In this way, Chen Xingchen and Chen Qinghu cooperated tacitly and quickly made a purple clay pot take shape again.
"Is this a time for engraving?"
Seeing that the purple clay pot was about to be completed, but Chen Qinghu still didn't seem to add any more decorations, Chen Xingchen suggested.
"I don't know how to carve flowers, I haven't learned yet!" Chen Qinghu said a little embarrassed.
"Shh!" Chen Xingchen breathed out, this is right, otherwise these people in the Chen family would be too evil.
After only studying for seven or eight months, you can actually make a purple clay pot skillfully?
This leaves them, who have studied for five or six years, how can they meet Jiangdong’s elders?
"It doesn't matter, I know how to make the pot. You can make the pot quickly enough. You can leave other processes to me."
"Yes, it will be faster this way." Others also breathed a sigh of relief. These are all students from the Academy of Fine Arts.
After graduating from college, you have to work hard to find a job if you don't want to lose your job. For those who study ceramics, there are not many job opportunities to choose from.
Therefore, as soon as Professor Tao spread the word among the school, many graduates defected to Chen Wenzhe.
These students were interviewed by Li Jinli, and this was the first time Chen Wenzhe met them.
Although I can't name him, he looks familiar. After all, he is from the same school. Even if I don't know him, he always looks very familiar.
Gathering such a group of professionals can save Chen Wenzhe a lot of time.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about pot making. The several steps of making a purple clay pot are usually completed by more than two people, and the speed will be faster.
For example, firing is generally not done by the producers. It can be seen from this that the division of labor in society is very significant, which is also an important reason for the development of purple sand.
It is all hand-formed. Generally, the wet purple sand mud flakes are beaten into a certain thickness and uniform mud flakes, and the various parts of the pot are made separately, and then glued together to form the prototype of a pot.
Then it is trimmed and perfected before it is made into an embryo.
Since there are two types of purple clay teapots: round and square, the round ones are formed by "beating barrel molding", while the square ones are "molded by body barrel molding".
The "Gypsum Model Forming Method" is a semi-manual pot making method. It uses a model made of gypsum to give the purple clay pot a precise shape, which can greatly improve the efficiency of pot making.
In Chen Wenzhe's place, semi-handmade production is naturally not used. As a result, fewer porcelains can be fired every day.
But in contrast, the price of the porcelain he produced in this way is higher.
Of course, if you want to sell at a high price, you need to have suitable channels, and Yi Niantang can be considered a suitable channel opened by Chen Wenzhe.
In order not to ruin his own brand, Chen Wenzhe still has to do the final check.
However, with Chen Xingchen's help, Chen Wenzhe can save a lot of time in the future.
For example, when it comes to kiln burning, even if Chen Xingchen cannot reach the master level of kiln burning, he can always reach the professional level.
If Chen Wenzhe teaches him some more tricks, even if he reaches the master level, it shouldn't be too difficult.
This was the result of four or five years of firing and careful instruction from Professor Tao.
I have to say that Chen Xingchen has really experienced it.
I don’t know what he was thinking, but he actually left Professor Tao’s studio and came to Chen Wenzhe’s private workshop.
According to Chen Wenzhe and Li Jinli's plan, after recruiting people, the first thing to do is to assess their skills.
As long as these students do not spend all their time playing games during school, they can generally reach the proficient level, which is the second or third level technician level.
Now Chen Xingchen is looking at them to see what their level is.
There are many steps to making a teapot, but they are all simple.
When making mud strips, the humidity of the mud must be appropriate so that the mud strips can be used for beating.
The clay strips should be made into a rectangular shape according to the size requirements. The thickness of the clay strips should be uniform, about 3 mm. Large pots should be appropriately thickened and small pots should be appropriately thinned.
Make the mud slices, the thickness of the mud slices is uniform and round.
Specific thickness requirements: negative film, thickness 3 mm, full film, thickness 2.8 mm, false bottom, thickness 2 mm.
For large pieces, the thickness is according to the specific size requirements. For the mouth line, the thickness is 3 mm. For the surrounding piece, the thickness is 6 mm;
When playing with the drum, the girdle must be set at the center of the turntable, the mud strips must be round and straight around the mound, and the edges of the mud strips must be kept moist.
When playing with the body tube, the rotation speed of the turntable should be uniform and the beating intensity of the paddle should be consistent;
To drive the body barrel, use a wooden racket to drive it. The steps should be thin and dense, and the force should be even. The purpose is to drive the body barrel round and straight, and the shape will meet the requirements.
For the grate body, use a bamboo grate, and the force must be even and steady. The purpose is to make the curve of the grate body smooth;
Put on the false bottom. The false bottom should not be thick. Strictly follow the requirements and the diameter should be 1~2 mm smaller than the actual bottom;
Next, put on the big one and apply finger mud.
It literally means applying a thin layer of mud with your fingers.
Next is the upper mouth line and clear mouth line.
After that, there are rubbing the handle, trimming the handle, clearing the mouth, trimming the mouth, installing the mouth handle, and cutting the mouth handle.
Once the mouth and handle are done, it's time for the lid.
Making the cover, turning the button, assembling the button, cutting the blank, opening the blank, and twisting the blank are all processes one after another, and people are constantly changing to do the work.
At this time, it is clear at a glance who is doing well and whether it is good or not.
These are the simplest production processes. They do not require engraving, glazing, or trimming. Compared with making porcelain, these tasks are basic skills.
What Chen Wenzhe requires is skilled workers. As long as these basic skills are solid, others can be practiced slowly.
After watching the cooperation once, Chen Wenzhe basically understood the basic skills of his classmates.
Of course, the one who knows them best is Chen Xingchen, because he has spent more time with these classmates and is more familiar with them.
Two hours later, Chen Wenzhe and Li Jinli had been standing in a corner, but the classmates who were concentrating on their work did not notice them.
This makes Chen Wenzhe very satisfied. Both Professor Tao and Chen Xingchen are very reliable.
Otherwise, the classmates he found wouldn't be so down-to-earth and willing to work, at least they wouldn't be sneaky people.
"Okay, stop for a moment. We just made a dozen teapots, and it took us two hours, sixteen people, two hours to make sixteen teapots, and they are all the simplest purple clay teapots with no lines.
, the speed is not fast, but it meets the standard.”
"Ha..." When Chen Xingchen said that the standard was met, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Some students have already started laughing. They feel that their jobs are stable this time.
Chen Wenzhe, who was not far away, also laughed.
"Huh? Our boss is here, please welcome Master Chen Wenzhe with a round of applause!"
"Bah!" Seeing Chen Wenzhe, all the students clapped their hands.
They had to be convinced by Chen Wenzhe.
I became a monk on the way, no, I changed my profession on the way. But in less than a year, I have gained such a great reputation. This is not luck.