Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 195 Li Feng's photo with the high-ranking leader shocked the three old men.

Next, Master Deng began to teach Li Feng how to rub gold powder into a pigment that could be fired.

Although the production of gold powder pigment is largely the same as that of ordinary pigment, some additional ingredients are required.

At this point, Master Deng began to use a small granulator to knead the gold powder into a paste. The gold powder in the granulator was very viscous, similar to the paste used for pasting couplets.

Upon seeing this situation, Li Feng couldn't help but ask Master Deng questions.

"how so?".

"Did you add too much frankincense oil?"

Upon hearing this, Master Deng shook his head at Li Feng and said...

"without".

"Gold powder is a little harder to rub than regular pigments."

"Moreover, and most importantly, gold powder mixed with frankincense oil does not evaporate very easily."

"So it looks like a paste."

Li Feng never expected that making gold powder would be so different.

It seems that even things that haven't been used before still contain some knowledge.

After all, there are many skills involved in this industry.

So it's perfectly normal that Li Feng didn't know.

Next, Mr. Deng took out a small bottle of kerosene from his table.

He then opened the soft stopper of the kerosene bottle, dripped a few drops of kerosene into the gold powder in the dish, and after dripping the kerosene, he put the soft stopper back on the bottle. Then he set the small bottle of kerosene aside.

He then took the shovel and began stirring the gold powder.

At this moment, Master Deng, while stirring, explained to Li Feng.

"Gold powder and silver powder are different, and their properties seem to be different as well."

"Therefore, the methods of making pigments are also different. After all, gold powder is a precious pigment in our ceramics, so we can only use as much as we need. Therefore, when we make gold powder pigments, we have to make them on a temporary basis."

"Gold powder needs to be mixed with kerosene, but silver powder does not."

"The reason why kerosene is added to gold powder is that it can volatilize a certain amount of frankincense oil, so that the gold powder can be kneaded into a paste-like substance similar to pearl powder."

"Another point is that if you add too little frankincense oil when you are making gold powder, you simply cannot make the gold powder."

"Therefore, this must be added."

When Li Feng finished listening to Master Deng's words, he understood the reason behind it.

So Li Feng nodded to Master Deng in response.

"I understand".

"I'll take care of the rest."

After seeing that Li Feng understood, Master Deng handed the small cutting knife in his hand to Li Feng.

He then instructed Li Feng to be careful when crushing the material.

Don't get gold dust everywhere.

Li Feng immediately nodded to indicate that he understood.

Next

Li Feng began to carefully rub the gold powder.

After all, gold powder is a precious pigment, and this is five grams, which is about thirty yuan per gram.

That's about one hundred and fifty.

It's worth as much as a month's salary for him. Although his salary is considered high among junior painters, Li Feng still has to be careful when rubbing these five grams of gold powder.

The cost of the gold used to paint the eighteen Arhats on the porcelain plaques alone is close to 150 yuan, and that might not even be enough. Adding the price of the porcelain plaques and the cost of the craftsmanship, Li Feng estimates that these porcelain plaques will sell for at least 500 or 600 yuan, or even over 1,000 yuan.

In this day and age, most people would definitely not spend five or six hundred or even a thousand yuan to buy such a porcelain slab.

After Li Feng finished gilding, Master Deng found him his gilding brush.

Although this pen is called a gold-painting pen, it is just an ordinary single-material pen.

The characteristic of a single-material brush is that the brush tip is very fine and it can hold a small amount of paint.

Therefore, it is very suitable for gold embellishment.

Looking at the single-material pen with its gleaming golden tip in front of him, Li Feng couldn't help but sigh.

This is the first time I've ever used this gold-plating pen.

After Master Deng handed the gold-painting brush to Li Feng, the laborers brought Li Feng a large porcelain slab measuring 54cm x 39cm.

After the laborers placed the porcelain plaque on the easel, they left.

At this moment, Master Deng handed Li Feng a color photograph of the Eighteen Arhats and then said to Li Feng.

"This version of the Eighteen Arhats is a design draft that I created years ago by extracting materials from painting manuals and combining them with Buddhist and Taoist painting books."

"However, this version of the Eighteen Arhats does not use the dry wood drawing method, but rather the nail head and rat tail drawing method."

"Moreover, in my version of the nail head and rat tail, the nail head alone is drawn very large. At that time, I had a certain idea, and that's how I drew it."

"You can just use the nail head and rat tail part of the clothes as a reference."

"Regarding the face and skin, you can refer to this or draw it yourself."

"Get me the overall effect first."

"There's no rush."

"In the next couple of days, draw the head first. As for the hem and the folds of the clothes, we'll talk about that later."

