The popular guy on the miniature production network is called the "time miniature master"
From ignitable briquettes stoves to old antique wooden tables, switchable faucets, old-fashioned rocking chairs...the exquisite and realistic miniatures have attracted everyone's attention and have been sought after on the Internet.
Post-80s designer Zhao Peiyi learned jewelry making from her father when she was young.
In an interview with a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, he said that he regarded this hobby as a career.
Zhao Peiyi told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily that he is a local from Shanghai, 34 years old this year, and has liked hand-made since he was a child.
My father is engaged in jewelry making in a foreign-funded enterprise.
Under the influence of his father, he learned to make various miniature objects such as small stools and small tables since he was a child.
After growing up, he inherited his father's profession and became a jewelry designer.
Personal liking for handicrafts, coupled with the reduction in jewelry orders during the epidemic, gave Zhao Peiyi more free time, so he picked up his hobby of making miniature objects two years ago.
"In the beginning, it was purely for fun, and some of the items made can please the elderly. After some videos were posted on the Internet, many people liked it." Zhao Peiyi said, he did not expect that he would be here. Industry", one issue can not be received.
"The welding process and the miniature model are the same when processing jewelry." Zhao Peiyi said, because the two are connected, his transformation is not difficult, and the order has been placed one year later.
With the development of cities and the increase in demolition and reconstruction, more and more old buildings and old landscapes have disappeared. Can you keep some information for later generations to remember?
Zhao Peiyi believes that miniature objects are a good way of witnessing.
With the advent of the digital age, although this method of preservation is convenient and fast, it cannot replace the miniature landscape that is close to the real thing.
Around August 2019, Zhao Peiyi received an impressive order.
The customer's grandmother wanted to go back to her hometown in Jiangsu to take a look, but she was too old to travel.
So my grandson wondered if he could order a set of miniature items from Zhao Peiyi.
Zhao Peiyi performed an isometric restoration based on the information provided by the other party on the size, pictures, and material materials of his hometown.
"There are kitchen knives, basins, cutting boards, faucets and other items in the kitchen. There are 30 or 40 kinds of items. It took more than a month to buy all kinds of materials. Then it was successfully restored with a ratio of 1:18."
Zhao Peiyi said, “The most difficult item in the kitchen to restore is the briquettes stove. It is necessary to ensure that it is very similar to the actual objects and that it can be used. I will buy briquettes to grind, and then make briquettes.”
After making it, Zhao Peiyi felt very fulfilled because the scene was realistic and the customer liked it.
Because he became a sought-after object on the Internet, some people called him a time miniaturist.
Text/Reporter Dong Zhenjie