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November 15 - |
| Yong Huang (right) and team |
| Bending and welding steel |
The art of bending steel
Yong Huang didn't follow a straight line to a career as a metal sculptor who builds Chinese lanterns. Instead, he took a route that is just as winding as the curved metal skeletons inside a colorful lighted lantern that glows in the dark.
Huang started his career as an engineer maintaining and repairing a fabricating machine in a factory. Then he built houses. Twelve years ago, he made his first lantern. 'I was born in lantern country,' he said, referring to China's ancient lantern tradition. 'It is in my blood.'
Huang and his two apprentices are part of the crew of artisans at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. They are building Lights of Magnolia: Reflections of a Cultural Exchange. It will open Nov. 15 and close March 15, 2020. Magnolia has partnered with Zigong to present the lantern festival, a fusion of historic Chinese cultural symbols and images that represent the flora and fauna of Magnolia.
Constructing a house and bending steel to make lanterns share few similarities, he said, speaking through an interpreter. Straight lines are the imperative for home construction. Transforming a two-dimensional drawing into a three-dimensional metal object, while understanding its relationship to its surroundings, makes building lanterns much more complicated, he explained.
Because of that, some of Huang's lanterns would be too massive for the intimate garden setting at Magnolia, he said as his voice mixed with the hum of a gasoline-powered electric generator. Huang and crew recently worked on a lantern called 'The Cake' that will be displayed in Magnolia's Summer Garden.
Unlike some of his colleagues, Huang is the first generation of his family in the lantern industry. Currently, his wife and his brother are in the business, too. Will his 11-year-old daughter join them? 'I will let her choose her path in the future,' he said.
Like his Zigong colleagues, Huang's work clothes are matching blue denim jackets and pants. But he is easy to spot with his bright red welding shield, a fashion statement that protects his eyes from the blazing glow of a welder's rod. 'I see myself as an artist,' he said. As such his shield, a piece of carboard wrapped in red silk, is not as suffocating as the kind bought in the store.
Before Lights of Magnolia is lit in mid-November, Huang will return to Zigong where numerous projects are waiting for him in advance of the Chinese New Year that starts Jan. 25, 2020.
Lights of Magnolia's Dragons Take Shape
| 200 foot dragon takes shape |
Hong Jun Deng went from selling chinaware in 1996 for a government-run company in Zigong, China, to using them to make dragons for Chinese lantern festivals around the world.
Deng had been asked to design a dragon for his company's contribution to a local lantern festival. Soon Deng's potential as a lantern designer was recognized, and he moved from selling chinaware to using them in dragon designs. Since then he has built dragons in 10 countries in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Deng and his assistant Huakai Wu are among 26 artisans at Magnolia who are building the lighted dragon displays for a Chinese lantern festival - Lights of Magnolia: Reflections of a Cultural Exchange - that will open Nov. 15 and close March 15, 2020. Magnolia has partnered with the Zigong Lantern Group in China to present the lantern festival, a fusion of historic Chinese cultural symbols and images that represent the flora and fauna of Magnolia.
Zigong's lantern display is the company's first partnership at a public garden in the United States. Zigong asked Magnolia, America's oldest garden, to join it in this partnership.
Deng's dragon at Magnolia, he said through an interpreter, 'is really the biggest dragon I have ever made.' The dragon's tail stretches 200 feet along the oak-lined entrance to Magnolia. Its head towers 45 feet into the moss-draped trees. The dragon's scales are made of 26,000 porcelain plates. Deng and Wu carefully attached each plate on the dragon's body with thread.
Before the Chinese artisans arrived at Magnolia last month, Deng was part of a three-person team that met for a week to design Magnolia's dragon.
Deng is a welder and electrician whose combined skills are also on display in the four 'qilins' placed near Magnolia's main house. Each qilin is covered with tiny colorful bottles. The quilin is a mythical beast that symbolizes good luck and prosperity.
Two of Deng's sons also build dragons and other lantern displays. One of his sons is currently in England building a giant tea cup. Another is in France erecting an elephant.
