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"Lusa, Dawei, you two should first tell Wang Ding the basic knowledge of sculpture, such as the tools we use, how we make sculptures, and the preparatory work for sculptures. You probably don't know Wang Ding very well. ?”

Albeni wanted to ask Wang Ding to learn from the beginning, and Wang Ding certainly cherished this opportunity. "I'm a little unclear, so thank you both very much."

David snorted secretly, he thought this Wang Ding was so powerful, but he didn't expect that he was just a layman who didn't know anything.Naturally, Dawei didn't want to tell Wang Ding sincerely, so he said coldly, "Okay, the teacher asked me to teach, and I will tell him."

Lusa expressed enthusiasm, "Wang Ding, don't worry, we will tell you some basic knowledge of sculpture. In fact, if you get started, sculpture is not as complicated as you think."

"Then let's start now. I see that you are making sculptures just now. What are the basic tools for this sculpture?"

Wang Ding asked curiously, and David spoke quickly in French first.But how could Wang Ding understand French? Seeing that Wang Ding blushed in embarrassment after listening to it, Albeni simply said, "Okay, Dawei, you can't understand Wang Ding in French, why don't you just talk to Lusa?" Let’s teach Wang Ding alone. David, go and prepare some clay sculptures for me.”

David was assigned to do other things, and there were only two people left here, Wang Ding and Lusa.

The teacher left to do other things, and Lusa was not lazy.Politely nodded towards Wang Ding, Lusa put her two small hands on her thighs, and said seriously, "Wang Ding, the tools for sculpture are just like David just said in French. There are many of them, such as sculpture knives There are three types: the first is metal tools, which are made of steel, stainless steel, brass, etc. The blades are divided into oblique triangles, willow leaves, ridges, and arrowheads, and some have serrated edges. The second type is non-metallic tools, made of bamboo, wood, bone, ivory, horn, plastic, etc. Large-scale knives are in the shape of soles, cuttlebone, thumbs, oblique triangles, etc., and small knives are in the shape of rhomboids. , small foot shape, spherical shape, strip shape, etc. The third type is a scraper, which can cut shapes and make clothing patterns, and there are various arc-shaped and square double-sided scrapers, etc. Sculpture knives are generally used for clay sculpture work, used to scrape and cut , sticking, picking, pressing, and plastering clay sculptures and shapes. Then there are stone carving chisels, stone carving hammers, etc. By the way, bow handles and pointing instruments are also often used in sculpture.”

Wang Ding knows how to chisel and hammer stone carvings, but he doesn't know much about the handle of the bow and the point-shaped instrument.

"Miss Lusa, I would like to ask, what is a bow handle and a point gauge, and what role does it play in sculpture?"

Lusa really felt that Wang Ding was very blank about the sculpture, but she said with a friendly smile, "This bow handle is a plastic caliper with two ivory-shaped clip feet that can be opened and closed. It can measure distances and change the clip feet at any time. Curvature. Of course, there is also the proportional bow handle, which is a measuring tool for enlarging sculptures. And the point meter, which is a three-coordinate locator, is used to copy stone and wood carvings. We usually find 3 on the plaster statue The reference point is aligned and fixed with the positioning steel needle on the point gauge, and the movable parts can be locked at any spatial position on the statue by using the slidable parts, universal joints and pointers on the point gauge. Then move the point-shaped instrument to the stone or wood, and the steel needle is aimed at the corresponding reference point, and the pointer can mark the points on the plaster image on the stone or wood, and it can be accurately copied into stone or wood carvings."

"Oh, there is such a tool?"

Wang Ding probably understood that the point instrument should be indispensable for Mr. Alberni's ability to reproduce many works of Master Rodin.

Seeing that Wang Ding was very interested in the dot shaper, Lusa took a dot shaper and asked Wang Ding to experience it for himself. In this studio, there are many clay sculptures. Lusa first found a sculpture template , and then used a point-shaped instrument to take three base points on the top, and then moved the instrument to the clay sculpture again after fixing it, and the positions of the three base points were marked on the clay sculpture.

"You see, with this point meter, we can more accurately reproduce a sculpture and minimize the error."

"I see, Lusa is very grateful to you, but I still have a question, is this clay sculpture the original material for your sculptures? I see that there are many clay sculptures like this in this studio, and there are some iron frames over there... "

Wang Ding was very observant. Before he finished what he wanted to say, Lusa interrupted him and said, "Wang Ding, Mr. Albeni said that you are talented, and it seems that you are right. Your power of discovery is amazing. Indeed, the clay sculptures you see are the most commonly used materials for our sculptures. In addition to clay sculptures, stone, jade, wood, ivory, etc. are all available materials for our sculptures. The role of those iron frames has played a role in the early stages of sculpture It plays a very important role, when we make sculptures, we first need to make shelves..."

