2021-09-25
Jiaoye Qin’s final temperament shaping
The Jiaoye Qin’s final temperament shaping is the most difficult part of how to balance the timbre with drastically change after the shaping modification. Therefore, it is necessary to consciously reserve enough margin in advance at the wood working and tuning stage for the final shaping, cloth wrapping and lacquer-mixture scraping.
And to create the temperament of the Jiaoye Qin, this means the last chance to modify the shape and visual of the Qin body. The “snapshot” on the wood comes from banana leaves under the gentle spring or summer winds, which requires a long period of time to observe the growth and changes of natural plants in the four seasons of the year. In particular, how to make the thick body of the Qin looking thin and flexible, and seem the brimming with life at every angle, it requires think more from the wavy lines.
How to make the curves and arcs of the whole Qin looking smooth and natural is a long aesthetic practice. As for maintaining the appropriate aesthetic “white space” and tone accuracy in each temperament shaping, this is even more the endless cultivation of a lifetime.
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