Deng will leave Charleston before the lanterns are lit and the festival is opened to the public. Although he's home sick, he enjoys traveling. 'I've gotten used to traveling to have different experiences and chat with people and learn about other cultures.'
From fashion to silk-covered steel
Rong Gui's family can boast of having at least five generations of silk workers in the Chinese lantern industry, a cultural tradition dating back more than 2,000 years.
But Gui's career didn’t follow the same path as her ancestors. Instead she studied fashion design in college then worked for 10 years as a tailor in a clothing factory that made garments for China's domestic market.
Her family never needled her to switch from fashion design to being a lantern silk worker. Eventually, however, the allure of travel drew her into the fold of the Zigong Lantern Group in China.
Gui leads a team of four silk workers who are part of the crew of artisans at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. They are building Lights of Magnolia: Reflections of a Cultural Exchange. It will open Nov. 15 and close March 15, 2020. Magnolia has partnered with Zigong to present the lantern festival, a fusion of historic Chinese cultural symbols and images that represent the flora and fauna of Magnolia.
Gui became concerned that if she continued in the factory-based garment business in her hometown of Zigong in southwest China she'd miss the travel opportunities the lantern industry affords. She joined the Zigong Lantern Group in 2006 and since then she's worked in Europe, Asia and numerous times in the United States. In 2012, she was part of the Zigong crew that installed in Dallas the company's first lantern display in America.
Speaking through an interpreter, Gui said, 'I opened my mind and heart to travel. If I didn't do that all I would know is my small city.' Zigong has a population of 2.6 million people in a country of slightly more than one billion people.
More than 10 members of her family travel the world installing lanterns for the Zigong Lantern Group. Her son is an electrician currently working with a Zigong crew in Belgium.
There are similarities, she said, between making dresses and covering steel rods with silk to make a lantern. Instead of using thread to join pieces of cloth she and her crew coat steel rods with glue to hold the silk in place. 'I borrowed a lot of knowledge in the fashion work,' she said, adding that silk workers must have an eye for shapes and how to combine brightly colored fabric.
Gui said she does not know where her next assignment will lead her, but it will certainly present opportunities to meet new friends and make new memories.
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November 15 - |
| Yong Huang (right) and team |
| Bending and welding steel |
The art of bending steel
Yong Huang didn't follow a straight line to a career as a metal sculptor who builds Chinese lanterns. Instead, he took a route that is just as winding as the curved metal skeletons inside a colorful lighted lantern that glows in the dark.
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Huang started his career as an engineer maintaining and repairing a fabricating machine in a factory. Then he built houses. Twelve years ago, he made his first lantern. 'I was born in lantern country,' he said, referring to China's ancient lantern tradition. 'It is in my blood.'
Huang and his two apprentices are part of the crew of artisans at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. They are building Lights of Magnolia: Reflections of a Cultural Exchange. It will open Nov. 15 and close March 15, 2020. Magnolia has partnered with Zigong to present the lantern festival, a fusion of historic Chinese cultural symbols and images that represent the flora and fauna of Magnolia.
Constructing a house and bending steel to make lanterns share few similarities, he said, speaking through an interpreter. Straight lines are the imperative for home construction. Transforming a two-dimensional drawing into a three-dimensional metal object, while understanding its relationship to its surroundings, makes building lanterns much more complicated, he explained.
Because of that, some of Huang's lanterns would be too massive for the intimate garden setting at Magnolia, he said as his voice mixed with the hum of a gasoline-powered electric generator. Huang and crew recently worked on a lantern called 'The Cake' that will be displayed in Magnolia's Summer Garden.
Unlike some of his colleagues, Huang is the first generation of his family in the lantern industry. Currently, his wife and his brother are in the business, too. Will his 11-year-old daughter join them? 'I will let her choose her path in the future,' he said.
Like his Zigong colleagues, Huang's work clothes are matching blue denim jackets and pants. But he is easy to spot with his bright red welding shield, a fashion statement that protects his eyes from the blazing glow of a welder's rod. 'I see myself as an artist,' he said. As such his shield, a piece of carboard wrapped in red silk, is not as suffocating as the kind bought in the store.
