Question about skeleton in clay modeling

Heh, 1, the preparation of clay for clay molding. The first step, the soil placed in a wooden pot or other containers, add water and mud, with a wire mesh to remove the sand and debris in the mud, and then put the mud under the sun, the excess water evaporation, so that the softness of the clay moderate. The second step is to cut the clay into cubes and wrap them in plastic. 2. Make a plastic knife for clay modeling. Take a number of bamboo sticks of different lengths and widths, sharpen one end of the stick and polish it smooth, and use this method to make a number of large, medium and small sized plastic knives. 3, make the skeleton of the clay sculpture. According to the shape of the clay sculpture, the production of wooden or iron skeleton, skeleton can increase the degree of clay sculpture and the complexity of the shape of the degree of solidity. 4, the beginning of the substantive production of clay sculpture. Clay sculpture is commonly known as "color sculpture". Chinese folk tradition of a sculpture crafts. Production method is in the clay mixed with a little cotton fiber, pounded well, made of various characters of clay blanks, after drying, bald on the powder, and then apply color painting. Clay sculpture can be traced back to more than 2OOO years ago in the spring and autumn and warring states era, "warring states policy" in su tai blocking yi taste jun into the qin story has passed the clay for the even on the record. Doing source of human martyrdom, do Buddha worship, do "play goods" to enjoy the folk customs, is the main reason for the development of Chinese clay art. To the Tang and Song dynasties, the development of clay art to the heyday, famous clay sculpture in Gansu Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes of the Bodhisattva, Shanxi Taiyuan Jin tone of the palace maiden and so on. To the Qing Dynasty, mud sculpture formed two famous schools in the north and south: Tianjin "Mud Man Zhang" in the north, and Wuxi Huishan Mud Man in the south. "Mud man Zhang" refers to Tianjin mud man Zhang Changlin, is a pinch plastic family, works to realistic features, character modeling, facial features, color decoration, all emphasize a "like" word. His son Zhang Zhaorong and grandson Zhang Jingkuang inherited the ancestral trade, contributing to the art of Chinese colored sculpture. Huishan clay figures can be divided into two categories: one category of "clay goods" for children to play with, "Big Afu" is the most typical works. Its shape is full of lively, thick and concise, bright and warm colors, rich in local flavor. Another type of clay figure is "hand-made opera", which mainly portrays the characters of operas. This kind of clay figure pays much attention to the kind of state portrayal, modeling appropriate exaggeration, performance techniques sophisticated, pure and simple colors, deep, really have the local characteristics of Jiangnan. Modern famous artists include Hu Xinming, Wang Zhongfu, Yu Qingcheng and others. In addition, Shaanxi Fengxiang, Hebei Baigou River, Suzhou Huqiu and other places are also famous for folk clay sculpture important production areas.