Northerners are not interested in the processing of small crafts, and it is possible that the personality of northerners has caused them to pay more attention to large stone carvings. Stone carving works of small crafts are more popular in the south, and southerners prefer a kind of life adjustment brought by stone carving crafts, and they are more willing to improve their quality of life, attitude of life and the art of life through stone carving crafts, so basically, all the manufacturers of processing small stone carving crafts are concentrated in The Hoi An area of Fujian and the Yunfu area of Guangdong. In this article, we mainly introduce the production of stone carving crafts in Hui'an, and the production of stone carving crafts of Yunfu will be shared next time.
The production of Hoi An stone carving handicrafts is mainly divided into five steps, of course, if it is mechanical processing, it only takes three steps, and we will talk about the different steps of these two different processing methods. First, let's talk about hand-crafted stone carvings:
The first step: cutting, if the large material can first be cut into a relatively small block, if it is a small piece of stone, you can use the middle cut, or directly cut by hand. If you have the conditions, you can buy a wire sawing machine, both large and small materials can be cut, and more material savings. When cutting, pay attention to the fact that basically the crafts are all formed in one piece, so when cutting, you must reserve a few centimeters more than the longest side.
The second step: reclamation, mainly a process of processing and molding of stone, do not seek to be exactly the same as the form, but the overall framework should be able to show it, if it is a large-scale handicraft, the final reclamation is completed, the highest raised part should not exceed 2 cm, and the lowest part should not be less than 3 mm. Reclamation is a very important part of the processing of stone carving crafts, this part of the processing failure, the difficulty of carving directly increases later, and this step is most likely to be damaged. Therefore, it will generally be a very skilled master to process.
The third step: rough grinding, this step is mainly to process the stone carving part of the previous step with a grinding wheel piece for further polishing, and the outline of the entire stone carving handicraft is completely processed. This step needs to be very meticulous, too much polishing, difficult to repair in the later stage, too little polishing, and the overall shape is completely changed.
Step 4: Fine carving, because the entire craft has been completely contoured, so at this time to the entire craft lines, facial features, creases, words and other parts of the specific processing, so that the left and right elements of the work can be clearly reflected.
The fifth step: fine grinding, this part is a step only in stone carving crafts, ordinary stone carvings are basically completed in the previous step after processing, but the crafts require the whole body to be smooth, so at this time, it is necessary to polish the entire stone carving with soft grinding pieces. At this point, a hand-processed craft is completed.