Commercial characteristics of Yuxian paper-cutting
1. Manual technology
Yuxian paper-cutting has the general attributes of a commodity and has formed its own unique content, specifications, quality, etc. In order to adapt to the output and quality demanded by the market, paper-cutting artists have improved paper-cutting methods and improved production technology. Yuxian paper-cutting production adopts With the unique engraving technology, about 10 pieces of paper can be carved at one time, and an artist with good skills can even engrave 100 pieces. The application of this production technology with huge copying ability has achieved the goal of Yu County paper-cutting being productive, labor-saving, efficient and high-quality. "The dyeing is an artistic expression method with unique regional characteristics of Yu County paper-cutting, and is one of the main characteristics of Yu County paper-cutting." The combination of paper-cutting and hand-painting makes the paper-cutting more colorful and vivid. The dyeing is generally a one-time dyeing process. 5 pieces of the same batch of paper-cuttings can be dyed with the same color at one time, and then dyed with the next color after a thousand, which saves time and cost; in order to adapt to the aesthetics of new consumers in the new era, Yuxian paper-cutting artists are constantly seeking more , faster development methods, learning from the techniques of Chinese painting, and inventing a variety of new dyeing techniques, the colors of Yuxian paper-cut works are more diverse and rich.
2. Production specialization
The production of paper-cuts in Yu County is generally done in batches, and different processes are carried out by different people. Most of them are "men carving and women dyeing". With the increase in demand, people "decomposed and refined the production technology and process flow, and there was a strict and detailed division of labor within the production, such as the separation of design and production." Production was divided into several processes, and paper-cutting artists operated independently. One or several production processes, the production of a piece of paper-cut is the result of independent completion and mutual cooperation. In order to ensure profit, quantity, high quality, large output, low cost, high efficiency, and achieve greater economic benefits, Yuxian paper-cutting production shows the characteristics of standardization, procedure, and specialization.
3. The producer is masculine
The production of Yuxian paper-cutting adopts the method of carving multiple pieces of paper at the same time, which has high requirements on the hand and wrist strength of the maker; the craftsmanship of Yuxian paper-cutting is carefully divided, and higher quality and output must rely on skilled workers. Only artists can do it, and the technical requirements required to make paper-cuts requireIt takes a period of study to master, and exquisite skills require a long period of practice. Therefore, Yuxian paper-cutting is different from paper-cutting in other areas. It is mainly a folk art activity for housewives to entertain themselves. "Cultural activities are not only As previously understood, it is a spiritual activity or ideological activity, and it is also a market behavior, an economic and industrial activity." As a means of making a living, paper-cutting in Yu County has created a paper-cutting group dominated by men. In Yu County, almost all artists with outstanding paper-cutting skills are male, and the same situation is also true among the inheritors of Yu Countys paper-cutting skills.
