Chapter VIII Glaze Making (3)
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"Sister Qing, the book says, is this quartz powder to be mixed with this feldspar powder?" According to the method introduced by Shen Nianqing, Shen An broke the quartz and feldspar and ground them into powder, put them in jars and opened them.
"Yes, Daddy, you pick out some quartz powder and feldspar powder and put them in an earthen pot."
Shen Nianqing was checking the quality of the clay, adjusting a few jars of clay slurry, she had to sigh that the quality of the clay here was beyond imagination, almost completely free of grit, and the viscosity was also very good. Shen Nianqing poured the selected clay into a jar filled with feldspar powder and quartz powder, added an appropriate amount of water, stirred it with a wooden stick, and finally made a glaze paste.
Looking at the glaze with a strange color, the stone that had been quietly observing next to him couldn't help it, and stuck out his tongue with some disgust: "Ah Qing, are you sure that you are talking about the glaze?" Why does this color look so weird? ”
Shen Biyao also watched for a long time, until she saw that the glaze slurry was like this, and she couldn't help but laugh a little in her heart, I knew that it wouldn't succeed, this sister was really useless!
Shen Yuanheng was quiet, glanced at the stone, and said in a deep voice: "Everything can't be determined from the beginning to the end, it's too early to make a conclusion now." ”
"Humph!" What's the big deal, just know that Wen Crepe's words are sour! Hearing Shen Yuanheng's words, Shi was so angry in his heart, but when he saw Shen Nianqing and Shen An's attentive appearance, he didn't say anything more.
Shen Nianqing saw that the glaze slurry was almost evenly stirred, so he called Shen An to bring over the remaining pottery from before, and carefully applied the glaze slurry layer by layer. Because he didn't know what the result was, Shen Nianqing specially chose a teacup with a relatively simple shape, and painted a total of three layers inside and out, and then put the glazed pottery into the earthen kiln for calcination.
To be honest, Shen Nianqing didn't know whether this matter would succeed or not, so when Shen An was pacing back and forth in the room in a hurry, she couldn't say anything to soothe her. It's not that she doesn't have confidence in herself, it's just that she understands that the success or failure of this matter is extremely important to Shen An, and if he fails, maybe he won't be a pottery again in his life. For a person who originally made a living by crafting, if he failed again and again in his most confident aspects, the possibility of never being able to stand up is extremely great, then the Shen family can only be a farmer in this life, and his younger siblings are destined to achieve nothing, which Shen Nianqing absolutely does not want to see! Therefore, she is also very hopeful that this time can be done.
"Sister Qing'er, do you say it's already okay?"
Shen An asked nervously looking at the stove.
Shen Nianqing looked at the sun, it was indeed almost there, so he replied with a smile: "Daddy, you take out the pottery." ”
"Huh!"
Shen An carefully took out the pottery cup that had been calcined from the earthen kiln full of flames, and the whole pottery body faintly emitted layers of waves to the surroundings due to the high temperature, although it was not completely cooled, but it could be clearly seen that a layer of slightly cyan slurry material was gradually formed around the pottery body!
Don't...... Is this the glaze?!
Shen An's head jumped wildly, and he finally suppressed the huge ecstasy, looked at Shen Nianqing with a little uncertainty, and his voice trembled irrepressibly: "Sister Qing, look, is this done?" ”
Shen Nianqing was quite calm, and stretched out his hand to comfort: "It's not enough, wait until the heat is gone." ”
Shen An stabilized his mind when he heard this, and watched with bated breath.
Gradually, the pottery cooled down, and the slurry-like substance slowly solidified, layer by layer, and soon it completely solidified into a glass layer of substance! What surprised Shen Nianqing even more was that the cooled pottery body was actually a refreshing jade color, which basically completely covered the original clay color of the pottery, and the whole pottery cup looked smooth and beautiful and faintly revealed an intriguing sense of mystery!
"It's done!" Finally, it worked!
