Imitate the gold and silver interlaced process and create the mosaic process of mahogany lacquerware.
Embedding silver, as the name implies, is to embed gold and silver ornaments on objects. Weifang silver-inlaid mahogany is a treasure of traditional Chinese handicrafts and a rare characteristic folk handicraft in China. Made of mahogany, natural lacquer and gold and silver thread, it is finely polished and inlaid. Rosewood lacquerware inlaid with silver is exquisite and beautiful, antique, and has both artistic appreciation and practical value. It vividly records the outstanding wisdom and genius creation of Weifang people, embodies Weifang's distinctive traditional culture, and is known as the treasure of folk art.
The history of inlaying gold and silver ornaments on bronze and iron began in the early Spring and Autumn Period, first on bronze and then on iron. During the Warring States Period, the earliest art of embedding silver appeared in Wei County, which was to engrave the bronze ware with negative lines, and then embed red copper wires or gold and silver wires. Tracing back to the history of wei county's silver-inlaid culture, historical records show that wei county's copper industry was a relatively prosperous industry during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, there were many kinds of copper products, such as hookah, copper pot, copper pot, copper name and jewelry box, which showed a very prosperous scene. In order to beautify products and expand sales, artisans tried to embed gold and silver silk patterns on bronzes, imitating the gold and silver interlaced process of ancient bronzes, which laid the foundation for the development of wood-inlaid silver lacquerware. The development from bronze mosaic to wood mosaic has spanned a thousand years. With the help of Chen Jieqi, an engraver and collector, Yao Xuegan, a coppersmith, succeeded in pioneering and created a new era of inlaid mahogany lacquerware in Weixian County.
Hire craftsmen to work in Chenfu to make wooden silverware.
"Wei County Records Draft" records: "Yao Xuegan, a native of Nansixiang, is sensitive, innovative and exquisite in making utensils." He is clever and original. In the process of making bronzes and jewelry with his parents, in order to make the jewelry more exquisite, he referred to the production skills of ancient gold and silver jewelry, took its essence and constantly innovated. His works are novel, unique, exquisite, realistic and interesting, and are praised by people.
After Chen Jieqi resigned and returned to China, he devoted himself to the study of epigraphy. He spared no expense to buy cultural relics and collect them. In addition to famous Shang and Zhou vessels such as Mao, there are more than 200 bronzes at home. In order to restore and arrange his collection of bronze cultural relics, he hired many skilled craftsmen such as Yao Xuegan to work in Chen Fu. From then on, Yao Xuegan had the opportunity to know Chen Jieqi. In the process of restoring cultural relics for the Chen family and preparing bases and braces for antiques, he saw the exquisite cultural relics collected by the Chen family in past dynasties, which was an eye-opener, increased cultural cultivation and improved the level of skills.
Chen Jieqi greatly appreciates Yao Xuegan's innovative and enterprising spirit, and has high hopes for this shrewd young man. I often study and study with him to improve the skill of inlaying silver lacquerware. Under the guidance of Chen Jieqi's inspiration, Yao Xuegan was inspired by innovation. He absorbed the essence of ancient bronze inlaying techniques such as Ding Yi, tried to make a blank with hard mahogany according to the design, compared with the gold and silver interlacing process, inlaid gold and silver wires on wooden utensils to form patterns and patterns, and then painted, polished and polished to imitate the products of Ding Yi-shaped molds embedded with gold and silver wires. He also made silver-inlaid bases and braces with mahogany according to the colors and shapes of various cultural relics. Its style and style are perfectly integrated with ancient cultural relics, which set off the exquisiteness and preciousness of cultural relics and achieved a beautiful aesthetic effect, and became a masterpiece of early silver-inlaid handicrafts in wei county.
Chen Jieqi explained the material selection, manufacture, inlaying, painting and polishing of inlaid silver products. With pioneering ideas and superb skills, surrounded by many kinds of colorful ancient cultural relics and ornaments as models, Yao Xuegan was appreciated, evaluated and guided by experienced and knowledgeable epigraphers. In this unique environment, he completed a set of vessels that were integrated with the original cultural relics. At the same time, a novel manufacturing process of wood inlaid silver is becoming more and more perfect.
Teach disciples to develop and inherit silver inlay in person.
Just as Yao Xuegan was obsessed with learning and devoted himself to learning in order to improve and develop, he suffered from an incurable disease. Knowing the value of silver-inlaid lacquerware, Tian Zizheng and Tian Zhimin, two sons of Tian (Zi), who were hired by themselves, learned the technology of making silver-inlaid lacquerware.
The Tian brothers studied hard and honed hard, and the skill of embedding silver became more and more exquisite, which made the art of embedding silver inherit and develop. It not only has profound traditional heritage, but also has the flavor of the times, forming a special handicraft with rich national style and local characteristics. Its products have developed from small utensils such as smoking utensils for leisure and viewing to stationery, walking sticks, hanging (floor) screens and mud-supported round-backed chairs, carved dragon sofa and supporting furniture. Silver-inlaid lacquerware forms an industry and goes to the market, selling well all over Beijing and Tianjin.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, walking sticks became a hot commodity in embedded banking. At first, there was only one line of double hook embedded in the silver-inlaid walking stick. Later, artists embedded hundreds of different writing styles on the walking stick and named it "Hundred-year-old Staff". This new product soon became a hot commodity in the market.
After the founding of New China, the government excavated and sorted out the national cultural heritage inlaid with silver, and Weifang inlaid with silver lacquerware gained new development opportunities. Weifang mahogany inlaid silver lacquerware, with its elegant, simple and elegant unique style and exquisite traditional craft, has played a certain role in promoting regional and international cultural exchanges, enriching and beautifying people's lives, and has distinct and important cultural value. Weifang mahogany inlaid silver lacquerware has more than 100 varieties, which are not only sold well in domestic provinces and cities, but also exported to the United States, Japan, Canada, Italy and other countries.
As a pioneer in creating the special technology of silver inlaying in Weixian mahogany, Chen Jieqi contributed a lot.
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