For twenty years, she only did this one thing.

"No, the expression is wrong", "Not yet, unable to express emotion". Because of love, there is the ultimate, because of the ultimate, quality is achieved, not for fame and fortune, but only for self-satisfaction.

The same is true for Zhou Xuerong. As long as she identifies one thing, she will go all out to do her best. In her heart, there is only the unthinkable, and there is nothing that can't be done. In her opinion, there is no so-called natural skill or talent , only day after day practice and hard work can create these amazing wax works. However, it is not only the wax works that amaze people, but also Zhou Xuerong's extremely loving and dreamy heart. Many times, she is often immersed in her work state, forgetting the time, and she can't stop once she does it. She often works overtime until one or two in the morning. This work state has lasted for seven or eight years.

Zhou Xuerong said that it is not difficult to create a wax figure, but a wax figure that impresses people is not only similar in appearance, but also in spirit. The same thing is that the wax figure not only needs to show the shape and spirit of the characters, but also has the ultimate sensitivity to details, otherwise it will not be able to create a realistic and soul-stirring character image, so it will be repeatedly scrutinized in the process of clay sculpture. , finalized. If you find that the expression is still not right after the finished product is finished, it will overturn the previous work and start all over again. Many people couldn't understand Zhou Xuerong's approach at first. Obviously, a very good wax figure was made with great difficulty. How to do it all over again? This pursuit of the ultimate in art is exactly what she pursues for wax figures.

In more than 20 years, Zhou Xuerong has created more than 600 wax works. Her creations not only reflect her unique pursuit of life and beauty, but also because she integrates emotions into her works, making the wax figures show fresh vitality. The eyes can give the wax figure vivid vitality, so special attention is paid to the connotation of the characters conveyed in the eyes.

In addition to the creation of celebrity wax figures, Zhou Xuerong also often makes wax figures for the people around her. In her eyes, creation is part of her life, and her works are the crystallization of her life. She hopes to preserve the cherished people and things in the form of wax figures and build a "memory preservation museum" of her own.

In Zhou Xuerong's " Memory Preservation Museum", the one who worries her the most is her grandmother. In her heart, her grandmother is a special existence, and it seems that there is no adjective to describe her feelings about her grandmother.

▲《Grandmother.》wax figure works

From childhood to adulthood, the cloth shoes and insoles worn by Zhou Xuerong and her family were all stitched by her grandmother. Even though she was over eighty years old, she never stopped her hard work. The dynamic of this wax figure is that her grandmother worked hard all her life Normal picture.

I remember a certain time, when Zhou Xuerong was ill, my grandmother stayed by her side for three days and three nights, caring and guarding her without sleep, worried that she was thirsty, worried that she would be uncomfortable, and she was always attentive. Grandma's life is frugal and hard-working. At any time, she will embrace Zhou Xuerong with endless love. Even if her grandmother has been away for a few years, Zhou Xuerong will still shed tears whenever she mentions her.

▲《老外婆》蜡像作品泥稿创作

Zhou Xuerong believes that a character's face is not just an image, but a production image, and facial expressions and facial activities imply the acquired social behavior code. In the creation of the wax figure "Old Grandma", Zhou Xuerong used the skills on her fingertips and her heart to feel and recall the bits and pieces of her grandmother's daily life. Zhou Xuerong saw her beautiful and loving memories in every wrinkle of her grandmother , carrying a selfless warmth and meticulous care. She presents her grandmother's charm as well as the wrinkles and blue veins with traces of the years. Every detail is carved with love, giving it fresh vitality and emotional warmth.

In order to make the wax figure have the attributes of life meaning, Zhou Xuerong boldly expressed her creative vision to Teacher Leng Jun when she was tailoring it for Teacher Leng Jun, a famous contemporary hyperrealist painter in China-could you ask Teacher Leng Jun to contribute herself hair, creating a wax figure with DNA? Unexpectedly, Teacher Leng Jun readily agreed.

▲《Leng Jun》Creation of clay manuscripts for wax works

Every aspect of my work in a very extreme way. When the clay manuscript came out, I immediately invited Mr. Leng Jun to go to the Zhongshan Wax Figure Production Base to provide guidance for the clay manuscript. At that time, when Teacher Leng Jun saw the "other self" who formed the clay manuscript, he was very satisfied with the clay manuscript and did not propose any amendments at all. ,Once through.

▲《Leng Jun》Waxwork Color Creation

In the exhibition hall of finished wax figures, Mr. Leng Jun gave many valuable suggestions on the previous works, such as: the costumes of wax figures should not only be worn new, but must be worn by real people, and there must be traces of passing through, so that they can only be worn on wax figures. will be more popular. These opinions inspired Zhou Xuerong very much. All creative materials must come from real and warm life. According to Teacher Leng Jun's professional guidance, Zhou Xuerong quickly found the feeling and devoted himself to it. When the work was completed, Zhou Xuerong immediately sent the photo to Teacher Leng Jun, who replied, "Oh my God! A masterpiece!" . With this comment from Teacher Leng Jun, Zhou Xuerong was greatly encouraged.

