Guo Yongxiao presented Ge Jun with the calligraphy work "The Big Ship Crosses the Sea". Meng Li/Photo
Guo Yongxiao's new work "Disc Up", made of Duan Clay. Meng Li/Photo
Red Net Moment, October 8 (Correspondent Meng Li) In the past few days, seal engraver Guo Yongxiao and Ge Jun, a master of arts and crafts, a master of ceramic art, and the director of the Purple Sand Cultural Research Center of the China Ceramic Culture Research Institute, have carried out exchanges and cooperation in Yixing, Jiangsu Province.
In the exchange activities, Ge Jun spoke highly of Guo Yongxiao's academic achievements and purple sand pot culture. He quoted the Ming Dynasty literary scholar Li Yu as saying: "The famous pot is better than sand, and the essence of the pot is nothing more than Yang envy." Ge Jun pointed out in the exchange: "Guo Yongxiao's works are natural and different in style, and his pottery carvings have taken the lead in the industry to promote the new and the old, and on the basis of combining with classical elements, he has created a unique skill - seal writing into pottery. In particular, he has a pioneering spirit in the contemporary purple sand pot making art, and he applies seal engraving to the purple sand pot manufacturing process, thus opening up new artistic prospects. ”
Pottery carving, as an important part of today's purple sand pot arts and crafts field, is a major decorative technique in the pottery manufacturing process. There are two forms of engraving and empty engraving, the engraving is to use a brush to type the ink on the blank, or use wax paper to print the calligraphy and painting on the blank, and then use the engraving knife to carve according to the ink manuscript, generally using the double into the orthogonal knife method. Empty engraving is carved directly on the blank with a knife. However, Guo Yongxiao broke the traditional pattern, he adopted the latter, its sword is majestic, natural beauty, the most important thing is to seal into the book, the knife has a majestic and vigorous power, and there is no lack of supple beauty, giving people a sense of longevity, especially in the contemporary era has a certain historical collection value.
In the interview, Guo Yongxiao said that he was very honored to discuss and exchange with Ge Jun and successfully signed a number of cooperation projects. The event also exhibited a number of "saucer" crafts, which are made of Duan mud, which is a symbiotic mineral soil of Benshan green mud and purple mud, and both Benshan green mud and purple mud are raw ore of purple sand. Guo Yongxiao introduced that the handicrafts on display this time are his latest products, and the biggest highlight is that its disc body uses its own large seal calligraphy carving craft, which is difficult for ordinary calligraphers to do.
Born of pottery, the hero sees the same thing. Ge Jun said: "The symbiotic significance of Duan mud is natural formation, and the nature of the two muds is the same, the original ore of Duan mud is very rare and expensive, and the Yixing pot maker began to use benshan green mud and purple mud to artificially mix to form an unnatural section of mud." Duan mud seems to have only played a role in changing its color in the green mud of this mountain, and there are layers, like jade. In particular, after Guo Yongxiao's pottery carving, it not only breaks the original traditional craftsmanship, but also retains the pottery heritage, and the work has a far-reaching artistic conception, refreshing people's heart, and ancient meaning. ”
At the end of the event, the two sides exchanged views on the development and cooperation of purple sand pot art, and Ge Jun said that he would work together with seal carver Guo Yongxiao to inject strong vitality into Chinese purple sand pot art. At the same time, Guo Yongxiao presented Ge Jun with a fine calligraphy - "The Big Ship Crosses the Sea", symbolizing smooth sailing and looking forward to a better future.