In the Caofeidian Face Sculpture Experience Hall in Tangshan City, Hebei Province, face sculpture artist Li Haihua is concentrating on "kneading dough people", with the continuous dancing of her fingertips, the Mascot of the Winter Olympic Games "Ice Pier" and the Mascot of the Winter Paralympic Games "Snow Rongrong" soon appear vividly in front of her eyes, expressing her expectations and blessings for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games.
Caofeidian face sculpture is commonly known as "kneading dough man", as a typical Chinese folk art, known as "Chinese sculpture", known as "three-dimensional painting, silent play". The beauty of the face sculpture, the beauty in its natural materials, simple craftsmanship, ethereal state of mind, it is colorful, the image is realistic, immortal and can be preserved for a long time, with high artistic value and collection value.
Live teaching ice piers
As a master of arts and crafts in Tangshan City, Hebei Province, and the inheritor of non-heritage face sculpture, Li Haihua was influenced by her father to learn face sculpture since childhood, and then followed the face sculpture master Peng Xiaoping for further study. In 2019, Li Haihua opened a personal Kuaishou account "Handmade Face Plastic Sea Flower", and the current account fans have exceeded 106,000. At a time when live short videos are in the ascendant, Li Haihua uses the scientific and technological strength and platform advantages of new media to empower herself, develop and excavate the cultural and market value of handmade face sculptures in all aspects, and open up a broader world for the promotion and dissemination of face sculpture intangible cultural heritage. In May 2021, Li Haihua began online live teaching, and with the enthusiasm of the Winter Olympics, Li Haihua also began to create and teach live on related topics.
Year of the Tiger Limited Blind Box
In order to welcome the New Year of the Tiger, Li Haihua created a blind box face sculpture work - Meng Meng Tiger, a cute tiger with different shapes or a hand, or a blessing to welcome the spring, or a difficult action to show the difficulty of the big show, together to pray for the Year of the Tiger
Caofeidian face sculpture originated from the craftsmen scattered among the people, Li Haihua was inherited by her grandfather and father from childhood, with her perseverance and understanding, so that the skills of Caofeidian face sculpture reached pure fire, her art works have participated in large-scale art exhibitions in Malaysia and other countries, in 2016 in the Mongolian Jiliao Cultural Exposition, the work "Tang Caofei" won the first prize, and her works have reached more than 200 categories. Nowadays, Caofeidian face sculpture has become quite influential in the local area and is deeply loved by the public.
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