How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 116 Top Art Design, Cute Kitten
Kyoto Cloisonne Training Institute.

As a two-year cloisonné apprentice, Yang Hua found that he could not evaluate Zhao Chen's design.

This shows that in terms of design, his realm is far inferior to that of Zhao Chen.

At this moment, Zhao Chen's design drawing has been completely drawn, and Zhao Chen also painted the design drawing to present the final result.

So, Yang Hua took Zhao Chen's design and went to find his master Ye Aimin.

"Master, what do you think of the blueprints designed by this man, what level is it?"

Yang Hua took out the screenshot of the phone and passed it to Ye Aimin.

Ye Aimin is a master of cloisonne. He is 72 years old and has a deep knowledge of cloisonne craftsmanship.

Ye Aimin took Yang Hua's phone, squinted his eyes, and took a closer look at the pattern on the phone through the reading glasses.

After a rough look, he thought the pattern design was very good, so he admired it.

"Which master designed this, the design is very good, the color is also beautiful, and a lot of unique craftsmanship of cloisonne is used."

"But it's very difficult."

Ye Aimin seriously commented.

"It's an anchor on the Internet, the master of porcelain firing, Zhao Chen." Yang Hua replied directly.

Hearing Yang Hua's words, Ye Aimin was surprised.

He didn't expect that the person who designed this blueprint was actually a layman.

"Master, what is so difficult about this design drawing? Is it hollowed out, and the colors are too dense?" Yang Hua asked again.

"These are not too difficult, just be careful."

"You have studied for two years, can't you see where the most difficult point of this design drawing is?"

Ye Aimin asked back.

Hearing the master's words, Yang Hua was stunned for a moment. What the apprentice feared most was the master's question, just like the students were afraid of the teacher's sudden question, because many questions they didn't know how to answer.

Yang Hua carefully looked at Zhao Chen's design drawings.

Is there anything else he hasn't noticed?
"Look at his design first, and then look at those works. What do you think is the biggest difference at first glance?" Ye Aimin reminded, pointing to a few cloisonné works next to him.

Yang Hua first took a look at the several colorful cloisonné products next to him, and then took a look at Zhao Chen's design.

He only felt that Zhao Chen's design was brighter.

Then, Yang Hua suddenly realized.

"It's the color. A dragon and a phoenix are drawn on the censer, all in gold, but the background color is red! He used a lot of red!"

Hearing Yang Hua's words, Ye Aimin nodded in satisfaction, and then said:

"That's right, it's red. Among the many colors of cloisonné, it is recognized that red is the most difficult to burn."

"The firing success rate of other colors is more than [-]%, and the firing success rate of red is less than three layers."

"Moreover, pinching dragons and phoenixes is much more difficult than flowers and plants."

"His work is somewhat similar to Liu Yongsen's work "Jufu Golden Bowl"."

"I even think that his design was inspired by the "Jufu Golden Bowl"."

Ye Aimin's insights are very deep, and he can see the subtlety and difficulty of Zhao Chen's design at a glance.

The value of cloisonne depends on the craftsmanship of the finished product and the difficulty of the finished product.

The higher the difficulty, the higher the value.

"The original design of the artwork reflects the talent of the artist. How long did it take the anchor to design this drawing?"

At this time, Ye Aimin asked curiously again.

Yang Hua thought for a while and replied: "I don't know if he thought about it before, but it only took him less than a day to draw the whole picture of this blueprint."

"In less than a day?"

Ye Aimin was a little surprised again.

This design drawing is very exquisite, it can be seen that it is an expert's design, and many places are very delicately designed.

"It should be that there was a rough idea before, and this day I just drew the idea."

"The design of small objects is not complicated. If it is a larger object, it needs to be continuously designed and modified. It is normal to design for a year."

Ye Aimin sighed.

At the same time, Zhao Chen has already finished the initial design of cloisonne.

This process cannot be rushed.

Top-notch handicrafts require craftsmen to keep in good condition so that they can concentrate.

In the evening, Zhao Chen was busy making dinner and then feeding the little ones.

After these small animals got acquainted with each other, they often played around with each other, which reassured Zhao Chen a lot.

The little fox has an innocent style. Although he likes to run outside, he never provokes any right and wrong.

Little Heibei has a calm temperament, one of the two cats is lazy and the other is lively, neither has any bad intentions.

As for the two little white geese, they were dumbfounded, and sometimes put on an aggressive posture to provoke the cat, but they were honest when they were shouted twice by the black back.

