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Shiwan Doll (Cao Cao) Shiwan Doll, namely Shiwan Art Ceramics, is produced in Shiwan Town, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, a famous ceramic town in China. It is based on the high development of daily-use ceramics and the active and prosperous commercial circulation. His artistic creation is rooted in the folk, and every work is full of rich, rough, simple and frank aesthetic interest. Shiwan doll has unique glaze color, colorful glaze color and vivid modeling. In terms of techniques, the unglazed clay "fetal bone" is used to depict people and show people's skin, achieving the artistic effect of "warmer and more humane than porcelain carving". Since the Ming Dynasty, "Shiwan Doll" has gradually formed its own style, and it has become a wonderful work in the history of ceramic art in China and even the world in the process of eclectic development.

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The history of Shiwan doll

The artistic features of Shiwan doll 1, and the nationality of Shiwan doll.

2. The origin of Shiwan doll

3. The humanity of Shiwan doll

4. The creative characteristics of Shiwan ceramics.

Modern trend of Shiwan doll art 1, diversity of creative themes

2. Compatibility of expression technology

3. From practicality to appreciation.

4. Constantly develop new varieties.

Shiwan Doll and China Pottery

Investing in Shiwan doll: the history of Shiwan doll

The artistic features of Shiwan doll 1, and the nationality of Shiwan doll.

2. The origin of Shiwan doll

3. The humanity of Shiwan doll

4. The creative characteristics of Shiwan ceramics.

Modern trend of Shiwan doll art 1, diversity of creative themes

2. Compatibility of expression technology

3. From practicality to appreciation.

4. Constantly develop new varieties.

Shiwan Doll and China Pottery

Shiwan doll's investment

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Shiwan doll-a ceramic handicraft produced in Shiwan, Foshan City, Guangdong Province