Before Lights of Magnolia is lit in mid-November, Huang will return to Zigong where numerous projects are waiting for him in advance of the Chinese New Year that starts Jan. 25, 2020.
Lights of Magnolia's Dragons Take Shape
| 200 foot dragon takes shape |
Hong Jun Deng went from selling chinaware in 1996 for a government-run company in Zigong, China, to using them to make dragons for Chinese lantern festivals around the world.
Deng had been asked to design a dragon for his company's contribution to a local lantern festival. Soon Deng's potential as a lantern designer was recognized, and he moved from selling chinaware to using them in dragon designs. Since then he has built dragons in 10 countries in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Deng and his assistant Huakai Wu are among 26 artisans at Magnolia who are building the lighted dragon displays for a Chinese lantern festival - Lights of Magnolia: Reflections of a Cultural Exchange - that will open Nov. 15 and close March 15, 2020. Magnolia has partnered with the Zigong Lantern Group in China to present the lantern festival, a fusion of historic Chinese cultural symbols and images that represent the flora and fauna of Magnolia.
Zigong's lantern display is the company's first partnership at a public garden in the United States. Zigong asked Magnolia, America's oldest garden, to join it in this partnership.
Deng's dragon at Magnolia, he said through an interpreter, 'is really the biggest dragon I have ever made.' The dragon's tail stretches 200 feet along the oak-lined entrance to Magnolia. Its head towers 45 feet into the moss-draped trees. The dragon's scales are made of 26,000 porcelain plates. Deng and Wu carefully attached each plate on the dragon's body with thread.
Before the Chinese artisans arrived at Magnolia last month, Deng was part of a three-person team that met for a week to design Magnolia's dragon.
Deng is a welder and electrician whose combined skills are also on display in the four 'qilins' placed near Magnolia's main house. Each qilin is covered with tiny colorful bottles. The quilin is a mythical beast that symbolizes good luck and prosperity.
Two of Deng's sons also build dragons and other lantern displays. One of his sons is currently in England building a giant tea cup. Another is in France erecting an elephant.
Deng will leave Charleston before the lanterns are lit and the festival is opened to the public. Although he's home sick, he enjoys traveling. 'I've gotten used to traveling to have different experiences and chat with people and learn about other cultures.'
From fashion to silk-covered steel
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Rong Gui's family can boast of having at least five generations of silk workers in the Chinese lantern industry, a cultural tradition dating back more than 2,000 years.
But Gui's career didn’t follow the same path as her ancestors. Instead she studied fashion design in college then worked for 10 years as a tailor in a clothing factory that made garments for China's domestic market.
Her family never needled her to switch from fashion design to being a lantern silk worker. Eventually, however, the allure of travel drew her into the fold of the Zigong Lantern Group in China.
Gui leads a team of four silk workers who are part of the crew of artisans at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. They are building Lights of Magnolia: Reflections of a Cultural Exchange. It will open Nov. 15 and close March 15, 2020. Magnolia has partnered with Zigong to present the lantern festival, a fusion of historic Chinese cultural symbols and images that represent the flora and fauna of Magnolia.
Gui became concerned that if she continued in the factory-based garment business in her hometown of Zigong in southwest China she'd miss the travel opportunities the lantern industry affords. She joined the Zigong Lantern Group in 2006 and since then she's worked in Europe, Asia and numerous times in the United States. In 2012, she was part of the Zigong crew that installed in Dallas the company's first lantern display in America.
Speaking through an interpreter, Gui said, 'I opened my mind and heart to travel. If I didn't do that all I would know is my small city.' Zigong has a population of 2.6 million people in a country of slightly more than one billion people.
More than 10 members of her family travel the world installing lanterns for the Zigong Lantern Group. Her son is an electrician currently working with a Zigong crew in Belgium.
There are similarities, she said, between making dresses and covering steel rods with silk to make a lantern. Instead of using thread to join pieces of cloth she and her crew coat steel rods with glue to hold the silk in place. 'I borrowed a lot of knowledge in the fashion work,' she said, adding that silk workers must have an eye for shapes and how to combine brightly colored fabric.
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Gui said she does not know where her next assignment will lead her, but it will certainly present opportunities to meet new friends and make new memories.