Recently, the reporter learned from Guizhou University for Nationalities that zeng jin's work "Spring Man Qiankun", president of the school's Ceramic Art Research Institute and a master of Chinese arts and crafts, was displayed in the Great Hall of the People to welcome international guests attending the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The ceramic "Spring Man Qiankun" is displayed in the Great Hall of the People
A few days ago, Zeng Jin introduced the design concept of the whole work in an interview with reporters: "The design of the bottle body of the work originates from the traditional Chinese instrument type - the bottle appreciation. The vivid 'national flower' peony not only echoes the meaning of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on February 4, 'Li Chun', but also expresses the thriving scene of the motherland. ”
Zeng Jin, dean of the Ceramic Art Research Institute of Guizhou University for Nationalities and a master of Chinese arts and crafts, and his work "Spring Man Qiankun"
The shadow blue glaze is warm as jade, the peony flower posture is flexible, and there is a colorful Guizhou behind "Spring Full of Qiankun". Zeng Jin said: "My past works were mostly fresh and elegant, and this work was influenced by the colorful Guizhou, and the colors became richer and more intense. ”
"Jingdezhen is the root, and Guizhou is the 'second hometown.'" In 2016, Zeng Jin, who was born in a ceramic family, decided to go out of Jingdezhen and into colorful Guizhou, serving as the dean of the Ceramic Art Research Institute at Guizhou University for Nationalities and the person in charge of the second batch of Chinese arts and crafts masters inheritance and innovation base of the school, exploring a new creative passion in batik, Miao embroidery, blue and white, and clay pottery, and expressing the impression of Guizhou in ceramic language.
"Spring Full of Qiankun"
In fact, "Spring Full of Qiankun" is Zeng Jin's alternative, and the first choice is another work - "Spring Breeze Triumphant". However, considering factors such as ornamentation, photographic angle, and visual effects, the bottle height of the work "Spring Breeze" is 5 centimeters shorter than the "36 to 40 centimeters" required by the organizing committee. After communicating with many parties, Zeng Jin decided to re-fire a new work specially made for the Winter Olympics.
Original work "Spring Breeze Triumphant"
Completing a new work in 15 days is not an easy task. Ceramic firing requires 72 processes, after the early stage of mud, drawing, standing, repairing and other processes, Zeng Jin got the billet tire to paint, there is little time left. "It doesn't take 15 days for just pastels or half-knife mud. However, the whole work uses the process of 'ceramic comprehensive decoration', not only to use half-knife mud and color glaze under the glaze, but also to paint pastels and new colors on the glaze. Zeng Jin introduced.
Time is tight, but the demand cannot be reduced. After 15 days, 72 processes, 1300 degrees under the glaze and 800 degrees on the glaze, the baptism of fire twice, "Spring Full of Qiankun" was born at noon on January 25.
At the moment when the work came out, Zeng Jin still remembered: "It's so beautiful! The success of the work is expected, but the jade texture of the bottle and the flexible posture of the peony are a surprise. On the evening of January 25, "Spring Full of Qiankun" arrived in Beijing by air. On February 5th, "Spring Full of Qiankun", which was displayed at the booth in front of the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People, bloomed the beauty of Chinese ceramics to Chinese and foreign guests, showing a prosperous and rejuvenated China.
"Works of art cannot only express personal emotions, but also pin their attention to the country and the times." Zeng Jin said that Chinese ceramic crafts should continue to inherit and develop, to inherit traditional crafts, but also to combine traditional crafts with modern elements, beating the pulse of the times.
Guizhou Daily Tianyan news reporter Lai Yingying
Edited by Guo Xiaoqiu
Editor Tian Minjia Shi Yuling