Chapter 654: Changing tricks to meet the needs of the people
Now Chen Wenzhe has managed to gain some fame and can be sought after by others.
After all, the price of the porcelain he makes is not really expensive, and it can be used as daily porcelain!
In this case, it is natural to meet the needs of customers.
Chen Wenzhe really has no interest in making ordinary cups, so don’t some people like to pretend? So he made a batch of things that they might not be able to afford.
First, let's warm up with a few hand-pressed cups. This is a style of cup with a flat mouth and an outward tilt. The abdominal wall is almost vertical, and it is retracted from the lower abdominal wall to form a circle.
When held in the hand, the slightly outward rim of the cup just fits the edge of the hand. The size is moderate, the weight is moderate, and it fits the hand stably, so it is known as the "hand-pressing cup".
This kind of tea cup is very comfortable to use for self-drinking.
Next is the jue cup. There is nothing to say about it, except that this time Chen Wenzhe made a lot of patterns, including blue and white, white glaze, blue glaze and pastel.
In fact, many of these varieties were made during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and Chen Wenzhe was a wise follower.
Therefore, having a culture of five thousand years is only bad because it prevents future generations from innovating!
Everything you can think of, our ancestors have already thought of it and made it.
Thinking of the cups made by his ancestors, Chen Wenzhe thought of another variety, which is the ear cup.
According to historical records, ear cups were first widely used in the Warring States Period.
This is a style of cup, also known as "feather cup". It is a kind of drinking utensil, imitating the lacquered cup made in the Han Dynasty. The body of the cup is oval and has symmetrical small ears on both sides, hence the name.
At this point, the warm-up is over and you can start doing some difficult activities.
Chicken bowl cup is also a kind of wine utensil.
Many people seem to think this is a tea set. Of course, it can also be used for drinking tea.
Open mouth, shallow belly, lying feet.
The cup is painted with female, rooster and chicks in fighting colors, with rocks, orchids and peonies in between, hence the name chicken cup.
The Ming Dynasty Chenghua Dou Cai Chicken Cup was famous for a while, and was copied by various dynasties in the Qing Dynasty, especially those made during the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties.
Chen Wenzhe's current level must be at the level of authenticity, but if he doesn't make it old, the firelight of the newly fired porcelain can prove that it is a modern handicraft.
But even for modern handicrafts, the high-quality imitations he made cannot be purchased for RMB 180,000.
The production process and troublesomeness of this thing are no worse than underglaze red.
And a red underglaze stem cup, even if it is a modern imitation, as long as it reaches a high level of imitation, there is no way you can successfully make it without a cost of 100,000 yuan.
What I’m talking about here is high imitation, except for random ones.
Also, these modern artworks made by Chen Wenzhe do not have ancient styles. If they do, they are antique porcelain.
This kind of antique porcelain is definitely more likely to sell, because if someone buys it back and makes it a little distressed, it might be resold as ancient porcelain and make a lot of money.
This kind of thing is inevitable, because even if Chen Wenzhe doesn't keep the ancient money, others won't be able to do it?
As long as you have the will, you can deceive people no matter what.
Besides, the production of antique porcelain has been so common throughout the ages that Chen Wenzhe can't control it too much.
Now that you have thought about goblets, make a batch of goblets.
The goblet, also known as the horse cup, is the same as the goblet, with a bowl-shaped top and a high handle below.
Goblet, also called handle cup, is a typical ceramic utensil with beautiful appearance, practicality and convenience.
However, the goblet of each dynasty has its own characteristics of the times.
Previously, Chen Wenzhe had received a modern imitation of a high-footed gold cup, which was a classic type of vessel from the Ming Dynasty.
Now it is easy to make porcelain with Chen Wenzhe's carving skills.
The production process of the cloud-dragon pattern goblet is quite complicated, but it is a pity to make it into white porcelain.
After thinking about it, Chen Wenzhe decided to make plum celadon. It would be as beautiful as jade carving.
He just didn't have the top-grade yellow glaze in his hands. Otherwise, it would definitely be more beautiful to make a yellow glaze and white dragon pattern goblet.
Looking at the finished series of cups, which is the final cloud-dragon pattern goblet, it is a bit difficult.
This kind of thing is easy to draw, but painting and glazing are a bit difficult, but for Chen Wenzhe, these are just casual works.
After not going to Yi Niantang antique store for a month, Li Jinli must have accumulated a lot of resentment at this time.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe thought for a moment and decided that he still needed to release his grievances.
Make more things so that he can make more money. I think Li Jinli will have no resentment at all.
When it comes to making porcelain, nothing is faster than making bowls.
Now that you’ve made stemware, let’s make some stemware bowls!
You can't just make some ordinary dishes, right? That would be too much to deal with, and the most important thing is that it probably won't sell well.
Therefore, he still has to change his tricks to avoid being scolded as a waste of money!
A tall bowl is definitely a style of bowl.
The shape is the same as a goblet, slightly larger.
Longquan kiln and Jingzhen kiln in the Yuan Dynasty both fired large quantities, and continued firing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The varieties include celadon glaze, egg white glaze, blue and white, underglaze red, etc.
Therefore, even if you simply bake a tall bowl, you can create many different designs.
Here, Chen Wenzhe focused on the firing of egg white glaze, because he had never fired this type of porcelain since he acquired the firing technology.
This was the memory he got from the blue and white glaze red jade pot and spring vase. At that time, he also got the binary formula for Yuan blue and white firing.
Unfortunately, due to lack of materials, he could not make a high imitation of Yuan blue and white. You know, any high imitation of Yuan blue and white nowadays can be sold for half a million yuan.
This is selling a high imitation, not using the name of Yuan Qinghua to deceive people.
That is to say, because high imitation makes money, many modern masters with some skills also do this kind of thing.
If you make one piece, you can easily sell it for 500,000 yuan. What if you make two pieces? If you make ten or eight pieces in a year, you will achieve financial freedom.
How many people can resist this kind of temptation?
Therefore, when he first came into contact with making money, Chen Wenzhe lost his original intention and focused on making money.
In fact, if you imagine now, with the means of cheating, why can't you still make money?
However, making quick money is so satisfying that few people can resist it!
Now Chen Wenzhe can bear it, mainly because he is not short of money now.
Therefore, he can now follow his heart and do whatever he wants.
This is the result of achieving financial freedom, so now he can make some cups and dishes at will.
It feels good to make bowls with a new style. You must know that Chen Wenzhe had a complete set of porcelain making techniques from the beginning.
Even the basic porcelain making process involves many types of porcelain.
Speaking of bowls, there are many types. In addition to ordinary small bowls, sea bowls, special tall bowls, and commonly used palace bowls.