After the introductions, it was time for the talent show. Most folk arts have long production times. For example, the first episode of "Pursuit," exploring the kiln firing process, took a month to record.
The program team planned this talent show for a whole day.
Matsushima Yuki wasn't very satisfied and snorted coldly, "A craftsman's job is to sharpen a sword for ten years. Our carvings take at least ten days and half a month, and at most several decades. One day? What can you produce in one day?"
The elder said: "You don't have to make a finished product. Whatever level you can reach is enough. We will give you a score based on the level of completion."
Three workshops were set up on the stage, and everyone's tools had already been placed inside.
Shui Yiyao's studio is the last one.
She walked straight over and her cameraman followed her.
The tools were her own, brought here in advance, so they were all easy to use.
The materials are provided by the program team, including various types of jade, wood, gold and silver.
Shui Yiyao took a look and selected a piece of jade that suited her. It was white, the size of a fist, smooth, delicate and oily. It was a piece of jade from Qinghai.
"Isn't it a little too big?" One of the judges below said with some concern when he saw the material chosen by Shui Yiyao.
She looked at Matsushima Yuki next to her. The piece he chose was also jade, also made from Qinghai, and was half the size of Shui Yiyao's.
Jade carving is difficult in itself, and they only have one day. Shui Yiyao chose such a large piece of material that she might not be able to finish carving it. The degree of completion will directly affect the final score.
The piece chosen by Matsushima Yuki will easily be more complete than the one chosen by Shui Yiyao.
Matsushima Yuki also looked to the side and saw the stone that Shui Yiyao had chosen. He raised an eyebrow and laughed, "Little girl, you should do things within your ability. Have you forgotten that we only have one day? With such a large stone like yours, it might not turn out well."
The piece he had chosen was already large enough, but he hadn't expected Shui Yiyao to choose an even larger one. He hadn't intended to carve the entire piece, but being able to carve most of it was already a success.
Shui Yiyao heard this and narrowed her eyes. She smiled and nodded: "That's right, after all, I'm an amateur."
She looked at the material in her hand, put it down, looked through the pile of materials again, and picked out a piece that was half the size of Matsushima Yuki's.
She played with the quail egg-sized piece of jade in her hand and smiled at Matsushima Yuki: "Thanks for the reminder."
Matsushima Yuki looked at Shui Yiyao in surprise. She's quite tactful?
Sister Yu felt that something was wrong with her artist.
With Shui Yiyao's personality, it would be good if she didn't get angry and curse at people on the spot. But she actually cooperated with the other party and chose a smaller piece?
"Program team, please give me some tools. I want a stereo microscope with continuous zoom, 7 to 45 times, and three objectives. Thank you." Shui Yiyao selected the materials and shouted to the program team.
Monitor, microscope?
Sister Yu couldn't help but raise her lips. Sure enough...it was Shui Yiyao. Honestly, it was impossible. But what was she doing with the microscope?
The program team agreed to Shui Yiyao's request.
Shui Yiyao looked at the tools on the table, pushed the knife tool at hand aside, and took out another set of tools from a small storage box.
"That's a stylus?"
One of the judges recognized the tools Shui Yiyao was holding and asked in surprise, "Is she doing micro-carving?"
"It's actually... micro-carving?"
The three judges present were incredulous and all stared at Shui Yiyao's movements.
Shui Yiyao took out a piece of sandpaper and polished the jade.
"It's really a micro-carving!" The elder recognized it and patted the armrest of the chair excitedly.
The materials provided by their program team can be carved directly, unless it is a fine micro-carving, which requires additional polishing to make the jade surface smoother.
"Wait, let's first see whether it is micro-calligraphy, micro-engraving, or micro-carving?" another judge said cautiously.
Although micro-calligraphy and micro-engraving are also within the scope of micro-carving, both are flat carvings, either calligraphy or paintings, but micro-carving is three-dimensional and much more difficult than the former two.
"It must be a three-dimensional micro-sculpture." The elder man was very sure.
Because Shui Yiyao had said before that it was about making a relief.
Relief is a three-dimensional sculpture, and for this subject matter, it deserves at least 80 points.
The three judges' eyes all lit up as they stared at Shui Yiyao.
Shui Yiyao was not in a hurry and continued to polish the jade in her hand with the sandpaper.
Matsushima Yuki at the workbench next to him picked up his materials, but looked towards Shui Yiyao nervously.
Micro-carving?
What the hell.
He had only seen it in various materials, but had never seen it in person. Could such an outrageous thing really be made by any little girl?
Could it be just a bluff?
Definitely.
How is that possible? This kind of thing is so difficult. How can you learn it easily without more than ten years of practice?
Shui Yiyao lowered her eyes and concentrated on polishing the material in her hand. Their finger knife technique was originally a branch of micro-carving, which was also her main profession.
Shui Yiyao polished the surface of the jade smooth and began to cut it.
The microscope has not been delivered yet, but this does not affect her work. It is just more convenient to have a microscope.
"What the hell are you doing?"
Matsushima Yuki was carving with a knife, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Chi Luoluo take out something from the table next to him.
Shui Yiyao was startled by the cry.
She also turned around to look, only to see Matsushima Yuki with a look of fear on his face, looking at Chi Luoluo beside him with uncertainty.
There was a bowl of mercury on Chi Luoluo's table.
Matsushima Yuki took a step back, moving further away from Chi Luoluo: "Mercury is highly poisonous!"
