Chapter 66 The Fear of Egg Carving Realism
From "a beautiful full moon" to "fear of disasters", this is a very unpopular challenge for Donghuang traditional art in the eyes of most people.
Fortunately, the teaching and research groups of Yong'an College were not at all dissatisfied with the topic that deviated from their comfort zone.
Because they know that what Yongan College and Yongan Theme Park have to do now is never to "copy" in a conservative way, but to create something innovative based on traditional skills.
Therefore, none of those who choose to work at Yongan College are so-called "old stubborn".
Whether something is good or not needs to be tested by the market. Niche things may be buried due to insufficient publicity. But more often, it is because they themselves do not have "universality".
This is the psychological preparation they made when they chose to come to Yong'an College.
Moreover, now they are no longer engaged in the "internal fighting" behind closed doors as before, but are competing with other "peers" on behalf of their own inherited skills.
At this time, whoever "stands still" will be the first to be eliminated by the times.
This is also a major reason why most young skill inheritors choose to come to Yong'an College. But what Jia Wenyan didn't expect was that just when she thought this should only be the idea of the young group.
The first person to submit a proposal was Master Shan, who was the oldest and had the longest working experience in the teaching and research group of Yongan College.
Shan Tianyun is an egg carving craftsman from Shanghai.
At the age of 58, he is the oldest member of the teaching and research group at Yong'an College.
The combination of him being an old senior and a native of Shanghai really makes it easy for "outsiders" like them to form a negative "stereotype" of him.
But what no one expected was that not only was Mr. Shan the first to submit his work among all the members of the teaching and research group, but his design was also so bold that it shocked everyone.
Egg carving is an art form that carves paintings on bird eggshells, which has very demanding requirements on the craftsman's skills and mentality.
But at the same time, due to the limitations of the eggshell itself on the creative space, the main direction of most egg carving works is to be exquisite and delicate.
But Master Shan’s design this time completely broke everyone’s stereotype about egg carving.
Not only did he break his usual habit by using a "broken" eggshell design this time.
They even plan to add "imitation liquid" similar to "egg liquid" into the eggshell of the egg carving.
People can see a "formed" "baby" in the broken eggshell, staring desperately at the world in front of it, which should have allowed it to fly freely in the blue sky.
Although what the teaching and research group saw at that moment was just a flat design drawing, they could clearly feel the biting chill from the fragility of life.
The fragility and cruelty of life is indeed the most frightening theme. But this is not the end, because Master Shan has prepared two other designs besides this broken "eggshell".
It was a pair of black and white eggshells.
On one side is the ideal girl, who spreads her white wings like an angel under the expectation of her mother and the world. On the other side is the "opposite sex" in a muddy and poisonous swamp.
People can only recognize each other's existence from the remnants that have not been completely corroded.
That is the other side of the "Angel Girl". Unfortunately, she did not fully develop in the eggshell, like a porcelain doll that could break at any time.
People could capture her beauty from what was left of her face, but they couldn't help but feel instinctive disgust and even retching because of her rotten and mutated body.
"growing up……"
Jia Wenyan unconsciously focused her attention on the title of the application again.
Growth... This is a very ordinary topic in the eyes of most people. But the difference is that Master Shan did not focus his perspective on the beauty of life.
He was referring to the impact of the external environment on the birds.
The same fledgling, under the guidance of true care and love, grows into an angel that can guide the world towards a bright future.
However, birds that break out of their eggshells too early become the disgusting "scum" in the eyes of the world because of their insufficient development.
Growth is gradual and forced.
The simplest and most common things represent the darkest reality.
In addition, around the eggshells are bird nests made of paulownia flowers and dead branches.
Rebirth from the fire is a symbol of the Phoenix's arrival, but it is not the way for ordinary birds to become a Phoenix.
You can't turn a pheasant into a phoenix by building a phoenix nest for its chicks.
Two egg carvings may seem insignificant at first glance, but once the two works are placed together, people will unconsciously think of the most common things around them.
The flame of the Phoenix's reincarnation is a breeding ground for the Phoenix, but it will become a karmic fire that destroys everything if it is placed on an ordinary chick.
Not all birds become phoenixes.
