Yubei partner 丨Gu Guoqiang to create the ultimate Chinese style high end .

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-01-28

Gu Guoqiang Hualong Net (reporter Wang Qinglian practical Xi Chen Hongying) A pair of skillful hands use tweezers to pinch strands of gold wire as thin as a hair to outline a butterfly pattern, inlaid with red agate, after layers of processes, a butterfly brooch made of gold wire inlaid with agate comes into view. This butterfly brooch pendant is from the hand of Gu Guoqiang, a post-90s Chongqing school filigree inlay intangible inheritor.

Gold mining is silk, and it is browed by hand. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Wang Qinglian In recent years, Gu Guoqiang, a young man born in the 90s in Chongqing, has been obsessed with filigree inlay, and has become popular on the Internet with his exquisite filigree inlay works. The reporter of Hualong.com walked into the Shugong studio located in Longxi Street, and through the filigree inlaid ornaments such as the dotted peony hairpin and the small goldfish earrings displayed in the window, it seemed to see Gu Guoqiang's filigree work figure before bowing to the case. "I am an art student, I have been interested in traditional culture and painting since I was a child, and after graduating from university, I went to the Forbidden City for a half-year Xi on the restoration of porcelain cultural relics. Gu Guoqiang introduced, in the process of restoring cultural relics in Beijing to study Xi, he happened to see a filigree inlay process made of "silver gilded gourd hairpin", he was amazed by the ingenuity of the predecessors, fell into this exquisite filigree inlay works, and then had a strong interest in filigree inlay. "I found that there are very few people who have mastered the traditional skill of filigree inlay, and many of them are made by masters. At that time, I felt that the things left by my ancestors could not be lost in the hands of our generation. After learning about the dilemma of "green and yellow" inlay filigree, Gu Guoqiang secretly made up his mind. In 2015, Gu Guoqiang, a young man from Chongqing, returned to his hometown and officially learned from Li Changyi, the inheritor of Chongqing municipal filigree inlay. "Gold mining is silk, clever hand knotting, inlaid jade and emerald, is a must. As the first of the "Yanjing Eight Uniques", the filigree inlay contains two techniques: filigree and inlay. "Filigree inlay skills are all practiced, there are no shortcuts. Gu Guoqiang still clearly remembers that when he first learned Xi filigree inlay welding, he was not familiar with solder joints and fire control, so he often burned and burned the filament. For this reason, Gu Guoqiang began to practice Xi welding day after day. From the faint morning to the quiet of the night, Gu Guoqiang always buried his head in the case, carefully compared the design drawing, carefully welded the two patterns together, and stared at the small dots at the weld until his eyes were red. "There's only one small spot in the weld, and if you're not careful, it will burn out, so you have to keep an eye on it. "When welding, there is a blinding fire like the sun, which causes his eyes to unconsciously red, sore, and even tearful, but he still does not stop his movements. Blink, relax, and continue welding, once burned, and then a second time. Gu Guoqiang repeated the same action tirelessly, and with the last successful weld, a few tears slipped through the corners of his eyes, either happy or proud. Communication: Learn Xi and keep pace with the timesWith Gu Guoqiang's gradual mastery of filigree inlay technology, he began to study how to make filigree inlay "fly into" ordinary people's homes, so he made improvements closer to contemporary aesthetics in the design of jewelry appearance and function.

Filigree inlay work. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Wang Qinglian "In order to be more in line with the wearing Xi habits of modern people, I have simplified the complex, integrated modernization and craftsmanship into traditional skills, and designed multi-purpose jewelry suitable for modern people to wear, such as ear needles, brooches, hairpins, etc. Gu Guoqiang introduced while taking out the peony hairpin. Not only that, Gu Guoqiang also boldly integrated Western aesthetic ideas into the appearance style, borrowed from the Western Rococo style and Victorian style, adopted the method of combining Chinese and Western, and integrated Western style into traditional Chinese skills, so as to achieve "Chinese and foreign combinations" and make filigree inlay works that are more suitable for the times. "The rapid development of the new ** has brought great opportunities for the promotion of filigree inlay, and I have not only absorbed more filigree inlay fans through the release of ** and live broadcast on the online social platform, but also pulled the distance between filigree inlay and the public. Gu Guoqiang carried out the restoration of filigree inlaid cultural relics through the live broadcast on the short ** platform, and received many old objects sent by netizens that needed to be repaired, and he felt great trust from strangers, and a sense of pride arose.

At present, there are more than 20 staff members in Shugong Studio. At the same time, in order to better promote filigree inlay to the world, Gu Guoqiang also actively participated in international and domestic exhibitions such as the Beijing International Jewelry Exhibition and the Bayu Folk Customs Exhibition, and his works have also received more attention. "In October, we went to the Wuzhen Theater Festival to hold an exhibition of intangible cultural heritage skills, and by participating in these exhibitions, we also expanded the influence of filigree inlay to a certain extent. Gu Guoqiang said that at present, the studio can produce nearly 1,000 filigree inlay works a year, with buyers all over Beijing, Shanghai, etc., and even some overseas Chinese will take the initiative to contact and buy, buying traditional Chinese handicrafts to send homesickness. "I am a native of Chongqing, and now I have my own studio less than 500 meters away from home, and I feel very satisfied. In 2018, in order to better promote the "Chongqing School Filigree Inlay", Gu Guoqiang, who has achieved a lot of learning, set up the "Shugong Studio" in Longxi Street, Yubei, Chongqing, realizing that the commute only takes "10 minutes". Under the dual influence of the publicity and help of the Longxi Sub-district Office in Yubei and the popularity of Gu Guoqiang's filigree inlay works, more and more people realized the Yupai filigree inlay and were deeply impressed by the unique charm of the filigree inlay, so they began to learn Xi and inherit the road of filigree inlay. At present, there are more than 20 staff members in Shugong Studio, most of whom are post-90s generations in Chongqing who live nearby, and many of them are because they learned about filigree inlay, Gu Guoqiang's works and live broadcasts on the Internet, and came to apprentice and learn Xi filigree inlay skills.

Gu Guoqiang's modern filigree inlay works are simplified. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Wang Qinglian At first, Gu Guoqiang suffered from the fact that the studio was too small and there was no suitable teaching place to teach apprentices, until the Longxi Sub-district Office in Yubei provided him with a place for filigree inlay teaching, and the problem was solved. "Our studio has been recruiting apprentices since 2020, and has held four sessions of filigree inlay training and teaching activities, and has taught more than 20 students, most of whom came to Chongqing from other regions to learn from me, and returned to their hometown to set up their own studio. As he spoke, Gu Guoqiang threaded a finger-thick gold bar into the drawing board and pulled it into a wire to demonstrate to the apprentices on the side. Looking at the appearance of these young craftsmen in the studio studying the various processes of filigree inlay, as if seeing his young self at the beginning, Gu Guoqiang couldn't help but sigh: "Art is a reincarnation, as long as someone loves filigree inlay, then it will not wither." After several years of development, the filigree inlay process has more progress and upgrading, and the next step is to dig deep into its cultural connotation, make both contemporary and historical filigree inlay works, and better inherit the filigree inlay. ”

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