▲《Leng Jun》——Visual DNA Waxwork

After the completion of the wax figure work "Leng Jun", it gave her a great impression. Since then, she has begun to apply DNA elements to the production of wax figures. Once at home after work, Zhou Xuerong saw two fathers playing chess on the balcony. At that time, she saw the sun shining on the two of them, and they drew beautiful lines. She felt that the picture was very harmonious , which inspired Zhou Xuerong's creative inspiration. The two warm and vivid images in daily life are frozen.

▲《Relatives by marriage》Waxwork

Why Zhou Xuerong's works have such penetrating power, I think it is probably because she grew up in a warm, harmonious and warm family since she was a child, and her family is her strongest backing. The most talked about topic is family affection, and what I recall the most is the love that her family gave her, so that in her wax works, we can see such a strong penetration and vitality, and feel the "temperature" of people. 

At the moment when material desires are flowing, it is particularly precious to be able to be as calm as water and focus on only one thing in one's life. No matter how noisy the world is, Zhou Xuerong's heart is quiet, because she is focused on pursuing the ultimate, because she can sink her heart to focus and pursue perfection, so the works born on her fingertips can hit us in the most natural way. The vision of the film brings us shock and baptism again and again, which is also the rare original intention of this era.

Zhou Xuerong once said that she was very fortunate to have found this thing she wanted to do in her whole life at a very early age. Although she would encounter various problems in the creation of wax figures, she felt that this was life. , is a kind of practice, and it is precisely because of constant revision, adjustment, or restarting, that the works can be more and more in line with their own ideas.

Life is repetition, repetition, repetition, life is like this, and creation is like this. Maybe most of the creative people are just like Zhou Xuerong. Every time a piece of work is thoroughly and well-intentioned, in the eyes of outsiders, it is a dead end, but for her, she just wants to be worthy of her heart.

▲周雪蓉在一次出差的路上

In addition to the focus on wax figures, the most amazing thing is Zhou Xuerong's life. In her, we can see the self-discipline that many young people do not have. Whether it is on business trips or the pursuit of work, she is always positive, showing us an indelible love and a heart for a better life. pursuit.

Because of her tireless pursuit, the "curtain has opened" of the Chinese national brand.

Zhou Xuerong is not only the founder of Elephant Oriental Wax Art, but also the founder of the Chinese national brand "The Curtain Opens" Wax Museum. She is the only wax agency in China that has been authorized by many celebrities and stars, and is determined to build a Chinese national brand wax museum.

Through 20 years of hard work, Zhou Xuerong has made a number of breakthroughs in wax figure production technology and material application, which has won full recognition and wide acclaim from the industry and society, and is known as one of the outstanding representatives of Chinese wax figure art. All of them have been highly recognized by outstanding social figures and celebrities, including Yuan Longping, Yang Liwei, Lang Lang, Zhang Jizhong, and nearly 100 outstanding representatives from various fields in China and the world.

After resuming work, Zhou Xuerong received an invitation from Hunan Satellite TV's "Skillful Detective" program. After some understanding, Zhou Xuerong readily accepted the invitation of the program team and said frankly, "In order to better inherit Chinese traditional culture, I hope everyone can watch this program. To a different world of wax figures, and I am very grateful to the program team for their recognition and support."

According to reports, "Skillful Detective" is the first domestic original hand-made decryption interactive experience show created by Hunan Satellite TV's Xu Qing Studio. Angelababy Yang Ying, Tan Zhuo, Xiao Yang, Du Haitao, R1SE Zhou Zhennan have assembled and will Start a screening battle with Zhou Xuerong, Huang Hebao, and Guo Hongxiao from the skillful group.

The show is divided into two camps: Skilled Hands and Detectives. One is Skilled Hands and the other is Magical Detectives. Skilled Hands is mainly composed of skilled craftsmen in the circle. items. On the other hand, the detectives are composed of artists with a keen eye for insight and quick thinking.

The program not only has two camps of skillful hands and detectives, but there will also be an undercover agent in the detective team to help the skillful hands complete their defensive tasks, which also greatly increases the difficulty of screening for the detective team. According to what the editor learned at the recording site, the star detective team performed very well this time. In the screening of wax figures, the very careful Tan Zhuo and Angelababy found a breakthrough through the flaw that real people could not stay still for such a long time. , careful observation and analysis, and finally found the wax work .

In addition, at the recording site of the show, I saw the staff on the scene cooperate with each other, repeatedly debug, and do the preparatory work for the shooting perfectly. Every member is doing their best for the shooting of this show. This kind of mission Zhou Xuerong admired her serious and rigorous attitude, and said: I hope this original program that inherits traditional culture can be understood and liked by more people.

The pursuit of the ultimate is an attitude and a realm. This is the case with Ms. Zhou Xuerong, choose one thing, her whole life. She is not only a craftsman, but also a keeper. What she leaves behind is her art, and what she keeps is traditional Chinese culture, which is the eternal spiritual blood of a nation.