Chinanews.com, Jinzhong, November 22nd, title: 60-year-old old man is obsessed with pyrography for more than 40 years, "fire needle embroidery" hot stylus Danqing
Author Yang Jing
On the 22nd, walking into the studio of Zhang Donghai, the inheritor of rice paper pyrography in Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, 61-year-old Zhang Donghai was holding an electric cradle in his hand and focused on drawing slowly on the rice paper.
A piece of rice paper, an electric pen, along with wisps of green smoke, the air began to emit a faint smell of burnt, and the outline of the landscape on the rice paper gradually became clear.
Pyrography, also known as "fire needle embroidery", is a kind of rare and precious painting in ancient China, which is a kind of rare and precious painting in ancient China.
Zhang Donghai said that the standards of rival artists on rice paper pyrography are stricter.
Zhang Yunshe
Zhang Donghai told reporters that he learned painting in the cultural center since he was a child, and was exposed to the art of pyrography when he was 20 years old.
"Seeing that old artists put patterns on the cabinets to look good, I started to teach myself pyrography on furniture. I continued to work until I was 40. When pyrography on furniture became unpopular, I started to study rice paper pyrography again."
Although he has a background in fine art and has been doing pyrography on wood for more than ten years, it is still difficult to master the strength of the pen when he first started pyrography on rice paper.
Zhang Donghai introduced that the special material of rice paper requires craftsmen to accurately grasp the temperature of the soldering iron, the force of pen strokes, and the speed of painting.
Once it is not controlled, the paper will be burnt.
"In the beginning, after thinking about it for a long time, I dared to start it. I used the electric soldering iron to practice repeatedly for several years before it succeeded in soldering. It lasted for more than 20 years."
"Different from painting, rice paper pyrography uses iron as pen and fire as ink. You need to be calm when creating." Zhang Donghai said that the color of rice paper pyrography depends on the strength of the electric soldering iron and the length of stay. This opponent Artist requirements are extremely strict.
"At the same time, the particularity of'make a painting once, no modification' requires the craftsman to have enough patience, sincerity, and determination, otherwise it will fall short."
Zhang Donghai hopes that more people will know and understand the art of pyrography.
Zhang Yunshe
It is precisely because rice paper pyrography requires a higher level of rival artists, it is more difficult to find inheritors.
"In addition to solid and proficient painting skills, I prefer to look for adults. The electric soldering iron is still a certain danger for children." Zhang Donghai said that now, he is also recruiting apprentices and traveling to various places to participate. For intangible heritage activities, I hope that more people will know and understand this technique, and I hope to find a suitable inheritor.
In addition to inheritance, Zhang Donghai is also committed to innovation.
"Pyrography has a single color, and all are brown with different shades." Zhang Donghai combined the pyrography with traditional Chinese paintings to "hot color". After the paintings of landscapes, animals, flowers and birds are hot, the inks are colored, and the works are more three-dimensional and have a sense of hierarchy. .
"Pyrography is a precious traditional culture in China. We will continue to explore and produce more good works." Zhang Donghai said, hoping to do his best to keep this tradition and pass it on from generation to generation.
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