The fine carving is gorgeous and dazzling!"People's Daily" follows the inheritor of Taijiang

On August 9th, "People's Daily" published an article "Well -carved and Fine Arts and Fine Meme-" Miao Silver Jewelry Forging Skills Wu Shuigen ", which is concerned about the representative of the national intangible cultural heritage" Miao silver jewelry forging skills "representative. Sexual inheritor -Wu Shuigen. He devoted himself to studying silver jewelry for more than 40 years. He has accumulated more than 100 types of tweezers according to the needs of the process. In a humble room of less than 20 square meters, he used a small hammer and tweezers to create exquisite silver jewelry. The full text is as follows:

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Wu Shuigen, a native of Taijiang, Guizhou, representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage "Miao Silver Jewelry Forging Skills". He devoted himself to studying silver jewelry for more than 40 years. He has accumulated more than 100 types of tweezers according to the needs of the process. In a humble room of less than 20 square meters, he used a small hammer and tweezers to create exquisite silver jewelry.

"Dangdang ..." Holding the silver film with his left hand, and hit the dumplings with a small hammer with his right hand. After changing several different types of tweezers, the patterns on the silver film gradually became clear: those wearing a hat were tested by Ma Yangbu. Wu Shuigen picked up the silver film, and after repeated inspections under the light, put the silver film with other finished products.

Wu Shuigen, 56, is a representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage "Miao Silver Jewelry Forging Skills". Since the age of 8, he follows his father to learn silver jewelry. When this craft was passed on to Wu Shuigen, it was the eighth generation.

In Shidong Town, Taijiang County, the Miao and Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou, Guizhou Province, bypass the square of the village entrance, take a few steps along the Libing Alley, and come to Wu Shuigen's home, and his studio is also located here. Push the door of the studio, the scene inside is somewhat unexpected: three low wooden tables are placed side by side, dark green storage cabinets are full of things, two diagonal is placed with gas tanks, and small tables in the middle table are free to freely. There are tools such as tweezers, scissors, rules, etc., and there are several small stools on the ground.

In this simple room of less than 20 square meters, Wu Shuigen stayed for more than ten hours a day, and polished a piece of exquisite silver jewelry with heart. The first step of making silver jewelry is melting silver. Put a bowl of broken silver on the charcoal fire. At high temperature, the silver is melted into silver water. Pour the silver water into the long square groove. After cooling, then use the hammer to beat the silver bar until the chopsticks are thick. "At this time, you can draw it." Wu Shuigen introduced.

Holding the thickness of the rolling cane with both hands, stepping on the drawing board, put the silver bar through the thicker hole on the drawing board to the wooden stick, and then rotate the lip wooden stick, and the silver bar gradually became thinner. "The thinnest can be as thin as the hair." Wu Shuigen pointed at the finest hole on the drawing board, "But you can't be in place, you need to pull it step by step, otherwise you can't wear it."

"The most basic thing to make silver decorations is two things: the same is silver silk, the same is silver film. With these two things, you can engrave and decorate patterns." The essence of Wu Shuigen's silver jewelry crafts is also here.

There are many oval stones piled up in the lower layer of the dark green storage cabinet. "This is the mold of the pattern. It is divided into two sides of the yin and yang." Picking up a mold, Wu Shuigen opened to the reporter, "Put the silver chip in, and the rough outline of the pattern comes out." There are tens of thousands, all designed and produced by him. There are traditional Miao patterns and fashion elements in modern life.

"After the prototype of the pattern comes out, it is necessary to engrave the mule to make the pattern clearer." Put the pressed silver tablet on the small table in the middle. Wu Shuigen picked up the hammer and touched a mule to start the carving pattern. After a while, a sun flower appeared in Wu Shuigen's hands.

"Don't underestimate these dumplings. At first glance, they are the same, like ordinary nails, but the patterns of the hoe are very different." Wu Shuigen said. The triangular, flat, round ... more than 100 models of tweezers have been slowly produced by Wu Shuigen for many years, which can meet the carving needs of almost all patterns. How can I quickly choose the most appropriate one? "I often use it, I know at a glance." Wu Shuigen said.

In the Miao Township in Shenshan, Guizhou, Wu Shuigen does not only "work hard", and he knows the new silver jewelry production technology. "Now all the links of silver jewelry can be replaced by machines." Wu Shuigen admitted that the new technology did have an impact on traditional handmade production, but he still has his own confidence. "They use computers to draw pictures, and my pattern is in the pattern. In your mind, you can make it immediately when you think of something. This creativity cannot be replaced. "

Now, Wu Shuigen feels the most difficult is the inheritance of craftsmanship. "I put 17 apprentices in hand, but many people did not go." Wu Shuigen introduced that his daughter has become the ninth generation of family craftsmanship.

"Now as long as young people are willing to learn, I am willing to teach!" Wu Shuigen said as he walked out of the studio and came to the display room. Here, the storm bridge and dragon boat made of silver are neatly placed with the co -memory of the Miao compatriots. Under the light, it exudes a dazzling light ...

Source: People's Daily

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