The craft process of Zigong Lantern Festival mainly includes the following steps:
1. Design Drawing: This is an essential process in making lanterns, where the expected visual effects, including elements, colors, and styles, are drawn using computers.
2. Construction Drawing: The construction drawing shows the specific details of the lanterns, including shape, structure, materials, craftsmanship, dimensions, etc., serving as the basis for project budgeting, construction, project management, and acceptance.
3. Layout: Based on the construction drawing, art workers draw the outline of the lanterns on the ground or gypsum board at actual scale, determining the final shape of the lanterns.
4. Welding Modeling: Using iron wire as the material, modelers weld the layout graph one-to-one into a flat frame and then create a three-dimensional frame.
5. Wiring and Lighting: Cable lines are bundled onto the frame, and corresponding light sources are placed according to the size of the space for illumination, with common light sources including LED bulbs, light panels, and light strips.
6. Color Separation and Mounting: According to the color areas of different regions in the lantern effect drawing, different fabrics are selected, and special glue is applied to stick the fabrics of different colors to the frame in sections.
7. Artistic Treatment: Art workers use various painting tools to beautify and decorate the details on the fabric to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
These steps together form the complete craft process of making lanterns for the Zigong Lantern Festival, with each step being crucial to ensure the quality and beauty of the lanterns.