The next day, Zhao Chen started the live broadcast, filmed himself with his mobile phone and drone, and continued to introduce the cloisonné process.

In the follow-up, he will also edit the recorded clips into popular science videos, so he will continue to explain the details of cloisonne craftsmanship in the live broadcast.

"Design relies on accumulation and inspiration, and the next craft will test the craftsmanship of the craftsman."

"The next step is the second step of cloisonne, tire making."

"Just like porcelain that needs to be cast, the billet of cloisonné is a welded copper tire."

Zhao Chen spoke slowly to the camera.

Many netizens in the live broadcast room were quietly admiring the scene of him making cloisonné.

His live broadcast is very relaxing. Although there are not so many program effects, but with his professional and calm craftsmanship, he also deeply attracts netizens.

"These are the raw materials for making copper tires, and they are high-quality copper sheets with a thickness of more than one millimeter."

"Next, I will cut out some fan-shaped structures, circular structures, and quadrilateral structures on the copper sheet, and then weld them together and hammer them into shape."

"This is the original blank of cloisonné."

Zhao Chen took out several pieces of long one-meter copper sheets, and said again.

The copper sheet glowed red, looking new and bright.

[Hey guy, this also uses the principles of geometry! 】

Netizens responded immediately.

[It doesn't sound too difficult to disassemble several structures from the copper sheet and weld them into a designed model. 】

[Good guy, you are really a per capita art master of Douyin, let me see if you make an incense burner out of iron sheets. 】

[It is very rare to change from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, and this step is not something ordinary people can do! 】

【A master is a master after all! 】

Zhao Chen used a pen and compasses to draw lines on the copper sheet, some were circular and some were square.

Then, he took out a pair of iron scissors, followed the drawn lines on the copper sheet, and cut out the pattern piece by piece.

It's like cutting paper.

Netizens found that Zhao Chen cut out a lot of copper pieces, and some copper pieces cut more than a dozen in repeated shapes.

Zhao Chen concentrated on cutting out all the copper pieces, and it took about two hours to finish all the work.

"The next step is to weld these cut copper sheets into shape."

"Don't think this step is easy."

"Circular devices require several layers of copper sheets to be welded together. Square devices or special-shaped devices often require dozens or hundreds of copper sheets to be welded together."

"The welding process requires extremely precise copper dimensions and welding angles."

"If there is a slight deviation, there is no way to make up for it, and we can only start over."

"The beauty of cloisonne is just the beginning."

Zhao Chen said to everyone.

After hearing Zhao Chen's words, the netizens all showed surprise expressions.

Weld hundreds of pieces of copper into shape, and the dimensions and angles must be very precise. If you fail, you will start all over again?

This process is too perverted!
After cutting the copper piece, Zhao Chen took a short rest.

He looked back, and the cat, fox and puppy were all there.

This time is the part of "choosing concubine". When I have a busy rest, I always find a small animal to play with.

"September, come here!"

Zhao Chen yelled at the kitten.

This gray, white and black kitten, which looks like a British shorthair, is actually a Chinese pastoral cat.

Jiuyue heard Zhao Chen's cry, and ran over in a hurry, Zhao Chen picked it up, and then gently started to stroke the cat.

The cat squinted its eyes to enjoy it, and soon made a comfortable cry of "purr purr".

The audience in the live broadcast room felt that this scene was very decompressing.

[The animals raised by the master are very obedient, how do you raise them? 】

[I'm sure you are obedient, did you forget about Pheasant and Haonan? 】

[The two little white geese don't count. 】

[Maybe these animals are influenced by art and become more artistic! 】

[Is there really a cat in this world who just reaches out and asks its owner to lick it? 】

Barrages keep popping up.

Zhao Chen sat on the chair, resting while stroking the kitten.

His small yard is very beautiful, antique, full of the style of Jiangnan water town.

At this moment, it is already late September, but the weather is still hot and dry.

After Zhao Chen stroked the cat for a while, he returned to the house, took out a bottle of iced Coke from the refrigerator, opened the lid of the can, and took a refreshing sip.

The cold and stimulating liquid slid down his throat, and his body instantly cooled down a lot.

After exercising or doing some physical work in summer, drinking a bottle of iced Coke is not too comfortable.

Then, Zhao Chen returned to the work room and began to concentrate on busy work.

He took out the electric welding machine and slowly welded the copper pieces that had just been cut together.

This process requires patience and care, and the copper tire will be scrapped if you are not careful.

In this way, the originally disorganized metal pieces slowly gathered into shape in his hands.

(End of this chapter)