Jinghua Tianjiao

"If you really can't invite him, you can change someone else. Why waste time on him?" Lao Du said, "If you can't invite him now, if you really enter the studio then, how will you manage it?"

"You can't say that." Yuyan said, "You don't know how difficult it is to recruit people in this industry. How can you say that you can find the right one just by looking around. You see, Juan'er has been exhausted recruiting people these days. What's the matter, whether we invite people or not, it depends on how we talk about it."

"Go and chat as you like, there is nothing you can't talk about." The old lady said while eating, "Hurry up and eat, don't just chat."

Do what you like?Du Juan remembered her grandmother's words, and it seemed that she really had to settle down to impress Master Li.The connections were introduced by Liu Tian, ​​so it's up to her to talk or not. Thinking of this, Du Juan already has a solution in mind.

"Mom, are the sculpting tools in our studio still there?"

"Here, it's all under pressure in the warehouse. Why do you ask this?"

"It's useful." Du Juan said with a smile.

The molding tools in Jinghuafang have been useless for a long time, even when the interest class was held a few years ago, all the old molds were used.In addition, in the next few years, Jinghuafang mostly made wedding dresses for others, so there was no need for sculpture models at all, and sculpture models are the basis for the creation of silk figurines.After dinner, Du Juan went to the studio alone.He rummaged through the cabinets to find a dusty carved wooden box, which he hadn't touched in years.

At some point, Swift stood behind her, "This box was used when you learned to make silk figurines when you were young."

"Mom, are you here? It's too dirty here, you still..."

"Let me do it, old things are easy to break, so be careful." Swift stepped forward and helped her daughter clean the box, "It's so secretive, it's still hidden from the family."

"No way, Mom."

The mother and daughter opened the box, and the tools inside were also covered with a layer of white ash, which was the residual lime on the original mold.Swift looked at the tools in front of her, most of which were rusty, as if she had returned to yesterday, "Back then I taught you how to make silk figurines, and you remembered and were familiar with all the procedures of the sculpture. It's all lime, I'm afraid you hurt your hands and didn't let you learn more. These things are old objects. I'm used to lime, but I can't fill them with silica gel, otherwise these things will be destroyed. Girl, you rummaged out Are you going to be a sculptor yourself?"

"How can I do that?" Du Juan humbled herself, "The sculptor is extremely delicate and has more than ten years of experience. I learned fur at that time, and I dare not touch this. But now, I want to take it To prove myself, I want to make a simple head model, and then show it to the master, let him give pointers, if he refuses, then we can only find someone else."

"The more you talk, the more curious I am. What kind of master is it that can make you so interested?" Yu Yan still doesn't know the name of Master Li, but she can feel the master's "rank" in Du Juan's mouth. "It must not be low, "You can do it with peace of mind, Wen Xin is involved in the work of the studio, and if it doesn't work, I can go and have a look."

Du Juan knew that it would take another week to make a head model.

A simple head model, Du Juan seems to speak lightly.But in the field of silk sculpture, the head model is the most difficult to make, and it is also the most fundamental test of a craftsman.The production of the head model needs to make a model according to the distance between the five sense organs. As mentioned above, in the past few years, most of the silk plastic head models (models) in Jinghua Fang were of a uniform standard, but if you want to make them different, you need to re- Measure the facial features of the silk figurine.

The set of tools dug out by Lao Du's family was the first to turn the mold with plaster.But before doing it, use mud balls to form a duck egg shape, and then use a thin line to find the center line on the duck egg mud and make a superficial mark.The human face is divided into "three courtyards and five eyes". It is difficult to confirm the position of this position. The mud blank is the prototype of the silk head mold.After doing these things, the real test of craftsmanship begins, that is, turning over the mold with plaster, and there are eight steps in the turning over of plaster (making grooves, putting in mud, grouting, isolation, making rules, grouting again, opening the mold, and completing the process). ).

It is said that nearly fourteen processes are required to complete a silk figurine, and eight processes are required to complete the head mold of a silk figurine, and these eight processes are only used for plaster casting.Then it takes thirteen processes to complete the whole silk head.Three layers of elastic cotton cloth should be placed on the plaster head cast, and the upper, left, and right corners should be gathered behind the head, and then used to make the general features of the face, which are the chin and neck.This is not over yet, wait until the cotton cloth is almost fused with the plaster, then use a plastic knife to mold the facial features and apply latex.Then spread the gauze lightly, and the next job is painting.After the painting is completed, the cotton fabric is slowly cut and stitched again, so that a silk head is completed.In the intangible inheritance of silk figurines, the production of head models is the most difficult. The above methods that can be studied through literature are just a reference. If something went wrong, she had to overthrow it and start over. These few days, Du Juan was tense, and she was very nervous in every step, not daring to make any mistakes.

Du Juan was busy making head models in the studio and locked herself in a small room all day.Outside, the communication between Wenxin, Amuna and Gesang became smoother day by day, and everyone quickly got along with each other.Yuyan originally wanted to come over to help the studio, but after going back that night, she thought about it carefully and decided not to participate in this matter. It was not until the studio received a bunch of couriers that Wenxin had no choice but to ask Du Juan to call her home.

Wen Xin knocked on the door of the inner room of the studio, and when Du Juan opened the door, she stood in front of Wen Xin all in white, which shocked Wen Xin.

"Honey, why are you like this?"

This voice doesn't matter, even Amina and Gesang were attracted, "Mr. Du, what's wrong?"

Lime foam all over her body, Du Juan was afraid of getting it on everyone, so she hurriedly said, "Don't come here, this lime is on your body, it's not easy to wash, I plan to don't want this clothes, you don't get it on, hurry up, go and help you guys." Yes. Xinxin, what's wrong?"

"Come out and have a look. There are a bunch of couriers at the door. Just now the courier said to call here?"

"Yes, I just said that there is a courier, and I said to put it at the door, what's wrong?"

"You're really big, come out and have a look, and let's get some fresh air."

Big and small boxes were blocking the door of the studio, and Du Juan was busy calling her mother.It was only after Swift came to take a look that it was sent by her son Du Feng from abroad.

At this moment, Du Juan's phone rang, and it was indeed the fault of her younger brother Du Feng, "What are you doing, I don't know how to send something to my family, why send it to me."

"Sister, I'm going back to China soon, so I sent the things back first. Oh, it's convenient for you, so just collect them for me."

"It's Xiaofeng's call..." Yuyan asked on the sidelines, and shouted through the phone, "Xiaofeng, have you finished sending the things? Is there any more?"

On the other end of the phone, Du Feng hurriedly asked Du Juan, "Sister, why is Mom here?"

"What's the matter, when you come back, you still have to face her every day."

"Okay, you tell mom, there is nothing behind, this is all. Please help me move to my house, sister."

"You still don't think this is enough. I'm warning you, next time you do something so sudden, be careful and I'll beat you up when you come back!"

"Are you willing, sister?"

"Don't talk about it, I'm still busy. I'll call before I come back and I'll pick you up." After hanging up the phone, everyone was dumbfounded. These things can't be piled up at the door of the studio, even though the studio is far away from home. It's far away, but with so many things, how tiring is it to run all the time?
There is affection and love among the young people; rushing towards the future and career, how can the culture of old Beijing be explained clearly by a "baby"-inheriting intangible cultural heritage, silk and silk figurines-"Jinghua Tianjiao" is wonderful, thank you everyone's reading