Assume a scenario: The yard where your friend lived when he was a child is about to be demolished. It is where his entire childhood memories have been poured into, and you want to help him keep these memories. What will you do?

Assume a scenario: the yard where your friend lived when he was a child is about to be demolished. His entire childhood memories have been poured into it, and you want to help him keep these memories. What will you do?

Some people may take photos and videos from all angles with a camera or video camera, trying to record this place in the form of photos and videos;

Some people may pick up a paintbrush to combine their feelings and seal this place on white paper; others may Choose a way that many people would never think of...

For example, this html boy born after 195, Chu Yapeng.

He has a good friend. Due to urban construction, the old courtyard where he has lived since childhood had to be demolished...

This courtyard carries the memories of his friend's entire childhood and even youth. Unable to bear to let the memory disappear like this, Chu Yapeng decided Use a special way to preserve memories for friends forever - make a model of the old yard by hand at a scale of 1:50:

(my friend’s home was demolished)

I still remember the ones waiting at the door for my friends to go to school with. Time?

Can you still recall the joy of playing in the yard?

If our family still lives in the yard, these plants should be lush and leafy...

Taking shelter from the rain under the leaky roof, it was a fool's happy time when I was a child:

The days when my parents were not paying attention and I secretly climbed over the wall to go out to play with my friends. It is the most precious memory that can never be returned...

Compared with common methods such as taking pictures, painting, and video, Chu Yapeng I chose the somewhat special method of "making miniature models":

"The effect of the model is much more vivid than taking a few photos. I think if my friends get homesick in the future, they can often look at this model..."

997 Chu Yapeng, who was born in 2010, is from Zhengzhou, Henan. He once studied at Yunnan Art College, where he majored in stage art design.

Due to his professional background, he has strong hands-on ability, and his love for miniature scene models has deepened during the learning process.

In fact, there are many people who make miniature models. Exquisite, beautiful, and beautiful... are the intuitive feelings people have when talking about these miniature scenes. But Chu Yapeng’s miniature scenes can be said to have nothing to do with these words.

Compared to exquisite scene models, he prefers to make some "street corners", such as the old yard above, dilapidated houses, abandoned facilities, etc., which have become the protagonists in his works:

Compared with those exquisite ones He prefers scenes that are "down-to-earth, full of life, and easily overlooked by people", such as the abandoned water towers and brick houses that were common in the childhood of many northern friends:

Because they have been abandoned for a long time, old buildings are scattered in front of the house. Newspapers and other waste:

Falling wheels, finished beer bottles, the only new thing may be the bundle of relatively clean waste newspapers on the ground:

The charcoal residue left by the fire proves that there were traces of people living here, maybe Are they scavengers in the city? It is also possible that he is a homeless homeless person...

The water tower next to it has obviously not been working for a long time. The wall has long been mottled, and only the grass is still surviving tenaciously under the corner:

The only window that can sense the outside world has long been It was nailed up with scrap wooden strips:

The ladder has not been used for too long, and the ladder has long been rusty and covered with spider webs:

Repairing wells, asking for children, treating diseases... This has become a gathering place for small advertisements:

although not It may be exactly the same, but you have to admit that when we were children, we would encounter such a similar scene in a corner of a certain city. Naughty children might even run into an abandoned brick house for an "adventure."

At that time, when major cities were actively engaged in urban construction. This kind of desolate scene is simply not common anymore, and precisely because it is so common, many people will selectively ignore it.

But with the rise of high-rise buildings one after another, and as cities large and small are covered by cement forests, this kind of street corner with a sense of age and memories has become a precious "childhood memory" for many people. Finding such a corner in the city has become impossible.

However, there are always some thoughtful people around us, and the details we ignore are recorded in their own way, such as Chu Yapeng.

The dilapidated water tower and brick house are not only your childhood memories, but also his childhood memories.

In order to keep this memory, he used 100% handmade method to make this exquisite miniature scene model.

