In order to help students majoring in Arts and Crafts to break through the limitations of thinking, expand their artistic horizons, and improve their interests in learning pottery and sculpture, the School of Art Design and Culture Media held a sharing meeting on “Shiwan Pottery and Sculpture Technique” on September 27th in Classroom 3. Vice President of the school Zhao Jianming, Zhou Pinzong and other leaders and teachers attended the meeting. Mr. Wen Dongdong, an intermediate craft artist, was the main speaker for this experience sharing on Shiwan pottery and sculpture.

Photo Sharing Meeting on “Shiwan Pottery and Sculpture Technique ”

　　Shiwan pottery and sculpture technique is a local folk traditional pottery making technique in Foshan City, Guangdong Province. Mr. Wen Dongdong brought a grand visual feast to the teachers and students at the scene from the contents of Shiwan pottery and sculpture culture and history, the training process of Foshan pottery and sculpture Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the “Accident-Double Sculpture Exhibition” in Foshan, etc., and conducted a comprehensive analysis of Shiwan pottery and sculpture culture based on his own experience.

　　Photo of Mr. Wen Dongdong Introducing Shiwan Pottery and Sculpture Technique

Photo of Students Listening Carefully to Mr. Wen Dongdong’s Sharing

　　Shiwan pottery and sculpture technique has the characteristics of humanity, locality and nationality, and has a unique artistic style in creation. The subjects of Shiwan pottery sculpture are rich in content, such as flowers, birds, fishes and insects, beasts and domestic animals, fruits and vegetables, work in the field, scenes of life, historical figures, opera stories, etc. Mr. Wen Dongdong introduced in detail the pottery sculpture technique of Shiwan doll. Represented by the figure shape, the pottery sculpture technique of “Shiwan dolls” has a good combination of form and spirit, which absorbs the essence of various cultures and arts, combines high realism and moderate exaggeration, and combines both the interest of life and the taste of art, forming a distinctive local style. Teachers and students at the scene listened attentively to Mr. Dongdong Wen’s sharing and were immersed in it. “Pottery is to express the artist’s thoughts through a certain carrier, and the inclusiveness of Shiwan pottery is more focused on the tolerance of humanistic culture and the acceptance of various cultures’ development and growth in Shiwan.” Mr. Wen Dongdong said. He hoped that the students can inherit and carry forward China’s excellent traditional culture, take over the “baton” of history, and find a new balance between tradition and modernity, art and market, specifically in the field of Shiwan pottery and sculpture, the production of materials, techniques, experience and skills in pottery, aesthetic culture and other fields.

　　Group Photo of Faculties and Staff

　　The sharing meeting “Shiwan Pottery and Sculpture Technique”, enabled all students of the Arts and Crafts major to have a deeper understanding of pottery and sculpture, and further cultivated students’ interest in Shiwan ceramic culture and discovered ceramic talents.