Inside the workshop.

Xiao Zhang sat next to the wheeling car, on top of the rotating wheel, the high-quality mud kept changing shapes.

This is the first time that Xiao Zhang has started to make Ru porcelain tires with high specifications.

The dragon and phoenix bottle is actually a very traditional vessel.

Of course, there are many ways to present it.

How to use it in the production of Ru porcelain can make the shape beautiful, smart and elegant, this is a question worthy of Xiao Zhang's careful consideration.

The way the dragon and phoenix bottles of different materials are presented is also completely different.

For example, Hetian jade carving dragon and phoenix bottle, pay attention to the jade carving, carving the dragon and phoenix around the bottle in an auspicious form, which shows the exquisite carving of the dragon and phoenix.

For example, the pastel dragon and phoenix bottles of the Qing Dynasty are often a pair of bottles, which are full of color and glaze, and the middle of the bottle body is depicted with different colored glazes to depict the pattern of the dragon and phoenix, which is another way of presentation.

Another example is the blue and white dragon and phoenix bottle, the whole body is composed of blue and white glaze and its pattern, a pair of bottles are bottle bodies depicting dragons and phoenixes, and a bottle is a dragon and phoenix auspicious pattern.

Or there is a pair of Qing Dynasty green glazed dragon and phoenix bottles, the whole body is round, without any external decoration, and there is no other color contrast, the whole body is green, but the bottle body has a dark engraved dragon and phoenix pattern, which is also the embodiment of the dragon and phoenix bottle.

Xiao Zhang has been thinking about which way he should be presented.

According to the system, go with the flow, not deliberately.

So how to show the beauty of Ru porcelain is the most critical issue.

Because Xiao Zhang did not find any reference, that is to say, there is no case for Xiao Zhang to refer to the dragon and phoenix bottle made of Ru porcelain for the time being.

All this needs to be explored by Xiao Zhang himself.

This, of course, is also in line with the current scenario.

The system allows Xiao Zhang to experience the feeling of real craftsman's creation, rather than copying, and the six pieces of Ru porcelain that Xiao Zhang fired before can all find prototypes in the long history.

This is to make it with a reference, but this time, it is completely made without a reference, which can truly reflect Xiao Zhang's feel and skills.

Because everything is unknown.

Most of the Ru porcelain ware is rounded, without too much fancy decoration, and there is not too much color contrast, often a color from head to toe, reflecting the natural and pure beauty of elegance.

Moreover, the relative appearance of Ru porcelain vessels is relatively simple, and there is no too complicated shape setting similar to jade carving.

So Xiao Zhang quickly ruled out several form factor options.

The first is the exquisite and complex shape of the jade carved bottle.

This is a production method that is completely inconsistent with the concept of Ru porcelain.

The second is the setting of pastel bottles similar to those of the Qing Dynasty.

Because the advantage of the Qing Dynasty pastel bottle is that a large number of colors are glazed, without leaving white, so that the contrast is obvious, while Ru porcelain only has a single elegant color.

The third excluded is the setting of blue and white, although blue and white are also a single color, but blue and white is through the contrast between blue and white glaze and white background color to show the exquisiteness of the pattern.

In the end, Xiao Zhang was able to choose a dragon and phoenix bottle similar to a pair of green glazes in the Qing Dynasty, which seemed to be similar to what he wanted.

Because there is a bottle with dark engraved flowers in Ru porcelain in history.

It is the only piece in the world with a sky blue glaze pattern so far.

At present, it is in the collection of the Henan Museum, and its full name is the sky blue glaze engraved gooseneck bottle.

This is a real collection-level treasure.

It also happens to be a work of sky blue glaze.

Xiao Zhang nodded secretly, he had his own choice.

In fact, Xiao Zhang has another choice, that is, to put some thought into the appearance.

Ru porcelain does not necessarily have to be rounded in shape.

There are many other styles of modern Ru porcelain production.

Xiao Zhang can also pinch the shape of the dragon and phoenix on the outside of the bottle, and directly carve the shape of the dragon and phoenix when drawing the blank, which makes the effect more gorgeous, but Xiao Zhang is a traditional person.

Such a presentation was not the result that Xiao Zhang wanted.

As the saying goes, clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving.

The reason why Ru porcelain is famous at home and abroad is precisely because of this natural and elegant charm.

Xiao Zhang doesn't want to destroy this beauty, and he doesn't want to make something nondescript through his own innovation.

That's ruining the art.

Xiao Zhang, who had made up his mind, began to make it on the wheel.

It is still very simple to pull the mud into a plain tire in the shape of a bottle.

Xiao Zhang's feel is also very good, almost stretched, and the mud on the wheel becomes towering.

The belly is also getting rounder.

Then as soon as the upper hand is retracted, the neck is stretched out, and the bottle spout is processed, and basically the shape of the bottle can be presented in good condition.

This shape is similar to that of a gooseneck bottle.

The height is about 20 cm, the lower bottle has a round belly, which is convenient for pattern processing, and the upper part is slender and similar to a gooseneck, with a diameter of about 6 cm.

The overall appearance is naturally very graceful.

Xiao Zhang thought about it, should he make a pair of dragon and phoenix bottles, is it better to draw a dragon and a bottle to paint a phoenix, or is it better to make a pattern with a dragon and phoenix on it?

This brings us to another issue.

One bottle or two bottles.

If you choose two bottles, it is a pair, which must make the two bottles exactly the same, the size, up and down, the diameter and the foot diameter must all be the same.

If it's a bottle, it's a lot easier.

After thinking about it, Xiao Zhang decided that it would be better to make two bottles.

It also seems that his level is a little higher.

These dragon and phoenix objects are a pair of utensils with a higher value.

This has been true since ancient times.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhang first dealt with the basic external problems of the plain tire bottle in his hand, then gently put it aside, and began to work on the second bottle.

According to Xiao Zhang's idea, all the thirty pieces fired in this kiln were made into such an effect, and finally the best one was selected.

It doesn't matter if you succeed or not, it's just a practice.

Xiao Zhang just wanted to see how far away was the result of his final firing and the sky blue glaze?

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhang suddenly turned on the robot mode.

Do you still remember the constant pinching of pottery figurines at the mouth of the Baijia kiln?

Xiao Zhang made a total of almost 100 statues in one day and one night.

It is still at the mouth of the Baijia kiln.

Last time, Bai Chongshan was taken aback when he went to the kiln, and he thought that Pan Jiayuan had opened a branch garden in his home.

Xiao Zhang is like this now, and his mind is completely on the blank.

The veins of gooseneck bottles are constantly presented in Xiao Zhang's hands.

The mud that was prepared before was also very sufficient.

Almost at two o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Zhang finally used up the last bit of mud on the ground.

Behind it were almost thirty-two gooseneck flasks.

To Xiao Zhang's surprise, this time there were sixteen pairs of dragon and phoenix bottles.

Xiao Zhang stood up and rubbed his shoulders, finally completing the first step.

At this moment, someone shouted at the door: "Xiao Zhang?"