How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 109 Shocking the world, China's best enamel glaze!

Zhao Chen did not expect Liu Xi to appear here.

There is no stage for watching this porcelain competition, only the results will be announced at the end and an exhibition will be held.

Except this time at the opening, there is nowhere for the audience to participate.

Therefore, generally no one will come.

But Liu Xi appeared here.

In this way, among a group of foreigners, she held the national flag of China high and let the red flag flutter in the wind.

Her cheers seemed to still be echoing through the venue.

Then, the opening ceremony continued, and several craftsmen came on stage.

The atmosphere is still warm.

All the craftsmen stood on the stage, and there were many reporters taking pictures in the audience, and the flashes were turned on one after another.

The ritual of the game is very strong.

These craftsmen are all young and confident, and their eyes have the unique confidence and vitality of youth.

This game is also announcing to the world that this will finally be the era of young people.

Even though the art world has always been dominated by old age, good young people have grown up.

Then, the craftsmen walked towards the back of the castle.

Each person has a dedicated workshop, and at the same time, there are several fixed camera positions in each workshop to shoot them in real time.

These cameras will broadcast live the process of making porcelain.

Next, the Porcelain Art Exchange Competition officially began.

Huaxia Art Channel broadcast the game.

Many of Zhao Chen's fans clicked into the live broadcast room to watch.

However, to everyone's disappointment, Zhao Chen's scenes are very few, and most of the time they are played for a few seconds and then flashed past.

Those who play the most are those few top porcelain people.

For example, Helun, a craftsman of Wedgwood porcelain, and Haisha, a craftsman of Minghai porcelain.

There are also several official judges in this art competition, who will comment on the craftsmanship of these craftsmen in real time.

Judge William said when introducing Wedgwood porcelain:
"Wedgwood porcelain is noble in quality, delicate in texture, concise in style and highly artistic. This time Helun will challenge the most exquisite bone china."

"Bone china is to add a certain proportion of animal bone powder to the porcelain. The color is pure white, which can make the porcelain more moist."

Then, the camera showed the Japanese female craftsman Misa, and he said:
"The biggest feature of Narumi porcelain is bone china. 47% of its raw materials are made of bovine bone powder. It is shaped through a special process and combined with exquisite printing art, which will give the porcelain a strong sense of hierarchy."

"Each piece of this kind of porcelain is a work of exquisite workmanship, and its collection value is very high."

In the exchange competition, the jury continued to introduce these porcelains, so that netizens can better understand the history of porcelains.

Zhao Chen knew how to make bone china, but he never liked it.

Although animal bones can be ground into powder and added to clay to make porcelain pure white, but that white is a bit too dead.

Everyone has a different definition of art and a different pursuit of beauty.

A plate made of animal bones always feels uncomfortable.

But in foreign countries, bone china is very popular, because the texture of bone china is really warm and the color is very restrained.

As the saying goes, what kills art is not the artist, but the definition of art.

Art cannot be defined, and everyone's pursuit of art is different.

The screen of the program switches from craftsman to craftsman.

Huaxia's netizens have been waiting, waiting for that man to appear.

Not long after, the screen finally switched to Zhao Chen's body.

Netizens exploded in an instant.

[Here it is, it's Brother Chen! 】

[Sure enough, he is still so handsome! 】

[Brother Chen, come on! 】

[I never thought that one day I would care so much about an art program! 】

With the switching of the live broadcast screen, artisans all over the world can see Zhao Chen's appearance.

At this time, judge William began to introduce:

"He is the youngest porcelain art master in China, and he personally restored the traditional porcelain from more than 900 years ago."

"And some time ago, he also made Yaobian Tianmu teacup, which became a hot search in Japan."

"As far as I know, what he is going to make this time is Ru kiln porcelain, the most precious pure-color porcelain in China."

"But things don't seem right."

William noticed that in the picture, there were many brushes placed beside Zhao Chen.

At the same time, several glaze jars at the back were opened, and the colorful enamel glazes could be seen in them.

This kind of glaze is as crystal clear as shaking jelly.

This is also the unique glaze of China, inherited from the ancient Chinese method of Yanjing Bajue Cloisonne, the best glaze made of enamel.

"What is that, is it glaze? Why is the material so good?"

William himself is a well-known craftsman in the porcelain industry, so he knows the porcelain industry very well.

