烙画葫芦的器与艺

IMPLEMENT AND ART OF GOURD PYROGRAPHY

葫芦,谐音“福禄”,具有吉祥、富贵的寓意,因其多籽,又有多子多福的含义。作为民间传统吉祥物,葫芦不仅具有天然的造型之美,也可经加工后呈现出工艺之美。葫芦成熟后,经过去皮处理,其表面可作为艺术表现的载体,通过特殊工艺,使各种图案附着其上。这些工艺主要有烙画、砑花、针刻、刀刻等。其中,由烙画工艺制作而成的烙画葫芦更是独具一格。

Gourd pyrography,also known as gourd pokerwork or gourd burning painting,is the art of burning various deep or shallow designs with a heated tool on the surface of a natural gourd according to its shape to show the artistic effect of painting and calligraphy-elegant with classic simplicity.Gourd pyrography works are the traditional arts and crafts of the Han people,and the traditional making technique thereof is valuable intangible cultural heritage left by our ancestors.