Sui Xia

It was a three-sided wooden shelf, and the shelf was full of various purple clay pots.

To be precise, it is all kinds of incomplete or deformed purple clay teapots.

Some teapots have crooked spouts, some teapot handles are broken, and some teapots are deformed... There are all kinds of problems, and there are as many as two or three hundred teapots.

"Dad, this is..." Lin Suixia looked at these purple clay pots in shock.

"I did this before." Lin Tao's voice was calm and unusual, "I studied with your grandfather when I was young. I didn't have any talent, so he asked me to practice more. He said that there is no other way to make purple clay pots. Practice makes perfect. Only after you are familiar with it can you slowly figure out your own ideas. This is what I have come to today."

Lin Suixia was a little shocked after hearing Lin Tao's words. She always thought that Lin Tao was very talented from the beginning, but she didn't expect that there were so many experiences hidden behind it.

"My grandpa told you to keep it?" Lin Suixia knew that it was called knowing shame and then being brave. Only by daring to face mistakes can you have the courage to defeat it. Obviously, her grandpa had good intentions.

But she saw Lin Tao gently shaking his head:

"No, it's me."

Lin Suixia was stunned again, and she realized that her understanding of Lin Tao was only superficial.

She has kept these erroneous pasts by herself. This perseverance and determination are by no means qualities that ordinary people can possess.

"I brought you to see these today. There is no other meaning. Dad knows that you have been under a lot of pressure recently. But what Dad wants to tell you is, Xiao Xia, no matter what you do, don't doubt yourself. Temporary failure is normal. It's scary to be successful." Lin Suixia was in a daze, and heard Lin Tao say to her lightly.

Lin Suixia nodded heavily: "Dad, I understand."

Coming out of the dark room, Lin Suixia found that Zhou Qi didn't seem to notice that she and Lin Tao had left. He was immersed in his own purple sand world, as if he had the demeanor of Lin Tao when he was concentrating.

And when she sat in front of her mud board and looked at her lotus seed pot, which didn't work very well, Lin Suishia simply kneaded the ball of mud into a ball and slapped it again.

Failure is not terrible, the most valuable thing is to keep failing and have the courage to start again.

Cutting mud strips, taking mud slices, and clicking... Lin Suixia tirelessly started from the simplest movements.

With this one shot, it was sunset.

Lin Suixia looked up and found that Zhou Qi did not leave early as usual today, he was still immersed in his pot making, and he had already completed half of it.

And Lin Tao didn't leave either. When Lin Suixia saw that Lin Taoni had climbed onto the newly completed purple sand pot, she was stunned again.

Although I know that Lin Tao's craftsmanship is extraordinary, I still feel very surprised when I saw him make this purple sand pot with plum branches.

"Dad, what kind of pot is this?"

"Plum pile pot customized by the customer." Lin Tao's voice was flat, without raising his head, he was still fixing some details.

It was only then that Lin Suixia remembered that the plum pile pot was made of plum piles, bark and twigs by stacking flowers, and the shape of the pot was vivid and lifelike.

Plum blossoms, proud of the snow and frost, have symbolized the spirit of strength, elegance, and perseverance without seeking glory and profit since ancient times. It is also a symbol of the Spring Festival among the people.

The image of "plum" in ancient poems is very popular among poets and poets. There are many poems about plums: "There is a unique rhyme in the fragrance, and the fragrance is so clear that I don't know the cold"; ".

Plum pile pots with the theme of plum blossoms are also of great artistic and cultural value. She remembers that in the 2013 Hanhai Autumn Auction, He Daohong's "Crooked Mouth Plum Pile Pot" was sold for a high price of 1265 million.

This set of teapots with crooked mouth plum piles, the pot presents a posture that the bottom is big and the top is small, and it is inclined to the left. The long stream with gentle arc balances the instability of the pot body, which is natural and vivid.

The plum branches are bent and covered, and there are a few plum blossoms sparsely. There are no exaggerated carved lines and knots, but the plum pile pot has a simple and elegant charm.

The pot-making process of plum pile pots is cumbersome and time-consuming. A successful plum pile pot also requires high pot-making skills of purple sand craftsmen.

First of all, the plum pile head is one of the difficulties. The plum posture, the mouth and the handle should be matched in a natural way, and the overall movement should be neat and done in one go.

Secondly, the irregular jamming of plum piles is also one of the difficulties in the process, and the scrap rate is very high.Because it is necessary to open the cover to make the cover, this is very demanding for the craftsman. Only by knowing the size well can the fit and sealing be guaranteed.

Only through years of accumulation can we express the texture of plum blossoms smoothly and vividly, wrap the beautiful character of plum blossoms in tea utensils, and coexist harmoniously on plum piles.

Many pot makers have their own interpretations of the image of plum blossoms, leaving some masterpieces of plum pile pots.

For example, the Plum Pile Pot made by Chen Mingyuan.

The body of the pot imitates the stump of plum blossoms, with a special shape and ancient charm.The purple clay above the pot is mixed with sand, fine and moist, and has a chestnut yellow color.The body, flow, handle, and cover of the pot are all made of ecologically rich plum piles, bark, and tangled branches. The work is a powerful sculpture. The plum blossoms on the pot are piled up and decorated. Layers of mud are piled up and shaped into tree bark, which is lifelike.

When Lin Suixia saw these in the book, he couldn't help being amazed. He didn't expect to see the purple sand pupils made by Lin Tao himself with such a complicated craft today.

Today, Lin Tao made a nine-head Gaoshou plum pile pot.

The pot is in the shape of ancient plum piles, and the body of the pot is an irregular cylindrical plum tree pile with scattered scars, raised or mottled.Extending upwards from the bottom of the plum pile, the plum branches form a pot flow and a pot, echoing each other.

The plum blossoms on the branches are of different shapes and lifelike.Plum branches, pile heads, and plum tree galls grow naturally, just like ice muscles and iron bones.The lid of the pot is flat and fits tightly with the body of the pot.The cover button is a small plum branch, and there are also plum blossoms and buds, which echo the plum blossoms on the body of the pot, showing the beauty of old trees and new flowers.

Looking at the whole body, the plum pile tea set is strong and powerful, the proportion is harmonious, the charm is simple, and it is natural.

"It's amazing." Lin Suixia said with emotion.

She couldn't help but took out her mobile phone to record Lin Tao's trimming details, and turned around to find that Zhou Qi was still immersed in the world of making pots, and didn't seem to have heard Lin Suixia's exclamation just now.

Lin Suixia moved the phone directly to Zhou Qi.

Today, he didn't wear summer Hanfu as she asked a few days ago. He is a modern youth, living in the world of purple clay pots, carefully guarding his own small world.

Afterwards, Lin Suixia stepped back again, and put all the people who were serious about making pots, one long and one young, into the camera lens.

At this time, the setting sun was hanging on the treetops outside the window, Lin Suixia slowly moved her phone, seeing the beauty of the setting sun, instantly made her forget the frustration in her chest before.

After the filming, she looked back briefly, and a sense of tranquil beauty appeared before her eyes.

Lin Suishia thought of something, opened the short video, and changed the account of Lin's Zisha Hu to "Xia Xiaoyuan."

Since Zisha culture is originally a kind of slow culture, then she should follow common sense and record the daily life of the entire small courtyard.

With that said, Lin Suixia simply edited the video he just shot and released it.