Chapter 489

Chu Chen's words amused Wu Ke, but Gu Jianming thought so. Otherwise, why could Chu Chen have carved such extraordinary objects after only a few days of learning jade carving? What's more, there is also the factor of luck.

Thinking of this, Gu Jianming can't help sighing to himself that it's really infuriating to compare people. Fu, a teacher who has been studying for more than ten years, can't even compare with the newcomer who has only been studying for a few days. I feel very depressed when I think about it. Fortunately, he also knew that Chu Chen was a rare person, otherwise he would fall into self doubt.

Chu Chen handed one of the pendants carved with Phoenix to Wu Ke and said with a smile, "let's do it one by one."

"Well!"

Wu Ke answered happily, and then he couldn't put it down to enjoy it. You know, it was carved by Chu Chen himself for them, and it was the first time to carve a master level jade, which had a very special significance for her.

Gu Jianming is very keen to see. You should know that the material used for the pendant is Laokeng glass, which is a kind of brilliant green. The collection value and economic value of Laokeng glass pendant carved by a jade carving master are needless to say. If it is put on the market, it is not to mention how hot it is.

He didn't expect to get a glass pendant like this, as long as it was ice, he was satisfied.

"Boss, when you are free, can you help me carve a jade ornament for me to collect?" Gu Jianming some embarrassed said.

"Yes Chuchen smile, said no problem, then said: "but I don't know when I can become a real jade carving master!"

"Never mind, never mind!" Gu Jianming waved his hand again and again and said, "for me, your craftsmanship is already at the master level. I'm very satisfied with the jade carving."

"It's better to run into the sun than choose a day. I'm free now. I'll help you carve one now."

Chu Chen said: "and I think there are still some places I can't do well. Now it's time for you to give me some advice. What do you think?"

Of course, Gu Jianming would not have any opinions on this and quickly agreed.

Next, Chu Chen chose a jade suitable for hanging on Gu Jianming's worktable. This jade is a high ice green material with even color and good quality.

After examining the emerald material carefully, Chu Chen said, "I'll carve a statue of Avalokitesvara out of this material. What do you think?"

Gu Jianming originally planned to use this material to carve a statue of Avalokitesvara, so he would not have any opinions.

"Master Gu, I can only borrow your knife today. My one is still at home."

Chu Chen carved the dragon and Phoenix Pendant in yuhuating the day before yesterday. Today, he didn't expect to start carving jade, so he didn't bring the knife with him, and it happened that he could try to use different knives.

The knives used by Chu Chen and his two jade carving masters were all made of imported alloy. However, when Chu Chen bought them, there were only two sets of knives of the same material, so Chu Chen chose another set. Although the characteristics of the knives were similar, there were still some subtle differences.

"All right, you can use it!"

After Gu Jianming agreed, Chu Chen carefully checked the sample on the jade, and then picked up the carving knife.

Just when Gu Jianming was surprised that Chu Chen didn't observe the material and began to carve, he saw that Chu Chen had chosen a piece of leftover material from the workbench and carved several knives. At this time, he realized that Chu Chen had just tried the knife first.

After getting familiar with the knife, Chu Chen picked up the jade material and observed it carefully. Of course, it was just the appearance on the surface. Secretly, he had used the Lingbao eye to see the high ice jade thoroughly. The material and details of the jade had been deeply remembered in his mind.

After several minutes of this, Chu Chen began to take the knife. However, in order to avoid causing Gu Jianming's suspicion, he had decided in advance that some places should be childish. Even so, Gu Jianming was quite surprised.

In Gu Jianming's eyes, although Chu Chen's carving technique seems to be unfamiliar, it is often done at one go. Even if some places are not handled in place, it does not stop because of this. A knife to the end is very consistent. This also makes Chu Chen's performance seem quite confident.

This surprised Gu Jianming, but he also felt that it was probably because Chu Chen had a different self-confidence from ordinary people, coupled with his very strong talent, that he was able to achieve such incredible results in just a few days.

On the other hand, Gu Jianming also found that Chu Chen had his own unique views on the priorities of knife work, and formed a relatively unique knife work. Moreover, the places treated by this kind of knife work seemed more natural.

