2023Year6moon15On the same day, the Hangzhou Asian Games fire was successfully recovered on Damojiao Mountain in the Heritage Park of Liangzhu Ancient Town, Hangzhou. Under everyone’s attention, the fire messenger dressed in elegant white clothes walked towards the jade-shaped fire device with a fire stick in his hand, focused the light through the concave mirror and managed to light the fire of the Asian Games.
At that time, the young and handsome fire messengers became the focus, and their costumes also amazed the whole world.
The white robe worn by the Fire Envoy was designed by Wu Haiyan, professor and doctoral advisor at the Chinese Academy of Arts. The Fire Messenger’s clothing is an important vehicle that embodies the spirit of the Hangzhou Asian Games and reflects Chinese culture. What is the design concept behind it? What specific techniques are used in making clothes? What’s the story behind all this?
Recently, we entered Wu Haiyan’s studio in Xiangshan Art Town, an art town in Hangzhou, to reveal the little-known stories behind the birth of the Fire Messenger costume.
Get inspired by Liangzhu culture
What do the clothes contain?“Oriental elements”?
Pushing the door of Wu Haiyan’s studio, what appears are several decorative paintings of different styles, and a strong artistic atmosphere hits the face. Looking around, the space is spacious and bright, and the rows of colorful clothes are neatly arranged and eye-catching. Here, Wu Haiyan and his team designed the costumes for the firefighting team at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
A pair of black framed glasses and a pair of black and white polka dot glassesTT-shirt, Wu Haiyan’s outfit gives people the first impression of being simple and fashionable.
“4moon17That day I received the design task. At that time, it was not even close to the Asian Games fire collection ceremony.2Within a few months, all team members immediately dedicated themselves to this work. “Wu Haiyan remembers.
As a senior designer, Wu Haiyan has already undertaken major design tasks several times, leading the team to complete clothing for Shanghai World Expo volunteers,G20Hangzhou Summit volunteer clothing, Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Paralympics award ceremony clothing, etc. This time, she handled the urgent task with ease. “It will definitely be completed on time, with good quality and quantity. »
△Wu Haiyan explains next to the Caihuo clothing sample
Haiyan explained the original design inspiration next to the fire lighting clothing sample. Wu Haiyan excitedly said that she had reviewed the information about the fire lighting ceremony of the previous Olympic Games and Asian Games in advance, and under the careful guidance of the Hangzhou Asian. Games Organizing Committee, integrated into the Asian Games. The design is designed based on four factors: style, Hangzhou culture, urban civilization and label spirit.“The design of Caihuo clothing is based on simple shapes and cleverly combines the civilized elements of Liangzhu’s five thousand years of culture.”
In the end, Wu Haiyan’s team adhered to the principle of both aesthetics and culture: the overall color was mainly off-white, emphasizing the sacredness of the fire lighting scene, the shape of traditional oriental clothing was been adopted;——Chinese style placket with crossed overlay; belt decoration based on Liangzhu jade cong pattern, using3DThe printing technology presents the high-level symbol of Liangzhu civilization: the statues of gods, humans and beasts; the shape of the pendant shows the auspiciousness of Liangzhu Jade Huang.
△Original hand-drawn draft by Ms. Wu Haiyan
The original hand-drawn draft by Ms. Wu Haiyan Wu Haiyan believes that the overall design of Fire Messenger’s costume is“Culture integrates technology and craftsmanship”, behind which lies its interpretation of oriental design and its homage to traditional culture.
The belt is made by 3D printing
As soon as they received the task, Wu Haiyan’s team members took the initiative to abandon all vacations. During the design process, they made countless reinventions and selected the best, and finally arrived at the version that received rave reviews.
“The computer graphics alone were changed hundreds of times. After countless tests and more than ten designs made, the final costume was perfectly presented during the fire gathering ceremony.”
Wu Haiyan highlighted the most eye-catching skirt belt decoration. What kind of ingenuity is hidden here?
