Integration and Innovation of Traditional Skills and Modern Design in Art Education

Abstract

With the rapid development of socio-economic conditions and the acceleration of globalization, the art education community is continually exploring methods to integrate traditional techniques with modern design education, thereby fostering innovation. This study selects representative traditional Chinese craft techniques, such as paper-cutting, blue calico printing, and ceramic painting, and examines how these skills are applied and their innovative significance in modern design teaching. The research employed in-depth interviews and case study methods, involving teachers and students from 20 renowned art institutions, and conducting detailed case studies on 5 exemplary student design works. By comparing traditional teaching models with modern design teaching models that incorporate traditional skills, this study explores the new applications and possibilities of traditional crafts in modern design education. The results indicate that the introduction of traditional crafts not only enhances the cultural significance and aesthetic value of design works but also inspires students' innovation and practical abilities. In teaching practices, the combination of traditional crafts and modern design technologies, through creative transformation and adaptation, can effectively enrich the content of art education and provide students with new means of expression and ways of thinking. This study calls for art educators to focus on the protection and inheritance of traditional craft skills and to organically combine their wisdom with modern design education to achieve cultural innovation and the modernization of education.