For crafts such as cloisonné enamel, if Chen Wenzhe has the ability and the opportunity, he also hopes to combine cloisonné enamel painting with public welfare undertakings to make intangible cultural heritage techniques more valuable.
This is a higher level of spiritual pursuit. It turns out that Chen Wenzhe would never have thought of this.
However, as a craftsman with a civilization inheritance system, inheriting civilization should be put on the agenda.
After thinking wildly for a while, Chen Wenzhe once again carefully crafted a small pendant in front of him.
It's not a big pot, or dishes, it's just a cloisonné enamel pendant.
This craft is also very simple. This is the soul of ancient gold - cloisonné enamel!
If done well, the pictures on it will be as beautiful as oil paintings on gold.
Cloisonné enamel is a type of enamel craft. When used on ancient gold jewelry, it is equivalent to injecting soul into it.
At this time, the jewelry immediately became colorful and had content!
It's really like laying a layer of oil painting on gold, it's so beautiful.
Enamel can be regarded as a kind of pigment, not a gem, but it has the color of a gem.
Ancient people also used it to replace precious gems that are difficult to process.
The so-called filigree refers to cutting out patterns and shapes with borders on the surface of gold jewelry.
Then it is filled with enamels of different colors, and then fired. Finally, it is crystal clear and the color is pure and true.
The pattern of well-made cloisonné enamel has a very obvious shape and a strong three-dimensional effect, which is convenient for expressive expression.
Especially the depictions of animals are particularly vivid, and the overall colors are also very layered.
Why is it said that enamel is like oil painting?
Because its colors are thick and gradient, it can be turbid or clear, just like painting freely.
As a result, jewelry has a more exciting way to open it. If it is just a pure gold pendant, it will still feel a bit bland.
Filigree is actually a type of ancient gold craft. In layman's terms, it means pinching gold into thin filaments, making it more delicate and textured.
Another example is that some flowers need to be expressed very delicately and require the use of filigree craftsmanship, which are all products of meticulous craftsmanship.
The current pendant made by Chen Wenzhe uses filigree to represent the roots of the lotus, which also shows the leaping action of the carp, which makes people feel that it is very rich in content.
In fact, this is not only using ancient methods, but also drawing on modern people's aesthetic art.
Compared with gemstones, enamel is more affordable for daily use.
Large gems are not easy to cut and set, nor can they be filled freely like enamel.
But in terms of effect, they are comparable.
Take this slightly larger pendant as an example. Its surface is made of thin filaments, inlaid with red agate, and also matched with enamel.
It’s not much, but it’s the finishing touch, and it doesn’t increase the cost too much. The ancient gold jewelry instantly becomes expressive.
Pay attention to the color matching, let the "gold" of ancient gold become the background color of enamel, and use red, blue, and white to harmonize.
This color is neutral and classic, festive and eye-catching!
Coupled with cartoon auspicious animals and plants with good meanings, gold jewelry will become more exquisite and cute.
Ancient gold jewelry using cloisonné enamel technology can also better express Chinese style through the combination of patterns and colors.
Secondly, we can seek changes while maintaining stability, explore various forms of expression, and help create national fashion jewelry.
This can be considered a trend! If you want to make more, there are pendants, necklaces, hand tags, bracelets, bracelets, etc.
These jewelry can be made using the ancient gold cloisonné enamel technique.
Of course, compared to real cloisonné works, these are just trails.
However, Chen Wenzhe was still afraid that he would not be able to make a large jar of cloisonné at once!
After all, if it is a large piece, the area of the enamel painting on it will be too large.
If you are not skilled, it is easy to make mistakes.
This waste of effort is really too much. If you fail once, a month, or three to five months, will be wasted.
In this case, he might as well start small.
After making some pendants, he also accumulated some experience in making small enamel paintings, so that he can make some slightly larger enamel paintings next.
At this time, you can go a step further and skillfully use the strangulation technique.
Coupled with the mature strangle enamel pictures, the possibility of failure in making complex copper-embedded enamel vessels in the future will be much smaller.
You must know that this is the production of cloisonne. In the splendid cultural and artistic history of the Chinese nation, cloisonne is undoubtedly a highlight.
Cloisonne is made of gold, silver, and copper. Its craftsmanship began in Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty. When it was first created, it was only blue, so it got the name - cloisonne.
Today, this craft has been sublimated into the form of "cloisonné enamel painting" and shines with dazzling light.
"Filigree enamel" is made of copper, gold, etc., fired with thin flat copper wires and pinched into various patterns.
Then, the small compartments surrounded by copper wire facades are filled with enamel glaze, and are repeatedly fired and gilded to form a gorgeous enamel craft product.
"Cloisonne Enamel Painting" breaks through the limitations of traditional cloisonne, which can only be used for artistic creation on various three-dimensional shapes, and extends cloisonné art to two-dimensional works.
As Chen Wenzhe knows, there are many teams that combine this traditional craft with modern elements such as fashion and animation.
They simplified the original complex process, leaving only three steps: rubbing, filigree, and blue dotting.
It also integrates the two major arts of filigree enamel and graphic painting, attracting the attention and experience of more urban young people.
Compared with traditional cloisonné, filigree enamel painting has stronger craftsmanship, flexibility and customization.
People can choose their favorite patterns for creation, including landscapes, flowers and birds, thangkas, murals, cartoons and even game characters.
In some recent activities, the "millennium-resistant" enamel glaze and the colorful Dunhuang murals have been perfectly integrated, creating amazing sparks.
Is this considered innovation? Unfortunately, Chen Wenzhe has been on the road of imitation and learning. Innovation is indeed difficult to achieve!
A line is a trace of affection; a touch of paint is a sustenance.
Hundreds of years ago, craftsmen spread their pens and inks, sketched with filigree, and fired with blue dots, composing a song of copper and fire;
Hundreds of years later, urbanites are writing brilliantly, studying with great concentration, and creativity is emerging, continuing the beauty and romance of traditional art.
From heavy cloisonné vessels to cloisonné enamel paintings, it is a continuation, a heritage, awe and admiration.
This kind of intangible cultural heritage "picked out" by fingertips, especially the cloisonné enamel paintings, is amazing!
Therefore, if you want to make cloisonne, you must first study it systematically.
There is always a process for an art from its creation, invention, development, to its peak.
And understanding this process makes it easier to learn this craft.
Let’s talk about filigree enamel art, which roughly originated in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
According to Cao Zhao, a scholar at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he confirmed the existence of filigree enamel craftsmanship in "Ge Gu Yao Lun", which was called "Ghost Country Kiln" at that time.
Cloisonné enamel painting is derived from cloisonné, a treasure of Chinese art.