△The expected effects of divine and animal facial patterns and belt
The expected effects of divine and animal face and girdle motifs“The inspiration for the flat pattern of the belt comes from the ancient and mysterious facial patterns of Liangzhu gods, humans and animals. For the flat pattern to have the artistic effect of a three-dimensional relief, we can only rely on.3DPrint. Wu Haiyan said the team put a lot of effort into creating the belt.
First, they researched different materials across the country for testing, but problems arose: too thick to tie around the waist and unsightly, too thin to break easily, too hard to bend or too soft to stand up. To this end, the design team experimented with printing dozens of sealing belts and mastered the ingenious integration of materials and technology to achieve the best version.
△The design team inputs the simplified models of each stage of belt trial production into the computer and manages them digitally.
The design team enters the simplified models of each stage of belt trial production into the computer and manages them digitally. Secondly,3DThe color of the printed belt was yellowish, and for a while, off-white raw materials suitable for clothing were not available in the market. Just when everyone was at a loss, an attentive partner on the team studied the composition of the material and discovered that he could use boiling water at high temperatures to fade the yellow color, and the problem was solved. resolved.
△Wu Haiyan and his team discuss the effect of the belt
Wu Haiyan and his team discussed the effect of the sheath. Ultimately, it took a long time to print a sheath.6hours. During this time, people must stay.3DBeside the machine, it can be handled in time when emergency situations such as power outages occur, and the belt will not be scrapped halfway. “The guy who was responsible for making the sheath was very nervous at that time, in order to put it back on as quickly as possible.30I had a belt and stayed up late several times to watch it for half a month. “Wu Haiyan said with emotion.
In addition, the pendants matched with Caihuo’s clothes also experiencedA “tortuous” creative process. Wu Haiyan explained that the pendant was inspired by Liangzhu’s jade huang, and the size of the jade huang should be designed to lock the human body and clothing.VOnly the space between the collar and the collar can be precisely shaped.3DAfter printing the shape, the design team accurately determined the shape and structure of the pendant and decided to use jade material with better shine and feel.
Since no matching casting materials could be found on the Internet, the design team cooperated with a team of jewelry professionals and researched professional markets across the country. It took several weeks to find a manufacturer of jade materials and finishes. The factory soon began processing jade. Firstly, the jade material has been processed according to standards.3DThe printed model is cut from a raw jade sample, then modified into a precise shape, and then polished, drilled and other fine processing is carried out. Finally, it is connected with jade tube beads to become a pendant for the fire gathering ceremony costume. .
“Everything seems simple, but the team spent a lot of time doing it.” Wu Haiyan said frankly.
△3DYuhuang sample effect printed
Originally from Hangzhou, Wu Haiyan believes that Hangzhou’s profound cultural landscape has nourished her and made her particularly sensitive to beautiful things since she was a child. At the same time, her grandmother’s words and actions also influenced her in subtle ways. For as long as she can remember, her grandmother brought out her precious silk clothes every year. It was also the first Chinese silk that Wu Haiyan. came into contact with. From then on, her love for clothes spiraled out of control.
In addition, Wu Haiyan has loved drawing since she was a child. In addition to drawing on paper and books, almost every wall she can reach is painted with various designs.“When I was a child, I was always immersed in painting to express my understanding of the world and my ideas about the sky and the sky,” Wu Haiyan said.
1980 After Wu Haiyan was admitted to the China Academy of Fine Arts (formerly Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts) with high scores, she truly embarked on the path of art. From design training to design research, design services and brand design, Wu Haiyan feels that she enjoys it.
Recent career40Over the years, Wu Haiyan has always taken traditional Chinese culture as the basis of its design. “If you don’t master traditional Chinese culture, your creative works will not be as good as yours. »DNA. ” Wu Haiyan emphasized. Finally, Wu Haiyan concluded: “The costumes of the fire messengers not only represent the sacredness of fire, but also have the characteristics of regional culture and the shape of Chinese clothing. These make the culture “alive” and endure. to transmit and extend. “
Source: 3D Printing Network
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