After seeing Zhao Chen's enamel, he couldn't help but feel a little lost.

"China is the birthplace of porcelain. In terms of craftsmanship and complexity of workmanship, many porcelains in the world have surpassed them."

"However, in terms of the most primitive materials and the most simple beauty, China's porcelain is still the best in the world."

"The glaze is so beautiful, and what is he going to do with it, isn't it printing?"

William became more and more curious.

At this moment, Zhao Chen was fully absorbed in the process of making porcelain.

He first made several porcelain blanks. In order to ensure the success of porcelain making, each craftsman would make five to ten pieces of porcelain.

TV shows show his preform tricks.

His technique is very good, and the porcelain blank was quickly shaped by him.

The first porcelain blank was the familiar gooseneck bottle.

The shape of the gooseneck bottle is very exquisite, and it is also the easiest to color.

Enameled porcelain is a relatively large item.

In the camera, Zhao Chen put his hands on the clay, and after a while, a half-meter-high bottle took shape in front of him.

Such a large mud body also looks quite shocking.

"The craftsmanship is really stable!"

The artists who watched the show said with emotion.

"This person's molding ability is simply outstanding, after molding, there is no modification at all!"

"It is very difficult to shape such a tall porcelain blank, and generally needs to be pushed little by little. He is so confident that he can shape it so quickly!"

"What a powerful Chinese craftsman!"

Since Zhao Chen started to shape porcelain blanks, his shots gradually increased.

After all, both the director team and the audience can see that Zhao Chen is far ahead of other young craftsmen in terms of molding.

The camera then switched, and every porcelain craftsman was concentrating on making porcelain.

Perhaps outside of art, there are many quarrels and entanglements of interests.

But at this moment, everyone only has their own craftsmanship in their hearts, and they just want to present the art they create to people all over the world.

Some porcelain works are more complex, and the craftsmen will form a team.

The typical one is the Narumi porcelain in Japan, which is a piece of porcelain made by two people.

Seven days is relatively short, but almost everyone has made sufficient preparations before participating in the exchange competition.

The focus of this competition is not the plastic body, but the decoration method for the porcelain body.

For example, Wedgwood porcelain, they will add jade to the porcelain, and then carve the jade after the porcelain is fired.

This exquisite craftsmanship is why it can be ranked among the top seven porcelains in the world.

And what Zhao Chen has to do is win the lottery!
The most high-end porcelain often only needs to use the simplest techniques, the changes of glaze and clay under high temperature are the real content of porcelain.

On the second day, the craftsmen began to process the porcelain blanks, and the live broadcast attracted more and more attention.

Zhao Chen first took out the blue glaze and drew on it with a paintbrush.

This blue glaze is the glaze of blue and white porcelain, that is to say, what he is making now is blue and white porcelain.

Everyone was stunned by Zhao Chen's actions, even William, the judge of the show, was puzzled.

"The porcelain made by Zhao Chen is the same kind of porcelain made by another Chinese craftsman, Sun Xiao."

"This kind of porcelain is one of the classic Chinese porcelain, blue and white porcelain."

"I can't figure out why he would do this. Isn't Ru kiln porcelain his best?"

William commented directly on the show.

Huaxia's netizens were also full of surprise after seeing this scene.

[Brother Chen is painting blue and white porcelain! 】

[Yeah, do you mean that you want to join forces with Sun Xiao to achieve any effect? 】

[Impossible, they are all representative craftsmen of Huaxia, they will not choose the same kind of porcelain! 】

[Could it be that Brother Chen wants to steal Sun Xiao's limelight? 】

[It's not that scary! 】

Netizens were talking about it.

At this time, an expert sent a barrage:

[Don't guess, don't you see that there are so many colored glazes behind him?What Zhao Chen wants to do is not blue and white porcelain, but fighting colors! 】

[Doucai is a kind of color created on the basis of blue and white porcelain, also called glaze color. 】

[Firstly, blue and white porcelain is used as the base. After the glaze is fired, a layer of color is painted on the glaze, and then glazed and fired. 】

[This is the art he wants to create. 】

Seeing this comment, netizens suddenly realized.

What he wants to create is a layer upon layer of fighting colors.

Based on blue and white porcelain, create on the basis of blue and white porcelain, and use mineral pigments to fill in the gaps left by the blue and white patterns.

This is what he participated in this competition.

(End of this chapter)