How is clay sculpture made?

Clay sculpture, commonly known as "painted sculpture", is an ancient and common folk art in China folk tradition. That is, folk handicrafts that shape clay into various images. The production method is to mix a little cotton fiber into the clay, tamp it evenly, knead it into mud blanks with various patterns, dry it in the shade, coat it with base powder, and then color it.

It takes soil as raw material, hand-shaped, or plain or colorful, with figures and animals as the main ones. Clay sculpture is commonly known as "painted sculpture" and "clay play" among the people. Clay sculpture originated in Fengxiang County, Baoji City, and is popular in Shaanxi, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Henan and other places.

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Clay sculpture art is a folk art in China. Folk artists can make exquisite small crafts with natural or cheap materials, which is deeply loved by people. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, folk colored sculptures were loved by ordinary people, the most famous being the clay figurine Zhang in Tianjin and the Huishan clay figurine in Wuxi.

It has already gone abroad and become a messenger of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. It has crossed the ocean and been accepted and loved by more and more countries and people. Although clay sculpture is not based on technology, it does add a new bright spot to your life. Simple, intuitive, real and more "zero distance". The collection time is also very challenging and valuable.

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