Gao Shuang, a native of Zhenping County, Henan Province, born in 1962, is a master of jade carving in Henan Province and a master of arts and crafts in Henan Province.
From 1987 to 1990, he was engaged in carving work in Zhenping Jade Factory in Henan Province, in 1990 he was the workshop director and designer of Pingzhanglin Jade Factory in Henan Province, and since 2003, he has been engaged in jade carving design in Sihui City, Guangdong Province.
The pre-design and production is mainly based on characters, the shape of the work is won by oddness, the characters pursue god-like, the lines are concise, and the main body is prominent. After 2002, he is committed to the exploration and creation of jade reliefs, the works have rich cultural connotations, and the head drawings draw on the characteristics of Chinese painting creation, which is novel and unconventional, and has a far-reaching artistic conception.
Talking about the creation of jade carving, Master Gao Shuang said: Jade carving design should be adapted to the material. According to the shape of the jade (square, rectangular, round, oval, fan, waist circle, etc.) and the distribution of texture, cracks, defects and colors, find a theme that is most suitable for it, coordinate the arrangement, and rational layout. When processing the picture, it can transcend the limitations of time and space, and recombine the objective scenery according to its own "idea" and "place Chen Bushi", so that the work can achieve the beauty of the form and the depth of the artistic conception. It is necessary to make the guests and hosts have a reasonable choice and make reasonable choices. The vividness and fullness of a work often depends on the author's cutting of natural scenes.
"Touching tens of millions of flowers, pleasing only two or three branches" is the most commonly used trade-off method for composition. In terms of trade-offs, he boldly uses the technique of freehand flowers and birds, taking one corner of it, out of one branch, and with the horizontal lines of the garden railing, so that the simple, graceful and detailed features of the picture have been carefully portrayed. It is also necessary to be dense and natural. Chinese painting attaches great importance to the rhythmic sense of composition, which puts the picture in a musical beauty, sometimes with passionate singing, sometimes with soothing whispers. Learn to depict the objects that need to be expressed in a specific and vivid image for people to watch, and those empty and open places on the screen are left for people to taste and cause associations.
Master Gao Shuang's most famous work is the "Map of the Qingming River" that won the special gold medal of the "Hundred Flowers Award", and the rough stone material of the work is the old pit species of Myanmar and the three-color high-grade jadeite, weighing 2.2 tons. The jadeite cut into 25 pieces was combined into a jadeite screen with a total length of 9.6 meters, a width of 60 centimeters and a thickness of 1.5 centimeters, which was about twice the size of the original painting. In the works that are nearly 10 meters long, a total of more than 600 people of various colors are carved, more than 60 livestock of various kinds, boats, pavilions, carriages and horses, etc. The exquisite carving of the details and the vividness of the charm are breathtaking. The unique fresh and elegant color of jadeite gives a new artistic conception to the traditional famous paintings, making the whole picture look new and highlighting the characteristics of the times. In particular, the masters used the technique of carving to express the visual effect of Chinese freehand painting, creating an imaginary space where virtual reality is born, making people feel as if they are in a fairyland.
Some of the winning works:
In 2007, jadeite insert "Butterfly" won the bronze medal of "Tiangong Award"
In 2008, the jade ornament "Ruyi" won the silver medal of the "Hundred Flowers Award"
In 2009, jadeite insert "Crane Shou Millennium" won the silver medal of the "Hundred Flowers Award"
In 2012, the jadeite jade carving "Qingming Upper River Map" won the special gold medal of the "Hundred Flowers Award" of Chinese jade ware
In 2012, the jadeite work "Bouquet" won the gold medal of the "Dahe Cup" Master Jade Carving Exhibition
In 2015, the work "Fragrant Mountain Five Elders" won the silver medal of the "Divine Work Award"