Rice carving is one of the finest and smallest crafts in China's traditional art crafts, which is carved on rice grains.Its works according to the amount of carving content to choose a magnifying glass or microscope, in order to see the content of the carving, so it has been called "stunts". History of Rice CarvingRice carving originated as a folk craft during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, but it was actually a tool used to cheat during the imperial examinations.Nowadays, people carve blessings on the rice grains, together with exquisite ornaments, as a beautiful emotional support. TechniqueThe rice carving process requires a very small area of construction on the rice carving, without a fairly high level of calligraphy and skillful use of micro-carving tools is difficult to complete, and carving, to hold your breath, concentrate your mind, and be meticulous.As the name suggests, is a tiny fine carving techniques. Therefore, some people have made a poem specifically for rice carving: a rice hidden world half of the pot to cook Qiankun! Tools / raw materials1, rice (Thai rice or white rice)2, engraved special pen3, stainless steel self-pinching fixer4, preservatives or colored preservatives5, syringe6, glue stick (can use silicone ring and crystal quick-drying glue instead of glue stick)7, luminous sand, colorful transit beads or dry dry flowers Methods/Steps1. Left hand with small pliers to hold the ends of the rice, the right hand holding a pen, pen method to our usual habits, the tip of the pen away from the finger about 2-2.5cm, will clamp the rice pliers rest on the desktop, the right hand that you can hold the pen in the rice carving, eyes and rice distance in 6-8 inches is appropriate (the specific distance to the eyes to be able to see the tip of the pen in the rice on the track of the movement shall prevail), rice has a relatively large area of the two sides, you can First try to carve one to three words on one side.Then flip over and carve the other side, the structure of the word should be compact, slowly familiar with the later you can carve more words.Hold the ends of the rice with the thumb and forefinger of your left hand, five fingers together, hold the pen in your right hand, and place the middle finger of your right hand on the middle finger of your left hand so that your right hand has a point of support, and hold the rice in your left hand about 6-8 inches away from your eyes. 2. After carving the rice into a small tube, you can add a few colorful transit beads to the tube before putting the rice into the tube, add preservatives into the tube with a syringe, and then add dried flowers, etc. (You can also inject colorful preservatives directly into the tube. (You can also inject colorful preservative directly)3. Glue stick sealing, the glue stick heated to a molten state, to a small amount of adhesive in the tube wall and the bottle's cross-section of the bottle at the mouth, the available glue to first seal the bottle mouth, the sealing process should be fast, will be on the overall sealing effect will play a very good effect, the cover is not breathable can be covered. The new sealing process, with a finger pinch silica gel ring rotating plug into the imitation crystal tube a small section, with a razor blade to extend the mouth of the bottle cut off the excess of the gel ring, with a small wooden stick dipped in the appropriate amount of crystal fast drying coated to the metal cap, coated with foam uniformly, and the bottle is connected to the bottle, using this method, the connection between the bottle and the cap will be more solid. (If the weather is wet and cold, you can use a lighter to warm up the glued area a little, the glue will dry immediately.)You have completed the initial step of the rice carving process. There is a small hole in the lid, put on the red rope to make a cell phone chain, necklace, bracelet, keychain, etc., so a beautiful and chic rice crafts will be completed. Various Rice CarvingsRice carving has a history of more than two hundred years, and modern rice carving works have been extended to all kinds of artistic themes. As society continues to develop, the function of our daily ration of rice has begun to burst forth in all directions; it has stepped into the hall of art with its front foot, while its back foot is still stuck in the land of solving people's subsistence. Rice is the most simple faith of Chinese people for generations.Rice carving is precious in the subtle, but also difficult in the subtle, because it is not only the art of its tiny, but also in the tiny in the reproduction of the Chinese millennium of cultural and artistic grace, flavor. Every piece of fine artwork is successful on the basis of solid basic skills, and at the same time, it is full of the heart and soul of our micro-carving artists.Carving on the rice construction area is very small, without a fairly high level of calligraphy and skillful use of micro-carving tools is difficult to complete the skills, and carving, to hold their breath, concentration, meticulous. As the name suggests, it is a kind of tiny fine carving techniques. So some people also specialize in the rice carving poem: a rice hidden world half of the pot to cook Qiankun!If you love the hard-won art of rice carving and want to custom your very special piece, contact us now. Let this Chinese micro-carving artworks bring magic to your life.
