Chinese zodiac culture, stretching for thousands of years, every Chinese has a zodiac symbol of their own!
Foshan Shiwan zodiac doll, first appeared in 1984, after nearly 40 years of development, Shiwan zodiac doll has now become a household name in the Pearl River Delta holiday gifts, at the same time because the zodiac doll has a good market foundation and considerable market prospects, has also developed from a new year portrait into a collection with high artistic value.
Feng Weimin, a master of Chinese ceramic art, is one of the outstanding representatives of the young generation in the contemporary Chinese ceramic art industry, whose works pursue connotation and style, pay attention to the spiritual temperament of the characters and the expression of the subjective emotions of the artists, have elegant cultural appearances and literati tones, and have a distinct personal artistic style.
2020 Year of the Rat Zodiac Work "Zishu Fengdeng"
2021 Year of the Ox Zodiac Work "Ruiqi Yingmen"
2022 Year of the Tiger Zodiac Work "Fulu Mantang"
Feng Weimin entered the pottery industry in the late 1970s, but his involvement in the "Shiwan Zodiac Doll" only began in 2010.
In 2010, Foshan's "Shiwan Zodiac Doll" has been developed for nearly 30 years, due to the continuous enrichment of the theme of the work and the great improvement of the grade of the product, a new branch of the Shiwan pottery culture "Shiwan Zodiac Pottery Culture" has gradually formed, and has a large number of collectors. At the same time, after more than 30 years of research, Feng Weimin has become an object of pursuit by many collectors with his distinctive personality "Feng's art language".
Everything seems to be a natural progression, in this year, Feng Weimin began the creation of the first "Shiwan Zodiac Doll", which can be said to be the beginning of the "Feng's Pottery" zodiac symbolic work, and it is also a bold attempt by Feng Weimin to combine the Animal Zodiac and characters in Shiwan.
2011 Year of the Rabbit Zodiac Work "Spring Breeze Proud"
"Spring Breeze Triumphant" is the "Shiwan Zodiac Doll" created by Feng Weimin for the "Year of the Chinese Xin Wei Rabbit".
The main character of the work is a round-headed, round-headed, traditional and cute girl image, Feng Weimin on the basis of tradition, but also added modern aesthetic concepts, the integration of painting, sculpture and other artistic elements. From the portrayal of the character to the grasp of the overall image, the composition meaning, the material expression, and the shaping techniques, there are great changes with the traditional "Shiwan Zodiac Doll", and the decoration and observability of the work are strengthened, and once the work is released, it immediately attracts a large number of fans. In this way, he began the creation of his distinctive "Fengshi Zodiac".
2012 Year of the Dragon Zodiac Work "Xianglong Xianrui"
2013 Year of the Snake Zodiac Work "Decan has been as desired"
"Ruyi" is a zodiac doll created by Feng Weimin for the Year of the Snake in 2013.
In order to match the cute image of the girl, Feng Weimin fully considered that the snake was originally the embodiment of "Ruyi" when designing, so he designed the snake head as a naturally curved "Ruyi" shape and held by the girl, and gave up the realistic technique when designing the main image of the snake, but used the traditional pasting technique of Shiwan in the detail processing, so that the image of the snake was naturally switched between "Ruyi" and "Snake". In this way, the cooperation between "girl" and "snake" is more warm and perfect, and the work means "ruyi, ruyi, all things are as expected", which greatly meets the needs of the Nian Xiaopin market.
2014 Year of the Horse Zodiac Work "Splendid Future"
2015 Year of the Goat Zodiac Work "Sanyang Kaitai"
2016 Year of the Monkey Zodiac Work "Step on the Clouds"
2017 Year of the Rooster Zodiac Work "Jiu Jiu Hongfu"
2018 Year of the Dog Zodiac Work "Jiqing Mantang"
2019 Year of the Pig Zodiac Work "Year of Abundance"
Innovation has always been the general direction of Feng Weimin's creation, but he did not use a style to limit himself, but created different series of works at different times, and the style is constantly changing. He is very good at absorbing the nutrients of other art disciplines to nourish his pottery creation, for him, any excellent technique in the visual art category, as long as there is a possibility of integrating into his ceramic sculpture creation, he will try it with his heart.
It can be said that Feng Weimin is not willing to accept the existing creative state and the results he has achieved, and he has been working hard to explore a higher level of artistic expression.
2022 Year of the Tiger Zodiac Work "Fulu Mantang" (Partial)
"Fulu Mantang" is a zodiac doll created by Feng Weimin for the Year of the Tiger in 2022, and it is also the last piece in Feng Weimin's first round of "Shiwan Zodiac Doll".
In this work, Feng Weimin abandons people's stereotypes of tigers, neither the majestic king of the hundred beasts, nor the heinous man-eating beast. Rather, it is the image of a more cute and interesting tiger cub. Through ingenious thinking and creation, the "tiger" becomes docile and astute in the work, but the majesty is not fierce. The design concept is that the boy holds a round jade bi, which means that everything is complete, and can also be understood as a perfect end.
This harmony is also reflected in the design of colors and looks. You can see that the cuffs, collar and coat color of the tiger are all glazed with gold, while the boy's belt and the tiger's nose are bronze. The young tiger snuggled up next to the boy and expressed the cute and interesting side of the beast, which was in harmony with the child's innocence and liveliness. The happy and mischievous looks of children and tigers set off a joyful and festive atmosphere, which made people can't help but smile with their eyebrows.
The title of the work "Fulu Mantang" is even more thoughtful, tiger and Fu are homophonous, green jade bi has the meaning of Lu, pinning on the beautiful expectations for the Year of the Tiger, and the shape of Yu Bi is similar to the full stop, which also implies that this will be the end of the Zodiac series of Feng Weimin Studio, and draw a successful end with the blessing of Fu Lu Man Tang.
Wei Min said:
Unconsciously, twelve years have passed, and the Year of the Tiger is the last work of this series of zodiac signs, and it is also the successful conclusion of this series of style themes. The title Ofe de Fulu is also a good wish for the supporters of this series. At this point, let's look forward to the new appearance of the next series.
When the twelve series of zodiac signs are displayed together, this batch of works also bears witness to every memory you have spent these twelve years. Then, in the next twelve years, let us also witness each other, experience, and feel the joy and splendor that pottery brings to you.