the top one craft artist in the field of the present metal forging techniques
the first-class craft artist
the third generation successor of “Beijing Palace Workshops traditional metal forging skills ”.
In the past, it was rare that the experienced carving craftsmen all came from the common because of the severe hierarchy. And they all came from the Palace Workshops. At the end of Qing Dynasty, a sibling of ShiRong and ShiFu opened a Ronghe copper Buddha Workshop at the AnDing Square. In 1947, ShiXingfei, son of ShiRong, inherited the ancestral handmade workshop and its craftsmanship,has changed the former name of the workshop as ShiXingfei copper product factory,MengDeren is his apprentice.
In1943, Master MengDeren was born in Beijing; In 1973, Master MengDeren was under the tutorship of ShiXingfei at Beijing Metal Craftsmanship workshop ,he had been engaging in the designing and production of the metal craftsmanship.Therefore, it can said to the insuperable arts milestone in the field of present copper carving . It took his 50 years to invent Meng’s metal craftsmanship and to instruct his apprentice ChenMinghua with building the brand “RuiMao Copper Arts”, so he has become seventy years of age from youth, he is preseverant for inheriting the national intangible cultural heritage of copper carving craftsmanship.
“Meng’s metal craftsmanship”(refers to Ruimao Copper Arts) is marked by GuFaChenXing, applying forging techniques and the strength of your hands for its shape. It can fully develop its characteristics, which is in the pursuit of precise shape, vivid description , vigorous and forcible texture. That is so-called characteristics:delicate ,elegant ,peculiar, and mellow.
On the basis of the traditional metal carving techniques, Master MengDeren is good at learning from others’ excellent works and making up for his own characteristics in arts , in order to gradually innovate the designing style in his works. On account of its metal texture and the special metal carving techniques, Master Meng is not only novel in the whole designing, but also abundant for cultural connotations, which embodies fully value of arts and craftsmanship in his copper works , so that meet all sectors’ requirements on the society. In the meantime , using multicultural in artistic ability can be greatly enhanced its mastery through integrated various artistic forms such as the metal forging techniques ,paintings and sculptures .
Master MengDeren’s works have been enjoyed a high reputation home and abroad , his masterpiece “DaMo” has been collected by connoisseurs from Hongkong,Japan,Canada and so on . WuLiangGongFo has been consecrated in TianWang Palace, Beihai Park ,while his large sculpture mural “bright sunshine around ,natural beauty 500m2” ,designed for the Chinese Buddhist Associations in 2006,has been worshiped at LingGuang Temple,
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