After hearing what Master Deng said, Li Feng immediately nodded to Master Deng to indicate that he understood.

After seeing that Li Feng understood, Master Deng stopped saying anything more.

Knowing that Li Feng wasn't someone he needed to worry about, Master Deng went off to do other things. Li Feng, meanwhile, held the photograph in his left hand and a brush dipped in light ink in his right, beginning to sketch.

Since the requirement for this painting of the Eighteen Arhats is to convey a sense of etherealness or holiness, the initial sketching process involves drawing the heads and clothing of all eighteen Arhats.

So this will take a lot of time.

Although this porcelain plaque is not as large as the one depicting a Miao girl from last time, it contains a lot of information, so even Li Feng found it somewhat difficult to work with.

As a result, Li Feng finally finished printing the design on the porcelain plate at 5 p.m.

However, when Li Feng looked at the porcelain plate in front of him, he felt that something was missing.

Although the ink sketch on the porcelain plate in front of him looked very similar to the photograph, Li Feng felt as if something was missing.

So Li Feng immediately called Master Deng over, wanting him to take a look and see if anything was missing.

After Master Deng arrived, he looked at the ink draft that Li Feng had prepared and sincerely said to Li Feng.

"This draft was completed very quickly."

"Can.".

Li Feng smiled and said modestly to Master Deng.

"Please don't flatter me, I still have a long way to go."

"After finishing the ink draft, I felt that something was wrong with the picture."

"It doesn't taste like the one you described."

Master Deng looked at the ink draft drawn by Li Feng, then nodded and said.

"Um!".

"A little, but not much."

"I'll revise it for you."

Master Deng then took the brush from Li Feng and prepared to revise the ink draft drawn by Li Feng.

the other side

Minister Feng instructed someone to deliver yesterday's group photo to Li Feng's home.

It was almost six o'clock.

Wu Na has already informed Minister Feng of Li Feng's home address, so there is no issue of not being able to find the place.

So two propaganda department staff members, dressed in uniforms with four pockets, took a car and delivered a framed photograph longer than an arm to the door of No. 95 Luogu Lane.

At this moment, the third aunt who lived in the front yard saw two strangers wearing cadre uniforms with four pockets carrying a large photograph into the yard, and she couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Upon seeing the three women, one of the two propaganda department staff members dressed in cadre uniforms couldn't help but ask them a question.

"Excuse me, does Comrade Li Feng live here?"

The old woman was surprised to find that the two people in front of her were looking for Li Feng, and that they looked like cadres. So she quickly pulled the old man, Yan Bugui, out of the house.

At this moment, Uncle Yan Bugui looked at the two young cadres in front of him and asked them somewhat cautiously.

"Who are you two?"

When the young staff members of the publicity department heard Yan Bugui's words, they began to explain to him.

"Hello, comrade."

"We are both from the Publicity Department. This is a photo that our Minister Feng asked us to give to Comrade Li Feng."

"This photo shows Comrade Li Feng with Minister Feng and other leaders."

When Yan Bugui heard what the propaganda officer said, he was taken aback. He quickly looked at the photos by the light of the lamplight in front of his house.

Yan Bugui glanced around and saw that the group was full of military officers, many of whom had stars on their collar insignia.

When Yan Bugui saw Li Feng standing in the middle, he was instantly stunned.

He was surprised to find that Li Feng was actually in the photo, and even standing in the middle, which made Yan Bugui hardly believe his eyes.

Just as Yan Bugui was surprised, his two uncles happened to come home from get off work.

When Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong saw two people standing in front of the Third Uncle, and Yan Bugui looking at a large photograph, they couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

So at this moment, the two of them walked over to Yan Bugui and asked him a question.

"Old Yan, what happened?"

After Yan Bugui discovered the two of them, he told them about the two propaganda department officers.

When Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong heard Yan Bugui's words, they were both very shocked.

They never expected that Li Feng would be able to take a group photo with Minister Feng of the Publicity Department and a group of cadres.

They could hardly believe it was true, so Liu Haizhong asked the two publicity department staff members about the situation. The two staff members simply told Liu Haizhong that their Minister Feng had asked them to deliver it.

They also asked Comrade Li Feng where he lived.

At this moment, the second uncle quickly said to the two cadres.

"I know".

"I know".

"I know where Li Feng lives."

"I'll take you there."

As Liu Haizhong spoke, he gestured to the two young officers, indicating that they should come forward.

Liu Haizhong, being an official-obsessed person, is very enthusiastic towards cadres.

Moreover, these were two cadres from a large organization, so he quickly gave them directions.

As for the eldest and third uncles, they looked at each other, and they both saw disbelief in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)