Chen Wenzhe thought carefully about the characteristics of the twelve zodiac teapots. He should be better at chicken head teapots and dragon head teapots.
Because he had obtained various drawing methods of chickens from the chicken pot cups, which reflected on the chicken head pot, it was a bit advantageous when making chicken heads.
Furthermore, if the teapot is glazed with colored glazes, the wonderful glazes on the chicken pot cups can also be used.
Of course, not to mention the advantages of Dragon Head Pot, he has a master level in cloud and dragon pattern painting.
Then there is the sculpture technology. Now whether he is making a chicken-head pot or a dragon-head pot, he needs to carve chicken heads and dragon heads.
Among his original porcelain-making techniques, he had carving skills, and he was a master of them. Naturally, he could make chicken heads and dragon heads.
Therefore, it is not difficult to make the porcelain embryo, but the final painting is difficult.
Chen Wenzhe is not interested in making ordinary porcelain either.
What he wants to make now is multicolored porcelain, made using chicken vat cup technology.
Moreover, he has drawn all the design drawings, including pots with chickens pecking at rice, pots with fighting cocks, pots with dancing chickens, etc.
Anyway, he has the skills he got from the chicken vat cup. He has already learned the techniques of painting various chickens, so he can easily draw the effect he wants.
Of course, Chen Wenzhe still needs to experiment a few times when actually firing multicolored porcelain for the first time.
Once this batch of porcelain is successfully fired, he can then make real Doucai porcelain.
Therefore, all of this is actually preparation for firing the doucai.
It took Chen Wenzhe an hour to make a large number of clay strips, and then he spent more than three hours making six utensil embryos at once.
Making pots is a splicing process. As long as the clay is mixed well, the splicing will be the bottom of the pot, the body of the pot, the handle and the spout of the pot.
Finally, the lid is made and trimmed appropriately, and the teapot is completed.
These techniques are not difficult for Chen Wenzhe.
A large number of plain embryos are produced. This is the first utensil embryo made previously and is ready for coloring.
Chen Wenzhe had already designed the painted pattern, so it was not difficult to draw it at this time.
The first picture is a cockfighting picture. With just a few strokes, Chen Wenzhe sketched an angry white rooster.
The white rooster had its comb erect and red. It flapped its wings angrily, stretched out its long neck, and rushed forward like an arrow.
It opened its mouth and seemed to be screaming strangely.
He bowed his waist, the hair on his neck spread out like a fan, soared into the air and pounced towards a rooster.
On the other side, the flower rooster was escaping, but the white rooster had a victor's attitude, looking like a victorious general, constantly circling in the yard, showing off its majesty.
After finishing the painting of this vessel, Chen Wenzhe felt a little unfinished.
He thought for a moment, took a piece of utensil embryo again, and drew a hen on it.
An old hen had an angry face and roared loudly. It opened its eyes wide and ran quickly.
A ring of feathers stood up on the hen's neck, and the comb was as red as if it was on fire.
Two short legs, like drum hammers swinging violently, are chasing a puppy.
It turns out that the hen is fighting with the puppies to protect the chicks!
The dog is a chubby black dog who looks to be only five or six months old. He looks the most beautiful and adorable when he is, but of course he can also be the most annoying.
Several chicks with fluffy feathers, short and dense feathers, each like a small ball of cotton, were hiding behind the hen, either panicking or looking at it curiously.
These chicks are all yellow and chubby.
Its little head is round, with a pair of small black eyes on its head, and it is very energetic.
After finishing this painting, Chen Wenzhe naturally felt very satisfied.
So, he kept up his efforts, and soon another picture of a rooster appeared.
This rooster looks very handsome, with its bright red comb like a ball of flame, and its feathers all white, like it is covered with a layer of silver armor.
The feathers on its tail were raised high, and there were some chicks scattered not far away. It was obvious that it was paying attention to those little things.
These chicks are less than the size of a fist, fluffy, and come in different colors, including white, yellow, black, and floral. They are running around not far away, chirping, and are no different from a group of naughty children.
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"It doesn't seem very good to just depict protecting chicks!"
After thinking for a while, Chen Wenzhe's movements slowed down. This time he drew a picture of the sunrise first, especially the red sun rising. His painting was particularly wonderful.
After painting the red sun, the rooster comes next.
This is a big golden rooster. It first widens its eyes, stretches its neck slowly, and finally raises its head and makes a high-pitched and sweet sound.
In this painting, we cannot hear the sound, but we can imagine that this sound sends away the darkness and welcomes the dawn;
This sound wakes people up to start a new day of life.
Wearing a bright red comb on its head, it looks very proud!
In particular, the whole body is covered with golden feathers, and the feathers on the tail are always raised high, as if it is covered with a glittering colorful dress.
A pair of bright black eyes, behind him is a green and black tail, and the feathers on his body are shiny, looking particularly dazzling in the sun.
It has a pair of big yellow powerful claws with four toes spread apart, making it look particularly strong and steady.
After such a big rooster is baked, as long as it is one-tenth as beautiful as it is now, his work this time will be no different.
"It just depends on the performance of these colored glazes."
Chen Wenzhe is still a little uneasy. After all, there are always some differences between ancient ores and today's ores.
Even if he deliberately searched for natural minerals that fit the characteristics of the times and prepared these color materials, he still didn't know what the specific effects would be after firing.
This time he used more color materials, including red color, green color, goose yellow, gold, black, purple, etc. It can be said that Chen Wenzhe has prepared almost all the color materials that he can prepare.
Anyway, there were extra embryos, so Chen Wenzhe painted roosters, hens, and chicks according to his own ideas, changing patterns, changing various themes, and meanings.
When there was really nothing left to draw, he thought of ways to shape the vessel.
Chicken head pots naturally have a chicken head, usually on the lid.
This was too ordinary, so Chen Wenzhe simply made a beautiful big rooster. The head of the chicken is the spout, the tail is the handle, and the lid is on the back.
There is nothing you can do about the chicken feet, except to let them lie down.
The production this time is more realistic. After the production is completed, it will be painted. After the firing is successful, you will get a rooster pot.
Once all the embryonic vessels are painted and glazed, this creation will be considered complete.
At last check, there were a total of sixteen teapots, and each one was different.
After the firing is successful, you may get sixteen exquisite pieces.