Reborn Shanshui Family

Chapter 177 Opening a Kiln to Burn Porcelain

In the following time, Qin Qing and Master Li devoted themselves to the research of imitation Ru kiln porcelain.Ru kiln porcelain is not only very special in porcelain clay, but also the glaze on the outside is even more precious. The use of agate in the glaze is not a modern chemical raw material, and every drop must not be wasted.

The soil is fine, the fetal bone is hard, the glaze is moist, and the glaze contains agate powder, which produces a special color. The colors include egg white, sky blue, pink green, bean green, shrimp green, and shrimp green often have a slight yellow, as well as light green and sky blue. .Especially the sky blue is the most precious, the pink green is the most precious, and the sky blue is very precious. It is known as "after the rain, the sky is clear and the clouds are the best".The glazed house is thick, like a heap of fat, it is regarded as jasper, and the sound of clasps is like a sweetheart. The glaze surface has crab claw patterns, caviar patterns and sesame flowers.

Ru Kiln adopts the traditional manual method of making ceramics. The process of making a ceramic is as high as thirteen major processes, including mud washing, mud stacking, billet drawing, billet printing, billet repairing, watering, drawing billets, glazing, kiln firing, and forming. The repair of defects in porcelain and finished porcelain, fine workmanship, beautiful design, Chengyi Ru porcelain takes the lead in "glaze color layer", simple and elegant in shape, smooth and smooth, due to the thick glaze layer of Ru porcelain, there are often pieces like fish scales and cicada wings After a long time of use, the brown color will adhere to the cracks, forming irregular and interlaced patterns, so the hand feels as smooth as fat, which looks like jade but not the beauty of jade.

"Master, there are thirteen major processes, and there are many small processes in each process. This piece of porcelain sits down, and the degree of responsibility is the most responsible for porcelain." Qin Qing wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeves, It's all mud, she said excitedly, she has learned a lot from Master Li from the very beginning.

Master Li strives for excellence and is a very demanding person. He has even stricter requirements on Qin Qing, and he will reprimand loudly if there is any deviation.Once when Li Jiabin went to deliver some pastries to his wife, he heard Master Li reprimanding his wife. If his wife hadn't given him winks, he would have had a huge quarrel with Master Li.

"Now we have finished digging and stacking mud." Master Li smiled triumphantly. From the feel of the mud, he had a premonition that there would be a surprise this time.

"Master, I spent some of the utensils we are going to make. Master, if you have time, you can take a look. This is the Ru kiln porcelain that I have read many books and restored according to my imagination." Qin Qing said with a smile, Ru kiln porcelain The shapes include plates, bowls, bottles, washers, statues, lamp holders, narcissus basins, etc.Among them, there are many kinds of bottles, such as paper mallet bottles, jade pot spring bottles, gallbladder bottles and so on.

There are many wares recorded in books, but there are no pictures, but Qin Qing has many books in the space, with many pictures of porcelain on them, and the name of the porcelain is also marked.

Qin Qing copied it and prepared to let the master evaluate it. If Master Li agrees, they will make such a device.

"That's fine, bring me back to have a look. If you can, you can make your picture, I'll make mine, and then we'll compare." Master Li said with a smile. The apprentice received it correctly, he has aura, and he can understand it with just one click.

Qin Qing nodded again and again and said: "Thank you, master, by the way, I think the agate you brought back from BJ is at most enough for us to burn it twice, so I thought about preparing money. What do you think about buying agate?"

Master Li shook his head and said, "I still have money for the time being, and I will let you buy it when I run out of money."

"Oh!" Qin Qing had no choice but to nod, "When the time comes, master, please don't be mean to say it."

"That's natural." Master Li said straightforwardly, "Wash your hands, I'll take a look at your album."

Qin Qing took out an A4-sized album, presented it to Master Li, and poured him a cup of hot tea.While drinking tea, Master Li looked at Qin Qing's album, which not only had the name, but also the source of the text.

Master Li was surprised, for example, the lamp, he admitted that his lamp is very beautiful, but it is not worthy of the name, and there is a discrepancy with the records in ancient documents, but Qin Qing's is almost consistent with the description, and it is still exquisite.

"Well, that's right. When drawing, printing, and repairing blanks in the afternoon, you should follow this picture book. Be careful and take your time." Master Li explained, because the cost is high, every piece must be taken seriously .

Qin Qing replied: "Yes, it's the master!"

"By the way, Qin Qing, every one of my porcelains has "Tianguang Layman" written on it, what are you going to write?" Master Li asked, this is a deposit left by every master, if only the things made are really very good , but it will be famous forever.

Qin Qing really didn't have such a fresh and refined nickname, and said: "I don't have one, why don't you bother to get one for me, master?"

Master Li smiled and said: "Okay, I'll get one for you. Let me think about it!" After a while, he said: "How is Qin Zi?"

When Qin Qing heard this, she was shocked. Although her surname is Qin, she is very famous if she adds a "Zi" after her surname. Only people with virtue will be called by this, such as Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, etc. if.

