Landscape sculpture making

The detailed process of landscape sculpture production includes the following points:

First, prepare mud for processing

Remove the impurities in the mud directly generated from the ground, beat manually with hammers and wooden sticks, and can be processed by mud-pounding machines where conditions permit. The mud that is too wet should be put into the indoor ventilation place first, and the mud should be blown dry to the appropriate humidity; The over-dry mud should be crushed first, placed in a container, soaked in the right amount of water, and then stirred. Finally, the soil should be soft and hard, non-sticky hands are better, and the treated mud block should be placed in the cylinder or other container tools, covered with a wet cloth or plastic sheet to maintain a certain humidity, and set aside.

Second, build the inner skeleton

Wood, woodblocks, wires, steel bars, iron nails, etc. are commonly used to build skeletons. The skeleton of the clay sculpture is like the skeleton of the human, which plays the role of support and connection, and is the basic condition of the clay sculpture, which cannot be ignored. To build the skeleton, pay attention to:

1. The skeleton should be firm to ensure the stability of the clay sculpture, and it should not tilt or collapse after the mud;

2. After piling the mud, it should be made so that it does not drop the mud, nor does it expose the shelf;

3. To reflect the general shape of the sculpture;

4. The skeleton should be simple, easy to change and disassemble when molding.

Third, the large mud pile is large

Once the mud and skeleton are ready, you can start working on the mud. Spray water on the skeleton once so that the mud block and the skeleton can be firmly combined and not easy to fall. When the mud is put on, the mud blocks are piled on the skeleton piece by piece, pressed and solid by hand, and then added mud layer by layer, and the mud blocks are beaten firmly with a mallet or a clay plate. When going to the mud, we must look at the big picture, start from the whole, and avoid shrinking our hands and feet and falling into the shaping of local details. Landscape sculpture is a three-dimensional entity, and each time you add mud, you must take care of the relationship between the viewpoints, often turn the sculpture table, and constantly observe and compare. Mud can't be piled up at once, as long as it accumulates into a large amount.

Fourth, in-depth shaping

On the basis of accurate large forms and proportions, we can enter the stage of deep shaping. With the deepening of local and detailed parts, the clay body mass gradually enters place. Do the part to often compare with the whole, so that the part obeys the whole. In the process of in-depth shaping, it is necessary to continuously adjust and grasp the relationship between the whole and the part, deal with the relationship between the part and the details, and repeatedly deliberate, and always grasp the principle of the whole - part - the whole. As long as the whole is accurately grasped, the part can be done correctly, the part can be done correctly, the part can be done well, and the whole will be more substantial and perfect. Usually when going deep into the local area, the energy is very concentrated, often in one side of the molding time is too long and forget to turn the sculpture table, the more detailed this, the easier the volume is flattened. Attention is always maintained for overall observation and shaping. In addition, pay attention to symmetry, and draw a centerline on the clay sculpture to check, compare and correct.

V. Adjustment and unification

In the in-depth stage, it is inevitable that some local details will be too prominent, the great turning point of the form will be weakened, the lack of coherence between the forms or the rigidity of the treatment, etc. At the stage of adjustment and unification, it will be necessary to adjust it to the overall relationship.