On the morning of December 14, the 11th Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th Congress of the China Writers Association opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. On the afternoon of the 16th, the reporter connected with Liang Lixia, a national representative of the Wen Dynasty Congress, who was still attending the meeting in Beijing.
Liang Lixia, deputy to the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, senior arts and crafts artist, inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage "Dezhou black pottery firing technique", vice president of the Black Pottery Art Professional Committee of the China Ceramic Industry Association, chairman of the China Hard Pen Calligraphy Association, Chinese folk outstanding artist, vice president of the Shandong Arts and Crafts Association, vice president of the Shandong Provincial Cultural and Creative Association, and the leader of the Black Pottery Cultural Industry in Dezhou. Speaking of Texas black pottery, people will think of Liangzi black pottery. It is a resounding brand in the black pottery industry and an excellent representative of Texas black pottery. Over the years, Liangzi Black Pottery and its founder Liang Lixia have adhered to the spirit of craftsmanship, pursued excellent quality, and innovated craftsmanship in the quest to inherit black pottery culture and revitalize the black pottery industry, so that the ancient black pottery art has reappeared. With Liangzi black pottery and its products as the main body, Dezhou City successfully declared and was rated as "China Black Pottery City".
Liang Lixia graduated from the Art Department of Texas College in 1988 and engaged in black pottery design and production at the Texas Institute of Arts and Crafts in 1991. In the 1990s, after a short period of glory, the black pottery industry went to a low point due to rough craftsmanship and single varieties. In order to regain her dream, in 2002, Liang Lixia took out the only 7,000 yuan in her family, rented three bungalows, purchased two second-hand machines and started a business, and set up her own company - Liangzi Pottery Research and Development Center.
Liangzi black pottery raw materials using the Grand Canal red glue clay, the production process has 11, in order to improve the process, she invited industry experts, the single brick arch kiln into a double-layer plum kiln, mergers and acquisitions into professional pottery equipment. Black Potter succeeded. "The spirit of craftsmanship is not only to bury one's head in hard work, but also to innovate and create, to be a cultural enterprise, not only to become bigger and stronger, but also to do long-term, only innovation can have long-term vitality, in order to make the ancient craft of black pottery carry forward." Liang Lixia said.
On the basis of inheriting the traditional soft engraving technique, Liang Lixia created a hard carving pottery process of using alloy steel knives to carve freely on the hard as stone pottery body. This innovation not only maintains the unique personality of black pottery, but also enriches the connotation, breaks the traditional pattern of single color and simple pattern of black pottery, and greatly enhances the ornamentality, collectibility and artistry of black pottery works. At the same time, Liangzi Black Pottery also pioneered the technology of gold silk pottery and lacquer pottery in the industry. The series of fine products developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been designated as national gifts, and hundreds of works created by the leading works have won national and provincial awards. In order to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the party, Liangzi black pottery lasted one and a half years to create 9 masterpieces such as "Shengshi BaijunTu" and "Passing on the Flame of the Party Constitution" to praise the party's great achievements.
Liangzi black pottery has developed more than 300 kinds of products such as traditional black pottery, innovative hard carved pottery, faience pottery, lacquer pottery, etc. Liangzi black pottery has a professional team of nearly 100 people, of which 3 people won the title of "Shandong Folk Handicraft Master". 4 people won the "Qilu Culture Star" and 3 people won the title of "Qilu Chief Technician". Liangzi Black Pottery Cultural Park has been rated as a key cultural enterprise in Shandong Province, a "National Social Science and Education Base", a protection unit of the national intangible cultural heritage "Dezhou Black Pottery Firing Technique", a base for the Sculpture Art Research Center of the China Hard Pen Calligraphy Association, and an internship and experimental base for Tsinghua University and Shandong Art College. The pottery making technology of "Liangzi Black Pottery" has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage and a national geographical indication protection product, "Liangzi Black Pottery Hard Carved Pottery" has been rated as a leading technology in China and has won many international awards, and the Liangzi Black Pottery Museum has been selected as the first batch of "Rural Memory" Engineering Cultural Heritage in Shandong Province. In September 2021, Liang Lixia won the "Most Beautiful Craftsman in Qilu" at the "CCB Cup" Shandong Province Women's Handmade Entrepreneurship Innovation Competition.
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In order to let black pottery enter more people's homes, Liangzi black pottery expands the practicality and customization of black pottery, and the carving pottery masters integrate modern elements into black pottery according to the needs of customers, giving black pottery a new vitality.
Over the years, Liangzi Black Pottery has provided more than 3,000 jobs for the society, and launched a project to fund the production of "child models", providing technology and molds by enterprises, and uniformly recycling products, driving residents and laid-off workers in more than 20 communities, townships and towns to achieve employment.
Speaking of the Beijing meeting, Liang Lixia's excitement overflowed into words. "The general secretary's speech was uplifting, inspiring and motivating. As the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage 'Dezhou black pottery firing technique', I will be committed to creating positive and upward works of art that are good for beauty, strive to create fine arts and crafts, and better inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture. To meet people's needs for a better life as the goal, to drive more people to participate in the ranks of folk craft inheritance and production, expand the black pottery cultural industry chain, so that a piece of handicrafts with the warmth of craftsmen like a materialized business card through our online and offline publicity and promotion, spread to the world, let people feel the beauty of China, the culture of beauty. Liang Lixia said.
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