As an important part of China traditional culture, ceramics has a long history and is profound. Blue and white porcelain, Tang Sancai and other famous ceramic products have long been well-known overseas and internationally, but Shiwan pottery, represented by Shiwan doll, is a wonderful work of China folk ceramic art, enjoying the reputation of "Shiwan tile is the best in the world" as early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Shiwan art pottery can be traced back to the late Neolithic period and has enjoyed a high reputation at home and abroad for hundreds of years. It's called "Shiwan Doll". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, with the development of foreign trade, Shiwan dolls began to be exported to Japan, Southeast Asia and all over the world. After the Ming Dynasty, the production of Shiwan dolls entered its heyday, with a wide range of products, which were gradually divided into five categories: figures, animal pottery, vessel modeling, garden pottery and micro-carving, and became handicrafts with unique Lingnan characteristics. After thousands of years of inheritance and tempering, Shiwan pottery has formed a unique artistic style, which is deeply loved and appreciated by people at home and abroad. In 2006, "Shiwan Doll" was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Shiwan pottery has a long history and the ceramic industry is very developed. According to the archaeological evidence of Baiqiu in Shiwan, local residents began to make pottery more than 5,000 years ago. After the development of Tang and Song Dynasties, the production of Shiwan ceramics reached its peak in Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are 107 pieces of ceramics within a few kilometers of Fiona Fang, and there are more than 60,000 employees in the ceramic industry. "Ming Poetry" contains: "Shiwan tile is the best in the world", which generally reflects the production situation of Shiwan ceramics at that time. In the Qing Dynasty, Shiwan produced a large number of daily-use ceramics, tiles, garden supplies, artistic figures, flowers, birds, insects and fish and other fine ceramics with unique styles. Its ceramic products are not only sold well in Lingnan, but also exported to Southeast Asian countries through the Maritime Silk Road. Nanfeng ancient stove, 500 yuan's annual salary, a miracle in ceramics. It is listed as Foshan, Guangdong and national key cultural relics protection units, and is included in the Guinness World Records. [1] "A clever hand thinks in a trance, but sand and water are hard to see. The art boutique Meishiwan tile is famous all over the world. " This is a poem describing the Shiwan doll in Foshan. It can be seen that the Shiwan doll in Foshan has long been famous all over the world. Its vivid modeling and colorful customs make people deeply immersed in the art of condensation of soil, fire and water. Feng Weimin, a master of ceramic art in Guangdong Province, is a native of Shiwan and a representative of the new generation of ceramic artists in Shiwan. He has a great talent for painting since he was a child. He first engaged in the creation of ceramic murals, and later devoted himself to the creation of ceramics. The most difficult thing in painting is to master the description of the hand, but Feng Weimin can naturally outline the appearance of the hand. From his paintings, we can see his distinctive personal style, and most of his works are mainly characters. Painting and pottery works can be said to come down in one continuous line. The expressions of the characters are nuanced, and the modeling has added western elements, which is quite different from traditional ceramic works. In his works, he boldly used thick. Many of his works also refer to the techniques of traditional Chinese painting, comics and even paper-cutting, which makes ceramic works more modern. Feng Weimin, a master of ceramic art in Guangdong Province, said: "For example, the colors of Chinese painting, calligraphy and oil painting, and the simple taste of paper-cutting are all integrated into my ceramics. I hope that in this way, I will find a new way in the field dominated by Shiwan tradition. " Feng Weimin especially likes to create ancient figures. In his work "Ma Chao", he portrayed the clothing lines with special texture and was good at using the composition of points, lines and surfaces. The characters have vivid expressions and moderately exaggerated muscles. Whenever he has a new idea, he will read a lot of materials, then write down the characteristics of the characters through sketches, and then create according to sketches. Different from the traditional way of drafting, he hopes to combine the traditional skills of Shiwan pottery with modern aesthetics, and reflect the feeling of great sculpture in this small pottery work. Feng Weimin once studied in the Academy of Fine Arts, so his works can be said to be a combination of art ideas and traditional ceramic art. Feng Weimin said that this is his personal style. "In fact, it's not avant-garde, but it's just one step ahead of tradition, such as modeling and molding technology, and the processing of figure clothing patterns, which has opened the distance from tradition and integrated into its own ceramic concept. This is one of the forming processes of personal style. "Feng Weimin and a group of like-minded friends set up the Sifang Art Forest. They will get together and communicate with each other at the first time. Feng Weimin's friends are artists who are interested in painting and calligraphy. Although they come from different fields, they are all keen on creation. Feng Weimin said that in addition to exchanging ideas, everyone hopes to learn from each other and improve their artistic accomplishment through observation. " Actually, we appreciate each other. In this environment of Foshan, it is very suitable for artistic creation because of its strong cultural accumulation. Many talented artists are in Foshan, and I happen to be from Foshan, so we can exchange appreciation and inspire each other. For example, calligraphy, China fonts pay attention to form, oil painting pays attention to color, landscape painting pays attention to composition, and everything can be presented with ceramics. "Shiwan pottery sculpture art can best reflect the author's craft through micro-carving. Because the work is exquisite pottery, it is composed of every small part, so every process should be done very carefully. Feng Weimin's wife Huo is also a ceramist, who mainly creates micro-plastic works. Feng Weimin said that his wife plays an important role in his own creation. " Because she focuses on the exploration of micro-carving techniques, and I have some themes, such as a very inspiring big sculpture. In a small micro sculpture, I want to make a big splash. In fact, when it comes to actual molding, it is mainly done by her. "

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1, the nationality of Shiwan doll.

Western pottery mostly expresses feelings by exposing every muscle of the human body, while Shiwan pottery inherits the traditional characteristics of China art, relying on the flying lines to express the feelings of characters with overlapping lines and flowing lines, which has distinctive national characteristics.

2. The origin of Shiwan doll

The figure and pleats of the characters are elegant and smooth. In terms of glaze, Shiwan dolls use one-time fired colored glaze, which forms the distinctive characteristics of Shiwan art pottery with irreversible infinite changes. Glazed Shiwan dolls do not glaze the faces and hands of the characters, but make the texture more realistic through the color of mud tires. At the same time, because the clay used by Shiwan doll is rough and contains sand, it needs a thick layer of glaze to cover it up, which makes the artistic style of the product look particularly simple and heavy.

3. The humanity of Shiwan doll

Because the Shiwan doll is made in a folk kiln, the production method is unconstrained and unconstrained, the concept is eclectic, the theme is wide, and the local life is strong. Appearing in the form of an old stone bay, it is closer to the lives of ordinary people and has strong humanity.

4. The creative characteristics of Shiwan ceramics.

Because Shiwan doll fully absorbed the essence of freehand brushwork in traditional Chinese painting, emphasizing generalization and exaggeration. It has the characteristics of vivid modeling and rich glaze color. The theme of his ceramic sculpture comes from real life, but also from myth and tradition, with different realism and exaggeration. There are two kinds of pottery, plain embryo and glazed pottery, which are artistic varieties with local characteristics.

