Southern pottery as a farmer, sold from 200 yuan to 2,500 yuan.
Sculpture studio art director Dinghai Long told reporters: "My dream is to Jiashan Tian Song, Xitang Jiangnan town rich in content characteristics of these elements into the pottery, the sold the world."
Dragon sculpture studio established in 2004, inception, middle school culture, by self-taught Dinghai Long "just want to use the skills mix to eat." Because of the geographical relationship between the sculptor than the big cities, Ding Hailong usually be more exposed to their native lands sculpture, studio ceramics and fired plant, also located in rural areas, which gives an in-depth exposure to Dinghai Long fishing village folk of chance .
Dinghai Long was a careful person, normally the street, we often see mottled the small farm house, and fields hard-working farmer, he has an impulse is to take these characteristics of the most subtle elements of Jiangnan Water Village, to burn to pottery to go. James mud feet farmers, brick Daiwa's a rural, in his view, is a beautiful rural road art gallery. In the meantime, Dinghai Long suddenly had an idea, in the hands of Water sculpture, whether the same as other sculptures became popular in the country to do?
However, the rapid development of the city, Ding Hailong dream was only limited to the dream, because in the era of an industrialized, urban sculpture, corporate logo, is more of a magnificent, super-rush days to form, not about to be eliminated The thick country flavor.
In 2009, the establishment of Jiashan County Cultural Arts Center Creative Park, Dragon sculpture studio grew up as a local cultural enterprises, creative garden was invited settled, creative garden in the most favorable rent to Dinghai Long provides a hundred square meters of office, as his creative incubators. And here, Dinghai Long began his journey dreams.
2010 World Expo held in Shanghai will provide an opportunity for Ding Hailong. At that time, the African Joint Pavilion requires a sculpture of the original ecosystem, and many famous works of sculpture, enterprises are too thick and out of breath because of the times. At this time, the cultural and creative garden design of a recommended Ding Hailong contains six faces of the "Smile of Africa" Let's face lit up the African Joint Pavilion staff, wilderness style sculpture walking towards me with praise for the staff "OK . "
"At that moment, I truly understand what 'homeland, but also the world'." Dinghai Long said, "Africa's Smile" success gave him tremendous self-confidence,
May 13, the Fair held in Shenzhen, Dinghai Long with his dozen "just out of the fields of the farmers' sculpture to the exhibition, did not expect to suddenly surrounded a group of foreign customers. "How much money you this one?" One customer asked. "200 it!" Ding Hailong tentative answer. "Yes, I want these." Customers readily accepted. At this time, Dinghai Long overheard customers in their discussions, so expressive of Chinese local sculpture, selling only 200 yuan one, too cheap.
And on the other side, Ding Hailong also very anxious, had this work is to exhibit and did not intend to sell, if sold out, but also how to exhibit? Thus, Ding Hailong tipping the price, 500 yuan a, but soon was bought by a few customers. 1000 a, has been bought a few. 1500,2000,2500 ... ... price of one plus plus, but the pottery is still to be bought one by one. Finally, Ding Hailong really no other way but to tell the customer, leaving a few do not sell, and if they buy, they can leave contact information, and so he returned to Jiashan, and then customized. Subsequently, Ding Hailong to each customer who handed him a small brochure.
"I did not think back, my e-mail in the mail filled with customers, are the United States, Canada, and Australia." Dinghai Long excitedly told reporters, as well as customers in Singapore called to invite him to a special trip open academic exchange, and said to send people to learn a tour of his works of folk pottery.
"While it is only just beginning, but eventually realize their dreams of one day." Speaking of his dream, Ding Hailong confidence.