Seeing this, Gu Jianming could only shake his head with a bitter smile, because this kind of knife work is fully integrated into Chu Chen's own ideas, and he can't learn it even if he wants to. Fortunately, although he can't learn it, he can attack jade from other mountains. If he can often figure out Chu Chen's knife work, it will be very helpful to improve his carving skills. Maybe he can break through the problems that have plagued him It's been a barrier for a long time.Chu Chen devotes himself to carving the statue of Guanyin, but now that there are outsiders present, he can't be as unsuspecting as he is in his own home. Therefore, in addition to being slower than at home, he sometimes has to distract himself to see Gu Jianming's reaction. If Gu Jianming has anything unusual, he can only hide his clumsiness.

Fortunately, Gu Jianming looks normal, otherwise, the quality of this Guanyin pendant is hard to say.

As time goes by, Chu Chen's carving knives have been changed one after another. When he finished cutting with the last one, he picked up the dishcloth on the table and carefully wiped the carved Guanyin pendant. Then he put it in front of Gu Jianming and said with a smile, "master Gu, what do you think?"

"Good! Very good

With that, Gu Jianming took the Guanyin pendant to his hand and enjoyed it carefully. From time to time, he made a "tut tut" sound of praise.

Finally, he said with sincere admiration: "boss, your craftsmanship has made great progress. Just say that this Guanyin pendant is very good. It has a dignified shape, a smile, a peaceful look, even proportion of the whole body, realistic and delicate hands and feet, good momentum, and exquisite carving."

"Master Gu, you are so flattered." Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "I think it's a bit unnatural, and it's a bit stiff. If these two aspects can be corrected again, it should be better. Moreover, in these places, I think it's better to change another method."

With that, he pointed to a few places he thought should be corrected.

Although Gu Jianming agreed with Chu Chen, he felt that the shortcomings could not hide the advantages of the jade. It can be said that apart from these places, the Guanyin pendant has reached the master level. How can he not be surprised?

"By the way, boss, how much is this pendant?"

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "master Gu, it's no fun for you to raise money. No matter what, I can still afford a pendant with high ice seeds!"

"This What's the point? " Gu Jianming is very embarrassed to say.

Chuchen said with a smile: "what's the shame about this? You should know that my eyesight of gambling stones is OK. The cost of such high ice jadeite is not much. You can take it with ease."

Gu Jianming thought about it and said, "OK, then I'm not polite."

"That's right!" Chuchen said with a smile, "but I'm not good at polishing. You can only fix it yourself."

"No problem at all!" Gu Jianming said with a smile: "if you have time, I'll tell you how to polish it now."

Chu Chen looked at the time and found that it was still early, so he looked at Wu Ke.

Wu Ke said with a reasonable smile: "I have nothing to do. You can listen to master Gu's lecture for you."

Chuchen laughs. Then they follow Gu Jianming to the polishing machine.

"We usually polish in two ways, such as bracelets and ring faces. We usually polish them by hand. For the flowers of Avalokitesvara and Maitreya, they are polished by dipping machine. It takes a long time to polish, and it takes about a week to finish, but it can polish a large number of pieces at a time. "

Gu Jianming said to them: "but this is the general situation. We make medium and high-grade jadeite, so we generally don't need to polish it by dipping machine. Because of the time, let me show you the polishing of the ring surface first. "

With that, Gu Jianming picked up a jadeite ring face prepared in advance, then polished it while introducing it to them.

"First of all, I want to apply a layer of polishing powder to the surface of the carved ring. The green polishing powder is chromium oxide, and the orange red polishing powder is cerium oxide. This step is called paste. This is a protective action."

After finishing the polishing powder, Gu Jianming said, "next, I will polish the surface of the ring. This step must be paid attention to. It's better to be light than too heavy. Otherwise, if you grind off more jade, you may damage the utensils."

With that, Gu Jianming began to polish the ring surface with tools, and then repeated the steps twice. After finishing, he polished the ring surface with a hard brush, then polished, washed, waxed, and finally dried the ring surface. The whole polishing process was complete.

Gu Jianming washed his hands, and then said: "the polishing of the ring surface should be regarded as the simplest. If it's jade like Guanyin and Buddha statues, before polishing, we have to deal with the small places that the big tools can't reach, so that we can carry on the next step."