The production of spun silk figures has to go through more than a dozen processes, such as carving, making heads, making hands, painting clothes, headdresses and props. And finally assembled into a three-dimensional shape. Every working procedure needs exquisite skills, and every work needs to give life to silk yarn and give silk spirituality. The most attractive part of diaosi man's works lies in the instantaneous expression of the characters, and countless ingenious details make the moments come alive. Among them, the head and hands are the most powerful. To make a hair, you should first carve a head shape, stick silk fabric on your face, dry it, then stick a second layer of silk fabric, and finally stick silk fabric to dry it. The key is to grasp the drying time and the wetting degree of silk fabric. Only when the silk fabric on the head has moderate water content can the "skin" on the face be smooth, delicate and lifelike. After the head is dry, draw eyes, eyelashes and lips, and apply blush and eye shadow. Finally, the head "empty shell" mold is filled with cotton and other things. In addition to superb skills, it takes patience to make a silk man with unique skills. First, five thin wires are inserted into the bones of fingers, and then wrapped with absorbent cotton to form the shape of fingers. The beauty lies in the next step: sewing miniature gloves with soft silk fabrics and then turning them over. How to turn each finger of each glove over if each finger is less than 2mm? Mr. Slip smiled mysteriously: "This is confidential. Japanese craftsmen used to come to Beijing to learn from the scriptures, but this is our unique skill and we must not let them learn. " After the gloves are sewn, they are twisted into hand shapes such as orchid fingers and Buddha fingers with thin metal wires, and some need to dye their nails and wear rings. All this was done on a piece of silk less than 2 cm, with no thread and stitches exposed, which made people marvel at the craftsman's exquisite skills. The character making of diaosi man is relatively simple. First of all, human bones and limbs are made of metal wires, and the three-dimensional dimensions of the human body are positioned in proportion. When filling the body with cotton and paper wool, you need to be slim, with rounded shoulders and full breasts and hips to reflect the physical beauty of the characters. It takes at least one month for a person to complete all the production of diaosi people, and even two or three months for complex characters. Silk figure modeling pays attention to Beijing silk figures, most of which are based on China ancient folk stories and literary masterpieces, and the figures are selected from Peking Opera. The most common is the image of ancient ladies. Mr. Hua believes that no one will appreciate handicrafts without characteristics. In order to create more characters, he read history books, visited places of interest and sought inspiration from the precipitation of history. Now, the main characters in the four classical novels, the four beauties, and the figures of Mulan and Mu et al 100 are vividly displayed in front of people. Mr. Hua's most proud work is Yang Guifei, which is based on the story of Yang Guifei's garden visit. Holding a peony fan, the imperial concubine is plump, long-sleeved and good at dancing, and her hairpin rings are swaying, showing her elegance.
Method of making silk figurines: (1) Baotou Two kinds of boneless Baotou (1): There is no need to be educated or to explain knowledge. You can understand it at a glance and do it if you want. As shown in figure 1, cotton is wrapped in silk balls, made into balls, and painted with eyes, eyebrows and mouth. (2) Bone hijab: 1. Cover the side contour of human body with iron wire, cover the eye socket, nose, human body, upper lip, lower lip, lower forehead and neck in turn from the top of the head, cover the back of the head at the other end of the iron wire, and then synthesize a twist with the just one end to form the neck. 2. Roll two cotton rolls, the length of which is the width of the face, and fill them in the wire rack. A roll of cotton above the eyes and a roll of cotton below the eyes. 3. Make a uniform piece of cotton, cover it with cotton rolls on the wire rack, and then stick this piece of cotton close to the back of the head to form a ball. 4. Wrap the twisted thread under the ball around the cotton to make a neck. 5. Cover the cotton ball with silk thread. The four corners of this yarn are slanted up, down, left and right, and sewn at the back of the head. 6. Thread the needle from the head to the left and pull out the chin through the lower forehead. The needle thread ends behind the right ear. 7. sew up the five senses. 8. Draw eyes, mouth and eyebrows. 9. Put some transparent nail polish on your eyes and mouth. (2) Carve clay sculpture heads 1 and clay sculpture heads 1, and knead the mud into a duck egg shape. 2. Find the center line on the duck egg paste and determine the position of "three stops and five eyes". 3. Work hard, carve carefully and make a satisfied face. 2. Gypsum turnover-1, making grooves 2, putting mud heads 3, pouring gypsum slurry 4, isolating 5, making gauges 6, pouring gypsum slurry 7, opening molds 8, and finishing gypsum female die. (3) Turn over the thread head 1 of the plaster mold, put a hat 2 on the plaster mold, stack three layers of elastic cotton cloth 3, put the three layers of cloth on the plaster mold, concentrate the left, right, upper and three corners behind the head 4, stick them on the hat 5, pull out the chin and neck 6, put a scarf 7 on the neck, dry the five senses 8 slightly with a plastic knife, and apply latex 9 evenly. 10, after drying, draw the eyebrow eye mouth 1 1, cut the textile material 12, take out the plaster mold 13, sew the cut textile material (4) connect the head with the body 1, and thread two iron wires through it. If the facial direction is fixed accurately, it can also be fixed on the neck. (5) Hair and bun (1) Hair 1, scalp and face separated by black cloth 2. What kind of hair knitting are you doing? Mechanical ash? Is the epiphysis barrel emblem clear? If you want a braid or a bunch of hair, stick a braid or a bunch of long hair on the back of your head. 4. Stick a strand of hair on the front of the face, stick the hair root on the black cloth at the hairline, and the hair hangs slightly on the face. 5. Stick another strand of long hair on the left and right sides of the face, next to the first strand. 