National Intangible Cultural Heritage Gold Paint Inlay recently launched the "Ice and Snow Lacquer Edge 2022 Yanjing Eight Absolute Ice and Snow Cultural Creation", in the millennium ancient temple Cheng'en Temple Beijing Yanjing Eight Absolute Museum, the gold lacquer inlaid screw innovative craft series watch that integrates the ingenuity and creativity of many Yanjing Eight Absolute Craftsmanship Masters was officially unveiled.
It is reported that the event was guided by the Beijing Yanjing Eight Absolute Association, sponsored by the Beijing Yanjing Eight Absolute Museum, co-hosted by Yanjing Eight Absolute Group Co., Ltd., Beijing Yanjing Eight Absolute Cultural Development Co., Ltd. and Beijing Lacquer Road Culture Group Co., Ltd., and strongly supported by Beijing Gold Paint Inlay Responsibility Co., Ltd., Beijing Contemporary Manufacturing Office Culture Co., Ltd. and Beijing Hehe Bureau Lacquerware Crafts Co., Ltd.
The main creative team of Yanjing Eight Ice and Snow Cultural Creation includes Hu Xin, master of beijing arts and crafts gold lacquer inlay, Liu Bowen, master of special lacquer art of Beijing municipal arts and crafts and inheritor of Hehe Carving and Lacquer Bureau, Yang Gang, the seventh generation of the Qinggong Construction Office of gold lacquer inlay and decoration, and Gao Yun, inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage gold lacquer inlay and decoration technique and young designer.
According to Bai Qun, director of the Beijing Yanjing Eight Absolute Museum and chief planner of The Eight Ice and Snow Cultural Creations in Yanjing, "The cultural and creative team has made many rounds of attempts around the 'ice and snow culture' in the integration of design and technology, and the advent of the gold lacquer inlaid flat-ground screw innovative craft watch has condensed too much ingenuity and innovation." "The fusion of gold lacquer and enamel, due to the bottleneck of cross-border craftsmanship, took more than half a year and dozens of hand-painted paintings before the final draft." Although the process is difficult, it still adheres to the principle of high-end inclusiveness and integration into the public. ”
Under the introduction of Gao Yun, a young designer of gold lacquer inlay, the design ideas and creative process of Yanjing Eight Ice and Snow Cultural and Creative Watches have gradually become clear. She said that the watch dial pattern design is based on the concept of "Taoist nature", with snowflakes symbolizing freedom and holiness as the main pattern, and the blueprint of the snowflakes comes from tens of thousands of snowflakes photographed by Russian photographers, which is also a commemoration of the year of ice and snow in 2022. At the same time, it is accompanied by Ruyi Yuntou, combined with the treasure flower that was known as one of the "Three Treasures of Auspiciousness" in the Tang Dynasty, during which it is embellished with a continuous tangled lotus, which means the handsome beauty of the four directions, the aura of the eight directions, the ice and snow ruyi, the long life of happiness and longevity, and the harmonious symbiosis. The overall arrangement draws on the artistic concept of the Dutch printmaker Escher, and the cyclical pattern also reflects the Chinese philosophical concept of "one life two, two life three, three life everything". "The entire design has undergone 29 revisions and more than 60 drafts of adjustments, and finally presents the current pattern. It is said that the utensils are stylish, the ingenuity is boundless, this time not only innovated the traditional process, broke through the major craft of gold paint and carving paint, from red to white, but also embodied the spirit of 'carrying the road with the instrument'. ”
It is not difficult to see from the exquisite watches that the watch dial of Ice and Snow Culture and Creativity is made of the innovative process of flat-ground screw inlaid with national intangible gold lacquer. Screw tungsten craft has a long history, screw decoration techniques are passed down from the lacquerware of the Shang Dynasty, after the development of successive dynasties, reached its peak in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the palace office specially made screw tungsten for the royal royal use. The innovative process of flat grinding screw tungsten is based on traditional technology, using a more textured new screw material, and integrating modern technologies such as 3D printing and multiple coloring, forming a unique style of Yanjing.
In the view of Liu Chaoying, chairman of the Beijing Museum Society, "the display of literary and creative works shows the infinite charm of China's excellent traditional culture and the unlimited potential of the museum's cultural creation and traditional craftsmanship to integrate and re-innovate." ”
At the scene, Yanjing Bajie Museum also donated a batch of ice and snow cultural and creative watches with unique significance to the society and related organizations.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Guo Jia