Micro-carving is a traditional craft in China. As the name implies, micro-carving is a carving technique known for its fineness. Micro carving can be divided into three-dimensional carving and plane painting and calligraphy carving. The plane painting and calligraphy carving, also called "micro-carving", belongs to the category of "female carving" and "shallow carving", while the three-dimensional carving refers to "round carving", "relief carving" and "general carving", which belongs to the category of male carving. It is also the art of painting, calligraphy and sculpture. The difference is that these works are extremely small. For example, the Mona Lisa, the world's smallest oil painting carved by Shi Feng, is only 4 mm× 5 mm. Although the work is 100,000 times that of the original, it is still very realistic when viewed under a microscope of 180 times. Depiction of some details, facial expressions of oil painting texture, the proportion of colors, the relationship between distance and light and shade, etc. Appreciate the micro sculpture and pay attention to the quiet environment. When you go deep into it, it's like being brought into another quiet microscopic world, and you will forget everything around you. This feeling is not found in other arts, and only micro-carving art has this unique charm.

China has a long history of micro-carving. As early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, miniature sculptures appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. During the Warring States Period, the national seal was as small as a tired millet, but it was divided into Bai Zhu and Baibai. The well-known Wei Xueyi's "The Story of the Nuclear Ship" is also a classic of micro-carving art in the history of China. Yu Shuo and Wu Nanyu, masters of modern micro-sculpture, have the reputation of "the south is in the north of Wu". Besides epigraphy and calligraphy, Yu Shuo is also good at micro-carving. 19 15 The Night Tour at Chibi won the gold medal in Panama World Expo. Tianjin Museum has a collection of six of his works.

Micro-sculpture pays special attention to the selection of materials, and its stone quality is absolutely pure, and there is no room for any sand or half-silk cracks, because half a sand spot may destroy a beautiful picture or more than 10 Chinese characters. Secondly, the micro-carving tool is also a special thin knife, which should be sharp and sharp. Third, you must have a specialized knowledge of calligraphy and Chinese painting, and you can only do "Italian carving" and "Italian carving" when carving. Fourth, hold your breath on the spot, concentrate, and do it in one go. Fifth, the knife should be transported steadily, accurately and steadily. The micro-carving knife is just a pen, and its skill is insufficient. Because of a little out of control, the knife is not satisfactory. We must pay attention to the calligraphy effect when matching micro-carving inscriptions on micro-carving works. Those who see the big and show ugliness, the words are skewed, the lines are uneven, the pictures are inaccurate and the collocation is unbalanced, which the creators should avoid. Fifth, we should grasp the artistic effect of line changes produced by tools and stones. Only in this way can calligraphy and knife-cutting achieve perfect unity.

Wei Xueyi's "The Story of the Nuclear Ship" in Ming Dynasty described the traditional micro-carving technology. Thanks to this article, people have a preliminary understanding of micro-carving. ?