6. Stick another strand of long hair on the left and right beside the second strand. * * Five. Stick it on your head. 9. Turn the left and right locks on your head and support them to the top of your head, and stick them on 10. Finally, turn the left and right locks up to 1 1. After turning your head, turn it over and stick it on your head. There is a flowing sea and braids, all of which are exposed at this time. All the hair goes to the top of the head and sticks together, pressing a bun, so it is seamless. (2) bun- 1, winding black cotton 2 on the fine iron wire, winding black silk 3 with black cotton, and randomly making the iron wire into a bun with black silk 6) headdress (1) headdress raw materials are imitation gold, silver, jade flower and bird headdress made of shiny colored anodized iron wire (2) wearing colored beads with fine iron wire. (7) Body shape The human body is an important link in shaping characters. Except for appearance, everything else depends on physical characteristics. We must understand the relationship between the whole and the part of human beings, that is, the relationship between the decomposition and combination of body types, and understand the objective laws of the muscle structure of bone joints in exercise. This is scientific and can't be sloppy at all, except for cartoons and cartoon characters. (1) The general basic structure of the human body: 1, that is, one vertical, two horizontal and three rolled limbs. 2. According to the length of the head, weigh the weight of all parts of the body in proportion, that is, one head length from the mandibular root to the nipple, one head length from the nipple to the navel, and then measure it to the soles of the feet. 3. The dynamic ratio is: 65,438+0. People stand up straight with their hands held high, with nine and a half heads from the fingertips to the soles of their feet, 2, kneeling with four and a half heads, 3, sitting on the floor with four heads, 4, sitting at knee height with six heads, 5, standing up straight with seven and a half heads, 6, hands as long as height, and four heads from shoulders to flat fingertips. Elbows are at the waist. The human body proverb circulating in China is: Sit in a row with five plates, three heads on one shoulder and four sides. (8) Make a (1) silk figure: bend the skeleton with metal wires that can bear the weight. (2) The long skirt of the lower limbs should not be exposed, so that the skeleton can stand directly on the seat. If you have feet, add feet. (3) The upper limbs should be made of fine wire, and the hands should not be exposed. (2) Muscle-1. Wrap a layer of soft toilet paper on the skeleton. 2. Wrap absorbent cotton evenly on the toilet paper. 3. Sew the skin-(1) Cut an elastic textile slightly smaller than the body. (2) Wrap it on the cotton-padded coat and sew it. (9) Making silk hand (1) Hand bones: cut five thin iron wires according to the length of fingers (2) wrap cotton (3) 1, fold the silk material for noodles to the width of hands, 2) put the folding gap between thumb and four fingers, 3) walk out of gloves with the minimum machine needle code, 4) turn the gloves over, and 5). (10) Making silk feet (1) Carving the foot shape with foam plastic (2) Wearing shoes (3) Covering the foot with silk material (4) Sewing the gap in the sole (5) Painting toenails. (1 1) Painting is a pattern that seeks to pinch gold thread by hand. (1) First, design a pattern on the paper; (2) make a gold dipping bag: 1, cellophane 2, gold powder and varnish, and stir them into paste; (3) make a tube with a thick top and a sharp bottom with cellophane paper roll; 4) put the gold powder pigment in it; 5) Pinch the big end of the paint tube by hand and squeeze out the gold paint from the tip; 6) According to the designed pattern, squeeze gold paint on the fabric that needs embroidery for silk clothes. (12) Dress up as a lady, no matter how you dress up. If you shape a person by name, you must seriously consider and study her family, her age, personality, posture and demeanor in what situation, and design hair, headgear and clothes styles, as well as accessories and props according to this positioning. Some silk people's clothes have been made and put on. Some are half-made, and then the other half is made after being put on. (13) Clothing and accessories are used to enhance the identity of people, such as shawls, four seasons belts, wind belts, waist ornaments, etc. These are not suitable for anyone. (14) Props and props also show the character, such as silk fan, origami fan, sword, broadsword, Buddha dust, brush, calligraphy and painting, bamboo green, shoulder pole, etc. The craftsmanship of costumes and props is very important. It is an important part of drama, song, dance and film and television art. It is an exquisite work and can become a valuable work of art alone. (15) pavilions, landscapes, flowers and trees, chariots and horses, musical instruments, etc. Everything in life will appear in the environment of diaosi. How to make these things? What is it made of? It depends entirely on the materials that the author can think of and get, because there are no fixed methods and materials, materials and raw materials are constantly innovating, and people's abilities and methods are different, so clothes and props are not the main body of creation, but they are also very laborious to do. The Artistic Value, Artistic Value and Academic Value of Silk Man "Beijing Silk Man" is an outstanding representative and an important part of China silk plastic arts tradition. From the perspective of silk plastic arts, Beijing Silk Man belongs to three-dimensional soft deformation process, which is very difficult to control. The work of a diaosi man combines soft deformation skills such as silk flower, Palace Lantern and silk fan. In such a small branch of silk plastic arts, it not only embodies the characteristics of traditional arts in China, but also embodies the essence of traditional plastic arts in China. At the same time, China's traditional modeling has an indissoluble bond with Chinese painting. In the artistic image of Beijingers, it is not only drawing lessons from paintings, but also China's direct three-dimensional paintings. Moreover, the inheritors of each generation of silk carving skills are not constrained by tradition, and boldly improve their skills, thus injecting new vitality into the modern silk carving art in China. The most outstanding representative of Beijing Silk Man's craft is the historical epitome of the development of modern silk plastic arts in China. It not only carries forward the artistic tradition of the Chinese nation, but also embodies the long-standing folk arts and crafts culture in China. It is an indispensable and important content to study the history of China folk arts and crafts.