席天民老人是山东青州北城人,自幼酷爱泥塑,曾深受一代彩塑大师曹老先生(北城人二欢爷)的熏陶。少时由于家境贫困,十几岁便离家外出谋生,很少顾及他的泥塑,用老人自己的话说:「泥塑在我心里开始渐渐淡漠起来。」一九八○年,老人退休在家,闲来无事,便旧业重操,精心钻研起泥塑艺术。或许是生活的坎坷锻造了老人的精 Xi Tianmin old man is a native of Qingcheng, Beicheng, Shandong Province. He loved clay sculpture since his childhood. He was greatly influenced by Mr. Cao Lao, a master of color painting (Beihuan Erhuan Yeh). When he was a teenager, he left home to make a living because he was in a poor family. He seldom took care of his clay sculpture. In the elderly’s own words, “the clay started to fade in my heart.” In 1980, the elderly retired from home and spent time Nothing, then the old industry resumed, carefully studied clay sculpture art. Perhaps the rough life forged the elite of the rough