Prof Wu Yuanxin: The Way To Protect The Blue Printed Cloth

Professor Wu Yuanxin, the first representative of the national intangible cultural heritage and professor of Chinese arts and crafts, presented a lecture on the protection and inheritance of blue cloth.

In the lecture, Professor Wu first described his "blue and white love" with blue printed cloth.

From the young age, he taught the folk artist Huang Shifu as an apprentice in the dyed cloth room, and studied printing and dyeing technology to acquire art major. The blue print technique has been developed for 30 years.

In the absence of funds and support, he insisted on doing blue.

The collection, integration and research work has been striving for the inheritance and development of blue printing technology.

Speaking of the pattern design of blue calico and how to preserve this ancient art and bring forth new ideas, Wu believes that folk art is the most "Earth" and the most "foreign".

Pattern is a very important design element in Chinese traditional culture. It will not only appear in brocade, but also in traditional works of art, such as silverware, ceramics, etc.

Therefore, pattern creation should learn to draw inspiration from various patterns, develop ideas, and reverse old concepts in design.

The design is presented to make the old art vibrant.

In the lecture, we also enjoyed the blue print cloth products and works of art created by Professor Wu.

These designs have unique cultural symbols and modern fashion taste.

Although the market is still full of computer stereotypes,

Pirate blue printed cloth products, but Professor Wu is still sticking to himself. No matter how complicated the pattern is and how complex the design is, he will present the design with the traditional handicraft method, so that he can truly display the technology of blue printed cloth in the "modern" way.

At the end of the lecture, Professor Wu also had a heated discussion with the trainees, and warned the students not to forget their original minds, to improve their artistic accomplishment and taste, to dare to break through themselves, and to be confident of their skills, and to inherit and develop folk crafts and folk culture.

In Wu Yuanxin's view, it is imminent to protect traditional crafts.

The last batch of people who own blue print cloth have grown old. If he does not collect these works of art, the final fate of the blue printed cloth will be turned into dust by burning.

With his continuous efforts, an elegant and elegant blue print Gallery has been built in Nantong, Jiangsu, and has become a window to understand the art and culture of blue print.

This gallery not only collects scattered blue prints as a display, but also teaches and demonstrates the process flow of blue printed cloth, and also produces its own handmade blue printed cloth.

The successful operation of the blue printed cloth museum not only protects the existing blue printed cloth, but also inherits and promotes the art to the world.

Now, under the guidance of Professor Wu, the blue calico has entered many countries, making the world know and love this traditional Chinese craft.