Reflections on ancient handmade hairpins

I don't know much about handmade ornaments, and I am eager to see those exquisite and beautiful pictures. Finally, I got my first income, bought a material bag and went home, and then I got stuck in the pit and couldn't get out.

Now I have graduated and got paid, and I have started the journey of handmade hairpins. Unconsciously accumulated a lot of material, the material is there, but the brain hole is not always there. Many times, I have copper wire and flowers in my hand, and I don't know what to do. Sometimes I do it halfway, all kinds of dissatisfaction, and start over.

I often read in books that some people will be addicted to something they like when they meet it. In my opinion, making antique ornaments is the same. When I wasn't trapped in my brain at first, I got busy as soon as I got the materials. All kinds of pliers are used alternately, and the time passed when I was doing it, and it passed quickly. This feeling is like going back to school and encountering a series of problems that I can do, and I can't stop at all. I still want to keep doing it, because the full sense of accomplishment is really fascinating.

At first, I came into contact with handmade hair clips through the tutorial attached to the material packaging. These parts are connected by glue. Although there is nothing wrong with the surface, it is really terrible to turn to the back! I don't know what kind of coincidence happened, so I went into the hairpin bar. There are all kinds of tutorials in the bar. From this, I know that in addition to flower pieces, there are silk flower, glue drops, flower liquid and so on. I also know that besides glue, winding copper wire is also an important part.

There are many experts in the bar, and many hairpins on display are beyond people's reach. Their technology is beyond the reach of a small white like me. I spent a long time watching tutorials in bars, and I am very grateful to these predecessors who wrote tutorials for Xiaobai without asking for anything in return.

In this world, a lot of knowledge is actually open and free. Just like the predecessors of the bar, many experts are willing to share their experiences with others and make progress together. Then what we little whites have to do is to collect these tutorials everywhere and learn by ourselves. If we don't understand anything, someone will always answer it. Even if no one answers them, we will get the answer through continuous learning and exploration.

Making antique hair clips is also a learning process. Each component is like a knowledge point. After being connected in series, you can make exquisite hairpins. In real life, scattered pieces of knowledge are like flowers in the means of production. We may have many ideas, but the key connection point is like an open circle. Although it is a small part, it is related to the production of many ornaments.

Now, I have been squatting in the hairpin pit for a long time. I don't know when to leave, but it's also a great sense of accomplishment to watch the hairpin born in my own hands.

Every weekend, I spend a long time thinking about new styles. This week, I made many new earrings and watched them hang on the jewelry rack. I'm really happy!