How did I become an old artist?

Chapter 2 The hand of a natural craftsman!Steady, smart, flexible!

The next day, the sky was high and the clouds were light.

The morning sun is very gentle, dispelling the cold air accumulated in the mountains all night, and the flowers, plants and trees wake up from the darkness of night, and wantonly open their bodies to embrace the sky.

Zhao Chen came outside the courtyard and was studying the routine of the live broadcast.

Live broadcasting is not uncommon nowadays, and you only need to register some information to start live broadcasting.

The live broadcast platform Zhao Chen chose was the Douyin live broadcast platform. He registered a new account and activated the live broadcast function.

The drone flew high.

This drone is a smart drone, with two modes: control mode and smart follow mode.Select the smart follow mode, the drone will find a suitable angle to shoot Zhao Chen, and Zhao Chen can concentrate on doing his own thing.

He started the live broadcast, and he gave the live broadcast room the name: Folk Artisan Live Studio, and his Douyin ID is Folk Craftsman.

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This is often the case with newcomers' live broadcasts, and not many people pay attention.

Zhao Chen didn't feel anything either.

The road has to be taken step by step. Even if no one is watching the live broadcast, he can edit the live broadcast content into video clips and post it on the Internet.

This is an era that will not bury talents.

Since the media has entered thousands of households, those who are really capable will always shine.

"Starting today, I will fire a piece of official kiln porcelain."

"Official kiln porcelain is the royal porcelain of the Southern Song Dynasty. It has fine texture, exquisite and gorgeous patterns, moderate light transmission, and relatively full glaze color. It is an indispensable part of Huaxia porcelain."

"The first step in firing official kiln porcelain is to wash the porcelain clay into usable clay. I have already prepared the clay, so the first step is omitted."

Zhao Chen sat under the pergola in the yard, and said softly.

There is an iron basin under his feet, which is filled with highly viscous white soil. The soil is like freshly kneaded dough, white and tough.

Zhao Chen looked at the clay in front of him, and his thoughts went back to the time when he repaired the official kiln of Nei Si in the Southern Song Dynasty.

At that time, the top porcelain craftsmen in the country were all working in Xiunesi official kiln.

Zhao Chen, who was still a child, liked to be next to these craftsmen, listening to them talk about their experience in refining porcelain.

"The clay should be smooth but not greasy. When stacking the clay, the clay should feel light in the hand without any clogging."

"Old Wang, you need to practice your drawing skills well. You are the one who scrapes the most porcelain out of two kilns."

"That's because you didn't repair the blanks well, so it's my fault!"

"I don't know if these kilns can produce a few pieces of top-quality porcelain."

"I found a great way to hold back water"

The voices of the artisans are still in my ears.

At that time, they devoted themselves to the business of refining official kiln porcelain, which was a great honor to them.

Whenever they saw Zhao Chen, the craftsmen would also say hello:
"My lord, I'm picking porcelain again."

"We will invite the best blank painters to draw the blanks you have drawn, and when the time comes, they will be refined and delivered to your residence."

Zhao Chen pulled his thoughts back from the past.

He put his hands in the basin and began to process the clay in front of him. This step is called stacking the clay.

The mud that has just been washed cannot be directly fired, and the mud needs to be cut and trimmed to select a suitable part.

Zhao Chen's hands are very skillful.

He put his hands in the clay and kneaded the clay in the basin bit by bit. He took out the knife, cut a large piece out of the clay, and put it in a clean wooden barrel aside.

"This is the first piece of clay I have cut, and it can be made into a jade bottle."

"Large pieces of porcelain are relatively easy to fire. I first make a jade vase and let my hands warm it up, and then I make other small porcelain pieces."

"There are five pieces of porcelain in my kiln."

Zhao Chen looked at the camera and continued talking.

He plans to edit these clips into videos and post them on the Internet, so he will give some explanations when making ceramics.

The sky is blue with white clouds.

The breeze swayed the branches, and a few birdsong rang out from the surrounding woods.

Zhao Chen is like a lonely artist, making Southern Song official kiln porcelain alone in a small courtyard in the mountains and forests, which is also one of the top porcelains in China.

