Chapter 0228 Playing Jigsaw Puzzle-2
Eryi looked carefully and found that about one-third of the work had been completed, and a "small-mouth turtle-necked urn" on the base had been pieced together.
It is obvious that in order to take care of him, Senior Sister Li Li asked him to be responsible for the simpler initial procedures in the restoration work, that is, pieced together the relatively well-preserved utensils.
The so-called "integrity" is of course relative, that is, individuals with large fragments and basically complete fragments found.
During archaeological excavations, the fragments of vessels found at the same site are usually preserved in batches.
Not only the fragments of vessels that can clearly distinguish shapes, but also the irregularly shaped gravel, the hard particles and gravel in the soil.
All the three-foot-foot digging ground are saved in a safe deposit box, transported back to the restoration room and washed, screened, and then classified according to different standards, because you will never imagine that a repaired vessel will end up with that piece!
Those irregular hard particles are likely to be some shedding fragments inside the vessel. Without them, they may not be visible on the outside, but a cavity will form inside the vessel wall, which will increase the difficulty of repair and also cause fragility in the structure and are not conducive to preservation.
Therefore, when repairing pottery, large pieces of fragments are usually restored first, and then small pieces are found according to the foundation, and finally fill in the subtle gaps.
Eryi glanced at a large number of similar fragments and found that most of the fragments of this small-mouthed turtle-necked man had actually been selected from the pile of fragments by the seniors. He just needed to piece them up step by step according to the order marked by the seniors, just like playing puzzles.
These pottery buried underground for thousands of years are extremely fragile. In order to prevent it from becoming more broken due to its own mistake, 21 first moved his hands, then activated [Skills - Hand Kung Fu], [Spell - Instant Skillful Hand], [Teacher - Flexibility], and began to pick up the resin glue and stick fragments on the base.
Compared with Senior Sister Li Li who can only rely on her eyesight and patience to select the correct fragments from the pile of fragments over and over again, it is much easier to do the repair work!
The extremely agile fingers made Eryi's movements look not only flexible, gentle, but also very fast!
Originally, even expert cultural relics restoration workers like Li Li and others had to hold their breath and concentrate and carefully when they did it. When they reached Eryi's hands, they were like flowing water!
Hold the glue pen in one hand, apply a thread of resin glue on the fragments, and then put it on the broken stubble, without even aligning and correcting. It is not misaligned at all!
The fragments placed on the workbench in front of him were not all of this "small-mouthed urn", but many of them were fragments of other similar products.
It’s just that it is not possible to determine which piece is, so it is placed together for easy comparison when splicing.
But Eryi didn't even look at it, so he picked up a piece from a pile of fragments and stuck it up, but it happened to be that piece!
This led to the fact that after carefully cleaning the soil on several pieces of fragments.
As soon as she breathed a sigh of relief, she almost screamed when she subconsciously looked up at Eryi!
If she hadn't covered her mouth in time, she would have probably heard the sound of the other people who were scared and trembled and dropped the cultural relics in their hands on the ground.
With her ability to clean these fragments, Eryi was almost finished with the "small-mouthed high-necked urn"!
As we all know, it takes a long time to repair a cultural relic!
Sometimes a complete one may not be able to piece together for several months, because a lot of time is spent searching for pieces.
Even if the fragments were roughly selected by them, there is a high probability that they belong to this turtle-collar man, but it will take several days just to glue the fragments on them?
They stick one piece and put it there. They dare to stick a second piece on it when they are completely firm, otherwise they will easily deform.
But here in Eryi, this problem does not exist at all.
Because after he glued all the fragments on it, he relied on the weight of the vessel itself to form the "arch bridge principle" to tighten the gap between the fragments.
But the question is, how did he do it?
Not daring to disturb the focused look, Senior Sister Li Li carefully hid aside and observed.
After discovering that he had finished collating the existing fragments, he shook his head unsatisfiedly because the parts on collating were relatively large fragments, which led to the "small-mouthed urn" looking like a hollowed-out leaky pot full of holes.
He got up and took a tray with a soft velvet cloth. He began to place it on the workbench in rows, and found it in the fragments that could not be confirmed to belong to the vessel. From time to time, he picked up a piece from it and placed it on the tray.
After wandering around slowly, he seemed to have found all the pieces, so he sat back in front of the workbench and continued to stick the pieces he brought up.
What’s amazing is that the pieces he brought really belong to this “small-mouthed urn”!
How is this possible? Do you know how long it will take for them to find a piece of pottery?
It may only take a few hours to repair a pottery to 80% completeness, but it may take several days to repair from 80% to 90%.
It may take several weeks to repair from 90% to 99%, while the last 1% may take several months. The slower it goes, and it will never be able to make up for the last piece!
In addition, they usually use the elimination method for repairing fragment completion.
In other words, if one of the vessels is really unable to find the fragments, it will be put on hold for the time being and repair the other vessels in the same batch first, until the remaining fragments become fewer and fewer, the answer will naturally become clearer and clearer.
But 21 is not!
According to senior sister Li Li's observation, this guy has to put all the fragments of a vessel together at one time, and not even let go of the small gaps and small gaps on it... You can't afford to hurt someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder! He feels uncomfortable if he doesn't work well!
In fact, after all, the "small-mouth high-necked urn" in Eryi's hand has been completed by 98%, leaving only some small gaps in the vessel that have not yet been found.
This forced Eryi to get up again and run to the pile of hard particles that could not be confirmed. After plucking for a while, he picked out some small pieces, pushing the integrity to about 99%, only two or three rice grain-sized defects on the urn.
Chapter completed!