Marble Sculpting about the choice of stone

1. Every stone carving is based on stone materials. How should we choose stone materials?

There are currently two ways to choose stone materials. The first is to choose the appropriate material according to the subject matter, and the second is to select the appropriate subject matter according to the material.

To choose a stone according to the subject matter, you need to take care of the color, general shape, hardness, etc. of the stone. A good stone, after careful observation and thinking by the workers, becomes the mold of the author's Marble Sculpting. When choosing stone materials according to the subject matter, the subject matter must be considered first, and different themes are suitable for different stone materials. Different themes have different requirements. Choosing the right stone can greatly reduce the creation time, and can also make Marble Sculpting more aesthetic.
2. When the author makes marble sculptures, he often first makes a rough shape on the selected stone according to the subject matter, just like making a statue of a figure, he first makes a cuboid, and after fine carving, he can become a figure look. After choosing the stone material, make the blank first, which can greatly reduce the probability of mistakes. After all, Stone Carving is a handicraft, if you make a mistake in one step, you can only start over.
3. Compared with the first two steps, this process is more important. Hole opening is actually to carve out the appearance of the subject matter on the blank made in the second step, so that people can guess what it is by seeing the shape. Hollowing is to refine the hole based on the hole, and carve out some details.
4. This step is the most difficult step in the whole stone carving production process, and there are no details. The finished carvings that people generally see are so lifelike that they seem to be real. Simply put, this step is to refine the details that cannot be dealt with before, just like the eyes of a person who are originally dull, but after being carved by a craftsman, the eyes are bright and bright, as if they can emit light. The stone sculpture on the square have rich expressions and are lifelike, which are inseparable from the efforts of the workers behind them. Intensive stone carving will inevitably leave some knife marks that should not appear on the stone carving. The function of lightening is to make these knife marks disappear and look smooth and round.
5. There are generally all kinds of cushions under the stone sculpture, like somersaulting clouds of Monkey King, lotus flowers of Guanyin Bodhisattva, these are actually cushions. Different mats are selected for different themes. Appropriate mats can cover some mistakes in stone sculpture, and at the same time make the stone sculpture look more beautiful. The installation of the seat cushion is also relatively simple. If it is a large stone sculpture, you can use screws. Smaller bamboo nails can be perfectly bonded. For small stone sculpture, just add a little more wax in the last step.
6. The last step of stone carving production is to polish the surface of the stone carving smoothly. You can choose different types of polishing tools according to the different stone materials of the subject matter. When waxing, you need to pay attention to it. You must clean the work first, so that there is no large amount of dust on the surface. After drying, you need to bake it slowly on a low fire. The wax oil can be applied at a temperature of about 100 degrees. Pay attention to even a small surface. After the sculpture cools down, just wipe off the excess wax on the surface.
Such a perfect stone carving is produced. Stone carving is the crystallization of the sculptor's sweat and skills, and each carving has its own uniqueness. There are various types of stone sculpture in our country, and each type has its own style. But the beauty after the production is indeed shared.