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After thousands of years of tempering, Shiwan doll has developed into a wonderful flower in China ceramic gardens, and it is still deeply loved by people for hundreds of years. This is because the artists in Shiwan are determined to innovate, take the initiative to grasp the market, and constantly hone and improve their superb skills in practice. On the other hand, Shiwan, located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, has developed economy since ancient times and is adjacent to Guangzhou, an important import and export port, which is not only convenient in transportation, but also conducive to accepting new ideas and concepts. All these have become important factors to stimulate the continuous progress and development of Shiwan art ceramics. At present, on the basis of traditional naturalism and realistic style, Shiwan art ceramics combines abstract art, Chinese painting techniques, sculpture techniques, murals and relief techniques, adding new vitality to the works. Its artistic trend can be summarized as follows:

1, the diversity of creative themes

In addition to the restoration and development of traditional themes, some contemporary ceramists have also made bold innovations and attempts. In terms of micro-sculpture, a new theme has emerged in recent years-micro-sculpture with the theme of small insects.

2. Compatibility of expression technology

Among the young and middle-aged Shiwan ceramists, besides being brave in innovation in subject matter, they have also made many attempts in artistic expression techniques, including modelling technique and materials, and have repeatedly produced fine works. In terms of modeling techniques, in addition to continuing to use traditional techniques, it also combines the expression languages of painting, sculpture, murals, reliefs and other artistic categories to make the works more expressive. Traditional Shiwan dolls use plant gray glaze and mineral glaze, which are darker in color. We often use imitation Ge kiln glaze, imitation Jun kiln glaze or imitation Jun kiln red glaze as clothes for characters. On this basis, the modern clothing of Shiwan doll has also added glaze colors such as light red, sauce yellow, light yellow, grass green and cyan. According to the needs of the theme, chemical pigments are introduced appropriately to make the glaze more beautiful.

3. From practicality to appreciation.

Shiwan pottery has some practical varieties, such as flower window, shadow wall and flower ridge. However, with the development of history and the progress of social ideology, architectural forms and styles have changed, which makes these products decline day by day. In order to adapt to the market in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Ji Hua changed from group plastic to single plastic, and gradually developed into the mainstream variety of Shiwan dolls. Since the reform and opening up, with the increasing heat of collection, products such as flower windows and screen walls that have been rarely used have regained a certain output, and their forms have also changed to a smaller size to meet the needs of collection.

4. Constantly develop new varieties.

After repeated research and experiments, Shiwan Fine Arts Ceramics Factory has finally successfully developed imitation brick carving ceramics, which has added a development path for this almost extinct folk craft. Brick carving is a process of carving on burnt blue bricks, which is a common decorative process in the Pearl River Delta in Qing Dynasty. Its theme is roughly the same as that of Shiwan pottery sculpture, with flowers and birds, animals, opera stories and so on as the mainstay. The production cost of blue bricks is high, the texture is hard and brittle, and it is easy to produce waste products, so the production cost is high. Coupled with the architectural style change during the Republic of China and the catastrophe of breaking the "four old" during the Cultural Revolution, this craft was almost lost. In recent years, although some craftsmen have resumed this craft, the production quantity is extremely limited. The imitation brick carving works of Shiwan Tao changed from burning first to carving first. The works can be large or small, and the big works can be divided into several small pieces, which are assembled and synthesized after burning, which is extremely flexible and convenient. Its appearance, with its advantages of low cost, fast production speed, high output and good quality, adds luster to the brick carving process.

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Lucky strike at the exhibition of kiln glaze changing works

With the continuous development of economy, new ceramic production bases have emerged in various places, and many advantages of Shiwan's past development are not obvious. According to some data, after the rapid development of Shiwan ceramic industry in the 1990s, Shiwan's position as a center of ceramic raw materials is not obvious, especially the cheap and high-quality black mud and low-temperature porcelain at close range. Faced with this situation, "China Ceramics" realized that in order to survive and develop, and to make the traditional folk craft of "Shiwan doll" with a long history glow with new vitality, it is necessary to reform the traditional handicraft of Shiwan doll, integrate it with the fashion elements of modern society, and make it more in line with the public aesthetics and tastes of today's society and cater to the tastes of young people. "China Ceramics", together with many ceramic artists, presents Shiwan dolls with a new look! "Shiwan should be a beautiful pottery bay"-the famous poet Guo Moruo once used this poem to describe Shiwan pottery; It is believed that "China Ceramic Art" will create a brand-new "Shiwan Doll" through the integration of traditional crafts and modern elements, which will surely push Shiwan ceramic art to a new height and lead a brand-new fashion trend.

