[Concurrent] Noodle Sculptor Na Dinghao, the Inheritor of Xinjiang Dough Sculpture
I am Na Dinghao, an inheritor of dough sculpture art living in Xinjiang.
My work incorporates some unique ethnic elements of Xinjiang, with some strong Xinjiang flavor. In fact, I also hope that more people can learn about Xinjiang through dough sculpture works and understand Xinjiang in the new era and new background.
Dough sculptures, also called noodle knives, shape everything on your fingertips.
Through some small techniques such as kneading, rolling and rubbing, we can make our works bright and lasting, and can be preserved for a long time.
When I was about seven or eight years old, I started to learn the dough maker with my mother. The craft of making dough actually originated from my grandmother. Under the influence of my mother, I gradually fell in love with this dough maker. craft.
I love Xinjiang elements because I have lived here since I was a child. The plants, the trees, the bricks and the tiles here are actually the plot of my hometown.
My work is when I see these plots, I just feel it, and make memories while making it. This way, the work is very grounded after it is made. Most of the works I make are actually selling naan, baking buns, and Just talk about selling barbecue, like these small scenes, these are also some scenes we are familiar with in the streets and alleys.
Once when I was eating in a restaurant of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, I saw an oil painting called Muqam. The character in it was very vivid and lively, and the perfect scene was set off in it. It fascinated me at once, and there was such an idea in my heart to use dough sculptures to show the twelve muqam and the local Xinjiang characters, so that more people should know Xinjiang.
This is not a simple imitation. In fact, we encountered a lot of difficulties in the process of shaping. In fact, through a lot of hard work, the works are presented with very good results, they are very popular, and they have also won awards across the country. The works have actually rounded out mine. A dream.
How to show the taste of Xinjiang through simple modeling is a big difficulty I encountered in the process of making dough sculpture.
In order to find these creative inspirations, I often go to various places in southern and northern Xinjiang to collect styles, which makes me more aware that grounded art is very vital.
I think Xinjiang has too much beauty. I want to show it through the art of dough sculpture and fix the beauty of Xinjiang in the form of dough sculpture.
In the past few years, I have made some innovations in the art of facial sculpture. The characters I created can be simple and simple, leaving only some details that can best express the characteristics of the characters, and I have performed some exaggeration.
I actually launched a series of cultural and creative products like naan bread, barbecue, pilaf, and flower hat.
Now, these Xinjiang-flavored dough sculptures have actually become Xinjiang gifts that tourists from all over the country are rushing to buy.
In the future, in addition to creating some traditional dough sculpture works, I will continue to create some dough sculpture works with Xinjiang life scenes as the themes, knead the feelings of Xinjiang into the dough, and pass some of the unique ethnic customs of Xinjiang through my The dough sculpture works are displayed, allowing this ancient craft to be passed on in Xinjiang.
Reporter Zhao Yamin reports from Urumqi, Xinjiang
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]