Birds of prey cannot be raised in greenhouses, and the poultry industry does not need to become dominant.
Whether it is an eagle or a rooster, growth is not a mutation.
As they were all practitioners, they could naturally feel the darkness that Master Shan wanted to imply. However, just when they thought this was the end, Master Shan drew a design on the back of the last design drawing, which frightened countless young people.
It was a picture of two students studying in a "spacious and bright" classroom.
This is actually a very beautiful scene, but for these literary and artistic workers who have just read the so-called "growth" theme, their thoughts will always unconsciously think of some more sensitive aspects.
Especially when they saw that the students' desks were not tidy, but instead the "Five-Year College Entrance Examination and Three-Year Simulation" book full of "contemporary significance" was exposed in the messy "sea of books", all the young people present felt a chill unconsciously.
It is true that they are the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage technologies, but in this era of universal education, even the inheritors are mostly ordinary people who have experienced normal education.
That was the most instinctive fear of this era, especially when they felt the eyes of the boy in the picture looking out the window in the hollow multi-layer eggshell design.
The yearning for freedom conveys not pursuit but abandonment.
That real yet extremely pure fairy tale gave goose bumps to everyone present.
It is obviously a very beautiful picture, but as viewers, they will always unconsciously direct their thoughts to the darkest past after watching the first few pictures.
Shan Tianyun: "How about it? If possible, I can make the effect even more extreme."
"Reality is always more terrifying than fantasy, because fiction is always fiction. Only the most real things that everyone has experienced can truly awaken the purest fear in people's hearts."
Fumang: "'But if we give something like this directly to tourists, will it be..."
Jia Wenyan: "It will become a nightmare for many young tourists. But I think the reason why Mr. Shan put the egg sculpture that grew after decaying in the front is that he did not intend to present these egg sculptures to the audience in the order we know them."
Jia Wenyan: "I guess Mr. Shan wanted to make these egg sculptures like Easter eggs, waiting for tourists to discover and associate with them."
Shan Tianyun: "Yes, whether it is gender discrimination, fertility traps or domestic violence, many very cruel things are hidden in the beauty of reality."
"My understanding of horror themes is to use beautiful scenes to express and metaphorically represent the real fears that really strike people's hearts."
"For example, this egg sculpture that represents decay and failure, I will use the same incomplete beauty as the 'Venus de Milo' to guide people to imagine how beautiful she would be if she were complete."
"Each of these egg carvings is a separate work of art, but as long as someone links them together through my name as the artist, it will lead to and associate a variety of stories with completely different styles."
There was almost no fluctuation in Shan Tianyun's tone, but at this moment, the teaching and research group in the conference room who had witnessed and understood his entire presentation and explanation process were all shocked by the derived and associated scenes.
"This Mr. Shan is definitely a tough guy who you cannot afford to offend."
"The creation of human heart is always more fascinating than a simple picture."
At that moment, many people in the teaching and research group began to think about whether they had other adjustment plans.
Seeing this, Jia Wenyan did not disturb everyone's thoughts anymore.
She knew how stimulating such an atmosphere would be to every creator.
She looked through Shan Tianyun's design carefully. Although it was a realistic painting, both from the style of the design and the stacking of surrounding elements, it can be seen that the other party was trying to fit in with Yongan College as much as possible, as well as the future Yongan Theme Park's theme design which tends to be in the Chinese style or "Chinese comics".
The older you get, the wiser you get. Master Dan not only captured the themes of netizens in his own way, but also gave his works more possibilities in IP extension.
Especially when she saw the "reflection mirror" representing the parallel world channel in the annotation materials submitted by Dan Tianyun not long after, many thematic stories that were very suitable for transmission and extension emerged in her mind unconsciously.
It was a bronze mirror that integrated various Donghuang cultures.
In addition to the copper mirror in the central area, its frame also incorporates a variety of traditional techniques such as jade carving, porcelain carving, kingfisher feather inlay, and kesi silk.
The totems of various mythical beasts on it were deeply attracting Jia Wenyan's attention.
Thinking of this look, Jia Wenyan said: "Teacher Shan, if the subsequent works can really achieve the effect you described in the plan, I will personally complete the reflection mirror you drew."
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