Craftsman: I continue to learn for the sake of the saints

Chapter 48 Mud "Made Man"

Another late night.

Qin Luo took the initiative to ask himself to sleep tonight.

This made Sister Cha very dissatisfied. She didn't know what she did wrong, why she was punished like this, and stayed alone in the empty room.

snort!
dog man!
Tired of chant.

Tired?
The reason Qin Luo gave was to calm down tonight, or not to be close to women, and to rest and rest, his waist was about to be overwhelmed.

Under Qin Luo's insistence, although she was a little bit reluctant, she still went back to her room.

Forget it.

Let me give you a day off.

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in the room.

Qin Luo locked the door, smelled the drunken fragrance of Yuhua beside his pillow, and calmed down.

Enter the system space again.

The task of making incense No. 003 has been completed, and the next task has been updated.

【Mission No. 004: Clay figurine handed down from generation to generation. 】

[Task requirements: Make a clay figurine that is handed down from generation to generation, not limited to Huishan School and Tianjin School. 】

[Mission reward: 500 million. 】

Seeing this task, Qin Luo was startled.

clay figurines...

I have heard of this skill myself.

Sugar people are for eating.

Clay figurines are for play, crafts.

In ancient times, especially in the Qing Dynasty, it was also listed as a tribute.

Especially Huishan, Wuxi, is very famous. There was a business dedicated to this industry very early on. At that time, there was a "clay figurine street".

After the Republic of China, it was Zhang, a clay figurine in Tianjin, who was the most famous.

only……

"Handed down".

This difficulty is too high.

What is a handed down work?

That has to be a peerless masterpiece!

Not only is it recognized by the current world, but hundreds or thousands of years later, when others take it out, they will think, oh, this thing is so beautiful!
The works handed down from generation to generation, the appreciation and grasp of beauty, have passed through the long river of history and the vicissitudes of time.

This really made me feel a little guilty.

Suppressing these thoughts for now, Qin Luo looked at the famous teacher on this mission.

Still two.

At the same time, information about these two masters immediately emerged in his mind.

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The first one is Gong Baifu.

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, he was the master of the Huishan clay figurine school, and he was the president of the Huishan clay figurine guild at that time - "Showers Guild".

Representative works, Big Fu, Little Huanan, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Hehe Erxian, Foreign Devils Riding Horses, and Qilin Delivering a Child.

Especially "Big Ah Fu", a classic image of a generation, a super IP in the clay figurine world.

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The second one is clay figurine Zhang, named Changlin, styled Mingshan, born in Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty.

Clay figurine Zhang has a profound literary accomplishment, and his hands are extremely dexterous. His works are largely based on classical literary masterpieces.

At that time, Clay Figurine Zhang was the "top class" in the art world. Xu Beihong once praised him: "Although Yang Huizhi is not enough."

Xu Beihong, a well-known painter, compared Clay Figurine Zhang with Yang Huizhi in his mouth.

Who is Yang Huizhi?
A sculptor as famous as the painter Wu Daozi in the Tang Dynasty.

It can be seen that its evaluation is high.

In 1915, Zhang Mingshan won the first prize at the Panama International Exposition for his painted sculpture "Women Weaving Workers", which is well-known both at home and abroad.

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Looking at these, Qin Luo was also shocked for a moment, and his heart was very moved.

Then, under the hand-in-hand teaching of the two masters, I began to study patiently and meticulously.

If you want to be a clay figurine, you have to start with clay.

The reason why clay figurines can flourish in Huishan is mainly due to the local soil quality.

At the foot of Huishan Mountain, there is a rich kind of mud called "Shanye Mud."

Less impurities, good viscosity, no sag, no cracking.

In Su Shi's time, he was already famous. Su Shi wrote poems and praised it - the soil at the foot of Huiquan Mountain is like glutinous rice, and the rice in Yangxian River is better than pearls.

Good soil, coupled with superb technology, has achieved this craft.

Making clay figurines requires wisdom, skillful hands, and the foundation of art and sculpture.

These, Qin Luo...have all of them.

So learn and make rapid progress.

It only took three years in the system space, and his craftsmanship was unanimously recognized by the two masters, who believed that Qin Luo could become a teacher.

Before leaving the system space, Qin Luo asked the last question: "How can a work be handed down from generation to generation?"

Gong Baifu's answer is: only hands and ears.

A lifetime of immersion in skills is naturally possible.

Huishan clay figurines have produced many masters, and there are nearly ten masters who can be called masters, Wang Chunlin, Hu Wancheng, Zhou Asheng, Ding Ajin, Chen Xingfang, Jiang Sanyuan...their skills have their own advantages, but each of them has their own unique skills. There are works handed down from generation to generation.

As long as you do it with your heart, plus the accumulation of time, it will definitely work.

The answer given by "Clay Figurine Zhang" was completely different from his.

A work handed down from generation to generation cannot be endured. It requires reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles.

Clay figurines are like Nuwa who made people, a mass of clay can change in thousands of ways, and everything can be molded with clay.

However, if you want to pass it on to the world, you need to integrate your own feelings and a flash of inspiration.

His work, "The Weaving Woman", is actually a "work of the world", and it is possible to capture "the real impression of the characters at that moment", as well as the strongest intuition and deepest touch in his heart... ...handed down.

Qin Luo made a note and left the system space.

I have a vague idea in my heart.

Skill first.

Get back into the emotion.

In the end, maybe a moment of inspiration and a throbbing of the heart are needed.

Suddenly it was raised to a level of "Tao".

However, Qin Luo really felt that his "art sense" was much stronger after studying clay figurines carefully for three years.

Compared with wood carvings and stone carvings, the greatest characteristic of clay figurines is freedom.

Wood carving and stone carving should follow the size, material, and texture of the wood and stone itself to design a suitable finished pattern.

But clay figurines are completely different.

Knead whatever you want.

As long as there is a picture, as long as there is enough soil, it can be squeezed out.

This is the ability to "create something out of nothing".

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Early the next morning.

After Qin Luo got up, he began to buy various materials online.

There are no more than three kinds of materials for making clay figurines.

The first is Huishan clay.

I searched the price online, [-] per ton, plus [-] for shipping.

Qin Luo ordered a ton first.

The second is plaster.

During the period of the Republic of China, "gypsum" was also added to the material to make the clay figurines more delicate.

Qin Luo bought another batch of plaster.

The third is "cooked mud".

It is made of pure clay with low sand content and no impurities. After weathering, beating, filtering, dehydration, adding cotton wool, and anti-complicated kneading, the cooked mud is formed. It is characterized by super strong adhesion.

This one needs to be hammered by hand.

Buy everything you need.

Qin Luo then went to the back of the yard, carrying water, mud, and bricks, preparing to build a "kiln".

After the clay figurines are formed and thoroughly dried, they must be baked in a kiln.

The temperature has to reach [-] degrees Celsius.

After leaving the kiln, it needs to be polished and sorted before it can be painted.

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"What are you doing again?"

Sister Cha asked curiously.

Qin Luo glanced at her and smiled: "Create a human being."

Ok?
Sister Cha's expression was slightly astonished.

To make man, you and I can just make it, what kind of earthen kiln?
It looked like it was going to burn people.

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(End of this chapter)