Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 194 The Gilding Technique Fulfills Master Deng's Wish
Li Feng still knows the techniques for applying ink and gold.

Although Li Feng hasn't painted many pieces, only small areas on some porcelain, this time he only needs to paint a large area.

The techniques are the same anyway.

Ink painting with gold decoration doesn't necessarily mean only bright black ink. There's also a type called agate red ink painting with gold decoration, although agate red can be painted without gold decoration.

This decision is made based on the requirements of the visual design.

Since this major client from Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand specifically requested gold embellishment, their needs had to be met.

Li Feng heard from Master Deng that this important client was a big shot in the Singapore-Malaysia-Thailand region.

He handles many of the factory's foreign trade orders from Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

As for who this major client was, Li Feng didn't know. The factory workers generally wouldn't ask about such things, since their main job was to do manual labor.

They don't care about anything else.

Information about this major client is only known to some people in the sales department and the factory office.

Li Feng was also somewhat curious about this.

But he also knew that it wouldn't be good to ask rashly.

Therefore, Li Feng did not ask Master Deng any further questions.

Li Feng also knew that Master Deng wouldn't pay much attention to this aspect.

And it's very likely that asking will be pointless.

After learning this information, Li Feng did not prepare the paints for ink painting with gold accents, since only three or four types of paints were needed: iron red, bright black, gold, and hemp color.

These are all commonly used colors; gold and heather colors, on the other hand, need to be made on a temporary basis.

The others can be used directly.

Moreover, the gold color is made on demand, so there's no need to rush. As for the sesame color, a combination of dark black and crimson will suffice.

Very simple.

It doesn't take much time either.

At this moment, Master Deng noticed that Li Feng had not gotten up to prepare the paints, so he couldn't help but ask Li Feng a question.

"Aren't you going to prepare the paints for your painting?"

At this moment, Li Feng took out a piece of paper with Teacher Liang Hui's signature from his pocket and handed it to Master Deng.

At this moment, Master Deng saw Li Feng hand him a folded piece of paper. Although Master Deng was a little puzzled, he still took the white paper from Li Feng's hand.

After receiving the folded paper with Teacher Liang Hui's signature, Master Deng asked Li Feng a question, somewhat puzzled.

"What's this?".

After hearing what Master Deng said, Li Feng smiled and explained to Master Deng.

"Please open it and take a look. This is Ms. Liang Hui's signature."

"I begged for a long time before I got it."

Li Feng said this to emphasize how difficult it was to get the autograph.

Because Li Feng didn't know if he could still get Zhou Fang's autograph.

When Mr. Deng learned that Li Feng had given him the signature of Ms. Liang Hui, a look of surprise appeared on his face. He immediately opened the paper that Li Feng had given him, and when he saw Ms. Liang Hui's signature, a happy smile appeared on his face.

At this moment, Master Deng stood on tiptoe, put his arm around Li Feng's shoulder, and then praised Li Feng with a smile.

"Good lad."

"I haven't forgotten my master."

"I've wanted Ms. Liang Hui's autograph for a long time."

"This is wonderful, I'm going to take it home and keep it as a keepsake."

Upon hearing Master Deng's cheerful words, Li Feng couldn't help but smile and respond to him.

"This is what I should do. You are my master, how could I forget what you said?"

Master Deng nodded, then smiled and said to Li Feng.

"Um!".

"good".

"It's worth it for me to teach you this skill."

"You even got Liang Hui's autograph, that's great!" "By the way, do you have Zhou Fang's autograph?"

Upon hearing what Master Deng said, Li Feng immediately shook his head and explained to Master Deng.

"I don't have Ms. Zhou Fang's autograph."

"Teacher Zhou Fang has gone to perform for troops in other places and is not in Beijing at the moment."

After hearing Li Feng's explanation, Master Deng couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed.

After all, Master Deng really likes Zhou Fang and Liang Hui, and he really enjoys their songs.

Although Master Deng was somewhat disappointed that Li Feng did not get Ms. Zhou Fang's autograph, there was nothing he could do about it. However, getting Ms. Liang Hui's autograph was an unexpected surprise for him.

So Master Deng nodded to Li Feng and said.

"Li Feng, thank you."

"Getting Ms. Liang Hui's autograph is a wish that has been fulfilled."

After hearing Master Deng's words of gratitude, Li Feng quickly waved his hand at Master Deng and said...

"Look at what you're saying."

"If I can help you, how could I not help?"

"However, I don't know when I'll be able to go to the Beijing Cultural Troupe again."

"As you know, those military-controlled areas are not easy to enter."

Upon hearing Li Feng's words, Master Deng couldn't help but agree.

"Yes, you're right. If it were easy to get in, I wouldn't need your help."

Then Master Deng spoke to Li Feng.

"alright!".

"You can draw here, I'll go put this signature away and take it home to keep as a souvenir."

Li Feng nodded and said.

"Okay."

Then, Mr. Deng got up and went to the area where he kept his things, and put Ms. Liang Hui's autograph there.

Li Feng, on the other hand, went to prepare the paints he needed for painting.

As for the principal, Li Feng definitely can't get it, so Master Deng has to apply for it, since someone like Master Deng can apply faster.

As for Li Feng, all he needs to do is knead a little bit of hemp.

So Li Feng then began the material-making process.

This time, Li Feng painted exquisite porcelain, so his method of preparing the porcelain was slightly different from the usual one.

Li Feng immediately started kneading the dark black powder. He first had to knead the powder until it was fine, and then add frankincense oil to knead it into a jelly-like consistency.

About an hour later, Master Deng brought back five bottles of gold powder to Li Feng.

That is, about five grams.

At this point, Master Deng saw that Li Feng had finished rubbing the powder, so he asked Li Feng to find a special tool for rubbing gold powder.

After hearing what Master Deng said, Li Feng immediately went to find a small tool for rubbing gold powder.

The small tool used for rubbing gold powder still had some gold powder left from the last rubbing.

If it were regular paint, it would have been wiped clean with paper long ago.

But this is gold powder, so master gilders generally don't wipe the gold powder off their gilding tools.

Because these can be recycled.

The tool and disc for rubbing gold powder are usually kept in the master chef's cabinet.

Ordinary apprentices or low- to mid-level painters have absolutely no chance to touch this.

At this moment, it was Li Feng who had this luck. When the others saw Li Feng take out the dish containing gold powder and the cutting knife, their eyes all began to be on Li Feng.

None of them have ever painted a picture with gold leaf.

Not only was it not possible to gild it, but it wasn't even possible to gild it with silver.

Today, Li Feng has the opportunity to apply the gold leaf.

(End of this chapter)