God-level Golden Hand

59 IMHO
Xu Jingxing didn't expect that it would take so much time to dig out a bead, but it was only four o'clock, and there was still an hour before the five o'clock agreed between him and Jin Xiaoxiao, and after deducting the twenty or ten minutes spent on the road, he still had four or ten minutes.

So he smiled lightly, "That's enough," he said, pinching the freshly ground beads with his left hand, and a large V-shaped knife with his right hand, taking a deep breath, and after a moment of deliberation, Shi Shiran cut the knife.

But with a knife, his movements are as fast, accurate and extremely stable as if a mechanical drive is installed.

After 10 minutes, he stopped what he was doing, nodded in satisfaction, re-polished, and then waxed. At 46:[-], the work was completed.

Xu Jingxing looked at the time, heaved a long sigh of relief, waved to An Xin, rode on the electric bike and went straight to the "Old Time Cabin".

When he knocked on Jin Xiaoxiao's office door again, it was exactly five o'clock, and the error was within ten seconds.

Jin Xiaoxiao looked at the high-spirited Xu Jingxing, and twitched the corners of her mouth, "I thought you were going to break your promise."

Xu Jingxing smiled, without any nonsense, he directly pushed the brocade box in front of Jin Xiaoxiao.

Jin Xiaoxiao casually opened it, grabbed the bracelets, and observed them one by one. After half a minute, she nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, the craftsmanship is better than I imagined. It seems that Xiaoqing is not lying."

"Thank you for the compliment," Xu Jingxing said politely, but immediately raised his eyebrows, and said calmly: "But with all due respect, this kind of bracelet is too common, and it is slightly better than the high-end products. Handicrafts are a notch lower than that."

"What do you mean?" Jin Xiaoxiao's face darkened suddenly, staring at Xu Jingxing and asked.

Xu Jingxing didn't answer, he took out the rosary he had just carved, and gently placed it on the table.

Jin Xiaoxiao glanced, "It's nothing unusual," but her voice fell silent, her beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and she even rubbed her eyes vigorously, staring at the solitary rosary bead for a long time without saying a word, and then cautiously Pick it up, hold it in front of your eyes and look at it carefully, and keep rubbing it with your white fingers.

After a few minutes, I tentatively asked: "[-]D painting?"

Seeing Jin Xiaoxiao's appearance, Xu Jingxing smiled with satisfaction, "Wrong, it's a three-dimensional sculpture, using shallow relief techniques to create three-dimensional patterns on a flat or curved surface."

Jin Xiaoxiao nodded, then shook her head again, "The reason is very simple, but how did you do it?" As he spoke, he gently rubbed the surface of the rosary with his fingertips.

"Unique secret," Xu Jingxing played tricks, and then asked with a smile, "Boss Jin, how is this bead better than the string you want?"

"Very clever," Jin Xiaoxiao admitted frankly, then looked at Xu Jingxing with piercing eyes, "Can it be mass-produced?"

"Of course, it's just that the output is not high." Xu Jingxing shrugged. "My works are all handmade, including bead picking. It is estimated that I can produce three to five strings a day. Of course, the price will be relatively high."

"Price is not a problem, I will charge as much as you have for this kind of bracelet," Jin Xiaoxiao said with a firm attitude, "Let's say a price."

When Xu Jingxing heard this, he completely relaxed, and even a little bit of joy filled his heart, but he didn't have much expression on his face. Under Jin Xiaoxiao's gaze, he raised two fingers, "Two hundred."

"Two hundred? So cheap?" Jin Xiaoxiao was shocked.

"Two hundred pieces each," Xu Jingxing added with a few black lines flashing across his face.

"That's it," Jin Xiaoxiao finally felt relieved. One bead was two hundred. According to the standard of eighteen beads, such a string of rosary beads would cost 600 yuan.To be honest, the price is a bit high. The price is three thousand and six thousand. If she wants to make money, she has to sell it for around five thousand.

But, would anyone pay half a thousand for such a string of rosary beads?

Jin Xiaoxiao, who has always been shrewd and decisive, fell into deep entanglement.She really wanted to bargain, but she was afraid of losing the deal, because Xu Jingxing's move was so clever that she couldn't refuse the temptation.

But as a businessman, when it’s time to bargain, you still have to cut it with a knife. Whether you can cut it off is another matter, but whether to cut it or not is a matter of attitude.How can there be a businessman who does not bargain when buying goods?
So Jin Xiaoxiao tentatively asked: "Can it be cheaper?" Even she didn't realize it, she was very confident when she spoke.

Of course Xu Jingxing noticed it, he didn't expect that this beautiful woman who looked quite powerful would put her posture so low.Of course, he is here to make money, not to fight. He will definitely let go when it is time to let go, but he will not back down when it is time to persist.

So he smiled and asked back: "Boss Jin, how many woodcarvers in our island city do you think can make such beautiful work?"

"Not one..." Jin Xiaoxiao replied with some annoyance. She didn't want to say that, but the fact is that there are many master woodcarvers in Daocheng, but none of them can make three-dimensional paintings on beads with a diameter of less than one centimeter. No.

Xu Jingxing said just now that this is not a three-dimensional painting, but a three-dimensional sculpture. In fact, it is still a three-dimensional painting, but it is just a three-dimensional painting created by carving.

But that's easy to say, but hard to do.

First of all, not everyone can draw three-dimensional painting. This art method that sprouted from the Renaissance period has not blossomed and spread leaves until now. Presentation, there are very few small-scale works, because the larger the space, the stronger the three-dimensional effect, and the smaller the space, the weaker the three-dimensional effect.

Secondly, if one wants to create three-dimensional paintings by means of sculpture, not only does the creator need to be proficient in the creation of three-dimensional paintings, he must also possess extremely superb wood carving skills.

The last and biggest difficulty is that woodcarving can only express the three-dimensionality of the painting through the depth and darkness of the lines. If the space is large enough, it doesn’t matter, but the diameter of the rosary is less than one centimeter, and the lines depicted are limited in terms of depth. Yes, if the depth changes too much, then the original intention of the three-dimensional painting will be lost.

However, the bead carved by Xu Jingxing is still a bead, with only shallow lines on it, using the technique of bas-relief carving, the lines are very shallow, after polishing and waxing, even the shallow nicks cannot be touched, and the hand feel is similar to that of plain beads. Almost the same.

If you do this on other platforms, it may be suspected of superfluous, but it is perfect on platforms such as rosary beads and bracelets, because bracelets and prayer beads need to be twisted by hand, and the rounder and smoother they are, the smoother they are. The better, so most bracelets are made of plain beads.

If you want to carve on the beads, you can only sacrifice part of the practicality. For example, the rosary beads of the eighteen arhat statues look good, but you can only look at them. If you really want to use them as rosary beads, your hands will snap No matter how round it is, it is not as good as plain beads.

(End of this chapter)