After Ye Xiaochen agreed to take the order, Yang Wei asked the secretary to contact the customer, and finally agreed to come to Shashi to sign the contract the day after tomorrow.

The next morning, Ye Xiaochen came to Yunyang Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

It was the same company that sponsored the clay sculpture contest last time.

It is very famous in Southern Province, and Guan Bo's Jinlin Company is much worse than it.

This company has cooperated with several major clay sculpture genres.

This time, Ye Xiaochen communicated with the top ten clay sculptures, and it was placed here.

Zhang Zhiping's ten people have already arrived.

In the unique laboratory, various clay sculptures are placed on the shelves, which is very artistic.

Ye Xiaochen stood on the podium, and there were ten people sitting Zhang Zhiping below.

In this way, it really feels like a classroom.

Ye Xiaochen was holding a piece of packaged cement in his hand.

This is a very common cement of the Ream Company.

Ye Xiaochen opened the wrapping paper of the mastic, revealing the yellowish cement inside, which was delicate and had an oily luster, like a slurry.

"Let me remind you first that what I say is not necessarily true, or it may not be suitable for you, so you must choose rationally, rather than being too soft-eared and completely denying what I said. ”

Ye Xiaochen said.

Everyone listened attentively.

"Let's start with the cognitive clay, I think you have all learned it when you first came into contact with clay sculpture, and each family has its own way. ”

Ye Xiaochen continued: "Take this piece of clay in my hand, although it is made in a unified way, however, there is no same leaf in the world, there is no same clay, there will always be differences, when we get the clay, we must first figure out the characteristics of the clay, so as to be able to prepare for the next clay sculpture." ”

"You may think it's simple, but in fact, in my opinion, it's extremely important, because it's about the success or failure of the whole clay sculpture work. ”

Ye Xiaochen said with a smile.

"Each of you takes this piece of cement and tells me how you feel. ”

Ye Xiaochen walked down and handed the cement to Zhang Zhiping.

Zhang Zhiping took it, gently weighed and squeezed, and pulled a small piece open, and even smelled the breath... Every move is meticulous and patient.

"Master Ye, this piece of clay has a little more oil, which is suitable for pinching living things, so that after firing, the flexibility of the clay sculpture will be stronger. ”

Zhang Zhiping then spoke.

Ye Xiaochen didn't speak, and handed it to Mu Yinglin.

"I feel a little sticky, it's easy to deform when fired, and it's a bit that the clay sculpture will have a rich feeling, and the details are easier to deal with...."

"The fracture after the tearing of the cement is a little wet, and the fermentation is not sufficient...."

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Then Mu Yinglin and the others also expressed some of their feelings one by one.

After Ye Xiaochen heard this, his face was calm, so that everyone couldn't see Ye Xiaochen's thoughts.

After everyone finished speaking, Ye Xiaochen said with a smile: "I listened to what you said, they are all not bad, and I can accurately grasp some of the characteristics of this cement, but I can hear it, your household is better than this cement." ”

Zhang Zhiping almost laughed.

Not to mention that Zhang Zhiping is from a large clay sculpture school, even if it is Wang Bai, the cement he uses is also a secret system, which is a little better than this.

The cement produced by the cloud soil clay sculpture company belongs to the assembly line.

No matter how good the quality is, it is impossible to have the secret cement of the major schools, which can be said to have been modulated to the limit.

Only with good quality clay can we create high-quality clay sculptures.

"Good clay is indeed very good, but it is not necessary that only good clay can create good works. ”

Ye Xiaochen said meaningfully: "I have watched your competition, because you use the cement provided by Yunyang, which is very different from what you usually practice, so in the process of kneading, there will be some problems, and it is difficult to bring out the highest level, in fact, this means that you still rely on the cement a lot." ”

Zhang Zhiping listened thoughtfully.

They hadn't thought about it before, after all, the cement they used was all home-blended, and they took it for granted.

But until the competition, they used the cloud soil cement produced by the assembly line, and they didn't feel very comfortable.

"So, this time I'm going to teach you a trick to change your dependence on cement. ”

Ye Xiaochen said with a smile.

In fact, in his opinion, as long as the cement is not particularly bad, as long as it is passable.

The quality of the cement is good, but it is easier to play the level in the creation.

Inferior mastic, if not grasped well, may expose some shortcomings.

Zhang Zhiping and these people have always used high-quality cement, and in a sense, good cement covers up their shortcomings.

"Let's just say that this piece of clay, in the cloud soil clay sculpture, can only be regarded as average, compared to the previous competition, a little worse. ”

Ye Xiaochen said: "It has all the shortcomings you just mentioned, but there is one biggest shortcoming, you didn't say anything. ”

The crowd was curious.

"Its biggest drawback is that it doesn't help you hide your own shortcomings. ”

Ye Xiaochen said with a smile.

Zhang Zhiping and others were a little stunned.

"Now we use this clay and try a simple clay sculpture at random. ”

Ye Xiaochen said with a smile.

It didn't take much time for everyone to make a clay sculpture, all different.

Ye Xiaochen picked up Zhang Zhiping's pinch, which was a very exaggerated clown.

"You are quite unique in the selection of roles, and there is a big shortcoming, but you have exposed it. ”

Ye Xiaochen said, "That's the feel, when you pinch your face, you use at least more than 20 hands, because the cement you used before is more delicate and more malleable, you still use the previous feel to create, and in the end you can't achieve the effect, so your heart is a little messy." ”

Zhang Zhiping showed a touch of deep thought, because he did have this problem, when he pinched his face, he was suddenly upset and couldn't control it at all.

Ye Xiaochen looked at other people's again, basically the problems were similar, of course, there were some other problems more or less.

"Do you know what is the most representative level of clay sculpture craftsmanship?"

Ye Xiaochen said with a smile.

"Feel the hand. ”

Ten people said almost at the same time.

"That's right, it's the feel. The feel is slowly practiced and accumulated over time. ”

Ye Xiaochen said: "However, your hand feels like practicing one aspect, but not another. ”

"Master Ye, is it to practice with poor cement?"

Zhang Zhiping asked.

"No, it's not. ”

Ye Xiaochen shook his head and said, "It's not that I deliberately use poor cement to practice. I have a method called the Bad Technique. ”

"No matter what kind of clay you use, even if it's the best clay, you can use a bad technique to work out the feel. ”

Ye Xiaochen said and took out a very thin transparent leather glove, took it with his hand, and then picked up a ball of cement, and quickly squeezed it with both hands.

As if by magic, Zhang Zhiping only saw that in less than half a minute, a lively Peppa Pig was pinched out.

Zhang Zhiping and everyone was stunned.

Originally, when I was creating with gloves, it would feel much worse.

In such a short period of time, such a vivid clay sculpture was made, and the level of craftsmanship was simply amazing to them.

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