"Texture is also a big problem, now the porcelain used in life is thin, pay attention to light, but Longquan celadon is difficult to do. Compared with others, celadon is brittle and softer, easy to break, and has a high loss rate. ”

"The two biggest problems of celadon are that the tire should be as thin as paper, and the glaze should be as smooth as jade!"

Mao Zhengcong was deeply touched and said: "Celadon does not paint patterns, only uses bas-relief decoration, and pays attention to the simplicity and restraint of the Song Dynasty. Although it was made by craftsmen, it was the product of the influence of traditional literati aesthetics. ”

"The shaping of porcelain is a reflection of one's own inner world, and it is not advisable to deliberately imitate and pursue. Especially celadon, I am not afraid of imitation by others, because the imitation of things is always a lack of spirit!"

Su Yuan nodded, the simpler it was, the more profound it was. For example, many chefs accept apprentices and only let them make one dish, egg fried rice.

Picking up a dried vase, he said with a smile: "In fact, drawing blanks itself is a broad and profound art, and it can even be separated from the pottery creation program without firing the kiln, just like playing music without recording." ”

"It is the foundation and soul of pottery, just as the relationship between sketching and oil painting, calligraphy and Chinese painting, piano and violin and music. The beauty of blank drawing also has the beauty of rhythm, the beauty of space, and the beauty of time flow. ”

"It's important not only to consider the shrinkage ratio, but also to pay attention to the shape and teach it according to the different shapes. Large pieces even have to be drawn in sections, and any detail can see the skill and level of the blank drawing master. ”

After speaking, sit down directly, pick up a piece of mud, and demonstrate it yourself. I saw that the mud ball seemed to have life, accompanied by understatement, constantly changing shape, which is amazing.

"Back then, my master let me pull the billet for five years, and from opening my eyes in the morning to closing my eyes at night, even my dreams were mud!"

Mao Zhengcong said with a smile: "The old artist pays attention to pulling, and first makes the soil stand up with his hands. Different shapes, different styles. Dare to break the routine and stand in a class of its own. ”

Pi means big, to do a big work, it does not mean that the work is large, and it must be hearted. There is also a word hidden in the billet, as an individual, there must be a personality, up and down there is a limit, that is, standing up to the sky, a trick to eat all over the sky, Fang is Pi!"

I saw that the tire was getting thinner and thinner, one centimeter ...... 0.8 centimeters...... 0.6...... 0.4...... Finally zero point two.

Mao Zhengcong stood up, washed his hands with water and said: "When you are old, you can pull it to at least one millimeter when you are young, and you can glaze it with a knife, but now you can't!"

In the admiring eyes of the onlookers next to him, he said with a smile: "Our craftsmen rely on kung fu to support their families, and now everyone goes to the university entrance examination, and they have nothing for four years, and they waste a lot of time.

"How many good things did the ancestors leave behind? Not to mention anything else, the light porcelain is broad and profound, can't you learn it?"

"A lot of people say that traditional craftsmanship is outdated, old-fashioned stuff?

"Only the national is the world! Foreigners all know that they have traveled thousands of miles to China to learn crafts and collect artworks, but are others fools?"

"To say that the life of craftsmen is depressed and precarious, it was true in the old society, but now it is absolutely impossible. We have a random blank worker here, at least two or three hundred a day. ”

Mao Zhengcong sighed, slowly relaxed, waved his hand a little tiredly, and said: "Forget it, I can only complain and complain about these words, craftsmanship, craftsmanship, bitterness!"

Su Yuan nodded, it's not that others are stupid, it's not that the country doesn't understand, the key is that learning the craft is too hard, too tiring, too slow!

If you have to practice any movement for months, or even years, who do you let you do?

Good guy, the talented blank has to practice for at least two years before it is considered a master, and then it is three years to repair the blank, five years to glaze, ten years to paint, and twenty years to burn the kiln......

What a lifetime thing!

Mao Zhengcong waved his hand, took Su Yuan out of the workshop, looked at the busy figures of the craftsmen, and said sadly: "Do you know what is the greatest sorrow of a porcelain craftsman?"

Su Yuan's heart moved, revealing a helpless expression, Mao Zhengcong smiled bitterly: "Once upon a time, tea and porcelain were the golden signs for the world to know Huaxia, but now?"

"The tea ceremony has long existed in name only, but it has been carried forward by little devils and has become the essence of other people's culture. ”

"Not to mention porcelain, not only the little devils, but now even Lao Maozi is more proficient than us, and it has been inherited for thousands of years, so that future generations can be embarrassed!"

Su Yuan was silent, Mao Zhengcong did not regard himself as a junior, but as a peer to exchange and discuss. In fact, porcelain is just a microcosm of traditional craftsmanship, and China has been reduced to someone else's foundry, which can only rely on low-end labor in exchange for meager profits.

The war at the end of the Ming Dynasty led to a significant reduction in the supply of porcelain, so the East India Company set its sights on the island nation. Although the little devil was defeated by Li Rusong's Ming army in the war of aggression against Korea, he brought more than 1,000 Korean porcelain craftsmen back to the island country and became the initial core force in the development of porcelain. ”

Mao Zhengcong found a clean place to sit down, and recalled: "Gather the strength of the whole country and spend 20 years looking for kaolin. In the early stage, the imitation of blue and white was made, the division of labor was clear, and the talents were trained. After 30 years of hard work, it has met the requirements of European businessmen. ”

Later, he innovated and invented red painted porcelain, which became a national symbol. Completely catch up with China, swept Europe, and became a famous brand in the minds of Europe. ”

Yes, during the Kang Yongqian period, the level of Jingdezhen official kilns reached an unprecedented height, but there was no improvement in the quality of private kilns and foreign trade porcelain. ”

"The West evaluates Qing Dynasty porcelain: there are thick and fine, uneven quality, sloppy painting, poor blue and white color, and white and flashing blue in the glaze. ”

"Completely lost the brand advantage, was overtaken by the island country, and was even asked by European businessmen to imitate the red painted porcelain of the little devil. In the late Qing Dynasty, the glory of monopolizing the world porcelain market for thousands of years has gone forever. ”

Mao Zhengcong drank saliva and continued to be indignant: "Then there are Europeans, starting with alchemy. It may sound unreliable, but the whole method is important. ”

"The alchemist Bertgarh was commissioned by the king to develop porcelain. In the past four years, 30,000 experiments have been conducted. Not only do you record all the experiments and results, but you also save all the small differences between each experiment. ”

In this way, through long-term scientific experiments and material analysis, we finally mastered the secrets of manufacturing, thoroughly analyzed the firing principle and chemical formula, and even made various exquisite porcelain by adjusting the ratio of elements in the porcelain clay and adjusting the firing process. ”

From that day on, the so-called Chinese porcelain could only be aimed at the middle and lower classes in Europe, and the high-end class turned to the fine porcelain fired by others. ”

"In my opinion, the success of the little devil lies in the attitude of excellence, the island country is poor in raw materials, so it is required that the production must be excellent, otherwise it is considered a waste. ”

"Even in places where porcelain is invisible, it is necessary to do it to perfection and demandingly. The master taught him everything, and if the apprentice did not exceed himself, it would be the greatest shame!"

"Europeans focus on preserving raw data and experimental reports, which not only represents the rigor of the experiment, but also directly benefits future generations from repeating the mistakes of the past. ”

"And we are more perceptual understanding, and the apprentices rely on understanding in the process of passing on the help. Inventions and creations are also gradually lost because of secret recipes and secrecy. Later generations had to repeat the failures of their predecessors, making the overall manufacturing technology progress slow. ”

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