Anyone can create these four wonders: the morning sun rising over the sea, the rainbow hanging, the spring light on the earth, and the sunset glow.
Is it an effect that all porcelain has? Not to mention all porcelain, how many official kiln porcelains in the past dynasties can achieve this level?
Let’s not talk about other dynasties, let’s talk about the Northern Song Dynasty. No matter how good the folk kilns in that period were,
It is impossible to achieve such an effect and such a state.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe believes that making a piece of Ru kiln porcelain requires many conditions and none of them can be missing.
Just like the porcelain he makes now, it must be comprehensively considered from aspects such as shape, pattern, glaze formula, firing method, and firing temperature.
so,
Agate must be used for glaze.
This is what Chen Wenzhe believes, whether mixed with agate,
This is the simplest and most direct way to identify Ru kiln porcelain.
This is also the difference between contemporary Ru porcelain and Song Dynasty Ruguan kiln porcelain.
Generally speaking, people who have seen ancient Ru porcelain will think that today's high imitations are already quite good.
But from the professional perspective of Chen Wenzhe, who has done cheating, the gap is still very obvious.
Although the craftsmanship of contemporary Ru porcelain is definitely more advanced than in the past, it can be made more refined, and its shape and design are more suitable for today's life needs.
However, contemporary Ru porcelain that has left the Nanhe area cannot use local raw materials, and it is difficult to present the rich flavor of ancient Ru porcelain. It can be said that there is an excess of dexterity and a lack of simplicity.
In addition, the current high imitations of Ruguan kiln porcelain have relatively monotonous glaze colors and thin connotations.
Because of today’s tire glaze formula,
Compared with the Song Dynasty, I'm afraid the distance is still relatively large.
At this point,
It’s not that the technology is incompetent, or that we don’t understand some of the key points, but it’s purely due to cost.
Modern people value profits, and no one does unprofitable business.
If you didn't have Chen Wenzhe's porcelain making skills and his level of distressing, the cost of making porcelain would be too high. Who would you sell it to?
If the price is too high, no one will want it; if the price is too low, you will suffer.
Therefore, if you invest in eradicating things that are disproportionate, naturally no one will do it.
Even if some manufacturers in the Nanhe area began to add agate to the glaze, they still could not see the four blush effects of the Ruguan kiln porcelain in the Song Dynasty. This is a process problem.
Of course, even Chen Wenzhe now cannot guarantee that he can produce the desired effect.
He has used ancient techniques as much as possible, plus suitable mineral materials bought from Ruzhou, Nanhe. Combining all these, plus the most suitable retro firing techniques,
If you still can't copy the fine Ru porcelain from the Northern Song Dynasty Ru kiln,
There was nothing he could do.
The more Ru porcelain he made, the more Chen Wenzhe gained.
After making several large items, he began to save some as the raw materials decreased.
Previously, he planned to copy several classics based on the pictures on the stamps.
But what are he copying now? Although they are considered classics, they are not as classic as those on the stamps!
"Boss, are you doing this respectfully?"
Seeing Chen Wenzhe's work, Zhang Gu looked envious. He still can't do the three tiny feet under the porcelain!
And what about the boss? With just a few movements of his hands, he pinched out several small feet.
Ingenuity without craftsmanship, turning decay into magic, this is how he admired Chen Wenzhe's craftsmanship.
If you don't have talent, you will have to work hard for a long time to achieve this skill, and what he lacks is time.
However, Chen Wenzhe was even younger than him, which left Zhang Gu helpless.
He is also talented in making porcelain, but compared to Chen Wenzhe's talent, it is nothing.
He didn't know that Chen Wenzhe's talent was not talent, but cheating.
Chen Wenzhe inherited this skill from clay figurine Zhang, so he is naturally very good.
Not only could he squeeze a few small clay feet, he could even squeeze three mythical beasts.
It's just that fabrication is not random fabrication. The consequence of doing so is to create something that looks different.
Chen Wenzhe would naturally not do such a thing.
Of course, if the fiction is good, it is creation.
If you don’t make antique porcelain, it means innovation and creation.
It is a pity that Chen Wenzhe is not yet confident about creating a new type of Ru porcelain.
Therefore, he must imitate at the beginning, but imitation and imitation are also different.
You know, ancient people often imitated antique porcelain, and many of the types of vessels they made were also imitated antique porcelain.
For example, many ceramic works such as zun, tripod, cadmium, etc. are imitated from these earliest bronzes.
The Ru kiln string-patterned three-legged statue that Chen Wenzhe is currently imitating is made in imitation of the Han Dynasty bronze statue.
This statue has a straight mouth, a cylindrical belly, a flat bottom, and is supported by three deformed animal feet. They are animal feet, not mythical beasts.
There are seven string patterns protruding from the top, middle and bottom of the outer wall of the statue, three in the middle, two near the mouth and two at the bottom.
The craftsmanship is made using stick-burning techniques, and there are five small stick-nail marks on the bottom.
The craftsmanship of the artifact is solemn and simple, with an elegant charm. The seven string patterns on the upper, middle and lower layers add to the solemn and solemn feeling of the three-legged statue.
To make such a three-legged statue, it is necessary to make the fetus as delicate as possible. Of course, hardness is essential, otherwise it will easily deform.
In this way, after successful firing, the final tire will be fragrant gray, and the carcass will be lighter after firing.
The clay now used by Chen Wenzhe has been prepared many times and is very suitable for firing Ruguan kiln porcelain.
Therefore, it is not difficult to make a device. Even if the device is complex and slightly larger, there is no possibility of deformation.
When the tire is ready, apply full glaze on the inside and outside.
After successful firing in this way, the glaze color will be azure and slightly bluish, which is the standard azure color after rain.
Of course, the official name is sky blue, and Chen Wenzhe still needs to make a sky blue one. This is due to his collecting habit.
Now his craftsmanship in firing Ruguan kiln is up to standard. After all, it is fired in strict accordance with ancient methods.
Therefore, after firing the desired glaze color, there is still the perfect opening.
The Ruguan kiln porcelain fired in this way will have small, light white flakes, and the best ice flakes will be produced.
If after firing, the color is soft and translucent, and the shape is perfect and harmonious, it must have reached the highest level of Ru kiln celadon.
Strictly speaking, this piece can be regarded as a great item in your kiln.
Nowadays, there is still a saying that Ru kiln has no large utensils, which is certainly justified.
Therefore, as long as there is a large vessel from Ru Kiln, it must be the ceiling of Ru Kiln celadon.
If you can make porcelain of this level, you must make it well and make it more frequently.
Since there are two pieces of three-legged statues with string patterns handed down from Ru Kiln, Chen Wenzhe made three imitations of each sample and added three glaze colors, which makes eighteen pieces.
After finishing these eighteen pieces, Chen Wenzhe found that there was not much clay left.
In this case, then continue to make some smaller models.
In that set of stamps, there was not only Youzun, but also bowls and plates.