Craftsman said | Zhao Dongmin -Zhao's fourth generation of salary and fire, helping a century -old Heze clay sculpture!

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Ceramics inheritor/Zhao Dongmin

Zhao Dongmin, born in Heze City, Shandong Province in 1968. He is currently a member of the Chinese Folk Artists Association, the vice chairman of the Heze Folk Literary Artists Association, a member of the Sculpture Professional Committee of the Chinese Arts and Crafts Society, the winner of the Tai Shan Literature Award of Shandong Province, and the non -heritage project " Heze clay sculpture "city -level representative inheritor

Heze clay sculpture

Heze clay sculpture is a non -heritage project in Heze City, Shandong Province, and is widely distributed in southwestern Shandong Province. Heze clay sculptures have been circulated since the end of the Qing Dynasty. After the fourth generation of Zhao's inheritance, it has a history of more than 100 years.

Heze clay sculpture uses the miles of the Yellow River to accumulate underground as the raw material. After drying, removing impurities, beating, waking up, etc., it is hand -made into various characters, animals and other images. Proper exaggeration and no exaggerated realistic style, not only resembled, but also write in shape.

"This not only requires our creators to have high artistic skills and rich folklore culture, but also have many years of repeated studies in order to achieve the state of divine shapes. The angle is rich and diverse, and it is closer to people's lives. "Zhao Dongmin said.

Heze clay sculptures need to use carving, plastic, pinching and other methods to shape a image. It can be completed after several modifications, polishing, drying, and firing. The optical skills are not enough, and they must also be attentive. Zhao Dongmin must devote himself to it in the process of creation, so that his spirit can be thoroughly transparent to each work, so that an ordinary clay sculpture work can truly have the soul.

Zhao Dongmin was born in a family of clay sculptures. He studied art with his father since he was a child. After long -term exploration and practice, the traditional culture is inherited by clay sculptures to reflect the life of modern civilization.

In 1995, Zhao Dongmin was awarded the title of "Chinese Folk Arts and Artists" by the UNESCO and the Chinese Folk Literature and Artists Association; The first batch of local literary and artistic talents; its deeds were reported by CCTV, Shandong Satellite TV, Heze Daily, TV Station, etc.

Zhao Dongmin has also participated in sculpture projects such as Xi'an Famen Temple, Beijing Eight University Places, etc., Nanjing Folk Museum, Jiayuguan Museum, and Minxi Museum.

For more than 30 years of art, he has accurately grasped the traditional clay sculpture skills and themes. He has extremely high skills in terms of shaping and painting. He is one of the representative figures of clay sculpture art in Heze.

With his love and persistence of clay sculptures, Zhao Dongmin will always keep his original intention and successfully inherit the traditional Chinese clay sculpture skills and carry forward!

This column was jointly launched by "Well -off" magazine and the memories of the times

Author: Time Memory

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