Shen Nianqing was so excited that she couldn't help but scream, waking up the three people who were already asleep unconscious on the side, and it also completely warmed Shen An's heart!
It's done!
He trembled and stretched out his right hand to caress the pottery, it turned out that this was the glaze! It's a wonderful thing! The eye sockets are also unconsciously red, revealing a little moist luster.
Seeing all this, Shi Shi had already rushed impatiently to Shen An's side. Shen Biyao pursed her lips, a little disdainful in her heart, but curiosity still drove her, and she was pulled by Shen Yuanheng to the edge of the stone, this look really made Shen Biyao amazed! Originally, it was just a teacup made of clay pottery, the color was brown and black, the texture was ordinary, at this time, after the treatment of the glaze, the whole inside and outside were reborn, the whole body exudes in addition to the blue luster, and the surface looks smooth and traceless, saying that it is a pottery cup, at first glance, it looks like it is carved out of beautiful jade, which really makes people unable to take their eyes off!
The little Jiujiu in Shen Biyao's heart was swept away after seeing the formed glaze, and she excitedly pulled away the stone and squeezed to Shen An's side, her big eyes flashed with a glimmer of anticipation and longing, and she stretched out her hand and carefully stroked the pottery cup, which was really slippery to the touch, and it was really lovely.
"Daddy, you show A-Yao the pottery cup! Just watch for a while! Shen Biyao snatched the pottery cup from Shen An's hand, and was so shocked that Shen An's hand trembled, and the pottery cup fell to the ground unexpectedly, and with a "bang", the turquoise pottery shard shattered violently!
"Ahh Shen An exclaimed, bent down sharply to pick it up, Shen Nianqing saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Shen An's hand that wanted to pick it up, and said hurriedly: "Daddy, don't pick it up!" Hands carefully! ”
"Huh?" Shen An glanced at Shen Nianqing when he heard this, and then looked at the debris on the ground, looking very reluctant, as if he had lost some treasure.
Shen Nianqing understood, pulled Shen An up, and comforted: "Daddy, don't worry, this pottery cup will be broken if it is broken, since you already know the method of making the glaze, you can naturally do it again in the future, if you hurt your hand, I am afraid that you will not be able to make a good pottery embryo." ”
Shen An suddenly realized when he heard this, yes! It's all done, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it again!
But despite this, Shen An still felt sorry for breaking the pottery cup, it was the first glazed cup they made!
It's a pity!
Shen Biyao was a little embarrassed and didn't dare to speak, but she felt that it was no big deal in her heart, wasn't it just a broken quilt, and she was so flustered one by one?
Shen Nianqing didn't know what Shen Biyao was thinking, and thought that she was afraid of Daddy's blame, so she stretched out her hand and gently patted Shen Biyao's shoulder: "Sister Yao, don't be sad, you can do it again if Daddy is broken!" ”
Shen Biyao looked at Shen An's slightly reproachful eyes, and then glanced at Shen Nianqing's comforting expression, I don't know why she suddenly felt an inexplicable irritability, her body turned slightly sideways to avoid Shen Nianqing's hand, and she didn't speak quietly. Shen Nianqing just thought it was a little girl who was making trouble, smiled and didn't care, and discussed with Shen An what to prepare next.
Shen Yuanheng walked to Shen Biyao's side, his eyes were firmly fixed on the back of Shen Nianqing and Shen An concentrating on the back, his heart was a little trance, and he asked Shen Biyao: "Second sister, do you think Sister A is a little different from before?" ”
Shen Biyao was irritable in her heart, and pouted: "I don't feel anything." ”
Shen Yuanheng shook his head and said to himself: "I always feel that Sister Ah is a little different from before, and she seems to understand...... It's a lot more than before? ”
When Shen Biyao heard that even her brother began to praise Shen Nianqing, she was even more inexplicably crazy in her heart, and said arrogantly: "How do I know?!" If you want to know, ask for yourself! After speaking, he didn't care about Shen Yuanheng and the others, who looked inexplicable, and returned to the house by himself.