How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 104 A New Rare Porcelain: Doucai!
There are two more cats in the house.

Cat boss, September.

Zhao Chen's life began to get busy again.

During the day, he sculpted the Shoushan Stone live for a while, and the image of the juice became clearer and clearer on the stone.

At night, Zhao Chen will prepare goat milk, put it in a bottle, and feed the kittens.

The two little guys were facing up to the sky, hugging the milk bottle with their four feet, looking very cute.

At this time, Heibei and the little fox would watch from the sidelines.

At first the cats were a little afraid of the fox and the puppies, but after getting along for a few days, they gradually became familiar with each other, and the two kittens got used to their existence.

The cat boss is more independent. Although he is not very old, he already has the expression of an old cadre full of vicissitudes, and he does everything calmly.

September will be much more lively, and will run to fight with foxes.

During this period of time, apart from being busy with Shoushan stone carving, Zhao Chen was also preparing for another matter.

Raphael International Youth Porcelain Exchange Competition.

This competition brings together the best young artisans from all over the world.

Everyone bears the glory of their country and hopes to make the most exquisite porcelain so that the whole world can see their country's excellent culture.

Although Zhao Chen has confidence in himself, he will not be arrogant.

For such a high-level competition, it is natural to prepare well.

"Official kiln is not suitable for display in international competitions, and the association also suggested that I use Ru kiln to participate."

"However, judging from previous competitions, Ru Kiln's azure porcelain is not particularly brilliant."

"Most of the artist judges from various countries could not personally appreciate the natural beauty of the clear sky after the rain."

"It's like Chinese poetry, no matter how you translate it in English, you can't translate the unique charm that only Chinese people can appreciate."

Zhao Chen pondered to himself.

In China, Ru kiln symbolizes firing the color of the sky on porcelain, which is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, and it is the well-deserved leader of Chinese porcelain.

However, in international porcelain competitions, no matter how exquisite plain porcelain is, it does not have an advantage.

In this kind of competition, the judges have many considerations for the works.

The principle of simplicity and complexity is not suitable for competitions.

None of the award-winning works were solid-colored porcelain.

"The artistic style of the Southern Song Dynasty emphasizes simplicity. This style is suitable for savoring and appreciation, not for competition."

"However, since the international judges like to play with flowers, let's make flowers."

"The Chinese porcelain culture is brilliant and splendid. After the Song Dynasty, the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties all had a unique understanding of porcelain."

"It's time for the world to see the true beauty of Huaxia porcelain!"

Zhao Chen secretly made up his mind.

As the successor of Xiuneisi's official kiln, Zhao Chen's love for porcelain has always been pure.

But when he learned that the seven top porcelains in the world did not have Huaxia porcelain, he felt a little unwilling.

After the porcelain culture was spread overseas, it was favored by royal families in many countries.As a result, craftsmen from these countries began to get in touch with Chinese porcelain-making techniques, and slowly, they added their own culture to this technique.

All kinds of porcelain were thus born.

However, as China's largest porcelain exporter and the birthplace of porcelain, Huaxia Porcelain's achievements in international porcelain competitions are not outstanding, which undoubtedly makes people feel a little embarrassed.

The International Porcelain Exchange Competition is, in fact, a collision between top porcelains.

Two days later, Ding Wu, the president of the Provincial Porcelain Association, called Zhao Chen and told him to see the list of the International Porcelain Exchange Competition to be finalized. He was one of the two participants in Huaxia.

The other person is Sun Xiao, who is good at firing Yuan blue and white porcelain, and his craftsmanship and ability to paint porcelain are top-notch.

"Zhao Chen, this exchange contest, let's prepare well, the public opinion may be bigger than imagined."

After explaining the competition information, Ding Wu said with emotion.

"Public opinion?" Zhao Chen's eyebrows were full of doubts.

"The last person to win the Best Art Award was Heron of China, who grew up in the Wedgwood Porcelain Royal Porcelain Factory."

"This person is 30 years old and just meets the final criteria for entry."

"His embossed jade porcelain is very powerful. He can carve white reliefs on the outside of the teacup. The craftsmanship is extremely high."

"However, this person is a bit crazy. Recently, he quarreled with Chinese netizens on foreign social media. He made some radical remarks, and our self-media has begun to take the rhythm."