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Most of the figurines in Shiwan are figures, and figure sculpture is the most common and productive variety in Shiwan pottery. In addition to various historical, mythical and legendary figures, novels and dramas, there are also life themes such as fishing, firewood, farming and reading, which makes Shiwan pottery become an art that people are willing to collect. There are always some widely circulated stories behind all kinds of characters. While enjoying and playing with these Shiwan dolls, it also adds to the fun of collecting. In addition, birds, animals, fish and insects are also common varieties in Shiwan dolls. Themes are divided into two categories: reality and legend, such as horses, cows and sheep in real life, and legendary dragons and phoenixes, gluttony and Kirin, which are full of traditional culture. Although Shiwan doll has a long history, it is difficult to find old objects hundreds of years ago. 1952, Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture established the Shiwan Workshop of Guangzhou People's Fine Arts Society in Shiwan, which was presided over by some famous pottery and plastic artists in Shiwan, and arranged for personnel to learn from famous artists. 1957, Shiwan Pottery Research Institute was established to study the glaze color, raw materials and kiln site of Shiwan Pottery. At the same time, the scattered ceramic workshops were combined to establish Shiwan Fine Ceramics Factory, and then the factory was merged with Guangzhou People's Fine Arts Society Shiwan Workshop and individual joint venture craft society to form the state-owned Shiwan Fine Ceramics Factory, which has developed to this day. During the ten-year "Cultural Revolution", due to the influence of the political situation at that time, many traditional themes were classified as "four old" and could not be produced. A large number of images of workers, peasants and soldiers have emerged, such as "Iron King Man Jin Xi" and "Moving Mountains to Build Fields". These Shiwan dolls, which were produced decades ago, now have high collection value. There is a view in the collection circle that Shiwan kiln belongs to local art varieties and it is difficult to get out of Lingnan area. Therefore, there are few Shiwan dolls in the auction market in recent years. However, excellent works of art with local characteristics will always attract people's attention gradually. In recent years, large auction houses in Beijing, such as Guardian and Poly, have also started to produce Shiwan kiln lots. At the auction of ceramic treasures held in Guangzhou Branch of China Poly Auction House in June 5438+February 2008, the original work "Noble Dragon" by Huang, a master of arts and crafts in China, was originally priced at 6,543,800 yuan, but it was finally sold at a high price of 6,543,800 yuan. I saw a set of Shuihu 108 Shiwan dolls in an auction house in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, and the valuation was not low. In some cities such as Guangzhou, there are also many transactions of old Shiwan kiln products. Ordinary collectors have limited financial resources, and it is difficult to make achievements in high-end antique works of art such as official kilns and famous paintings and calligraphy. They look to some types with profound historical background that are not sought after by collectors for the time being, and can receive fine products. The collection of Shiwan dolls is a "hidden mystery". The real Shiwan doll collection market seems to be "non-mainstream" on the surface, which is somewhat deserted, but in fact many smart collectors at home and abroad are secretly collecting. However, in the old society, there were not many high-quality Shiwan dolls, and Tibetan friends could not blindly collect them, because they found new collection channels. In addition, ceramic works are divided into original works, limited products, fine products and ordinary products. Tibetan friends should understand the concept. There is only one originality, and the craftsman is responsible for the whole process from creation to production. On the basis of the original work, the limited quantity is copied by the mold, and then checked by the craftsman. The number is generally in the tens or hundreds. At present, many Shiwan dolls are also equipped with certificates. If the quantity is not indicated on it, it can only be regarded as a boutique. Boutique is a handicraft product which is injected by assembly line with the authorization of craftsmen because the market is in short supply. The original and limited edition have the author's autograph, seal and collection certificate, so the collection value is naturally different. For example, the price of a boutique is only a few thousand yuan, while the original is often tens of thousands of yuan. In addition, Tibetan friends should pay attention to the choice of theme when collecting Shiwan dolls, and then consider the author's reputation. Modern Shiwan dolls, innovative theme is the key to appreciation.