Shui Yiyao: “…”
Make a fuss about nothing.
Chi Luoluo makes gold and silver inlay, and one of the steps is to melt the gold into liquid and carve it on the surface of the object.
Mercury can melt gold into gold mud.
Normal process.
It's OK that most people don't know this, but how could a master who has been making jewelry for more than ten years not know this? Yes, I mentioned it before, Matsushima Yuki has been making jewelry for fifteen years, and he has a strong craftsman spirit and only does relief carving.
Chi Luoluo raised her head and looked at the genuine fear in Songdao Xigui's eyes. She said apologetically, "I'm so sorry. Don't worry, I'll be careful and there will be no problem."
As she spoke, she dropped the hammered gold flakes in her hand into the mercury bowl.
Matsushima Yuki held his chisel, looking at Chi Luoluo who continued to work with the mercury, hesitant to speak. He understood that he was going to melt the gold flakes.
But... what's going on? How could China have such absurd technology? Mercury is poisonous, so can't they just melt it at high temperatures? Must they use mercury? Aren't their craftsmen afraid of poisoning?
And that... micro-carving next to it? Is it necessary to carve something so small? Don't their artisans have eyes that hurt?
Is it necessary?
The microscope came over and the staff placed it on Shui Yiyao's desk.
Shui Yiyao stepped back a little and let the staff install the microscope.
She saw Songdao Xigui next to her still looking at Chi Luoluo from time to time with a look of hesitation, so she said, "Master Songdao, haven't you seen it before? Gold and silver mismatch?"
Matsushima Yuki shook his head, then nodded: "I've only seen the finished product..." I haven't seen the production method.
Shui Yiyao smiled and said, "Our technology has been developed for thousands of years. Don't worry, you won't die from poisoning."
Chi Luoluo also laughed: "Yes, I promise."
Matsushima Yuki felt like he was being laughed at, his face turned red, and he turned back to continue his carving.
The microscope was installed and Shui Yiyao continued to carve.
They started here early in the morning, and the program team gave them the whole day to show their talents.
It was already half past twelve noon. Matsushima Yuki looked at his watch several times, and then looked at the two people working next to him. They were still working and did not show any intention of going to eat.
Aren’t they hungry?
"Teacher, it's time for lunch."
Matsushima Yuki looked up at the staff who came to remind him, and his face showed some joy. Finally, it was time to eat!
It's already 1 o'clock. He usually has lunch at 11:30.
I'm so hungry.
"I understand. You guys eat first, I'll finish my work first." Shui Yiyao raised her eyes and thanked the staff.
After saying that, he lowered his head and continued.
"Thank you, teacher." Chi Luoluo also said to the staff: "Don't worry about me, I can arrange it myself."
The staff looked at Matsushima Yuki and said, "Mr. Matsushima, what about you?"
Matsushima Yuki: "..."
"I'm not hungry right now. I'll eat later."
It was three o'clock when Matsushima Yuki could no longer bear it and asked the staff to arrange lunch.
When he left the recording room, he looked at his two opponents. One of them was still carving under a microscope, one by one, while the other was using an agate press to repeatedly press the gold pieces engraved on the jade pot.
When he left, neither of them even raised their heads or looked at him.
He had never heard...that Chinese craftsmen were like this.
An hour after having a good meal and a drink, Matsushima Yuki returned to the studio. The first thing he did was to look at his two opponents. Their postures didn't seem to have changed much, but the progress of their hands was different.
They still didn't look at him, and they worked slowly and focused on the work in their hands.
Matsushima Yuki was a little flustered and hurried back to his workstation. Although he didn't see the works of the two of them carefully, their posture made him feel inexplicably anxious.
This pressure caused Matsushima Yuki to skip dinner.
The talent show session recorded that day ended on time at nine o'clock in the evening.
This time is fixed. No matter whether the work is finished or how much is done, it will end at this point.
Shui Yiyao finished the work at 8:30, and then applied a fine layer of polish. It was exactly 9 o'clock, and there were still a few more layers of polishing to do, but it didn't have much impact.
Chi Luoluo also finished work around nine o'clock.
Both of their works are of very high quality.
In the judges' scoring phase, they received high scores of 98 and 96 respectively.
Under the magnifying glass, everyone saw twelve pandas carved on a jade stone the size of a quail egg - it was made by the Shuiyi Yao.
These pandas are either playing and frolicking, or drinking from streams in the woods, or strolling in the bamboo forest...
The expressions are diverse and very cute.
When everyone saw the pattern on the screen clearly, they were all stunned. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that it was carved by humans, and that it only took one day.
But this happened right under their noses. Shui Yiyao spent a whole day carving twelve giant pandas on a piece of jade as small as a quail egg. You know, this piece of jade is only two centimeters long and wide!
Shui Yiyao was deducted two points for not completing the polishing process. Chi Luoluo made a jade pot with gold and silver inlays, but did not polish it at all.
However, compared to Matsushima Yuki's 80-point work, the two's work is very complete, at least it looks complete from the outside.
Matsushima Yuki carved a Buddha, but only carved out the Buddha's body.
Looking at his score, Matsushima Yuki's face turned pale. It was too far off... He only got 80 points.
It's only been one day. How could he possibly make something complete in just one day? He'd never tried to make a complete product in one day. He'd never seen anyone do it before.
But today he saw... the Chinese craftsmen, and they made it.
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