Kang, Zi, is the founder of Yuzhu calligraphy micro-carving. Born in 1982, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, I loved calligraphy since I was a child. After more than 20 years of hard training, I finally succeeded. Later, he joined Zhou Yukun, a master of micro-carving, to learn micro-carving technology, and found another way to integrate calligraphy into micro-carving technology. 202 1, 1 1, and its own solid bamboo calligraphy micro-carving obtained patent certification in China National Intellectual Property Administration, which is a valuable intangible cultural heritage craft in China.
He has made great achievements in the fields of Yuzhu micro-carving, olive core micro-carving, jade micro-carving, beeswax micro-carving, etc. , especially the jade bamboo micro-carving. 20 19 diamond sutra micro-carved folding fan was collected by collectors at auction house for 2 10000.
In the past two years, Mr. Kang has been focusing on micro-carving of Yuzhu, especially solid bamboo calligraphy. He said: "Mr. Dongpo said that eating without meat is better than living without bamboo." In recent years, the value and charm of solid bamboo are gradually being explored by people. It is difficult to find beautiful solid bamboo, and it is also difficult to carve on it. This is a subject that needs to be overcome. " ? "There is a lot of silk in bamboo, which is particularly troublesome to carve. Micro-carving of Yuzhu has always been a major problem in the carving world, but I am sure that with more than ten years of micro-carving skills, I can create better jade and bamboo carvings. "
In the face of the increasingly impetuous Wan Wen market, Mr. Kang has always maintained the simplicity of a craftsman: "I can't get rid of bad works, and my own works must at least pass my own customs." Every piece of teacher Kang's work is carefully carved and slowly carved out. Before carving, it must be typeset, typed, outlined with a pen, corrected by a microscope and then refined. Such bad works are thrown away directly and will not be allowed to flow to the market.
Teacher Kang is meticulous about every work, striving for perfection, and his works are very regular: "Many people don't believe that it is carved by hand, saying that it is carved by machine", "Because it is too regular and perfect, human resources can't do it", "But people who know it can still see that things carved by machine are too rigid, and works carved by hand have souls".
Indeed, handmade works have devoted too much effort to craftsmen, and everything has a soul. The pen tip is the place where pen power and ink are concentrated. Making good use of the author can make the pen stand up and use it with sharp edges. This is called "standing on the peak". The pen is sharp and healthy, which effectively conveys the strength of the wrist. "Kill" into the paper between varicose veins, and get the effect of penetrating the back of paper and wood. Generally speaking, calligraphy works emphasize the cutting edge, but it is very rare for Mr. Kang to integrate calligraphy into the art of micro-carving. Without twenty years of basic skills, it is impossible to do this. "Even if I carve the smallest words, I need to pay attention to the font structure."
"Over the years, with the development of science and technology, there are more and more machine carvings, people become impetuous, shoddy, fake and shoddy, and the Wan Wen market is full of too many fakes and defective products. But I will stick to my original heart, do what I think is right, and make my micro-sculpture with my heart. " Facing the current Wan Wen market, Kang Wangze expressed his helplessness and determination.
It is the pride of a craftsman to do one thing persistently all his life. The story of craftsmen is the story of people and things, people and people, people and life, people and society. In them, what we see is their persistence in things, their respect for people, their yearning for life and their expectation for the real society.