The strange phenomenon of olive carving market

In addition to the collection and play of big players, his great accomplishments in Chinese studies are also profound. He is also known for his poetry, poetry and painting. This big player not only "plays things", but also "researches"; not only "discusses", but also "evaluates." This also published a large number of review articles on play pieces.

The wish of the big players is to let these plaything treasures, which can only be handed down in the hands of the market, and the Chinese cultural symbols that can only be called “small craftsmanship” to enter the fine arts. Among the many playthings of big players, his favorite is furniture, especially Chinese Ming style furniture. In order to express his love of Ming-style furniture culture and workmanship, and to make this traditional Chinese cultural process even more widely known, he did a “big bad thing” and he published a book titled “Review of Ming-style Furniture”. book. Once this book was published, it immediately set off a frenzy of Ming-style furniture, which brought the raw material of Ming-style furniture, Hainan Huanghua pear, to the price of wood. Due to the needs of the market, a large number of businessmen rushed into Hainan, and the receipts, fellings, and even the old furniture of the peasants' homes were not let slip. Hainan huanghuali itself is extremely slow in its production, and it is seriously under-supplied under heavy consumption, resulting in a geometric increase in the price of wood. The final result is that those players who love Ming Dynasty furniture and loved Huang Huali suddenly became hard to find.

The big player is Wang Shiyu, who is called "the first player in the capital". I have the same fanatical love for this type of plaything as he does. In the face of soaring prices, it also feels helpless. The difference is that Mr. Wang loves furniture, and I love olive nucleus. As a result, I also did some "bad things." But even so, such a "big bad thing" still has to be done, because only in this way can the nuclear carving culture be taken seriously. Only in this way can we make progress. Is it hard to return to the era when people held the porcelain of the Kangxi era lining up to find someone to buy in cultural relics stores, or did they return to the era when Gansu farmers secretly sold the cultural relics from the Mogao Grottoes abroad? Return to those foreigners who know more about Chinese culture than we do? This is really a big bad thing. It is a disrespect to history.

In this case, the higher the price of olives in Beijing, the better? Let us then compare the sculpted works of Huanghuali and olives. Hainan Huanghua pears are only produced in Hainan from all over the world, and they are extremely slow. Coupled with excessive logging in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number has been extremely scarce. The use of sea yellow as the Ming Dynasty furniture to remove its own cultural value, the material is extremely precious. This kind of thing can even be said to be one less piece. Soaring prices is a natural thing. Look back at the olive carvings on the surface of Beijing today. The material is a kind of black olive seed, produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam, and other places. The output is abundant, so the value of the material itself is not high. The sculpture of olive nucleus belongs to artificial art. In addition to its cultural value, it is an artificial value. Nowadays, sculptures of olive nucleus carvings are rampant in the market, and the quality is uneven. However, prices have risen sharply in recent years. The reason for this is not that it is hard to find carvings, but that it is caused by irrational changes in supply and demand in the short term. In addition, the source of the sculptural supply is not standardized, resulting from the confusion in the primary market. The phenomenon of soaring prices is tantamount to fuelling the growth.

In my opinion, the overall situation of the price increase of olive nucleus at this stage is actually outweighing the disadvantages. How to maintain the stability of the olive market and protect the interests of players? I think first, learn more, watch more, communicate more. Olive sculptors now have few masters. Except the old-time sculptors like old and old bell, most of the masters sealed themselves. They stood in the name of the master, and their ideological realm and artistic accomplishment were nothing more than an artist. New players are easily fooled by the master's name, and blindly follow the trend, resulting in a sudden "Master" worth soaring. At the same time, players should learn more from books, look at various types of bamboo carvings, root carvings, and paintings, and gain artistic cognition. At the same time, look at the exhibition, see more works, and communicate with the old players. From then on, you will find that, as time goes by, the level of appreciation will gradually increase, and the original "Masterpiece" will "have nothing more to do". Second, look at your own pocketbook. After asking a lot of questions, comparisons, and more understanding, you can start to buy. The main reason for the chaotic market price is that many wealthy players are indiscriminate, impulsive, and see what they like. Third, do not buy with the investment mentality. I encountered a lot of people and asked, "Now look at the so-and-so is so powerful. Do you see who has the potential?" I encountered this kind of situation, and I usually choose to introduce some sculptures with relatively high cost performance. Things are good and prices are low, but if you count on price increases, I advise players: Maybe you are lucky to succeed, but in most cases, the reason why high-priced carvings are expensive is because of the sculptor's letter One figure is just that it does not have the real corresponding artistic value.

In the end, we still have to come and talk about "carvings" and "general workers." The "craft carving" and "OEM" have disrupted the wenwan olive market in the past two years. New players are facing more and more "camera carving" and "manufacturing" olive nucleus carvings. The chaotic olive market requires the joint maintenance and rectification of players, merchants, and sculptors. Only with those sculptors who are short-sighted, sculptors who want to “get good for a few years in the past few years” will only think about fish. The machine carving should not be the patent of the master carving. Facing the "masters" who sell OEMs and sell machine carvings, they should be relieved of the agreement.