After a while Ju began to chafe at the limited range of his work, which generally involved only furniture and some low-relief carvings. He borrowed a camera, photographed some water buffalo, and secretly started to do some experimentation.
然而在拜師一陣子之後，朱銘卻不滿足於只刻些傢具或平面的板刻，他向人借了一台相機拍下水牛的模樣，自己暗暗地摸索了起來。