The first Chinese wax figure Ai Desheng is a guest at China.com·Binhai High-tech Interview
Guest: Ai Desheng, Associate Professor of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin Arts and Crafts Master, Member of China Arts and Crafts Society, Member of Sculpture Committee of China Arts and Crafts Society Introduction: Ai Desheng, has long been engaged in the research and artistic creation of super-realism sculpture and wax figure art. Exhibitions in museums, memorials, and wax museums in Tianjin, Hebei, Dalian, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Tibet, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and other countries. He is currently the head of the wax figure creation room of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Wax figure chief creator, National Museum China Wax Museum, Xiamen World Celebrity Wax Museum wax figure, Dalian World Celebrity Wax Museum wax figure art chief creator.
[China Net·Binhai Hi-tech]: In terms of materials and craftsmanship, do you have any unique things of your own?
[Ai Desheng]: It should be said that the materials used are all unique because this material is prepared by myself, not that I can use it after I buy it, because it is not a work of art used in many places in China. Therefore, those who do research will not conduct research or mass production at this point and can use it when they are used. Many things are to combine the purchased things with your own research. Silicone rubber is also used. After all, you can use the purchased silicone rubber. Silicone rubber is originally a good material, but it is not easy to take. It's ready to use.
I used real hair for quite a long time. That was because an old gentleman saved a lot. But I looked for it later, especially since this kind of long hair is getting less and less. So some things have to be replaced by other materials, such as industrial silk combined with some real hair, because the hair cannot be used at any time, the longer the hair, the less, so this method can only be used instead. But there is a convenience now that there are more and more makeup techniques and better and better, which also creates a good condition for the wax figure. Therefore, a wax figure artist must have a deep artistic accomplishment, modeling ability, a deep literary foundation, and makeup skills, including an understanding of clothing, an understanding of history, an understanding of historical clothing, including An understanding of props.
[China Net·Binhai Hi-tech]: What do you think is the most difficult problem in making wax figures?
[Ai Desheng]: Actually, the most difficult thing is the styling stage, because our country has the best makeup artist, the best costume artist, and the best sculptor, but none of them can make wax figures well. The requirements for making wax figures are very, very like, but this image must be 95%, 98%, or even 100% in order to have a visual effect on the audience. Because not every audience understands modeling, but it is very accurate to distinguish the portrait. Even children and old women can know that the portrait I made is still not the same, so it is the most difficult to make a wax figure. Where is it difficult? The painting only draws one angle, but it is not enough to make a wax figure. It must be like 360 degrees, and every angle feels like him. It is very easy to draw a portrait from an angle; but if all 360 degrees are similar, the relationship between each degree of 360 degrees must be very accurate, which is very difficult to achieve. The photo is a two-dimensional space, and the wax image is a three-dimensional space. We turn the two-dimensional space into a three-dimensional space. Relatively speaking, it is very, very difficult, because the human head is very precise. Everyone has facial features, hair, face, Although the bones are very close, the human brain is very accurate, which is ugly, which is beautiful, which is accurate, and which is inaccurate. Once distinguished, it can be distinguished, but if he is asked to do it, we can’t do it. We are just distinguishing. It is made on the basis of repeated revisions. This is the reason why we use wax. It requires repeated revisions.
