Terracotta Soldier Doll Project
-- Aaron
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Today,
I’m going to talk about my Terracotta Soldier doll.
The world famous terracotta soldiers are
a form of funerary art buried with the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang,
in 210 BCE. He hoped his Terracotta Army would protect his body, and fight
for him in his afterlife. The Terracotta Army is considered as one of the
symbols of China, as well as the Great Wall.
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The army has thousands of soldiers and horses.
All the warriors are different in some way. There are 3 different ranks in the
army, which are distinguished by their different clothes. Generals, or
high-ranking officers, wore peacock feather hats. While middle-ranking officers
wore their hair in buns, normal soldiers or low ranking officers wore flat
hats.
My Terracotta doll is a middle ranking
officer. He wears armor down to his knees and has three decorative bows on his
shoulders, while low ranking officers wear armor down to their waist. The other
difference between the middle and low ranking officers is about their scarves.
The doll I made wears his scarf outside his armor.
The Terracotta Army was found in 1974 when a
farmer dug a well. Archaeologists dug up the well site, and found thousands of
terracotta soldiers. The soldiers were colorful when excavated but the color flaked
off within an hour. Even modern technologies can only preserve part of their
color. That’s why many warriors are still buried underground.
My Terracotta doll is made by air-dry clay,
painted with watercolors. He is wearing a color-dyed cloth, and his armor is
made of plastic sequins. His color will not fade even when exposed to air and
sunlight.