Now, Huaxia has a special institution for Southern Song official kiln porcelain, and there are also a large number of defenders and followers of porcelain culture.

However, what they have to admit is that the production method of official kiln porcelain in the Southern Song Dynasty has been lost in the torrent of history.

Later generations can only rely on some ancient books to restore and imitate as much as possible, but the porcelain produced lacks the unique charm of Southern Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain.

And Zhao Chen is the true inheritor of Southern Song official kiln porcelain.

The young master of Xiu Neisi's official kiln.

However, things are different now.

He made the most orthodox Southern Song official kiln porcelain live broadcast in the courtyard of the mountain village, but no one cared about it in the live broadcast room.

Zhao Chen still focused on the clay in his hand.

Every step of the production of official kiln porcelain in the Southern Song Dynasty must be done with care.

If you don't pay attention to it a little bit, the fired porcelain will be waste products.

The refining of porcelain is very difficult, and many media reporters have also interviewed the inheritors of folk porcelain.

An inheritor said that they once fired eight kilns in a row, with 320 pieces of porcelain in each kiln, but all the fired porcelains were waste products, far below the level of official kiln porcelain.

This line looks simple, but in fact the water is very deep.

Temperature, humidity, the viscosity of china clay, and the neatness of the embryo will all affect the state of the final fired porcelain.

According to the words of a master craftsman in Xiuneisi Guan Kiln, "This porcelain is like a lady in a boudoir. It is very delicate. If you don't pay attention, you won't see her true face."

Therefore, Zhao Chen was very attentive.

At this moment, there are a total of eight people in the live broadcast room.

Generally speaking, when netizens click on a live broadcast room with few people, they will quickly exit.

This is also a manifestation of social fear.

Because the anchor often speaks to the screen, and occasionally checks how many people are in the live broadcast room. Netizens who click in see that there are only eight or nine people in the live broadcast room, and feel uncomfortable being stared at by the anchor.

If tens of thousands of people are online, it will not feel this way.

However, Zhao Chen's live broadcast was different.

On the one hand, it was because the drone was overlooking and shooting at a wide angle, and Zhao Chen didn't keep talking to the screen.

On the other hand, the drone zooms out from time to time to take pictures of Nuwa Mountain.

In this way, netizens watching the live broadcast will not have psychological pressure.

Seeing the mountains and greenery under the camera, a netizen posted a barrage.

[The scenery at the anchor's house is beautiful! 】

Then, someone else responded:
[Yes, the environment here is really beautiful. 】

At this time, the camera zoomed in a little and gave Zhao Chen a close-up.

At this moment, Zhao Chen is carrying out the third step of refining porcelain, casting.

The so-called billet drawing is to shape the clay into a porcelain blank on a turntable by hand.

Many shopping malls now have such handicraft stores, which allow customers to make blanks on a turntable, and then help barbecue in the store. After a few days, customers can come to pick up the handicrafts they made.

Such a handmade shop is very suitable for couples to date, and it is also suitable for a few girlfriends to play together.

Of course, good brothers generally don't go to such places. If there are two boys playing together in such a place, it is probably a 1 and 0 relationship.

Zhao Chen in the live broadcast screen focused on the blank in his hand.

Because this step is very important, the shape of the final blank determines the overall shape of the porcelain.

Zhao Chen's appearance is very handsome, his facial features are very three-dimensional, and his appearance is very in line with the aesthetics of modern people.

He is tall, well-proportioned, with obvious muscle lines on his arms, and he has a gentle temperament, not aggressive at all.

[Wow, still a good-looking anchor! 】

[Is this the only person who is so handsome? 】

Immediately, two bullet screens floated over in the live broadcast room.

This is an era of looking at the face, and the value of the face is justice.This is especially true in the live broadcast industry, where people's appearance is the most intuitive first impression of the anchor.

After looking at a person's face, others will decide whether they are willing to understand the person's heart.

The clay took shape quickly in Zhao Chen's hands. Zhao Chen's hands were very steady, and he didn't shake the slightest while setting the shape.

The hand of a natural craftsman is steady, skillful and flexible.

In his hands, the seemingly ordinary clay seems to have life. A 40-centimeter-high bottle with a narrow top and a wide middle is slowly taking shape.

(End of this chapter)