A gift? Or a mysterious one?

Everyone was intrigued, and they were all excited.

[Shadow Puppet, I have only seen the big fuss in the Heavenly Palace... Sun Wukong, is he a character?]

【No, that's a monkey.】

【Emm, I guess it's Li Ping'er, shy...】

[Big girl smashed it, you know too much. Come on, come on, borrow one to speak.]

Everyone laughed and laughed, and the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was very relaxed.

As Lu Zi'an took out the tools in the box, people's smiles gradually solidified.

Pull the buckle rope on the tool kit and spread it gently. Various shiny carving knives and chiseling files jumped into everyone's eyes.

Lu Zian picked up a carving knife and picked up a piece of cowhide in his left hand: "Look, this piece of cowhide, you can tell at a glance that it is selected from a young bull with black fur. First remove its hair and blood, and then after special treatment, it will become thinner, like now, translucent."

Swing it gently, the thin and transparent cowhide is filled with a faint blue color, which is very textured.

"Of course, this is not enough, so you need to apply tung oil..." Lu Zian said, and finally slowly regained the feeling of live broadcasts in the past, handed the cowhide to the camera to everyone to see: "After the shade is dry, it will become what it is now, with moderate thickness, hard and flexible texture, and transparent green. Only such cowhide can be used to make shadow puppets."

[How to deal with special treatment? Fry or stir-fry?]

[I think I should stew it and cut some radish... Sour!]

[It's poisonous! I'm so greedy that I'm greedy and don't want to get up!]

Lu Zian just looked up, glanced at him, and shook his head: "I didn't want to say it too much. Since everyone is interested, I'll explain it roughly..."

I heard that he was about to talk, and everyone was cheering up and the fun disappeared.

"There are only two ways to make cowhide, clean skin and gray skin." Lu Zian picked up the carving knife and gently picked up a corner of the cowhide: "Cleaning skin is relatively simple. Put it in clean cold water and soak it for about two or three days. Then take it out and scrape it with a knife. First, scrape off the cowhide and then scrape the meat residue from the lining. The third time it is gradually thinner and scrape off the lining."

It's simple to say, but in fact, this soaking is relatively fine. The nuances of temperature, cowhide and water need to be accurately grasped.

"Every time you scrape, you need to soak it in clean water, and then you can do the fourth delicate work, scraping the skin thin and shiny until it is shiny." Lu Zian roughly compared a posture and demonstrated how to scrape it is the correct posture: "When scraping, you need to pay attention to the uniform force, and the hand strength should be light and steady, otherwise it will cause the skin thickness to vary, and may even damage it."

Finally, just open it and hang it on the wooden rack and just dry it.

This method is a bit complicated to do and has high requirements for craftsmen.

Everyone frowned repeatedly when they heard this, and even some insiders couldn't help but take a low breath.

Master Lu said it was simple, but if you really want to operate it, it would be quite difficult...

【What about the other one? Will it be simpler?】

This is the point. Lu Zi'an raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's really simple, gray skin is soft and the words in the industry are soft and scraped. Unlike clean skin, when soaking, the formula of calcium oxide (lime), sodium sulfide (stinky alkali), sulfuric acid, ammonium sulfate and other chemicals are incorporated into the water, and soak the cowhide repeatedly and scrapes it."

Speaking of this, Lu Zian also tried to pick it up: "I'll look for it to see if I have..."

After turning it around for a while, he frowned: "Well, I don't have this."

After so long, he forgot that he was determined to use gray skin.

[Master Lu, you are so powerful in your sword skills, you will definitely not use gray skin!]

【It feels very simple to say that, my hands are a little itchy, hehe, I'll try it back.】

"Well, the leather material scraped out in this method is almost glass, very thin and transparent, and is more convenient to carve, and is considered an entry-level level."

After Lu Zian introduced the skin, he finally started carving.

When making shadow puppets, there are actually special drawings, called "sample scores", and these design artworks have been passed down from generation to generation.

But Lu Zian doesn't like to do these things. He prefers to do whatever he wants when he creates, so he skips this step directly.

"This kind of finished leather, thin and transparent, should be used for prominent parts such as the head, chest, and abdomen; then thicker and darker skins are used for legs and other props, which can save raw materials and improve quality." Lu Zian said, using a wet cloth to make the leather soft and soft, and gently push it with some oil on your fingers to make the leather softer, flatter and smoother.

He also prepared this oil sauce for casual use. He was about to make fun of it, but he didn't expect it to be used after staying for so long.

Fortunately, the sealing is good, but there is no deterioration.

[In fact, there is another advantage that Master Lu didn't say, this will make the shadow puppet lighter and heavier, stand firmer and more hands-on.]

This was obvious to him, and everyone caught him and asked him a lot of details.

The "paper-writing" step that Lu Zian skipped was also selected by the audience and explained it.

It is hard to imagine that there will be such talents in the live broadcast room.

Everyone thought it was quite interesting. After learning more, everyone began to speculate on which character Lu Zian would be.

Lu Zi'an's skills are already at its peak in the art of carving, so when an ordinary craftsman makes shadow puppets, he needs twelve or thirty carving knives, but he only picked a few carving knives and used them repeatedly.

When carving a line-shaped pattern, use light and slow force. If you tug the flat knife, the cowhide will instantly turn a light white.

In many cases, Lu Zian is used to using skill.

"There are actually shortcuts for artists to carve. There is a formula for shadow puppets: sakura flat knife, sing a 10,000-character flat knife, chisel on the edge of the sleeve-to-jacket, and carve the sharp knife on the flower."

The wrist was slightly pressed, and the slanted knife was circling and repeated, and a rather complex headdress gradually appeared.

It is like a building made of balls, or a bunch of bubbles.

It was a sensible person who blurted out: [It feels like what I wear on the head of an opera singer? What's the matter!]

[Brother, even if we have a close relationship, I can't guess what you are talking about!]

【Does the outfit? It feels like a helmet!】

After saying that, the man immediately noticed the mistake and quickly remedyed it: [I remembered it, handsome helmet! Super cool!]

Sure enough, Lu Zi'an hooked his sword and quickly carved out the head of the halberd and the red tassel, followed by thick eyebrows and big eyes, and slightly pursed his thin lips, which was really lifelike.

[I guessed it! Master Lu must be "Mu Guiying Takes the Commander"!]

Others were talking about their own guesses, but a large number of them agreed with him.

After all, my impression of Shuai Jiu is usually that Mu Guiying and Mulan go on the battlefield on behalf of their father...

Lu Zian didn't want to keep it a secret. He smiled gently and looked at one of the barrage: "This friend guessed right, I was indeed the "Peony Pavilion"."

【I am bluntly speaking, what I guess is so wise and close to the demon!】

Indeed, after all, Lu Zian has just carved his face and has not finished carving his head!

[Hehe...] The guessed person was a little embarrassed and said honestly: [Actually, I am a Peking Opera singer, and I guessed it at a glance...]
Chapter completed!