Tokyo life starting with painting

The time soon came to afternoon.

After perfunctoryly asking Haranaka's meaningless questions, Higashinoji followed what Aiko Kijo said and walked to the far right side of the third floor of the club activity building.

Gangno Ryoko has already informed him that he does not need to go to the studio to report, he can just go directly to complete the wood sculpture exhibit.

But one day is definitely not enough.

In fact, half a month was quite tight - at least there was no need to expect painting or coloring.

Higashikata shook his head.

Fortunately, the new monthly magazine from Urashima Publishing House is scheduled to be published in the middle of next month. Otherwise, if all these miscellaneous things are crowded together, there will definitely be no time to draw "The Lonely Gourmet".

Tonoji took out the key, opened the door of the empty classroom, and took a look inside.

Huh - Kijo Aiko has prepared quite a lot of things.

On the ground were brand-new arc knives of various models, as well as tools such as hammers, and a whole piece of polishing wax was placed next to them.

Of course, the most important thing is the piece of wood in front of you, which is about 20cm long, 15cm wide and 30cm high.

Higashinoji didn't give Aiko the detailed dimensions yesterday because he hadn't thought of what to carve yet, but it's different now. He probably has an idea, and the piece of wood in front of him has already been processed and the bark has been removed.

"It's barely enough."

Tonoji nodded, and then began to stuff the wood into the storage box and fix it. Then he made a mental calculation, took out a larger stylus pen, and started to draw an irregular circle with a gap on the wood. If you look carefully, The overall shape looks like a cracked eggshell.

But since it directly accounts for two-thirds of the wood, the overall shape is more like a broken ostrich egg shell.

That's right, a broken eggshell with the lower half still intact, this is what Higashinoji wants to carve.

Since the theme of maturity and independence has been decided, the sculptural image of a young bird shedding its shell just fits this theme.

No matter which country students are from, sooner or later they will step out of the "shell" that protects themselves and extend their hands to the outside world in ignorance.

Maybe they will suffer unimaginable painful experiences, or they may be forced by reality to the point of desperation.

But this is a process from childishness to maturity, and no one can escape it.

Yes, it is painful to get out of the "shell", but don't stay in the "shell" because you are afraid of pain.

The image of Higashinoji's "shell" can be a school, a family, or something that has always protected high school students.

Of course, if you are someone who can easily inherit a fortune worth hundreds of millions without any effort - just pretend that Tonoji didn't say this.

The same is true after the blue bird takes off.

After flying out of the 'shell', the only thing facing it is the helplessness and pain in reality.

College entrance examination, college, and work problems after college. A series of things that have never been considered before hit me like a sudden rain.

This is the theme that Higashino wants to express - maturity and independence.

But this is definitely not enough - maybe others will be satisfied, but at least Higashinoji is not.

This is because this is an art festival held by Kita University. Without the key carrier of "Kita University", it would be somewhat unsightly.

To this end, Higashinoji also made a special trip to bring a map of Kitajuku.

That's right.

He wanted to carve a shortened version of Hokugi Juku into this eggshell.

Playground, club activity building, gymnasium, student canteen, canteen

This is where the students of Kita Yoshinori have been living.

And this is also the starting point for the broken-shell bluebird to enter the society.

This is what Higashinoji thinks.

The 'shell' is the protective object of the blue bird, and the 'North Gym' is the starting point for the students and the carrier to cultivate their 'spirit'.

Then the title of this wood sculpture should be——

"The Blue Bird."

Higashinoji murmured to himself and started cutting out the rough shape with a scroll saw.

Although there is no directly exposed image of a 'bird', the broken eggshell and the feathers scattered around the eggshell do not mean that the bluebird has broken out of the shell and flown into the distant sky.

It's just that although the pine wood is not too hard, the middle of the sawed eggshell needs to be hollowed out with tools, the edges are also very rough, and there are wooden thorns that are quite prickly to the touch.

But Higashinoji didn't care.

Smooth the center edge with sandpaper, and finally apply a layer of polishing wax to make the whole surface smooth.

As long as the post-processing is done well, "Blue Bird" is definitely a good work.

"But it's a bit wasteful."

Higashinoji looked at the large part of the wood that needed to be hollowed out and couldn't help but ponder.

The final eggshell with the simple Hokugi school in the center is about 20 centimeters high and the maximum diameter is 18 to 19 centimeters.

This is Higashino's idea of ​​making and matching an exhibit base.

However, since a large piece needs to be dug out from the middle, the wood in the middle will inevitably be wasted.

In the past, Higashinoji would not have been so prodigal when he was a student. After all, wood was so expensive that no one would be so prodigal just to dig out a piece for carving.

"Even if you use this hollowed-out wood to make eggshell fragments, feathers and other decorations, there is still a lot of waste."

Higashinoji thought for a moment, and then thought of today's trio of Konoe Ryoka.

Anyway, these scraps don’t come out much, so let’s use these scraps to make something for them.

After all, "The Lonely Gourmet" will probably have to ask them for help every time he goes out to collect stories from now on.

Higashinoji had an idea in his mind, but his men did not stop.

Knock slowly with the hammer and arc knife, trying to make a smoother eggshell surface.

The feet of Higashi Yesi were gradually filled with fine sawdust.

In the later stage, I will use a wooden sander from Aiko's house to smooth it, and the sandpaper will be used at most to repair the details. This kind of large round surface still needs the help of a machine to polish it smooth.

After about fifty minutes of this work, Tonoji put down the sweaty hammer and wiped the sweat from his face.

It has to be said that doing this work on a hot day is really torturous. Although there is an electric fan spinning above his head, the hot air can only slightly quench his thirst - Higashinoji is still sweating profusely.

He usually puts down the hammer and takes a break after hammering for ten minutes, otherwise his wrist will be so sore that it will affect his cartoon drawing at night.

"That's pretty much it for today."

Looking at the eggshell that had turned into an irregular semicircle, Tonoji put it down, then simply washed his palms covered with sawdust, and then put back on the stand-up collar uniform that he had taken off because it was too hot.

"Let's go."

The work here has come to an end for the time being, and it’s almost time to collect stories for “The Lonely Gourmet”.

I hope Konoe Ryoka and the others can really bring some surprises to me.

With this in mind, Higashinoji picked up his shoulder bag and walked towards Class D of the first year.

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