Recipes for making dough sculptures

The recipe for making dough sculptures is: 400g flour, 100g glutinous rice flour, 300g water, 100g honey, and 50g preservative sodium benzoate.

Production Method:

1, kneading noodles, steaming noodles

Put the flour, glutinous rice flour, refined salt, preservatives, etc. in a basin and mix well, then slowly pour in boiling water and stir with chopsticks, then knead the dough repeatedly until it achieves the "three lights" effect - surface light, hand light, and basin light. .

Press the dough into 2-3 cm thin slices with your hands, wrap it with plastic wrap, steam it in a basket for about 45 minutes, take it out, quickly knead the dough slices with sesame oil evenly, put it into a plastic bag, wrap it with a towel, and place it After 24 hours until the dough is firm, it is time to adjust the color.

2. Dough measurement

Knead the dough repeatedly and roll it into a ball. It only rebounds a little when you press it with your hands. It has very little toughness. It does not break or shrink when you stretch it with your hands. This kind of dough feels good and does not stick to each other. In addition, since there are different flour brands on the market with different textures, the proportions need to be adjusted at any time. For tougher ones, reduce the amount of glutinous rice flour, otherwise increase it. Steaming the dough for a longer time can increase its toughness, while steaming it for a shorter time can make it looser. It depends on the circumstances and can be used flexibly.

3. Color the dough

The steamed dough can be colored with oil paints, Chinese painting colors, watercolors, gouache and other pigments. The specific method is: first spread the dough into thin sheets, apply the paint on top, roll it inward into a cylinder, and then twist it into a spiral. Fold back and twist again, cycle several times, and finally knead repeatedly in the palm of your hand until the color is evenly distributed. Add the pigment to the dough in 2 or 3 batches. Do not add too much at one time. Too much will easily stick to your hands and will form plaques when kneaded into the dough, affecting the effect.

Introduction to dough sculpture

Dough shaping refers to making mature dough from flour, glutinous rice flour, glycerin or clear flour, etc., and then kneading it into various flowers, birds, fish, insects, scenery, utensils, and characters by hand and various special shaping tools. , animals and other specific images of handicrafts. Commonly known as noodle flower, gift steamed bun, flower cake, and noodle maker.

Dough sculpture, commonly known as dough flower, dough sheep, gift steamed bun, lamb steamed bun, flower steamed bun, dough-making man, etc., is one of the traditional Chinese folk arts originating from Shandong, Shanxi, and Beijing. It uses flour as the main material and mixes it into different shapes. Color, the noodle maker uses simple tools to pick the materials according to the needs. After several times of kneading, rubbing, pressing, kneading, and lifting in his hands, he uses a small bamboo knife to dexterously place, cut, carve, score, and shape into the dough, and then puts it on the hand. Hair accessories and clothes, lifelike artistic images are created in an instant.

The art of dough sculpture in China was first recorded in writing in the Han Dynasty. Yibin dough sculpture started in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China and has a history of more than 100 years.

Features of dough sculpture art:

1. Rich colors and beautiful shapes;

2. Small size and easy to carry;

3. The materials are cheap and the production cost is relatively low.

After long-term exploration by dough sculpture artists, the current dough sculptures are not moldy, cracked, deformed, or faded. Therefore, they are loved by tourists and are great souvenirs for relatives and friends. When foreign tourists visited the production of dough figures, they were all captivated by the artist's skillful skills and the various lifelike figures. They praised Dezhi dough sculptures as "Chinese sculptures".