A tradition dating back more than two thousand years, dough sculpture remains popular today. Skilled artists can shape small intricate sculptures in a matter of minutes with their hands, scissors, small knives and pointed sticks.
Using dough made from flour or glutinous rice, the sculptures generally depict animals, geometric patterns and human figures drawn from history, folktales, novels and operas. Artists typically begin by blending different types of dough to create vibrant colors before pinching, twisting, cutting, carving, molding and decorating.
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Friday, July 11, 2014
7:00PM – 10:00PM
Zone 5
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto Ontario
Saturday, July 12, 2014
12:00PM – 8:00PM
Zone 5
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto Ontario
Sunday, July 13, 2014
12:00PM – 6:00PM
Zone 5
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto Ontario
Zhang Baolin 张宝琳
Zhang Baolin has been creating dough models since the 1970s, when he was in his teens and apprenticed with the dough modelling master Lang Shaoan in Beijing. Using dough made from flour or glutinous rice, his work covers a wide variety of themes and topics: animals, geometric patterns, and human figures drawn from history, folktales, novels, and operas. He can create models in as short as fifteen minutes; and more complex ones in an hour. He has traveled and demonstrated his art both nationally and internationally. He is a Beijing municipal-level intangible cultural heritage bearer.