How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 119 The master-level cloisonne is completed, the ultimate luxury!
B station, folk craftsman Zhao Chen's live broadcast room.

The users of station B are very excited.

"Master finally moved into station B!"

"He is my favorite UP master now, the craftsmanship is too good!"

"What is this doing, China?"

"It's cloisonne, an intangible cultural heritage, and the first of the Eight Wonders of Yanjing!"

Everyone was discussing lively.

At this moment, Zhao Chen has completely painted the cloisonne.

Looking from the camera, there is no gap on the surface of the incense burner, and everything is filled with color.

These colors are not mixed or smudged together, the image of dragon and phoenix is ​​very clear, and the pattern is also very beautiful.

Zhao Chen made it bit by bit with a straw, a blue gun, and tweezers.

"Huh, it's finally over."

Zhao Chen let out a long breath and sighed.

[Haha, Master has worked hard! 】

[Is it finished, the next thing is to burn it! 】

【Not easy! 】

Zhao Chen picked up the phone and glanced at everyone's barrage. After seeing the barrage, he shook his head with a smile and said:

"Everyone thinks too simple. Firing can permanently stick the glaze to the carcass, just like porcelain."

"However, after bluing, the glaze melts and shrinks, and will be lower than the height of the copper wire."

"This requires the second, third, and fourth times of spotting and burning blue."

"Not until the glaze is level or above the copper wire."

"Moreover, after each blue-burning, the craftsmen have to reshape the carcass at high temperature to ensure that there are no problems with the pattern of the cloisonné."

"In addition, under normal circumstances, only one piece can be fired in a kiln at a time, and dozens of pieces cannot be fired at a time like porcelain."

"The handicraft made in this way is the cloisonné."

Hearing Zhao Chen's words, the netizens in the live broadcast room were stunned, a little unbelievable.

The cloisonné in the live broadcast is very beautiful. Everyone thought it was going to be finished, but now it's just started?
Is this China's intangible cultural heritage, top handicrafts?

No wonder cloisonné has such a great reputation.

Looking at it for a while, everyone has been completely conquered by Zhao Chen's live broadcast content.

Big guys are big guys.

Let's take a look.

Then, Zhao Chen started to burn blue, light blue.

He put the cloisonné on an iron shelf, and then used an iron rod to pick up the value and let it out.

When the cloisonne was taken out after burning, the whole cloisonné was burnt red, and no color could be seen.

This scene is even more attractive to netizens.

Men like to watch weird things.

For example, working excavators, such as splashing water with stones on a lake in the wild, and watching red-hot iron.

After all, dealing with a hot piece of iron is super cool.

The copper body was burnt red, and when it cooled down a bit, the color on it appeared. Zhao Chen took tweezers and looked closely at the copper body.

He found that the copper wire was deformed and corrected it.

This is also the step that cloisonné must go through.

In this way, in the next two days, the process of lighting blue and burning blue continued three times.

When the red-hot copper tire was taken out for the third time, Zhao Chen always heaved a sigh of relief.

"The next step is buffing."

"Grinding is to use emery to smooth the glaze of the high copper wires, so that the patterns and colors on the surface are revealed."

"Then, use sandstones of different specifications such as No. 180, No. 240, No. 320, and No. 400 to grind off the black silk on the glaze."

"Finally, use Duanmu charcoal to polish it eight to ten times until it shines."

"After this step is over, go to the metal workshop in the town and put it in the instrument for gold plating."

"The cloisonne at that time was bright and delicate, bright in color, spotless all over, exuding a golden brilliance."

"Luxury and precious, very ornamental."

Zhao Chen explained again.

People are expecting more and more from his work.

Next, Zhao Chen speeded up the production.

This art combines the techniques of bronze, porcelain, painting, and sculpture, and is a master of Chinese craftsmanship.

Zhao Chen also hopes in his heart that he can make this work.

Everything is proceeding step by step.

For the past two days, Zhao Chen has been polishing the incense burner with sand and stones, and the surface of the incense burner has been polished very smooth.

However, it looks very old.

Stone chips seem to have stained the surface of the cloisonné.

