文/趙瑞雪 圖/劉富國
Lampworking appears simple to operate, but is extremely complicated in fact. To achieve the conformity of blown glass works with the material objects,tens of thousands of repeated coloring experiments, as well as strong patience and perseverance are needed. “Due to the harsh environment, young people are unwilling to do the work,” said Sun Fengjun.
“Only innovation can add new vitality to this traditional technique.”For the Peony of Riches and Honor created by Sun Fengjun, he used the colors of traditional Chinese painting for reference, enabling the petals to be gradient colors from dark to light. In his work Years of Brimful Happiness, he adopted a new technology to create lotus leaves, and achieved the large size beyond the reach of ordinary blown glass works;and besides, he used a new material to create the dragonfly's wings,thereby, showing different colors from multiple perspectives… “The biggest difficulty in lampworking is a lack of successors and innovation.As long as the difficulty is solved,this art can definitely release new vitality,” said Sun Fengjun confidently. He is 67 years old now.However, due to his passion, he has regarded lampworking art as his lifelong career. And he always enjoys moving towards innovation.
池塘中,直徑足有15厘米的荷葉錯落有致,覆滿清晨的露珠,青翠欲滴;一朵朵含苞待放的蓮花點綴其間,仿若國畫著色的素雅花瓣,經脈分明,令人心生歡喜;一只蜻蜓翩翩而至立于荷尖,輕盈的翅膀折射出五彩的光……這是中國玻璃(琉璃)藝術大師孫鳳軍和兒子孫磊不久前剛合作完成的新作《蓮年有余》,在傳統琉璃燈工技藝上賦予了多個創新,令人大開眼界。
琉璃燈工藝術,是浴火而成的藝術,賦予琉璃姿態萬千、流光溢彩。來到孫鳳軍工作室時,他剛剛放下手頭制作的“掛霜葡萄”,呈現在面前的這雙能夠“化腐朽為神奇”的手引起了記者注意。
指尖皸裂、粗糙,指關節凸起,指甲還泛著微黃……這是一雙怎樣飽經滄桑和“烤驗”的手!
“干這行50多年,都是近距離烤火作業,難免這樣。除了會裂、有些疼癢,倒也沒什么?!痹捳Z間,孫鳳軍微笑著將琉璃制作技藝的艱苦輕描淡寫。
2015年,孫鳳軍被中國日用玻璃協會正式授予“中國琉璃葡萄孫”稱號,與“中國石榴王(琉璃)”王乃寶、“中國孫氏琉璃雞油黃”孫即杰齊名,成為博山琉璃的杰出代表之一。
出生于博山琉璃世家的孫鳳軍,12歲開始隨父學藝。1968年,16歲的孫鳳軍進入博山美術琉璃廠,開始琉璃燈工工藝品的制作。上世紀90年代琉璃廠破產后,他曾自己成立公司生產琉璃空心珠,產品一度遠銷國外,備受青睞。“現在想來,那幾年生產琉璃珠的經歷也為我之后的‘掛霜葡萄’奠定了堅實的基礎?!睂O鳳軍說。
“葡萄孫”的名號,在琉璃界響當當。從事燈工藝術創作50余年,孫鳳軍在傳承博山琉璃精華的基礎上,一直致力于創新燈工技藝,開創了自己獨特的“孫氏”葡萄燈工風格。

○琉璃燈工作品《蓮年有余》Lampworking work Eternal Lotus
“琉璃白菜、石榴、葡萄造型由來已久,怎么能有所突破,做出自己的特色?”孫鳳軍說,靈感來自偶然,卻也是常年不懈鉆研的結果。2015年初的一天,小孫女給他端來一盤洗過的葡萄。“上面的霜還沒洗干凈呢。”孫鳳軍看了一眼說。話音未落,葡萄上的這層霜在他眼前又閃了一下。“如果燈工葡萄也能掛霜,豈不更加逼真形象?”孫鳳軍說,經過2個多月進葡萄園反復觀察和在工作室的不斷試驗,掛霜葡萄作品《歲歲平安》終于呈現在眾人眼前,當年就讓他摘得了無數榮譽。
“唯有創新,才能賦予這項傳統技藝嶄新的生命力?!睂O鳳軍說。他制作的《富貴牡丹》借鑒國畫的顏色,花瓣由深到淺呈現漸變色;他制作的《連年有余》荷葉采用了新工藝,蜻蜓翅膀則選用了新材料,可以多角度展現不同色彩……“琉璃燈工技藝面臨的最大困境就是后繼乏人和缺少創新,只要破題,這門藝術就一定會迸發新活力?!睂O鳳軍滿懷信心地說。因為熱愛,他早已將琉璃燈工藝術當作自己的終生事業,在創新中前行,他樂此不疲。