Chapter 668: Court tribute, fame spread far and wide
Fortunately, working in dreams can be adjusted. He doesn't have to keep making pots and porcelain in dreams. Sometimes he can also dream about drinking porridge, drinking tea, and drinking wine?
Of course, in this process, practicing calligraphy, painting, and sculpture is also essential.
When he woke up in the morning, Chen Wenzhe felt confused. Is he back to the state he was in when he just got the Sui Marquis Pearl?
He has indeed learned a lot recently, so he needs to take it easy.
For example, he didn't make much of the white porcelain works he planned to fire yesterday.
I woke up completely and looked at the time. It was already eight o'clock.
By the time he went to the canteen to eat, it was already half past eight. At this time, all the workers in the factory had arrived, and it seemed that they had been busy for some time.
When he came to the electric kiln, all his works from yesterday had already been produced.
The most conspicuous thing is the standing statue of Guanyin. Her bright eyes, white teeth, and beautiful eyes make people feel friendly and kind.
Anyway, when you look at her, it’s how you look and how you feel comfortable!
Therefore, many people gathered around her to watch, but no one noticed that their boss had arrived.
Chen Wenzhe had no choice but to pick up a ruby-red glazed high-wall monk's hat pot that was randomly placed on a shelf by everyone.
A monk's hat pot full of Zen, the rim of the mouth extends out like a lotus, and the body is made of nature like an enlightened monk. It is elegant and pleasing to the eye, simple and solid, which makes people marvel!
The calcining temperature of this monk's hat pot is 1200℃, and the temperature index is well controlled. After it comes out of the kiln, its color and smoothness are very good.
Looking at this relatively successful work, Chen Wenzhe was filled with joy.
To make a teapot, even he needs to put in a lot of effort.
At the same time, he also saw the hard work and sweat that the older generation of artists had to put in in order to create an excellent and handed down work.
"Such a beautiful teapot will definitely not be sold if it doesn't cost 100,000 yuan!"
Touching the glaze like gem, Chen Wenzhe made a decision.
"You can pull it down. This ruby red teapot doesn't cost me more than 180,000 yuan. It's absolutely impossible for me to sell it!"
The elusive Li Jinli didn't know when he was standing in front of his boss.
"That's okay. Anyway, this thing is difficult to make, and it's even harder to bake it successfully. The number of firings in the future will certainly not be too large. Just sell as much as you can!"
Chen Wenzhe said indifferently.
On one side, Chen Xingchen, Chen Qinghu, Zhao Dayong and Wu Yunshan's eyes were already shining at this time.
Although they also like the white jade Guanyin statue, they are still more concerned about the monk's hat pot than the visible money path.
After hearing the conversation between Chen Wenzhe and Li Jinli, their vision of the road ahead became even brighter.
Of course, it wasn't like they did nothing last night. At least they had to search for some information, right?
With the current level of information development, they can still find out the status of the hat pot in the market.
This makes them have an extremely strong desire to make monk's hat pots.
"What are you going to do today?"
"Let's make white porcelain! I see that Guanyin, many people like it!"
Dehua porcelain clay is not difficult to buy now, especially since Chen Xingchen has smooth purchase channels, so you have to hurry up and the goods may arrive in one day.
Chen Wenzhe wanted to make white porcelain not only to change a product, but also to open up another market.
You should know that the main market for Dehua white porcelain is not actually in China.
Porcelain sculptures are also called porcelain carvings, and Dehua porcelain carvings began in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. They have long been famous in the history of Chinese ceramics.
In the Yuan Dynasty, porcelain Buddha statues were selected as court tributes, and their reputation spread far and wide at home and abroad.
This is actually very interesting to say, because all religious peoples like Dehua white porcelain.
Whether it is the Virgin Mary or Guanyin Bodhisattva, they can all be made of Dehua white porcelain.
After Buddhism was introduced to China from the Asan Kingdom in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it spread to Neon along with the cultural exchanges between China and Japan.
The people of Nanyang Islands have believed in Buddhism very early.
Not to mention Europe and the United States, they still have countless people of faith.
It is also because of this that Dehua white porcelain was sold all over the world along with the Water Silk Road in ancient times.
Due to the fine quality of Dehua porcelain clay, it is very suitable for firing the holy white-clad Guanyin. The fired Guanyin is as white as flawless and as gentle as jade, fully demonstrating its extraordinary and compassionate magnanimity.
Such a statue will give people a feeling of strength, trust and hope at first sight, and it can easily arouse people's reverence and belief.
At that time, these statues were exported abroad and aroused strong reactions.
Neon and Southeast Asian Buddhist countries are particularly fond of it.
Among neon Christians, it is very popular as an icon of Mary, and its demand is almost astonishing.
Therefore, Dehua also produced Maria statues to cater to the demand of the neon market.
It can be seen that one of the outstanding characteristics of Dehua porcelain compared with the porcelain produced at many domestic kilns is that it is oriented overseas.
It can be said that Dehua porcelain has witnessed the prosperity of my country's ancient foreign trade and my country's special status on the Maritime Silk Road.
In recent years, new underwater archaeological research results have been continuously harvested, proving this point.
A large number of blue and white porcelain belonging to Dehua were found in the archeology of "Huaguang Reef" and "Nanhai No. 1".
Now Chen Wenzhe also has the idea of taking his works overseas.
There are quite a few foreigners in Dahai City, and some of his current cloisonne will be exported through that beautiful Chinese named Hagen!
Therefore, he planned to trial-produce Dehua white porcelain sculptures to see if he could make special white porcelain products such as ivory white, baby noodles, etc. in ancient times.
If he can, then he can let workers free their hands and produce in large quantities for the vast overseas market.
At worst, he will complete the last finishing touch.
In this way, even if you can't get a large number of six- and seven-level statues, you can still get a large number of fourth- and fifth-level statues.
Dehua kiln porcelain sculptures are famous for their characters. There are many gods and goddesses in domestic legends. Chen Wenzhe could learn from them and create various characters.
His craftsmanship is high enough, so even if he carves casually, the characters he carves are very lifelike.
Chen Wenzhe was the one who made the most sculptures of Guanyin, so he carved various images of Guanyin in different poses, including standing and seated statues.
Compared with carving jade, carving clay is much easier.
Because the sculptures made are not big, and the clothing patterns are simple and the lines are smooth, the speed is very fast.
The porcelain figures of Dehua kiln use a wide range of materials. Even Guanyin has many themes, such as Guanyin crossing the sea, sitting in draped clothes, and sending children to Guanyin.
If you don’t want to be Guanyin, there are also statues of gods and Buddhas such as Tathagata, Maitreya, Arhat, Bodhidharma, longevity star, emperor, eight immortals, earth and so on.