God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 368 Pumpkin Pot

In the two brief meetings a year ago, Yu Zecheng left a very good impression on Xu Jingxing, so he didn't hide anything, and replied with a smile: "Come back and record a show."

"Didn't the recording be finished on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month?" Yu Zecheng asked in surprise.

"That's right, but Mr. Qian asked me to help him make a few sets of furniture, which were completed the day before yesterday."

"Furniture?" Yu Zecheng was even more surprised, "Xiao Xu, you can also make furniture? Although both carving and carpentry play with wood, it seems that they have nothing in common, right?"

Xu Jingxing smiled and shook his head, "Low-end carpentry has nothing in common with woodcarving, but high-end carpentry may not."

Only then did Yu Zecheng suddenly realize, "Look at my head, I almost ignored high-end furniture. From ancient times to the present, high-end wooden furniture is really inseparable from wood carvings," he said, praising: "So, Xiao Xu, you are still an all-rounder , can do carving, carpentry, writing and painting, not bad.”

"Mr. Yu's absurd praise," Xu Jingxing waved his hands quickly, and said, looking at the purple clay pot in Yu Zecheng's hand, his eyes lit up: "Huh, Mr. Yu has gained something?"

"Hehe, let's see how it goes," Yu Zecheng directly handed the purple sand pot in front of him.

He wiped his hands, then took the purple clay pot carefully, appraised it according to the identification skills he had learned before, then gave a thumbs up and praised: "It's a good pot."

"Oh? Can you be more specific?" Yu Zecheng asked with great interest.

"Are you planning to test me?"

"Communicate, communicate, communicate," Yu Zecheng said very relaxedly, but the curiosity in his expression was clear, obviously he wanted to find out the details of Xu Jingxing.

Xu Jingxing didn't intend to hide anything, and besides, his true ability is not shocking, and it doesn't matter if he shows it occasionally, so he pondered for a moment and said: "According to my understanding, this pot is a pumpkin pot among flowers. It is the best mud and clear cement in the purple sand mud, the mud is ruddy in color, mellow and elegant, and the workmanship is very delicate, it is the work of a master."

"In addition to the good workmanship, the carving of this pot is also very good. The overall shape is vivid and vivid, especially the curved melon stem on the lid, which is the finishing touch of this pumpkin pot."

Yu Zecheng just nodded slightly at first, but he was obviously a little surprised when he heard the last sentence, "Melon stem?"

"That's right, the curved melon stem on the lid is the most outstanding part of this pot. It can be said that all the essence of this pot is concentrated on that melon stem," Xu Jingxing nodded Head, replied calmly.

"Shouldn't the bright spots be these few leaves?" Yu Zecheng hurriedly asked.

The height of this pumpkin pot is not high, but its diameter is longer. It looks a bit short and fat. Its shape is similar to that of the old local stupid pumpkins. There are several pieces of pumpkins carved from mud hanging on the neck of the pot, that is, under the mouth of the pot. The leaves, the leaves are exquisite and lifelike, showing the carving skills.

Yu Zecheng obviously liked those few leaves.

Xu Jingxing explained with a smile: "Mr. Yu, these leaves are not bad, but they are not the finishing touch. Look carefully at the shape of this pot. Isn't it cute?" Seeing Yu Zecheng nodding, Then he said: "But it looks short and fat, but it doesn't look clumsy. Instead, it looks a little tall and straight, right?"

Yu Zecheng nodded again and again, "That's right, I have this feeling, just like Su Dongpo's stone-pressed toad body, which looks solid, but there is a strong force between the characters, but I don't quite understand why it is like this," said My eyes lit up here, "You mean, it's the effect of melon stems?"

"That's right, it's the curved melon stem," Xu Jingxing said while pinching the melon stem and gently turning the lid, "Let's look at the bending direction and angle of the melon stem."

Yu Zecheng looked at it carefully again, "It's kind of like that, but how did you do it?"

"From a geometric point of view, the bending direction and angle of the melon stem are exactly the same as the arc angle of the pot body, which will produce a strange geometric beauty, which is a visual beauty that is most in line with human instinct when fed back." As Xu Jingxing said, he stretched out his index finger from the bottom of the pot to slowly draw upwards along the curve of the pot, passed through the body, neck, lid, and handle of the pot, and stretched into the air, then asked with a smile, "Did you feel it? This kind of upright feeling is extended in this way.”

Seeing this, Yu Zecheng took a breath, "This, this, isn't this the same as the blank space in traditional calligraphy and painting?"

"That's right, that's the principle," Xu Jingxing nodded, "It's just that the blank space in sculpture works is more abstract. If it's calligraphy or painting, the blank space is blank. Expert readers can read the blank space when they see it. However, the blank space of sculpture works is the real blank space, invisible and intangible, and can only be pondered through the work itself, making appreciation more difficult.”

"Understood, I understand," Yu Zecheng nodded quickly, "It turns out that three-dimensional sculptures can also create a blank effect."

"Hey, not only can it create a blank effect, but the effect is also very strong," Xu Jingxing said with a smile: "The effect of this pot is very good. The upright strength contained in the overall shape follows the handle of the pot in the shape of a melon stem. I just rushed out, and it’s okay if I can’t feel it, but if I can feel it, the feeling is very strong.”

"That's right, that feeling is stronger than calligraphy and painting," Yu Zecheng nodded excitedly as if he had discovered a new world.

"Sculpture works are three-dimensional, and their expressive power is stronger than flat calligraphy and painting, and the effect of carefully carved blank space is naturally stronger," Xu Jingxing said, touching the purple sand pot in his hand fondly, "So I said The author of this pot is a master, and he was definitely a famous figure in ancient times."

"What about modern times?"

"In modern times, he is still a master, but his reputation may not be that high. After all, the opponent's strength has not yet reached the level of a true master," Xu Jingxing said with some regret.

Yu Zecheng opened his mouth and asked again: "Then do you think the author of this pot is a modern person or an ancient person?" The ability to date, after all, he has never learned antique appraisal.

But he touched the purple clay pot in his hand, and replied calmly: "This is a new pot."

"Ah? How did you find out?" Yu Zecheng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "The dating of purple clay teapots is the most rare among all antique appraisals, because a purple clay teapot in good condition is the same as a new one. It is better to warm up, and it can also warm up that mellow sense of age in just a few years."

(End of this chapter)