Ding Wu told Zhao Chen the truth.

Zhao Chen has heard about things on the Internet, some people are good at playing rhythm, and they can easily arouse people's emotions.

Zhao Chen didn't care too much about these disturbances.

"Also, this time the seven top porcelains all sent craftsmen to compete."

"Danish Copenhagen porcelain, Hungarian Hernad porcelain, Chinese Wedgwood porcelain, German Meissen Mason porcelain, French Bernardo porcelain, and Spanish Lardello porcelain."

"There is one last one that needs special attention, Narumi Porcelain from Little Japan."

"The foreign art and fashion worlds have gone crazy. Some fashion exhibitions, model shows, etc. have recently been themed on porcelain to promote this competition."

"We're under a lot of pressure."

Ding Wu sighed and said.

"Okay, President, I will work hard." Zhao Chen nodded, with a serious look on his face.

In this exchange contest, the world's seven top porcelains gathered together.

To be recognized by the world, these porcelains have their own unique heritage.

Almost 95% of the people who paid attention to this porcelain exchange competition focused on these seven top porcelains.

As for porcelain from other countries and brands, it is nothing more than a foil.

Ding Wu said with emotion, "Actually, as a big country of porcelain, the quality and artistic characteristics of our porcelain are not inferior to these top porcelain, but unfortunately, it is difficult for China's porcelain to occupy a place in the world's top porcelain brand game."

"It's about politics, and it's also about cultural exchange."

"So, you only need to fire your own porcelain, and as for the awards, let it happen."

"With your strength, there must be no problem."

Zhao Chen nodded, and replied: "Well, I will try my best."

Then, Zhao Chen hung up the phone.

The world's seven top porcelain works emerged in his mind one by one.

Danish Copenhagen porcelain is characterized by hand-painted flowers or plants on the porcelain. The strokes are lifelike, and the painted flowers are the same as the real ones. Seeing this kind of porcelain is like seeing spring revived on the porcelain.

Hungarian Hernad Porcelain, one of the top hand-painted porcelain in the world, Hungarian national treasure porcelain, the patterns on the porcelain are extremely bright, with the beauty of oil painting.

Wedgwood porcelain from China, carving reliefs on the surface of porcelain...
Narumi porcelain from Japan, made of bone china, has a strong sense of hierarchy.

"Phew, it's a lot of pressure."

"If I can restore the Yaobian Tianmu, there will be no problem in defeating these porcelains, but the time is too late, the competition is only a week long, and I don't have that much time to try and make mistakes."

"Yaobian Tianmu cannot be fired, and the pure color of the official kiln Ru Kiln is not suitable for competition."

"Then this is the only skill I can use."

"Dou Cai!"

Zhao Chen has already made up his mind!

Huaxia Doucai, a treasure of the traditional Chinese porcelain making craft, was created and fired in the Ming Dynasty.

The bucket color in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty is the most exquisite, which is a decorative art formed by the combination of underglaze color and overglaze color.

Chinese porcelain culture has a long history, and each era has its best porcelain.

The five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, as well as the Tianmu lamp that built the kiln.

The blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, and the technique of firing porcelain with red underglaze.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was fighting colors!
Doucai shows a graceful and luxurious demeanor with gorgeous and colorful tones, calm and spicy colors, and is quite praised by people.

Compared with the cultural development of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the cultural development of the Ming Dynasty has made great progress in basic craftsmanship, so artworks will be more luxurious.

The simplest example is that many people wear Tang suits in daily life, such as Chang'an Twelve Hours theme street, or the nights in Datang Everbright City, where there are girls in Tang suits everywhere.

Some people would wear the costumes of the Song Dynasty. The colors are not as gorgeous as those of the Tang Dynasty, but they look more profound and simpler, suitable for stage performances.

But there are very few little girls in Ming Dynasty costumes.

One of the reasons is that the costumes of the Ming Dynasty were very decorated and too expensive!
The price is far more expensive than buying clothes from the Tang and Song dynasties.

Doucai is the embodiment of Ming Dynasty culture.

However, ordinary fighting colors are still not very good in the competition of top international porcelain, so Zhao Chen wants to find inspiration and find his unique fighting colors.

He wants to use his own power to shake the world's top seven porcelains!

The blood in Zhao Chen's body also gradually became excited.

(End of this chapter)