The carving process of stone carving
Jan 27, 2021
The first step: engraving technician is when engraving Buddha statue, want to be in mind above all, form a three-dimensional Buddha statue modelling.For example, the figure, motion, expression, head, neck, chest, body, limbs, fingermarks, coronet, clothing, clothing pattern, accessories, etc.However, from the whole to the part, each part should have a clear thinking structure, and use this idea to guide the completion of the whole stone carving process.The idea of carving Buddha statue is usually completed by the sculptor himself, but also according to the client to provide draft or model, and then by the sculptor to complete the sculpture.
The second step is to confirm the size of the stone Buddha statue after the final design.General large stone statues of Buddha are to use the method of split production, so the parts of the Buddha are allocated, and then according to the basic proportion of the Buddha to choose the stone.Such as standing seven sitting five plate three and a half, three court five eyes, hand covering half face, shoulder width two ends, calf two ends, upper arm a half, forearm a class, and according to the advantages and disadvantages of the stone in front of the back.
Third step, distributing the stone, the stone into waste waste material of about 3 cm, then the Buddha bottom line draw, put away the midline, head dynamic line, line, along the border with bent feet, according to the figure of Buddha bottom plane crossed the line with four side edges, and then according to the base in the bottom line with a ruler measure the base height with pedestal, falls make up front of the Buddha.
The fourth step, in the front of the Buddha, with a brick or brush outline the Buddha's head, neck, chest, limbs, ups and downs of the basic position of the larger changes in clothing, with a brazing metal molding, so that the basic outline of the parts appear, after playing in front, playing the side, playing behind, this process is called playing the wilderness.
Fifth step, from the front of the Buddha, further outline the structure of each part of the Buddha and the relationship between each other, the mutual structure of each part and to dim to pulse carving clear, in accordance with this method will be the side and back again, at this time the shortage is less than 1 cm.
The above five-step process is called immobilization.
The six step, with flat tip fine solder and grasp, knife began to find fine, silk hair, open face, live, carving accessories, engraved clothing, carving base, etc., live can not be forced too much, to a small slag live slag, can not kill the drill out of slag, layer by layer, bit by bit, the mouth dug out.When looking for fine, the whole Buddha statue should be carefully cleaned up a few times, take out all the superfluous parts that affect artistic modelling, this step is called broken work.
Step seven began to grinding, polishing earlier are made of sand and gravel, coarse sand and gravel fine sandstone, with coarse sand mill first several times, with a fine sand stone mill several times, after polishing the yellow wax brush on the raw white cloth first, then use the figure of Buddha of targeting top raw white cloth, arms, shoulders, instep waxing polishing, other parts are not wax, it is to contrast polishing techniques appear light more light.
After completing the seven steps above, a lifelike stone Buddha statue appeared in front of our eyes.In these seven steps, each step reflects the professional level and exquisite craftsmanship of Huian carving master.
