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Chapter 1270 Filigree as bone, inlaid as decoration

The traditional filigree inlaid utensils in Shendu cover many types.

In the general direction, it includes boxes, plates, bowls, cups, decorations, tea sets, wine vessels, ruyi, jewelry, etc. that are used daily by the court.

Each general direction contains many specific objects.

For example, jewelry includes hat ornaments, headwear, hairpins, bracelets, rings, nail sets and so on.

The themes are influenced by court culture, and dragons, phoenixes, ruyis, and longevity peaches are mainly chosen to represent auspicious and noble shapes.

Different from folk gold and silver products, dragon and phoenix are shapes that cannot be used by ancient folk.

These palace gold products are glittering and spared no expense in the shape of materials, so that the Shendu filigree inlay can be done regardless of cost, and there is no concept of size, just to meet the needs of the royal family.

For example, the Diancui brooch of "Rich Peony" at that time was one of the masterpieces.

The gold and silver utensils produced at that time were mainly chiseled patterns. First, the gold and silver pieces were beaten into the shape of the utensil with a hammer, and then the convex and concave patterns were chiseled with a chisel.

The upper part is surrounded by filigree to form a stone bowl, inlaid with various precious jades, or several kinds of precious jades are connected with gold and silver threads to make vessels.

Such a thing, even without gems, is a proper luxury.

What's more, there are various gemstones inlaid on it. Unfortunately, there are not many craftsmen who know these crafts now.

Otherwise, let's develop these well, and what about those luxury jewelry companies abroad?

Those companies rely on advertisements to make a name for themselves, and then start to fool people.

Getting some copper rings is a luxury, and getting some glass sheets is also a luxury, and they are all extremely expensive. This is really a tax on IQ.

However, the technical requirements of these traditional crafts in our country are too high. It is really not easy to open up the market for large-scale production.

This kind of craftsmanship reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

At that time in the capital city of the Ming Dynasty, filigree pickaxe embedding reached its peak, and techniques such as stacking, base, weaving, weaving, pinching, filling, embedding, and chiseling were all available.

Especially the application of difficult techniques such as weaving and stacking has been very proficient.

In the Qing Dynasty, with the increase of social demand, the industry moved towards specialized production.

There are more than ten small industries such as practical work, inlay work, chisel work, burnt blue work, emerald work, and gold-coated work.

After the Revolution of [-], court art was scattered among the people.

At this time, gold shops and silver houses were opened one after another. According to statistics, there were more than one hundred, and the filigree inlay industry was extremely prosperous.

Filigree inlays in Beijing can be roughly classified into utensils, architectural shapes, animal shapes, human figures, and various jewelry.

Such as the turret of the Forbidden City, Nine Dragon Wall, bottle, smoked, lion, dragon, "Magu Xianshou", ear clippers, collar pins, cufflinks, rings, bracelets, necklaces and so on.

Filigree inlay is also called "fine gold craft" because it is made entirely of gold and silver wire.

This is the process from individual filaments to a complete filigree mosaic work.

In the middle, we must rely on the eight major crafts of stacking, building, weaving, weaving, pinching, filling, saving, and welding.

And each process is subdivided, and it is ever-changing.

In terms of the complexity of the process alone, filigree inlay is at the forefront of Yanjing Eight Wonders.

It is precisely because of its rare materials and complicated craftsmanship that it has always been used by the royal family in history.

If the essence of filigree mosaic lies in the filigree, then the later mosaic can play a wonderful role in drawing the finishing touch.

The most common inlay method is bezel inlay, also called bezel inlay.

For example, the production of stone bowls, which is called "circling stone bowls" in jargon, is the highlight.

First, the copper sheet should be pressed to a suitable thickness.

And this degree is all mastered by the masters based on experience.

Cut the pressed copper sheet into strips and use it to form the edge of the bowl.

The shape of each stone is different, so the corresponding stone bowls have different shapes.

The edge of the bowl and the bottom of the bowl are welded together, and then welded to the work.

It is not very difficult to insert stones, just put the stones into the stone bowl, and then press the edge of the stone bowl to the middle firmly to fix the stones.

The jargon is called "buttoning the edge". At this time, you can see the importance of the stone bowl. If it is too big, it will not fit in, and if it is too small, it will not fit firmly.

Stone bowls made by experienced workers will cover the stone properly.

Bezel setting is usually used for ordinary stones, such as diamonds, rubies and other small and precious stones, if they are put into stone bowls, they will lose their original charm.

At this time, the traditional shovel nail inlay is needed. The shovel nail inlay is to directly embed the stone on the work, so drilling is required.

First, choose the drill bit according to the size of the gemstone.

However, after all, there is no drill bit that is exactly the same size as the stone.

Therefore, after the hole is drilled, a milling cutter is used for final repairs.

Filigree is bone, inlaid as decoration.

It can be said that filigree and inlay complement each other, and together they deduce the subtlety of "Eight Wonders of Yanjing".

And to do all of this, there is a foundation, and the foundation of filigree mosaic is filigree.

Before the filaments are drawn, the silver bars are repeatedly pressed on a rolling machine.

Formal wire drawing cannot begin until it becomes a square strip of appropriate thickness.

Hand-drawing is a tradition that has been passed down for hundreds of years, also called wire drawing.

The wire drawing board is a special wire drawing tool, on which forty or fifty holes of different diameters are arranged from thick to thin.

Eyelets are generally made of alloy and diamonds, and the smallest are as thin as a hair.

In the process of thinning the thick wire, it must pass through each eye hole in turn from large to small, and cannot be skipped.

Sometimes it takes more than ten times of drawing to get the desired filament.

The surface of the drawn silver wire is rough at the beginning, and it takes a lot of effort to gradually become smooth after several times of drawing.

Drawing is also the preparatory work for filigree inlay.

Different types of filigree are drawn one by one from the drawing board by the master.

The eyeholes of the brushed plate are usually made of alloy and diamond.

The smallest eye hole is thinner than a hair.

The largest diameter is 4 mm, and the smallest diameter is only 0.2 mm.

The single wire drawn from the drawing board is called "plain silk" in the industry.

Two or more strands of silk are required to be twisted into various patterned silks before they can be used.

This is the origin of the name "filigree".

The most common filigree is twisted from two or three plain silks.

This is the simplest and most basic style.

There are nearly 20 kinds of more complex filaments, such as arched thread, slub thread, screw, yard silk, wheat ear silk, water hyacinth silk, twisted silk, and pigtail silk.

Filigree craft is purely handmade, that is, using tweezers or pliers to pinch filigree into various patterns, and sticking and welding it on utensils.

The filigree technique is the basic skill in the filigree inlay technique, and it is also the most difficult technique to master.

In the whole filigree craft, there is only one silk craft.

And as long as you understand it, you can make countless exquisite ornaments.

Therefore, this thread is not simple. The production process includes drawing, filigree, filling, welding, gathering, stacking, and weaving.

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