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Chapter 1232 The success of porcelain, kiln fire is the soul

This Yuan blue-and-white Guiguzi downhill picture jar has rich blue-and-white decorations in rich colors, full pictures, dense and dense, distinct primary and secondary, and a seamless whole.

The characters are portrayed smoothly and naturally, full of charm, the rocks are dyed and dyed heartily, and the brushstrokes are precise and perfect.

The blue-and-white cutters of the Yuan Dynasty are made in pieces, most of which are divided into three parts and four parts.

Namely: Neck, Belly, Bottom, After Forming.

It is formed by connecting with tire mud, but some utensils also have the process of not connecting to the bottom.

Using the wet tire joint method, tire mud is often extruded from the joints of utensils, and there are also regular joints with tight joints and no fluid outside the tire mud.

In order to ensure the firmness of the interface, the tire mud squeezed out of the inner wall will not be repaired, and the outer wall tire repair will also be reserved.

Therefore, most of the abdomens of Yuan Dynasty utensils have obvious convex marks.

The inner wall and bottom of the utensils are mostly not glazed, and the large tanks are glazed or simply glazed to prevent leakage.

Most of the foot walls are relatively short, beveled inside and outside, and some of the bottom pads of the utensils are burnt to leave large and small black spots.

Small pieces, as well as pad burning left fine sand.

In some small pots and bottles, you can see the clear finger prints left by the ancients when they dipped in the glaze.

When imitating here, we must not save labor, such as using machinery instead of labor.

Now there are some low-level imitators on the market, which are not hand-drawn, but machine-made, and mechanical patterns can be seen.

Also, if you imitate burning Yuan blue and white, you must use a firewood kiln.

And this will make it difficult for many people, because they don't have a firewood kiln, and you must know that not everyone can build a firewood kiln.

Even if someone knows it, you must have enough capital, not to mention other things, the mud bricks used in the base are all specially made.

Because firewood kilns have many arched designs, bricks are needed to piece them together, and such a structure requires that the size of the bricks should not be too large.

Therefore, the mud bricks used in firewood kilns are different from ordinary bricks, which requires special customization.

Customized items are the best, but more expensive.

It turned out that Chen Wenzhe knew how to burn kilns, and because of the red jade pot and spring vase in the blue and white glaze of the Yuan Dynasty that he had obtained before, he had seen what the kiln mouths of the Yuan Dynasty looked like through the Pearl of the Marquis of the Sui Dynasty.

But Chen Wenzhe never paid much attention to this point. At most, he guided his subordinates to build some small firewood kilns.

However, as more and more antique porcelains are made by him, some small firewood kilns are no longer sufficient.

Therefore, recently he is also researching firewood kilns, and has built several large and specialized firewood kilns.

Chen Wenzhe will build firewood kilns, but he will not build the more scientific and reasonable kiln mouths that Jingzhen has been innovating since modern times.

Therefore, the firewood kiln in the ceramics factory is not built by him, and he is not even involved in the design.

Instead, they invited the masters from Jingzhen. There was no way, the masters there were the most professional.

You know, building a firewood kiln seems simple, but it is not easy at all.

And now those who know this kind of craftsmanship are generally the masters of Jingzhen, also known as fire watchers!
Chen Wenzhe built an egg-shaped kiln, which is also called Jingzhen kiln and chai kiln.

Generally, the mouth of this kind of kiln is 18 meters to 20 meters long, and the volume of the whole kiln is 150 cubic meters to 200 cubic meters.

How many bricks should be used for such a large kiln mouth?
They are all custom-made special bricks, how much do they cost?Hundreds of thousands are few.

And this does not mention the consumption of kilns, so ordinary people can't play with firewood kilns.

Of course, this does not include Chen Wenzhe.

Until now, among Chen Wenzhe's many skills, the kiln firing technique is still the highest.

Among all his skills, this skill was the first to break through to the master level.

And even so, Chen Wenzhe felt that his kiln firing technology was still improving.

It was because of this discovery that Chen Wenzhe knew that after breaking through to a master and becoming a master, there should be a higher level.

And to reach this level, Chen Wenzhe is most likely to touch the craft first, which must be kiln firing, that is, watching fire.

But if you want to be optimistic about fire, you must have some understanding of firewood kilns, and even be very familiar with them.

It is for these reasons that while learning various porcelain making techniques, he is also learning kiln firing techniques by the way.

If you want to be a qualified pile master and make a breakthrough in this area, you will definitely have to make great efforts.

Of course, Chen Wenzhe paid much less, after all, Jingzhen still has many very powerful masters.

He doesn't need to explore the experience by himself, he just needs to learn the skills of those people.

And it's not difficult, because he has hired several experienced pile masters from China.

In the era of commercialization, mass production has made porcelain works tend to be similar, which has resulted in a lack of unique aesthetics.

However, in the torrent of business, there are still some craftsmen who stick to the ancient method of making porcelain and inherit the unique ancient charm of the firewood kiln.

They use complicated processes and exquisite craftsmanship to create countless exquisite porcelains, remembering the ancients, and reproducing the classic quality!

Especially to make antique porcelain, firewood kiln must be used.

Ancient official kiln and imperial kiln porcelain were all fired in firewood kiln, which has a history of thousands of years.

Chai Kiln Porcelain is a famous traditional Jingzhen Porcelain. It has always been sought after by people for its high quality.

Although the price is high, it still can't stop everyone's enthusiasm.

According to ancient books, "the firewood kiln is the most expensive, and it is rare in the world."

So why are firewood kilns so expensive?
Traditional handmade porcelain is the hallmark of Jingzhen, and the existence of Chai Kiln continues this tradition.

It is not only the wisdom and creation of Jingzhen craftsmen, but also the endless soul of this city.

"Porcelain is made, the kiln fire is the soul."

Such blue and white porcelain like flowers in the mist can be fired in a firewood kiln, and it is inseparable from its fuel - pine wood.

The cost of pine wood is extremely high, nearly 2000 catties of pine firewood will be consumed in one kiln, and the cost will be nearly 10 yuan!

Pine wood is rich in turpentine, does not contain sulfur, and has a clean flame when fired, which is most beneficial to the color of porcelain.

The turpentine volatilized by burning can be fully integrated with the glaze of the porcelain.

After being made into porcelain, the glaze surface is warm and thick, the fetal bone is fine and oily, and the color is contained but not exposed.

The blue and white patterns are more natural and vivid as if growing out of the porcelain surface, which is also the most commendable part of Chai kiln porcelain.

There are a total of 72 processes in Jingzhen's ancient porcelain making process, the most important step of which is firing the kiln.

If you don't have a rich theoretical foundation and experience, you can't be a master of piles. There is a jargon in the industry: "Success is also a kiln fire, and failure is also a kiln fire."

The preciousness of wood kiln also lies in its difficult firing technology.

The master of the pile must have superb skills, and the ability to control the kiln fire is extremely high.

Firewood kiln, a kiln needs at least 30 hours.

During this period, at any time, the master of the pile must be carefully guarded and never leave.

Because once the temperature in the kiln is out of control, various problems will occur, which means total failure.

(End of this chapter)