Shadow play production tutorial?

The contents of the shadow play production course are as follows:

1. skin selection

The raw materials of shadow play vary from place to place. For example, in the production of shadow play in Longdong, young black bull cowhide is generally used, which is moderate in thickness, firm and flexible, and green and transparent.

Make skin

There are many ways to make leather. Taking Shaanxi shadow play as an example, there are usually two processing methods for raw cowhide: "clean leather" and "gray leather". The production process of "clean skin" is to soak the selected cowhide in clean cold water for two or three days, take it out and scrape it with a knife for four times, soaking it in clear water once each time, until the skin is scraped thin and shiny by Seiko for the fourth time.

Draw a manuscript

When making shadow play, there are special drawings called "sample spectrum", and these design drawings are passed down from generation to generation.

4. Overdraft

The sculptor breaks the scraped leather into pieces, moistens it with a wet cloth, and then uses a special pusher to rub it one by one with a little oil juice to make the cowhide smoother and reduce the shrinkage of the leather, and then draws patterns. The rational use of finished leather before painting is also a meticulous work.

carve

There are usually eleven, two or even more than thirty meat cutters. Knives have different widths, such as oblique knives (sharp knives), flat knives, round knives, triangular knives and flower knives. And the division of labor is very particular. Artists need to be proficient in different ways of using various knives.

According to traditional experience, when carving linear patterns, you should use a flat knife; Push with a flat knife when carving a straight pattern; For the circular patterns on the sleeve head and the edge of the coat of traditional clothing, it is necessary to chisel them off with a chisel; Some zigzag patterns must be carved with a bevel knife.

6. Apply color:

After the shadow play was carved, it was painted. The old artist is very particular about color. Most of them use mineral plants such as copper, vermilion and Pollan to produce red, big green and apricot yellow. The method of coloring is also different.

Sweating and ironing

Dehydration and perspiration after coloring shadow play is the key process. Its purpose is to make the painted color be eaten into cowhide at a proper high temperature, and to volatilize the water left in cowhide.

8. the knot is over

In order to make the shadow play flexible, a complete shadow play character usually has eleven parts: head, chest, abdomen, legs, arms, elbows and hands, from head to toe. Head-the head includes face, hat, beard and neck, and the lower end is a wedge, which is inserted into the bayonet on the upper part of the chest when performing and taken down for safekeeping when not in use. Chest-the place where the upper part is equipped with a bayonet and inserted into the head of the shadow play.