However, its principle is quite simple. In a nutshell, it is almost the same as movable type printing.
Hollow out patterns on the soil mixed with rosin and cinnabar, stick it on the surface of the handicraft, put it in a high-temperature carbon furnace and bake it until the raw material of the handicraft is slightly deformed. Take it out immediately after it can be easily shaped with a tool, and put it on the cooled short
In just a few minutes, the soil with the carved pattern on it is compacted immediately. After it cools down, the soil is removed, and what is left is the exquisite pattern on the handicraft.
The so-called fake raw stone veneer will leave some small differences in the texture trend of the leather shell that cannot be erased, and then be seen by first-class jade masters. The reason is that the materials used to make the fake veneer are all from other sand-skinned materials.
Even if some slight adjustments and repairs have been made to the copied textures at the joints, such a simple and crude copy-paste method will obviously leave an unnatural feeling on the textures.
The fire gilding method is different. Before knowing the use of special materials mixed with rosin, cinnabar and clay, the craftsmen of Xia State had tried clay made of countless combinations of materials. The exquisite patterns carved on it were difficult to use at high temperatures.
It remains unchanged under the action of , making the final result unsatisfactory.
However, these soils that do not meet the standards will naturally form textures during the high-temperature baking process and stick to the handicrafts, occasionally forming an unexpected beauty.
The craftsmen of Xia State once made a bold attempt based on this phenomenon. After preparing the soil, they did not carve anything on it, but directly attached it to the crafts and put them in a charcoal furnace to bake them at high temperature.
After it came out to cool down, the lines on it were complex yet organized. Meng Yan had seen similar documentary portraits, which had a postmodern aesthetic style.
It can only be said that this kind of craftsmanship was untimely. If it were placed in modern times, the craftsman who invented this method would have to earn the title of master of art.
So this time Meng Yan will use "unqualified" soil.
Turning around, Meng Yan asked Wei Xian for some materials that could be found everywhere. Then he asked for a small dark room that was opaque from all sides, pushed up the original stone, and locked himself in it.
Before entering, Meng Yan said that no matter how long it took, if he did not open the door, they must not come in first, then slammed the door and locked himself inside.
Two faint green lights appeared in the dark room. Meng Yan opened his magic eyes and was concentrating on the work of making the skin.
Originally, he thought that Meng Yan would stay inside for a long time after saying that. After waiting for about ten minutes, a group of people outside prepared to leave the warehouse and first went to the lounge above to sit for a while.
However, as soon as he lifted his front leg, there was a sound from the door of the small black room, and then the door was pushed open with a bang, and Meng Yan pushed the original stone and walked out.
Scar saw that the rough stones on Meng Yan's cart had not changed much from when he carried them in before, and asked Meng Yan.
"Brother Meng, didn't you say what kind of leather shell should be put on to go in? Where is the shell?"
Scar pointed at the cut surface of the original stone. The green glass emerald was paired with several large cracks, reflecting the light in the warehouse.
Li Tiantan on the side smiled slightly, waiting to see Meng Yan's joke.
It's not like he hasn't seen the manufacturing process of veneer. Even for the most skilled and skilled workers, it would take several hours just to grind off the sand-peel leather shell, not to mention the emerald veneer inside.
The entire skin grafting process was completed in four or five days. Meng Yan came out only ten minutes after entering. It must be because he couldn't continue from the beginning.
You're still pretending, you asked for such a lot of strange things, and you also asked for a small dark room. The room was so pitch black that you couldn't even see your own fingers. How dare you have the nerve to claim that you're cheating?
Meng Yan smiled and calmly pushed the jade in front of everyone, then turned around and entered the small dark room again.
After a while, Meng Yan walked out holding a stone that was about the same size as the rough stone on the trolley.
Meng Yan was holding a stone weighing 100 kilograms with both hands. The width of the stone was basically twice as wide as his waist. Seeing this scene, Scar involuntarily stretched out a thumb and praised it.
"Brother Meng, you are so powerful and powerful! Are you interested in joining our regiment as a soldier? I will first give you the rank of deputy battalion commander."
Meng Yan smiled, put the stone aside easily, and said.
"Captain Dao is laughing. You may have misunderstood something."
"The stone I am holding is hollow. This is the sand skin prepared for the original stone." Meng Yan pointed to the "stone" on the ground and said to Scar.
The air in the factory was silent for a while.
Everyone's eyes widened and they looked at Meng Yan in disbelief.
Li Tiantan looked at the stone next to Meng Yan's feet, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"How is this possible..."
This lifelike "stone" just deceived the eyes of everyone present.
It's not like everyone didn't see the materials that Meng Yan asked Wei Xian to bring just now. They were all mud and stones that can be seen everywhere in the mine, as well as some small items such as rosin for making fires.
In just ten minutes or so, in that small room where he couldn't even see his fingers, Meng Yan was able to poke out such a "stone" with his bare hands, which could deceive all of their eyes.
Even laymen like the officers in the crowd understood how difficult the operation was.
A master, this is definitely a master. He can see that there are cracks in this rough stone. He is definitely not just guessing.
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little in awe of Meng Yan.
Li Tiantan on the side quickly recovered from the shock, blew his beard disdainfully, and said.
"Meng, I agree that you are very good at cheating, but the next step is the most important thing."
"No matter how lifelike your stone is, it is still made of clay. Outsiders cannot tell that it is fake. You can reach out and touch it and you will know it is fake."
"If your shell cannot withstand the high temperature and harden, all your efforts will be in vain."
Scar turned his head and said angrily to the officers beside him.
"You guys, get this blind old man out of here."
Li Tiantan visibly trembled when he heard this. He didn't expect that the scar was actually real.
Meng Yan smiled and stretched out his hand to hold Dao Scar's shoulder: "Captain Dao, there's no need for that."
