The works of wen play won the national "China Art Cup" gold award! Qiu Yanfang: A cutting-edge figure in the world of stone carving and play

On the 22nd, Shoushan Stone Carving Wen play hand "All the Way Lianke" was sold at the 2021 Shoushan Stone Carving Special Auction at a high price of 230,000 yuan, and the author Qiu Yanfang attracted the attention of the art collection community. The reporter learned from the interview that Qiu Yanfang was elected as a new cutting-edge figure in stone carving in Shoushan, Fuzhou in 2020, and was known as the "leader" of the new generation in the field of stone carving and cultural play, and the literary play work "Qingyun is not as high as the white cloud" has just won the gold medal of the "China Art Cup" of the National Arts and Crafts Competition.

Qiu Yanfang.

"Model Worker" in the Circle of Friends

Without a bitter wind and frost, the plum blossoms are fragrant. Qiu Yanfang, who was halfway out of the family to engage in Shoushan stone carving, used extraordinary efforts to become a leader in the industry, and his "ascetic" style of learning and art creation was called the "labor model" in the circle of friends.

Born in 1985 in Mabi Town, Lianjiang County, Qiu Yanfang has loved painting since childhood, but her real contact with Shoushan stone carving began in 2004 with Xu Wei, a master of arts and crafts in Fujian Province. Xu Wei, who has a rigorous style, requires students to study for three years before they can become a teacher, but Qiu Yanfang has been studying in Xu Wei's studio for seven years, and can master various carving techniques and carving themes, becoming the best among many teachers and brothers.

What impressed friends was that Qiu Yanfang had long maintained a state of fifteen or sixteen hours of work a day, in addition to visiting the stone market and delving into the creation of Shoushan stone carvings.

A blend of humanistic sensibilities and natural atmospheres

Qiu Yanfang's stone carving works have a strong personal style, the works get rid of the shackles of traditional Shoushan stone carving themes, and perfectly integrate humanistic taste and natural atmosphere, and the aesthetic contains profound cultural connotations. "Shoushan stone carvings cannot blindly learn from the ancients, but also leave more eras and personal marks." Qiu Yanfang said.

Since opening a studio in 2011, Qiu Yanfang has tried to create her favorite crystal clear stone into a literary room play. At the same time, he studied classic Chinese and Western art works, compared the advantages and disadvantages of bronze, jade carving and other literary masterpieces, and went to Jingdezhen Ceramic Staff University for further study... With the improvement of cultural heritage and aesthetic taste, the stone carved writing roomware created by Qiu Yanfang has gradually gained its own style. After visiting Chen Da in 2018, Qiu Yanfang began to specialize in the literary and elegant play known as "small instruments". Today, his stone carvings are innovated and recombined on the basis of traditional themes, so that the works not only contain humanistic tastes, but also have a natural atmosphere and the smell of fireworks in the world. His seal "Fireworks in the World" created this year, a jumping frog next to a bundle of bamboo carved from the button, is a true portrayal of childhood rural life. "Modern literary play should no longer be limited to traditional literati and elegant play, but should be a collective name for all interesting and elegant things." Qiu Yanfang hopes that her works will not only have humanistic tastes, but also have more natural atmosphere and the smell of fireworks in the world.

The "perfect seeker" in the world of stone carving

Beauty can touch people's hearts, and simple things are extremely beautiful. Qiu Yanfang, who claims to have a passion for stone cleanliness, not only has extremely high requirements for carving skills and creative works, but also tries to achieve the ultimate in other links, and is a rare "perfect pursuer" in the stone carving industry.

Compared with other carvers who are reluctant to remove rough with good materials, Qiu Yanfang considers the whole of his works and drastically "shapes" and removes crack impurities, and many of his works are loved by collectors. Qiu Yanfang is also extremely demanding in other links, such as the polishing link of her works after the completion of the carving, rather than waiting in line for several months to choose the best polisher, and even some details insist on grinding themselves.

If you want to achieve the ultimate in the work, the mood state must also reach the best before you can get the knife, so Qiu Yanfang now brings a knife and a stone from time to time to live in the countryside of Lianjiang for a while.