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(diǎn)綴其間，仿若國畫著色的素雅花瓣，經(jīng)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(shù)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(tǒng)琉璃燈工技藝上賦予了多個創(chuàng)新，令人大開眼界。

琉璃燈工藝術(shù)，是浴火而成的藝術(shù)，賦予琉璃姿態(tài)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(xiàn)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(guān)節(jié)凸起，指甲還泛著微黃……這是一雙怎樣飽經(jīng)滄桑和“烤驗(yàn)”的手！

“干這行50多年，都是近距離烤火作業(yè)，難免這樣。除了會裂、有些疼癢，倒也沒什么。”話語間，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(xié)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(xué)藝。1968年，16歲的孫鳳軍進(jìn)入博山美術(shù)琉璃廠，開始琉璃燈工工藝品的制作。上世紀(jì)90年代琉璃廠破產(chǎn)后，他曾自己成立公司生產(chǎn)琉璃空心珠，產(chǎn)品一度遠(yuǎn)銷國外，備受青睞。“現(xiàn)在想來，那幾年生產(chǎn)琉璃珠的經(jīng)歷也為我之后的‘掛霜葡萄’奠定了堅(jiān)實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)?！睂O鳳軍說。

“葡萄孫”的名號，在琉璃界響當(dāng)當(dāng)。從事燈工藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作50余年，孫鳳軍在傳承博山琉璃精華的基礎(chǔ)上，一直致力于創(chuàng)新燈工技藝，開創(chuàng)了自己獨(dú)特的“孫氏”葡萄燈工風(fēng)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(jié)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?！睂O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?！叭绻麩艄て咸岩材軖焖?，豈不更加逼真形象？”孫鳳軍說，經(jīng)過2個多月進(jìn)葡萄園反復(fù)觀察和在工作室的不斷試驗(yàn)，掛霜葡萄作品《歲歲平安》終于呈現(xiàn)在眾人眼前，當(dāng)年就讓他摘得了無數(shù)榮譽(yù)。

“唯有創(chuàng)新，才能賦予這項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)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(xiàn)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(xiàn)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(chuàng)新，只要破題，這門藝術(shù)就一定會迸發(fā)新活力?！睂O鳳軍滿懷信心地說。因?yàn)闊釔?，他早已將琉璃燈工藝術(shù)當(dāng)作自己的終生事業(yè)，在創(chuàng)新中前行，他樂此不疲。