"Re -engraving" Pet leather carving artist uses creation to convey warmth

Wu Haidong is creating leather carving works. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Bo

Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, June 16th (Reporter Gao Bo) The cute golden retriever's keychain, the cute Teddy leather bag ... Just one brush, a roll of leather, a carved knife, and the leather carved artist Wu Haidong can be able to take The expression of these pets is restored.

Wu Haidong, 34, is an intangible cultural heritage inheritance in Lianchi District, Baoding City, Hebei Province. The leather carvings he created include leather bags, tags, keychains, etc. He especially likes to engrave small animals. In his opinion, this is the sincere feelings of humans and animals.

Wu Haidong studied art from an early age, and college studies in graphic design. During college, Wu Haidong accidentally saw on the Internet that patterns and patterns can be carved on the leather, and they were deeply attracted by leather carving technology.

"I didn't expect to do this at that time, and I felt attracted." He said that after that, he entered the industry with one end. To this end, he was still a master in Baoding and became an apprentice for two years.

Leather sculpture is a carving technology classified by leather as a carving material. The content of the carving is mainly elements such as totem ornaments, landscapes, flowers and birds. The materials are generally used for natural leather with fine texture and toughness. Essence

According to Wu Haidong, the leather carving process is divided into about two steps. First of all, carving is carved, using special carving tools to make bumps on the leather. The second step is dyeing, and it is also the difficulty of leather carving skills. It is necessary to use leather dyes to penetrate the color into the leather.

Wu Haidong likes to share with netizens on the Internet platform and share the heartwarming story of the leather carving production process and make a warm heart in leather carvings. Now he has 1.85 million fans on the Douyin platform.

Wu Haidong embarked on the theme of carving pet works, which was also related to the needs of netizens. "The leather carving industry is relatively unpopular, and many people have never heard of it, so at the beginning, we have been promoting leather carving works to netizens on the online platform." Wu Haidong said, "Until a netizen said, can he help him accompany him for many years for many years? The dying Teddy dog ​​carved a wallet and wanted to commemorate the dead pets in this way. We then thought that we could engrave pets. The last carved video had about 300,000 praises. "

Wu Haidong said: "The traditional leather carving craftsmanship is older and old -fashioned, but by making pet photos on the leather goods, I think this combination is not only beautiful, but also specially healed. For those who raise pets, pets are part of life. It can give the owner's spiritual warmth and sustenance. "

The leather carving work produced by Wu Haidong. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Bo

Since then, Wu Haidong has used this craft to help more people "re -engraving" pets, so that they will continue to accompany the owner in another form. Over the years, Wu Haidong published leather carving works on the Internet and received the attention and support of many netizens. He also met more and more friends and heard many touching stories.

Before the carving of each work, Wu Haidong will communicate in detail with the pet owner of the pet. After in -depth understanding, he will start with leather carving creation. The most proud of him is that after receiving his work, netizens posted "too similar, too much like".

After a few years, Wu Haidong has completed thousands of pet carving works to help thousands of friends let their pets continue to accompany them in another form. "Because of love, I persist, because persistence can gain." When talking about the future, Wu Haidong said that he hopes to use his own leather carving works to cure more souls and spread more warmth.

Photo source: Xinhua News Agency

Edit: Liu Wanying

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