Qin Qing thought for a while and said, "Master, Qin Zi, I don't dare to be an apprentice, why don't you change?"

Master Li also felt that it was inappropriate, so he thought for a while and said, "How about calling Qingcheng? You are already beautiful, and you are ingenious, a rare talent. Besides, this is your character, so there is no need to use your real name."

Qin Qing nodded and said: "Okay, let's make a fortune. After thousands of years, maybe someone will know my name and make up an allusion."

At noon, Aunt Miao prepared lunch for the master and apprentice, and they ate casually. After a half-hour nap, they started working on time at one o'clock.

Qin Qing began to pull the blank according to the pattern on the picture, that is, put the smelted mud on the cart, and use the force of rotation to pull the mud into a blank with both hands.Immediately after printing the embryos, use a trimming knife to start repairing the unevenness on the surface of the embryos. This is a meticulous job that tests your eyesight and skills.

Squeezing water is an indispensable process, that is, to wash off the dust on the blank with clean water, and make preparations for the next process of painting the blank and glazing.

After three days, the old and the young worked in the studio for about [-] hours a day.Seeing that her old man was in good health, Aunt Miao was not as strict as usual, not to mention that Qin Qing was there and did most of the work.

Afterwards, the glazing of the painted embryos was even more meticulous. Both Qin Qing and Master Li devoted [-]% of their attention to the porcelain in their hands.After all this is done, the magnetic kiln that has been prepared for a long time can be put into use.

When the kiln fire was being fired, Master Li and Qin Qing took turns watching, staring at the thermometer and the kiln fire. I kowtowed my head after 99 prayers, but I couldn't miss the last shiver.

After six days and six nights, Qin Qing was mainly responsible for the night, from six o'clock in the evening to eight o'clock the next day, fourteen hours, and Master Li was in charge of ten hours during the day.

As the kiln fire gets smaller and smaller, the temperature of the magnetic kiln also drops.Master Li set up a table three meters in front of the Ci Kiln, on which there were three animals with sheep's head, pig's head, and cow's head, six kinds of snacks, two sticks of incense, a jug of wine, and three wine glasses.After a series of devout worship, finally after the kiln fire cooled down, the kiln door was ready to be opened.

Everyone in the family knows that Qin Qing and Master Li are firing porcelain. In fact, most people don't know how historically significant the research of Qin Qing and Master Li is.

Old man Zhang just came to join in the fun, old man Qin came to cheer up his daughter, and old man Zhou, the only one with half a bottle of water, was actually trying to take advantage of the fire.If the cooking is not good, he will run on Master Li; if the cooking is good, hehe, he will take some away.

Master Li solemnly worshiped, and Qin Qing followed behind as an apprentice, learning in style.Qin Qing didn't feel that this was superfluous at all. From Master Li's attitude and actions, she saw a top craftsman in China's respect for traditional craftsmanship and gratitude for the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people.

When the auspicious time came, Master Li opened the kiln door with his own hands, and when the heat inside was completely released, the sun shone through, and Mr. Zhou standing at the front was stunned, beautiful, so beautiful.The porcelain in front of me is completely won by glaze. Contemporary celadon can’t be compared with it. The glaze color of genuine products is full of green, pure and warm, and the glaze surface reveals a soft and subtle luster. , but a kind of inner luster similar to ancient jade.

Master Li was not far away, and excitedly knelt down and kowtowed three times again. Qin Qing was anxious and wanted to see, but the master kowtowed.

After the heat inside had dissipated, Master Li reached out for the jade pot spring vase made by the apprentice at the far end. The columns on it were distributed in an irregular shape, exuding a warm shopping.

On another table covered with satin and red cloth in the yard, there are 24 imitation Song Ru kiln porcelains taken out of the kiln.Of the twelve made by Qin Qing, two have minor flaws; among the twelve made by Master Li, three have flaws.

Master Li held the jade pot spring bottle made by Qin Qing and did not let go. He carefully groped for the lubricious touch on it with his hands, and with tears in his eyes, he said, "Qin Qing, we succeeded this time, and finally succeeded."

Mr. Zhou was playing with a Ru porcelain wide mouth plate in his hand, he was reluctant to put it down.He knew that even if it wasn't an antique from the Song Dynasty, it was worth a lot of money with such craftsmanship and firing.

Li Jiabin used to work in a dry auction house and had seen Ru porcelain a few times. He felt that these porcelains were more exquisitely made than those porcelains.If this is put up for auction, as a modern handicraft, it is also worth a lot of money and is very valuable for collection.

Although Qin Qing had prepared herself before, and if she had the space to help, there would be good results, but she never thought that the space Ru porcelain is powerful, which is much more beautiful than those in American museums.Thinking of the other four kinds of porcelain, Qin Qing was very excited. If she could restore the five kinds of porcelain from the Song Dynasty, she would definitely become a legendary figure in the future.

(End of this chapter)