Reborn Great Nation Craftsman

Chapter 23
Zhang Junping took out the key and opened the iron gate of the small courtyard.

During the school holiday, the old lady hid in her small courtyard to enjoy the leisure time. Zhang Junping was the only one in this studio.

The old lady's studio is quite spacious.

In the school, the size of the studio, on the one hand, can represent the master's position in the school.

The old lady's studio is a small yard, and there are more than ten rooms in it.

This yard is bigger than the courtyard where the old lady lives.

The area of ​​the entire yard can be more than 900 square meters.

The courtyard in the north has the shape of a triple courtyard, with three houses in the east and west, and five in the north.

Today, the old lady gave Zhang Junping the apprenticeship ceremony, the Ming and Qing antique furniture are stacked in the two houses of the Westinghouse.

Not only is the house full of piles, but there are also a lot of piles in the yard.

The old lady was very considerate and reserved a studio for Zhang Junping.

Although it has been over a week.

But Zhang Junping still clearly remembers that when he saw these furniture, his jaw almost dropped from shock.

It was then that I learned that the old lady sent someone to sweep all the junk stations and material recycling companies in Beijing.

The North House is the old lady's own studio.

The East Room is an exhibition hall, which displays the works of the old lady, as well as the works of art collected by the old lady.

Who would have thought that the old lady, a seemingly weak woman, was actually engaged in sculpture.

Or Western sculpture.

On the first day, Zhang Junping once visited her exhibition hall under the leadership of the old lady.

Zhang Junping saw the old lady's work, and was immediately amazed!
The old lady's marble and clay sculptures are all masterpieces!

Most importantly, the old lady combines Western realism with domestic freehand.

Combining Chinese and Western, the sculpture works have both form and spirit, just like coming to life.

The old lady gently stroked her work. While full of accomplishment, she couldn't help but sigh that there is no successor.

No one can pass on her skills.

It's not that no one has learned, but that she has not found a talented successor, not to mention surpassing, she can't even reach her level.

Hearing the old lady's regret, Zhang Junping vowed to himself that he must learn the old lady's skills, hollow out the old lady, and never let the old lady's skills be lost.

Just when Zhang Junping proposed to the old lady to learn sculpture with her, the old lady did not agree.

Instead, he told him that he should first understand the ancient furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties and write a research report approved by her and Yang Mingde before he could learn sculpture with her.

Unfortunately, Zhang Junping can only devote all his energy to the study of ancient furniture in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The study of ancient furniture in Ming and Qing Dynasties can be said to be quite boring.

For a piece of furniture, measure the dimensions of each part, draw a drawing, and mark the dimensions on the drawing.

Also note what mortise and tenon structure is used for each part.

What is the decoration on the furniture, whether it is engraving, inlaying, or lacquer technology.

Ming Dynasty furniture is not bad. The style of Ming Dynasty furniture is simple in shape, smooth in lines, pays attention to the rigor of structure, and highlights the natural beauty of materials. Even if there are carved patterns and inlays, they are mainly based on the natural charm that fits the materials.

The research is relatively difficult.

Of course, it does not mean that the technical level of modern furniture is not as good as that of Qing Dynasty furniture.

Mainly Qing Dynasty furniture, especially the furniture after Kang and Qian, can be described as extremely luxurious.

The emphasis is on wealth, luxury and dazzling.

There can be four or five different decoration techniques on a piece of furniture.

There are many crafts used in furniture, and it is naturally more complicated to study than Ming Dynasty furniture.

For each piece of furniture, the patterns on it must be studied and understood, and a pattern drawn.

It sounds simple, and it doesn't sound complicated, but it's quite boring to do.

For Zhang Junping, he doesn't feel boring at all. Studying groups of boring data is like a man studying Hei's 1.2-meter-long legs. He will never feel boring because of repetition.

Every set of data made Zhang Junping feel excited from the bottom of his heart. Every time he studied and understood a pattern, it was like unlocking a posture, which brought Zhang Junping's spirit to a climax.

Now all the old furniture is owned by Zhang Junping, but he is not in a hurry to repair it.

Once it is repaired, it can no longer be imagined as it is now, dismantling and researching arbitrarily.

The main reason is that I was reluctant to disassemble the restored furniture and study it.

Although in theory, every piece of furniture made with traditional craftsmanship can be taken apart and reassembled.

However, it must be admitted that for furniture, every dismantling and reassembly is an injury.

For a wood artist, every piece of work is like his own child, with his own hard work in it, how can he be willing to let his child be hurt.

Therefore, Zhang Junping has been researching, dismantling these damaged furniture into parts one by one, and researching repeatedly.

Time passed without knowing Zhang Junping's research.

"Student Zhang, it's 11:30!" The gatekeeper Uncle Wang's shout interrupted Zhang Junping's work.

"Oh! It's already 11:30?" Zhang Junping suddenly felt like a dream, he walked out of the room and looked up at the sky, the time passed so fast!

The old lady arranged for the doorman to call for someone.

Who made Zhang Junping study too much, even crazy.

Once you study it, you forget about time.

But as the old saying goes, if you don't go crazy, you can't survive. If Zhang Junping hadn't been so crazy, he wouldn't have been able to achieve so much in future generations without anyone teaching him and relying on his own exploration.

More than once, the old lady cooked food and waited for him to eat, but couldn't wait for a long time.

When I came to the school studio, Zhang Junping was working hard, concentrating on the structure of ancient furniture.

The old lady was both relieved and distressed.

I can only ask the doorman to come over at 11:30 every day to remind Zhang Junping to go home for dinner.

"Uncle Wang, please! I'll go now!" Zhang Junping thanked the doorman, and then went into the house to pack his things.

Organize the research results and drawings in the morning and put them away.

Then he simply washed his hands and face, and then rode his bicycle, accompanied by the crisp bell, and returned to Mi Shi Dong Hutong.

In this era, Yangmei was still in Xiaowei Hutong, and it was only five or six kilometers away from Donghu Cave, Mishi, where Zhang Junping lived.

If you walk, it takes more than 40 minutes, and you can get there in 10 minutes by bicycle at most.

Back in the courtyard, the old lady had already prepared the meal and was waiting for Zhang Junping.

After eating, Zhang Junping went to wash dishes and cook pots, while the old lady sat under the pomegranate tree to digest.

"Grandma Liu, I plan to set up a stall on Silk Street at three or four o'clock in the afternoon!

You may come back later in the evening, don't wait for me to eat! "

"Going to set up a stall on Silk Street?

They're all speculators over there, aren't you afraid of losing face when you're with them? "The old lady asked with a smile.

The old lady had no objection to Zhang Junping setting up a stall on Xiushui Street, nor did she discriminate against those poor people who set up stalls on Xiushui Street.

Just curious about Zhang Junping's transformation during this time.

(End of this chapter)