Chapter 43: The Silken Man (4)
Now that the silk people have been included in China's intangible cultural heritage, Xu Huihui and other silk masters are doing their best to pass on this art, either into the classroom or running around to popularize the art.
The students in the Juanren class soon arrived, Xu Huihui began to explain to the students the production method of the Juanren, and personally demonstrated the production process, a bunch of materials, under Xu Huihui's skillful hands, there were joys, sorrows, and sorrows, as if they were endowed with a soul.
The production of the silk people has to go through more than a dozen processes such as carving, head making, hand making, clothing painting, headdress, props, etc., and finally assembled into three-dimensional shapes. Every process requires exquisite and superb skills, and each piece of work requires silk yarn to be given life and silk to spirituality.
The most charming thing about a silk figure work is the display of the momentary demeanor of the characters, and countless smart details achieve the moment of expressiveness. Among them, the production of the head and hands is the most powerful.
The head is the most important part of the silk figure shape, and it is also the most time-consuming and laborious to make. The craftsman first uses clay to mold the head mold, and then reshapes it with plaster after trimming, and then pastes multiple layers of yarn silk on the mold, and when it is dried to a certain extent, he uses tools to roll out the shape of the facial features on the yarn, and then paints the delicate makeup of the silk man with one stroke.
After that, the plaster mold should be taken out, filled with cotton, and then carefully combed different buns according to the shape, and dressed up with makeup.
The key is to grasp the drying time and the wetness of the silk fabric. The moisture content of the head silk fabric is moderate to ensure that the "skin" of the face is smooth, delicate and vivid.
After the head is dried, draw the eyes, eyelashes, lips, blush and eye shadow. Finally, the made head "empty shell" mold is filled with cotton and the like.
For the ruddy and realistic facial skin, it is necessary to repeatedly smudge when "applying makeup", and paint on the face of the length of the fingers.
After making the head of the silk figure, then the upper hair and bun are used, first using a black cloth to separate the scalp and face, then adding a flowing sea or hair curtain, and if you want to braid or bunch, glue a braid or a long bunch of hair behind the head.
Then glue a strand of hair on the front of the face, stick the root to the black cloth of the hairline, the hair hangs slightly on the face, then stick a longer lock of hair next to the first lock on the left and right sides of the face, and then stick another lock of longer hair on the left and right sides next to the second lock, a total of five locks.
Add a black cotton curl at the hairline from the ears through the face as a hair support, and glue the shortest strand of hair over the hair brace to the top of the head, and turn the left and right locks of the head over the hair brace to the top of the head to glue firmly.
Finally, turn the right two locks up in a row, turn them over to the head, and turn them to the top of the head to stick firmly. There is a sea of drifts and braids, and all are revealed at this time. Turn all the hair to the top of the head and stick it tightly in one place, press it into a bun, and it will be seamless
The production of the bun is to wrap black cotton on the thin iron wire, wrap black silk on the iron wire with black cotton, and make the black wire into a bun at will.
After the hair and bun are made, it is time to make the headdress. The raw material of the headdress is to bend the imitation gold, silver, and jade flower and bird headdress with glittering colored anodized aluminum wire, and then use the thin wire to wear colored beads, bend out a variety of headdresses, and then use the thread to wear colored beads to make necklaces, rings, bracelets, and step shakes. Take a look at the latest chapters of "Dream Claw Book House in the Great Era" and read it for free for the first time.