the Various miniature sculptures carved by him. In his 37 years of miniature sculpture career, there are tens of thousands of miniature sculptures by him. One of the works named "Three Unique Wine Sets" made him quite proud. Micro-paintings, micro-plastics, and miniatures are called the three wonders. The work consists of a pot, four cups, and a tray, with a total weight of 2.6 grams, and the cup is only the size of a mung bean.
Don't look at the "Three Unique Wine Sets", although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs. Although the body of the pot is only about the size of a fingernail, the lid can be opened, and the belly of the pot communicates with the spout. Not only that, Li Bai's poem "Will Enter the Wine" is engraved on the body of the pot, with a total of 180 characters. Li Bai's poems about wine are also engraved on each jug and tray. "I have been working on this set of works for more than a year. Because it is small, the failure rate is very high. I only made twenty or thirty cups before I selected these few." He carefully picked up the jug with tweezers, Showed to reporters, this can be regarded as the smallest wine set in the world.
In 2005, Wang Tianming broke through the "limit" by engraving letters on his hair. On the 0.5 cm long hair, he carved 11 characters, which can only be seen clearly with a microscope. "The hair must be full and resilient, it must be young and middle-aged, and it must still be white." He said that after having the right hair, he also needs to consider how to fix the hair when sculpting, how to flatten the lettering side, and just overcome these Technical difficulties took more than a year. In the end, it took 2 nights and carved more than 100 hairs before and after, and finally completed this work.
Carving Beethoven minuets and English, French and other foreign language works
37 years ago, Wang Tianming heard about micro-carving for the first time, and since childhood he liked to write He is a calligraphy and painter, and from that moment on, he has formed a bond with micro-carving. "Micro-carving requires a certain foundation of calligraphy and painting. The first time I did micro-carving was on wood chips. The font was larger than the current one, but the failure rate was very high. Sometimes the strokes overlapped, and sometimes the whole character was crooked. ” He said, it took three or four years of practice to engrave the characters to the size of a sesame seed.
A picture of a hundred longevity and a hundred blessings, Avalokitesvara, the image of the first teacher Confucius, The score of the heroes of the Liangshan Mountains in the water... Wang Tianming's miniature sculptures are all endowed with cultural connotations. In Wang Tianming's view, micro-carving combines calligraphy, painting, and sculpture. On the basis of being small and refined, he pays more attention to artistic charm and appeal. He is not only making micro-carving works, but also promoting traditional culture. From Tang Poetry and Song Ci to Beethoven's Minuet in G major, from Chinese to English, German, and French, he has been constantly seeking innovation.
Wang Tianming, who is over 70 years old, is still making miniature sculptures every day. To his relief, this skill has been followed by others. Among his more than 30 students, five or six successors have been trained. "Micro-carving is a boring and meticulous job. To endure loneliness, peace of mind is more important than carving techniques. Without ten or twenty years of work, it is difficult to be proficient in techniques." He said with a smile.
A carving knife that carves the wonders of life is Wang Tianming. (Jinan Times New Yellow River reporter: Wang Zheng Liangxing)
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