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Chapter 1810 Handmade Ingenuity, Back to Basics

Especially in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the production of porcelain was the culmination of the famous kilns of the past dynasties, and a large number of carving and ring techniques were used, and its sophistication reached the pinnacle of historical porcelain craftsmanship.

Qing Dynasty Qianlong celadon-glazed vase with hollowed-out and gold-painted Kui-phoenix patterns, with green-glazed hollowed-out and gold-painted Kui-phoenix patterns on the belly, and a small bottle inside the bottle.

Qing Yongzheng famille rose hollowed-out cover box with twining branches and lotus group longevity pattern, the porcelain cover box is decorated with hollow-out and painted techniques, the hollow-out technique is skillful, the painted brushstrokes are delicate, and the decoration is more complicated.

A hollowed-out turquoise-glazed flower basket, Qianlong period, decorated with twelve gold-coloured rings along the rim.

The handle is composed of two strings of golden color rings and three pieces of hollow flame-pattern porcelain, and the whole body is decorated with hollow dragon patterns.

The hollow decorations on Yuan, Ming and Qing porcelains are complicated and exquisite, reflecting the peak level of ancient Chinese porcelain firing technology.

This is the application of the hollowing process on porcelain, and more applications in other aspects.

For example, the technique of hollowing out is applied to carving. This kind of carving technology is widely used in art carving fields such as stone carving, jade carving, wood carving, and ivory carving.

Among them, the most commonly used one must be jade carving, and the most difficult thing in jade carving is hollow carving.

Although some rough stones are already beautiful without carving anything, there is another saying that "jade cannot be carved without carving".

In the eyes of Chinese people, Hetian jade is not a cold and boring stone, but full of spirituality and vitality.

After being carefully carved, they are more artistic, bringing the beauty of humanity and the essence of the times to the extreme.

Therefore, jade carving is one of the oldest and unique crafts in my country.

According to the techniques, wired carving, Boyi carving, round carving, relief carving, inner carving, intaglio carving, pretty color carving and hollow carving each have their own characteristics.

Among them, the hollow carving is very complicated and exquisite, and it is one of the most difficult and most technical techniques.

Although this technique is difficult, it has been traced back to the Neolithic Age.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ancient Hetian jade craft developed to its peak.

During that period, everyone from the royal family to the common people respected jade and loved the gorgeous and complicated jade carvings. Naturally, hollow carvings were widely used.

Hollow-out carving is not simply hollowing out jade. Through drilling, grinding and other techniques, part of the jade material is removed, and the pattern and artistic conception that the jade carver wants to express are carved out.

Hollow carving mainly has two forms of expression, one is the "three-dimensional hollow" on the basis of round carving, such as a living chain;

The other is "planar hollowing out" on the basis of relief, that is, to show a sense of hierarchy on a plane. Some sachets, bottles, brands, and small ornaments are all hollowed out on a plane.

The hollow carving is not a simple show off. The hollow jade carving is more three-dimensional. After mastering the creative scale, the jade carver makes the work perfectly fit the theme and highlights the artistic beauty.

This technique has been handed down from the Stone Age, but today, there are not many hollowed out jade carvings with high value and great collection value.

With the advancement of time, skills have also been continuously upgraded, and hollow carving is still an area that ordinary people dare not easily challenge.

The difficulty of the technique itself is one of them. Hetian jade is precious. If you accidentally make a mistake in carving, it will be difficult to recover.

Hetian jade, especially the seed material, is bought and sold according to the gram price, and the price is marked every penny.

This makes many people want to eat jade powder and don't want to waste it. Hollowing out Hetian jade is so expensive and time-consuming, not everyone is willing to buy it.

And this kind of delicate work has high requirements on raw materials.

At the very least, fine materials must be used, and there should be no obvious dark cracks.

Good material + good workmanship is the kingly way. Now that raw materials are precious, the price of seed materials has been rising all the way.

If there are good rough stones, most of them are used to make pieces from brands that have a wider audience, are more secure, and can quickly recover costs.

Pure hollow works that are time-consuming, labor-intensive and material-intensive are becoming rarer and rarer.

The hollowing out process may exist more as an embellishment form.

Coupled with the diversified aesthetics of modern people, it also affects the trend of jade carving styles. In the fast-paced life, concise and clear themes may be more popular.

Even so, the works of hollow carving still have a place in the market.

Art is priceless, and the techniques used only by mature jade carvers are indispensable and powerful supports for the current trend of advocating "returning to nature", advocating "handmade" and advocating "ingenuity".

In Zhu Guangqian's "Talking about Beauty", he mentioned two schools of cognition about what is beauty.

One of the schools believes that beauty is found in art, and the beauty of art cannot be separated from human creative activities.

Hollow-out jade carvings may be a kind of container to carve the ideology of beauty on jade carvings so that they can be seen in objective existence.

If it is said that porcelain can be hollowed out freely without fear of waste, then no one is willing to use such materials for jade.

Of course, when it comes to jewelry, especially some gold and silver jewelry, this kind of craftsmanship can still give off a strong brilliance.

In fact, the hollowing out technique on jewelry has a very long history!
Among the jewelry techniques, there is a kind of craft that is light yet noble, looks simple but is synonymous with heavy industry, and it is the hollow technique.

The special beauty brought by the hollowing out has fascinated millions of jewelry lovers.

The technique of hollowing out can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and influenced the art forms produced later.

Such as paper-cutting, shadow puppets, assorted windows in southern architecture, openwork in traditional furniture, and jewelry.

With the development of the times, people's demand for design is more and more personalized, and they also pay more attention to the idea and creativity of design works.

The traditional handmade craftsmanship is extremely exquisite and gorgeous, and it is still worth learning.

In contemporary times, hollowing is also widely used. Many international jewelry brands have their own classic hollowing styles, which are very popular among fashion people.

So far, modern people have begun to pursue pure handmade products.

Pure handcrafting is a test of the master's skills, and often a hollowed-out work will consume a lot of energy from the master.

They not only need to be beautiful in appearance, but also need to pay attention to the mutual contrast with the main stone.

This not only embodies the delicacy and beauty of the traditional hollowing process, but also inherits and develops a kind of arts and crafts culture!
The art of hollowing out itself is also of great help to jewelry.

First of all, there are many hollow shapes and patterns, which can better meet the needs of the younger generation for beauty.

Of course, it can also give designers more room to play, making jewelry more fashionable and beautiful, and bringing excellent visual effects to people.

Moreover, hollowed out jewelry is generally light in weight and puts little pressure on the wearing part, so it is very suitable for long-term wearing.

Therefore, this hollowing out technique from the Shang and Zhou dynasties has become more and more mature in the course of the times, especially in gold jewelry.

There are many styles of gold jewelry on the market, and hollow gold jewelry is one of them.

So what are the characteristics of gold hollow jewelry?Is it lighter?

The hollowing process is a common process in gold jewelry, and it is relatively common in gold bracelets or gold rings.

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