You only need a one-yuan coin to feel how small it is:

Brick house = as high as four coins:

The entire water tower is almost as high as 10 coins:

The abandoned well is no bigger than a coin:

Reality Barbed wire fences that take a lot of effort to climb over in life can be easily "destroyed" with a flick of your fingers:

It takes a strong cart to push it, but it can also be lifted up with two fingers:

It's smaller than a coin." "A lot of money for a child" Advertisement:

"I also like the exquisite scene model, but I prefer the scenes with a strong sense of life and nostalgia, because I feel very kind and natural, and more resonant.

usually live in life I have a habit of taking photos of places and scenes I encounter or find interesting. These models are all made from photos. "

(The following is a prototype photo of the water tower model, which I took casually)

Just like this. Rodin's words - it's not the lack of beauty in life, but the lack of eyes to discover beauty. But being able to discover beauty by light is of little use, and spreading beauty requires a certain amount of ability, both of which Chu Yapeng happened to possess.

With his excellent hands-on ability, he has made all these beauties of life into exquisite miniatures:

From the whole to the details, his works are very attractive, whether they are "huge" water towers or houses:

is still "small" Carts and various sundries:

Broken wooden doors and wooden boards:

This pile The garbage is so realistic that it is "outrageous":

It often takes Chu Yapeng about 2 months to make such a work. time (more if the scene is particularly complex).

After finding a suitable subject, he will first determine the proportion of the work, such as 1:40, then reduce the entire work by 40 times to convert each object in the scene:

(super mini old newspapers, magazines and snack bags)

Then enter the step-by-step production stage: finding suitable materials for each object. His commonly used materials include Chevron board, extruded board, paulownia wood chips, cardboard and various glues, etc.

(iron barrel made of cardboard)

After the rough shape is completed, it is the most important step in the entire production - the characterization of details, especially the characterization of small objects.

"Don't underestimate these small objects. If each small object can be taken seriously, the effect of the final model will be much better; don't be upset because there are many items, be patient in making and capture the main characteristics of the items.”

(mini iron bucket after careful polishing, the rust on the bucket is so lifelike)

is good at discovering beauty + super hands-on ability + patience and care beyond ordinary people. He has created many beautiful, interesting and very interesting things. Meaningful miniature scenes.

For example, the abandoned car repair shops that could be seen in third- and fourth-tier cities more than ten years ago or even a few years ago:

It can be seen from the rust and old tires on the roof that this place has gone through a lot of wind and rain. Erosion:

The billboards are also mottled due to disrepair:

Through the closed door, it seems that you can still get a glimpse of the hard work of the master welding master:

Another example is the old alley that carries many Shanghainese memories of life. : Another example is the old alleys that carry many memories of Shanghainese life:

Standing at the entrance of the alley is one of the most direct ways to experience the history and culture of Shanghai:

In addition to these memories in his daily life, Chu Yapeng will also We strive to use miniature scenes to help others "retain memories": such as the old courtyard full of memories at the beginning. For another example, he has a 5-year-old niece, who is quirky and cute.

His favorite thing is to ask Chu Yapeng to take him to a small fitness equipment square not far from home to play. The equipment here Some have been damaged, but unexpectedly they have become my niece's favorite place, her beloved "amusement park":

(the small square of fitness equipment where the photo was taken)

On the one hand, it is because my niece loves it here. , on the other hand Chu Yapeng is also worried that one day this place will be demolished. In order to keep this favorite childhood "playground" forever for his little niece, he decided to make a 1:40 scale model of this place:

It took two months to finally preserve this amusement park forever:

Whether it is the flowers and trees in the flower beds, the worn ground, or the damaged billboards, they are all 100% authentically restored:

The forms of art are Many,

But the meaning and original intention of the existence of various forms of art,

are to express, spread and retain beauty and memory.

Memory will fade, but art will last forever.

When the broken houses and water towers on the streets in my memory,

can no longer be found in the city;

When the niece’s favorite small square,

May disappear with the beautification of streets;

when all childhood has been devoted The home and yard of beautiful memories had to be demolished;

and such a careful boy,

chose to use such a special way,

will preserve these beautiful things forever,

is great!