锻造铜佛像
Forging bronze Buddha statue
铜佛像锻造是手艺活，光是雕凿用的工具錾子就有100多种，没有十几年的时间很难学成。
The forging of bronze Buddha statues is a craft. There are more than 100 kinds of chisels for carving. It is difficult to learn them without more than ten years.
锻造铜佛像，先要用泥塑做好样品，再用铜做好模型，经过敲打、焊接、雕刻等工序，最后抛光、镀金，成品才能完成。小型的佛像一般要花2个多月的时间才能做好。精致的小型佛像，一年只能出五六件。慢工才能出细活。
To forge a bronze Buddha statue, we need to make a sample with clay sculpture first, and then make a model with copper. After beating, welding, carving and other processes, and finally polishing and gilding, the finished product can be completed. Small Buddha statues usually take more than two months to complete. Exquisite small Buddha statues can only produce five or six in a year. Slow work makes fine work.
一开始利用模具成型到敲打出规范形状，再到精雕细刻那些细致的花纹，直到最后的火烤定型。有些不用模具的器具，要完全靠手工打制，难度更大了，制作时间也会相应增加。
At the beginning, the mold was used to form, then the standard shape was knocked out, and then the fine patterns were carefully carved, until the final fire was baked. Some tools that don't need mould need to be made by hand. It's more difficult and the production time will increase correspondingly.
锻铜是一种区别于铸铜型托辊 吸水树脂 天津水处理设备 邯郸断桥铝门窗 唐山防水 的工艺，是在铜板上进行创作，利用铜板加热后质地变软，锤打后又恢复坚硬的特性，重复这一过程，所制作出的艺术成品。
Forging copper is a process different from casting copper. It is a kind of artistic product produced by making use of the characteristics that the copper plate becomes soft after being heated and hard after being hammered.
部件之间经过拼装和焊接，终于一步步具有佛像的完整形象，这样的一件铜器，和机器制作出的完全不同，机器制成的铜器圆润均匀，但缺少光泽。手工锻打的铜器展现出众多锻打的擦痕，如钻石一般有众多抛光面，熠熠闪光。
After assembling and welding, the parts finally have a complete image of Buddha step by step. Such a bronze ware is completely different from that made by machine. The bronze ware made by machine is round and even, but lacks luster. Hand forged bronzes show many forged scratches, such as diamonds with many polished surfaces