"A shelf?" Wang Ding asked puzzled.

"Oh, do you hear it a bit vaguely? Then let me say it more clearly. To make sculptures, we first need to make a shelf according to the statue's posture and body proportions. This shelf fixes the shape of its internal skeleton; A number of small crosses are tied around the skeleton, its function is to connect the mud into a whole, so that it will not collapse and is easy to shape. After the frame is completed, we can enlarge and shape it according to the pre-made mud composition."

"So that's how the sculptures were made? I said, how can these clay sculptures be connected together? It turns out that they are supported by shelves?"

Wang Ding has really gained knowledge, but what he understands now is far less than one-tenth of the sculpture.Lusa smiled slightly, and there was a small dimple on the side of that handsome face.

"Wang Ding, how can sculpture be made? Making an iron frame is only the first step to complete the sculpture. After the clay sculpture is finished, it is too easily affected by the climate, cracked and deformed, and it is difficult to preserve it permanently. Turning clay sculptures into plaster statues. Most of the sculptures we come into contact with are made of plaster. We also have our own set of complicated techniques for turning plaster. color to give it the texture of bronze, wood, stone, etc. At this point, the sculpture can be said to be complete."

Lusa briefly explained the sculpture production method to Wang Ding. After Wang Ding understood the whole method, he discovered a problem, that is, the western sculpture art is actually different from the eastern one.

Because Wang Ding had a chat with Jinlong about sculpture carving. In Jinlong's narration, Wang Ding remembered that Chinese sculpture materials are wood, mud balls, cotton, broken hemp, sand, straw, etc., which are more complex than Western ones. Sculpture, more than anything.

However, Wang Ding can also understand that Chinese sculpture is actually not as good as Western sculpture in the history of development. In China, the word sculptor basically did not exist in ancient times. At that time, China was more of a carpenter. , and the status of carpenters in society is in the middle and lower classes. Not only that, they earn very little money, and they cannot compare with Western sculptors at all. Therefore, in terms of sculpture skills and development, China is far less developed than the West.

Up to now in China, sculptors are still a member of the traditional division of labor, and their main responsibilities are to carve statues for temple buildings and stones for buildings.On the one hand, they have no free space for reading and creation. On the other hand, in terms of the object of expression and the space in which the works are located, their works lack the ability to intervene in social reality, which is behind.In the West, sculptures created freely in the studio can express their observations on society with the help of works, and the power of the works is not weaker than that of contemporary painters.Western sculptures that accept orders from all parties and profit from them can enter various public spaces in modern society, such as squares, streets, and parks, and their works will naturally attract public attention.And obtained the affirmation of identity and status, and got money, so the sculptors went on and on.

Wang Ding feels that he has a responsibility to apply the essence of Western sculpture to Eastern sculpture, and he wants to prove that China also has sculptors who can influence the world.

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"Wang Ding, how is your basic knowledge going?"

Wang Ding is still absorbing the knowledge of sculpture just now. Teacher Albeni has already asked questions with concern. Because of time constraints, Albeni wants to ask Wang Ding to accept the basic knowledge of sculpture in the shortest possible time, and then proceed to the next one. In the link, conduct on-site sculpture exercises.

Because in Alberni's concept, the theory without practice will always be empty and weak. Only when the perfect sculpture is created with both hands is the real sculptor.

Although Wang Ding still had doubts about sculpture, he thought that he could continue to learn from the sculpture of Mr. Alberni, said. "Mr. Alberni, I basically understand the principle of sculpture, but I don't know much about the deeper content. But teacher, we can start carving first."

"Okay, then let's hurry up and perfect this goddess of victory."

When she said that what the teacher wanted to make was the goddess of victory, Lusa was stunned for a moment, and David was even more horrified by Albeni's actions.Why does the teacher want to make the goddess of victory? The artwork in the Louvre is already perfect. It is meaningless to sculpt its unrepeatable beauty.

And perfect, how to perfect it?

But Wang Ding answered quickly, "Mr. Albeni, I think we need to make a shelf for the head of the goddess of victory first, and then squeeze out her clay sculpture."

Wang Ding's words were not particularly professional, but Albeni was very happy to hear Wang Ding's words, because after all, this is a kind of growth.

"Wang Ding, the clay sculpture of the head can be made with or without a frame, but I'm sure we need to make a lot of heads. I hope to make a satisfactory head this afternoon. Come on!" (To be continued.)