Chapter 806 - Ice Sculpture (2/2)

While Yuan Zhou was muttering to himself, he had started working. The washbowl-sized ice block gradually took shape under Yuan Zhou’s kitchen knife.

The technique for sculpting ice was quite different from that of sculpting vegetables. The vegetable sculpting was particular about “carefulness, exquisiteness, and ingenuity” and also required more skillful force.

However, the ice sculpting was particular about “steadiness, precision, and restraint.” Yuan Zhou raised the kitchen knife slightly in his hand and restrained 70% of the strength at the knifepoint going downwards. Then, the sharp tiger eyes came into being.

The vegetable sculpting required skillful force while the ice sculpting required restraint. Many failed ice sculptured were the result of excessive strength from the sculptor rather than insufficient strength.

If there was a ranking of the ice sculptors, those who could sculpt a deer were at the first level while those who could sculpt the head of a dragon were at a higher level. Just as mentioned previously, one could be called “great master” if he could sculpt an intact dragon.

Yuan Zhou himself had a high degree of professional proficiency after his hard work in sculpting the radishes or vegetables. Though the sculpting skills required were different, he had a very solid foundation. So after the hard training for quite a while, his sculpting skills were pretty good.

The first ice sculpture was not only seen by Ji Yi, but also by some other customers. They all saw the failed sculpture at that time. So Yuan Zhou had devised a plan for a very long time to restore his reputation.

He remembered clearly who they were. Apart from Ji Yi and Liu Zhang, there were five customers who saw his first failed ice sculpture. As for whom the five people were, he didn’t want to tell others. Anyway, he finally waited until all five customers appeared in his restaurant.

He must avenge the insult.

Therefore, Yuan Zhou bought a big ice block. He was going to sculpt it into the profile of “Two Dragons Chasing A Pearl”, which was of greatest difficulty.

The difficulties of this lay not only in the sculpting skills but also in the artistic conception of “chasing”. To achieve this goal, the dragons he was going to sculpt must be very realistic.

Yuan Zhou carried the ice block on the table, took up the kitchen knife, observed it very carefully and looked for where to start.

Meanwhile, the onlookers at the side couldn’t help discussing.

“So Boss Yuan wants to do an ice sculpture?”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

“It’s probably not easy to sculpt it since it’s so large.”

“Exactly. It was a small one last time, but this time, he suddenly changed to a large one?”

“No. I remember it was as big as a washbowl. Boss Yuan directly sculpted a pond with it and the fish inside felt like real fish.”

“What will Boss Yuan sculpt with the ice block this time?”

“Considering the size, it’s going to be a big sculpture.” A man with glasses said with seriousness.

“Nonsense.”

It was a reply from somebody else who heard the person’s mysterious answer.

The clamor of the customers actually didn’t affect Yuan Zhou’s work. Before he started to work on the ice block, Yuan Zhou specially turned his head and took a look back.

“Good. Everybody is here.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head secretly in his heart before he started to sculpt the ice block.

The blade of the kitchen knife was awfully sharp. Whenever he waved the knife around, it was like a silver thread flickering across the ice block and then a piece of ice dropped down at the sound of the cut. The cut was neat and smooth and there weren’t any knife scratches at all.

“Shua Shua Shua”. Along with the waving of his kitchen knife, the ice block under his hand gradually took shape. The rough image could be clearly recognized

Another difficulty of sculpting the ice block was how to cut the ice block and meanwhile maintain its intactness. And one more difficulty was the speed of sculpting. Otherwise, it would be quite embarrassing if he still couldn’t finish it when the time was up.

The current craftsmanship of Yuan Zhou could basically meet the two requirements of quick action and vigorousness.

EMPTY