Zou: Born on the banks of Yishui River, he likes painting and calligraphy, reading and listening to his father's story about Yimeng River. When he was in primary school, he knew the status of inkstone culture in China, a big country with oriental civilization. When he was in college, he was still attached to Yishui inkstone in his hometown, looking up information about famous inkstones and visiting famous sculptors. After graduating from college, I returned to my hometown. I often study Yishui inkstone after work, focusing on the revitalization and rise of Yishui inkstone.
1992, Zou and his wife founded Yanxiadu Yishui Gu Yan Factory (the predecessor of Hebei Yishui Inkstone Industry Co., Ltd.). In order to inherit and develop Yishui inkstone and reproduce its glory, they founded the first Yishui Gu Yan Technical School in yi county, which integrates training, production and exhibition, and invited the Central Academy of Fine Arts and famous sculptors and painters from all over the country to give lectures and spread their skills, so as to integrate modern sculpture, calligraphy and painting into traditional Yishui inkstone carving and inject new vitality into Yishui Gu Yan. After more than ten years of study, Zou He became an expert and master of inkstone making. In view of the situation that the practicability of inkstone is weakened and the appreciation is enhanced, Zou reformed and innovated, and the design and sculpture of Yishui inkstone highlighted artistry, appreciation and collection, which made Yishui inkstone develop into a series of varieties, and the products developed from a single dragon and phoenix inkstone to dozens of series and hundreds of varieties such as landscapes, scenic spots, heroes, birds and animals, insects and fish, flowers and trees, which made Yishui inkstone out of the trough and grow stronger.
In order to improve the popularity and reputation of Yishui inkstone, Zou pioneered the production of giant inkstone in China, and developed and produced an unprecedented inkstone carving work-1997, a 6-ton giant inkstone "Gui inkstone" made for the return of Hong Kong, the Great Hall of the People.
1999, in order to welcome the 50th anniversary of the founding of New China, he designed and produced a 30-ton "China Jiulong Giant Inkstone", which was displayed at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing.
On the occasion of the Sino-French Cultural Year in 2004, Zou carefully designed and produced the exquisite "Gankun Chaoyang inkstone", which was presented to French President Jacques Chirac on June 65438+ 10/0. Yi Shuiyan's masterpiece Shuanglong Jubao was collected by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. The masterpiece of giant inkstone designed and produced by Mr Zou, Zhonghua inkstone, has been engraved in Hebei Yishui inkstone industry co., ltd under his leadership. Its volume, weight and technology are the highest in the world, and it has been declared in the Guinness Book of Records. It took three years for the giant inkstone to be designed, quarried and completed, making it a wonder inkstone in the world. Its birth marks that the carving skill of Yishui inkstone has reached a high level, which is the icing on the cake for China inkstone art.
Yishui inkstone design and carving team headed by Zou;
Li Xiaofeng, a master of arts and crafts design in Hebei Province, is a first-class sculptor of Hebei Yishui Inkstone Industry Co., Ltd., and is good at dragon inkstone carving.
Wang Haiyang, a master of arts and crafts design in Hebei Province, is a first-class sculptor of Hebei Yishui inkstone Co., Ltd., and is good at carving landscape figures.
Cui: Master of arts and crafts design in Hebei Province, a first-class sculptor of Hebei Yishui inkstone Co., Ltd., good at flower and bird carving.
More than 30 masters of design and sculpture, such as famous teachers and masters, have crafted exquisite Yishui inkstone.