Netizen [A Cigarette]: [Is this really okay? I feel that the color is wrong, so it won't be ruined! 】

Netizen [Pig Against the Current]: [There is no such golden feeling at all! 】

Netizen [stop, there is shit in front]: [Maybe the last step has not been done yet, why are you so anxious! 】

Netizen [keyboard fellow]: [There are still people who doubt the master's craftsmanship? 】

In the barrage, many people were arguing.

Generally speaking, Zhao Chen doesn't care much about barrage. He regards the live broadcast content as an expansion channel, and he can select some video materials to make videos.

The promotional effect of the video is indeed better.

After polishing, Zhao Chen explained to the camera:

"It's been sanded now, but there's still some gray stains on it, so it doesn't look as bright."

"But after applying it by hand, the surface of the metal is already very smooth, and the reflected light can be seen in some places."

"Tomorrow, after I go to the metal factory below for gilding, it will be a complete cloisonné."

"In the traditional gilding process, the mercury must be applied to the metal part of the cloisonné. After the mercury volatilizes, the metal will firmly adhere to it."

"Therefore, the surface of cloisonné has more or less mercury residues, which is harmful to craftsmen or collectors."

"Nowadays, the gold-plating process is used, and the cloisonne can be successfully gold-plated by putting the cloisonné in the pool of an instrument and connecting electricity to both sides."

"Tomorrow is the last step. After such a long time of production, I will finally see the final effect!"

After hearing Zhao Chen's words, netizens held back their anticipation.

Then, Zhao Chen turned off the live broadcast, put the cloisonné in the workshop, and then went to the yard to play with the little ones.

The next day, Zhao Chen found a metal factory to gild the cloisonné.

Seeing the final product, a smile appeared on his face.

The final effect is perfect.

The craftsmanship of this cloisonne work is top-notch, and the value will be at the highest level.

In his previous life, he was a little prince. Although he is poor now and only has a small villa in the south of the Yangtze River in the countryside, he never lowers his standards in the pursuit of art.

It is a kind of enjoyment for him to make or collect top handicrafts.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Chen presented the live broadcast of the finished cloisonné incense burner in the camera.

Netizens entered the live broadcast room one after another to watch.

When everyone saw the finished product he made, they were all amazed!

This incense burner is so beautiful.

At this moment, the censer was not as dim as it was before, and every color on it seemed to be glowing!
Moreover, the colors Zhao Chen chose were mostly red and gold, which were more vivid.

The colors are bright, the colors are bright, and the patterns are dense and complicated, giving people a very high visual impact.

Moreover, the lid of the incense burner has a hollow and carved design, which also shows Zhao Chen's superb metal craftsmanship.

[So beautiful, the master is the master! 】

[It was actually done! 】

[I don't know what to say other than Niubi! 】

Everyone's barrage is also pouring in.

The drone took a picture around the incense burner, perfectly presenting the final effect of this work in front of netizens.

Dragons and phoenixes dance on it, which makes people amazed again and again.

Jingtai Cloisonne Training Institute, after Yang Hua saw Zhao Chen's finished product, he immediately went to ask his master Ye Aimin for advice.

Yang Hua could tell that Zhao Chen's craftsmanship was very strong, even outrageously strong.

Bright colors are the most difficult to fire, which is why most cloisonnés use blue as their base color.

Under the repeated quenching at high temperature, the glaze is prone to problems.

Ye Aimin carefully admired Zhao Chen's cloisonne incense burner.

After reading it, he let out a long breath and praised:
"A masterwork, this cloisonne finished product already belongs to the category that can participate in the exhibition."

"The young people nowadays are really amazing, they can actually do this."

"Traditional craftsmanship is gradually being carried forward!"

Hearing Master's evaluation, Yang Hua's face showed a touch of admiration and envy.

He looked at the gentle and elegant Zhao Chen in the video, and gradually adored him.

At the same time, he regarded Zhao Chen as a role model in his heart.

"Learn from him and be patient."

"My talent is not as good as his, so I have to work harder."

"I will pass on the cloisonné craftsmanship and let people see the beauty of cloisonné."

Yang Hua thought to himself.

Zhao Chen's videos and live broadcasts have influenced many people.

Not only the audience, but also many young craftsmen.

They discovered the value of traditional crafts.

The correct value orientation transmitted by Zhao Chen has virtually added powerful force to the spread of traditional culture with a long history.

(End of this chapter)