When selecting the stone, there should be no cracks, and second, no variegated lines. The transparency of white marble is better, but it will have mixed patterns; while the Greek marble is whiter, the main thing is not to have cracks or variegated colors, so the choice of stone is an important part of making sculptures. The selection of stone sculptures turned out to be like children's education, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. After careful selection of materials and careful carving, the works integrated into the garden look natural, vivid and elegant.
In the field of stone carving, the selection of materials is an important part of the carving techniques and the use of its materials. For example, if I want to carve a female body, I need that kind of soft feeling. Western women's bodies are very beautifully carved, because their marble is very beautiful, so it is very suitable to engrave women's bodies. If you want to carve the farmer, get a white and bright stone, the farmer looks soft and does not have the rustic feeling, so we will choose the rough stone such as Guanyin Mountain Stone and Qingdoushi.
The hardness of each stone is different, the hardest is of course diamond, its hardness is about 10 degrees. The granite used in our carvings is probably the hardest, probably about 6 or 7 degrees; Qingdoushi is a stone from Fujian in mainland China, and it also has about 5 degrees; the general carved marble is only about 2, 3 It's only degree; Guanyin Mountain Stone is also 2 or 3 degrees. Guanyin Mountain Stone is different from marble. The texture of marble has a direction, a bit like wood. Guanyin Mountain stone and bluestone are a bit like concrete. It is the crystallization of one by one, so it has no direction.
Aurora stone belongs to the category of marble, but its quantity is relatively small. Like many stone sculptures in Milan churches, it is carved from this kind of stone. It is a bit like the rose stone in Hualien. Cinnabar is a kind of sandstone, which is a stone from the Middle East. Heidelberg in Germany uses this kind of stone as the building material.
The characteristic of sandstone is that its structure is very loose, and its particles are very thick. The middle structure and the other structure can be seen with a magnifying glass. It is a hole by a hole, so this kind of stone is burned with fire. Will crack. This kind of stone has a very soft texture. You can rub it with your hands to remove the particles, but if you don't move it, it will not fall off for a hundred years. The pores of bluestone are not as thick as Guanyin Mountain stone, and its hardness is as high as 5 degrees. It is more commonly used on dragon pillars in temples.
