Hebei Yutian County mud sculpture why shape

Hebei Yutian clay sculpture why shape: ellipsoid.

I. Yutian Clay Sculpture

Yutian Clay Sculpture is one kind of traditional Chinese folk crafts, originated in Yutian County, Hebei Province. Yutian clay sculptures are usually ellipsoidal in shape, with painting as the main feature, reed flutes inside, and red, yellow, green, and black colors outside on a white background, with strong colors, showing the natural and humanistic landscapes full of vitality.

Second, the production process of Yutian clay sculpture

1, fetch soil and mud: Yutian is blessed with natural conditions, and there is soil suitable for making clay sculpture everywhere. Soil is fetched from the fields, crushed and dried. After drying, the soil is crushed and dried, and then water is added to make the clay. This process is crucial as the clay is stirred repeatedly until it is ready for use.

2, pinch molding clay tires: that is, the set of clay mold of the mother. In order to mass produce and adapt to the market demand, artists often according to the life and opera characters, or imagine the auspicious subject matter for the pinching of clay tires, in order to prepare for the set of clay molds.

3, the production of clay mold: also known as buckle mold, first in the dry clay tires wrapped in a layer of about a centimeter thick and sticky clay. Then, along the middle of the mud set layer cut out two petals of mud tire shell; to be dry and then put it into the stove in the soft fire burned into pottery mold that mud mold. After that, it gradually developed into plaster button mold.

4, molded flute: also known as the pressure of clay blanks. A clay mold is divided into two flaps, with the difference between the front and the back. In the shell of the clay mold in the two petals were pressed with a layer of clay, along the way in the mold on the back or side of the clay poked about 1 cm ocarina holes, the bottom of the set reed flute, and then pinch the clay clay of the two petals of the clay mold together, the pressure molding, open the clay mold can be taken out of the clay man blanks.

5, trimming and drying: trim off the excess clay edge of the clay blank, put it in a cool place to dry, prohibit exposure to the sun, in order to prevent cracks.

6, laying white playing bottom: commonly known as playing bottom, usually with natural soil, which is characterized by white and delicate, and can be used after adding water.

7, color mixing glue: Yutian clay pigment concoction process maintains the traditional blending habits. In addition to ink color, generally use peach red, acacia yellow, bright green and other food colors.

8, depicting the coloring: Yutian clay sculpture coloring is mainly red, yellow, green as the base, according to the different shapes with concise writing techniques, the first black, and then with the type of coloring.