Chapter 644: Learning Porcelain
Next to Master Wen, Chen Yi carefully watched the restoration process, which was very complicated, not just to apply the repair material to the notch of the porcelain piece.
It took nearly half an hour for Master Wen to complete the restoration of these porcelain pieces, washed his hands in the basin next to him, and smiled at Chen Yi, "Okay, Chen Xiaoyou, let's go, let's go make zuò porcelain." ”
Then, Chen Yi and Master Wen came to a room next to it, where there were a lot of white porcelain fetuses, and there were also a few people painting on it, "Generally speaking, porcelain processing is in the factory, of course, in places like Fanjiajing, there are small workshops everywhere, and some are processed directly in the workshop." ”
"Many imitations are clearly divided, some are specialized in the production of white tires, some are specialized in underglaze color, and some are specialized in pastel, all porcelain must be fired in the porcelain kiln, of course, the production of these workshops is also some antique porcelain like a big road."
"If you want to really produce high-quality antique porcelain or porcelain, you must complete a complete set of porcelain processes alone, from making white tires, to painting, to firing, and then to making glaze color, and then to enter the kiln twice."
"Alright, let's go into the inner room, and I'll tell you in detail about some of the secrets of porcelain firing." Speaking of this, Master Wen waved his hand and led Chen Yi to a room inside, which is also a place for porcelain painting, but there is only one table, and it seems that Master Wen should be the place where he made zuò alone.
In this room, Master Wen told Chen Yi a lot of things about his shop, which also made Chen Yi understand a lot.
Master Wen is among the pù of this shop. Just like Ding Run said. Fifteen pieces of antique porcelain are produced every month. This is the real antique porcelain, it can be said that the ancient kiln porcelain that has been handed down is generally the same, but these porcelains are hung with the bottom of the porcelain Zhai, and the price is clearly marked for sale.
As for some fine porcelain such as blue and white porcelain, it is produced without restrictions, and the porcelain produced is extremely beautiful. And it is well-made, and it is also ordered by many people.
Hearing the introduction of Master Wen, Chen Yi has a deep understanding of this shop, and also understands Master Wen's temperament, with Master Wen's decades of experience in firing porcelain, it is easy to make some fine antique porcelain, and it will be very profitable to help others make this kind of porcelain, but he did not do it. It's just that fifteen pieces are produced every month, and the bottom paragraph is written on the porcelain Zhai. It is sold as a handicraft.
This is the same as when they saw Master Wen refuse to come to repair porcelain, use the real background and add a fake porcelain body, and imitate the real porcelain.
"Wen Lao, I heard that most of the places where fine antique porcelain is produced are in Liangshan Village, Luojiawu and other places in Jingdezhen." Chen Yi couldn't help but ask Master Wen.
Master Wen smiled and nodded, "That's true, these areas are concentrated in Jingdezhen's highest level of ancient porcelain imitation artists, of course, there are many who started in Fanjiajing, it is because of these high-level antique porcelain that the entire porcelain antique market has become mixed, however, if there is a need, there is a market, I can't manage others, I can only manage myself." ”
"By the way, Chen Xiaoyou, when it comes to imitation ancient porcelain, you should have heard of Bao kiln." At this time, Master Wen seemed to think of something and asked Chen Yi.
Chen Yi thought for a moment, then nodded, "I heard Senior Brother Gao say that in addition to some ordinary high-quality melamines circulating in the market from thousands of yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, there are also top-notch high-melamine porcelains with very small quantities and amazing prices, and they are all made by high-imitation masters with top technology." ”
"According to the statistics of the past few years, there are less than 20 such top masters in Jingdezhen, and many of these people are from the kiln, that is, some businessmen from abroad or at home, choose one of them, invest millions of yuan every year to package the kiln, and all the products of their annual imitation firing are owned by the kiln."
Master Wen smiled a little surprised, "Chen Xiaoyou is really extraordinary, although it is said that the products of imitation firing in one year belong to the Bao kiln party, but because the top antique porcelain is very difficult, and the rarity is expensive, such a top workshop only produces more than ten years or even a few pieces of fine porcelain in a year, as for the failed works, they will all be destroyed, and these works will flow into auction houses at home and abroad in the future, passing off as genuine." ”
"Therefore, the antique market is mixed, and if you want to truly identify it, you must work hard to improve your vision and knowledge."
Chen Yi nodded, if it weren't for the fact that he had an appraisal system and reached today's achievements, if he didn't have talent, it might really take decades.
"Okay, next, you can follow me to make zuò porcelain, to have a more comprehensive understanding of porcelain, and their changes." Master Wen smiled, then looked at Chen Yi, and said with some expectation: "I heard others say that your painting skills are very good, and it seems that you have studied with Lao Yuan of the Lingnan School of Painting and Fu Lao of the Tianjing Academy of Fine Arts. ”
"Ahem, Wen Lao, you know all this, but painting on paper is very different from painting on porcelain." Chen Yi coughed, and then said, not denying it, after all, his current painting has amazing ability, excessive modesty, is hypocrisy.
The Shen Yujun he painted before, if he painted on paper, was definitely better than the porcelain plate painting, but he had just painted three paintings on the porcelain plate, and if he let Wen Lao see it, he would be even more surprised by his learning ability.
"Chen Xiaoyou, you must know that although the materials of painting are different, but the painting skills can play a key role, some famous porcelain artists have always been painters, just like the Qianjiang porcelain we just saw, its author Cheng Men, is an excellent painter." Hearing Chen Yi's words, Master Wen smiled slightly, this young man knows when to be humble and confident, and he appreciates it very much.
Chen Yi nodded, "Well, Elder Wen, I will work hard." "Painting on a flat porcelain plate is already very difficult, you can imagine the difficulty of painting on the arc of porcelain, but the more difficult the challenge, the more he is not afraid, otherwise he would not know that Ding Run's father will reject him, and he will have to talk to him.
"I don't know what subjects Chen Xiaoyou is good at." Master Wen then asked, there is a market for antique porcelain, but the price of high-quality porcelain made in modern times is also rising, of course, the key is to look at the fame and quality.
Chen Yi pondered for a while, and said modestly: "If I am good at it, I am good at flowers and birds, characters and landscapes, but flowers and birds have studied for the longest time." ”
In terms of his current intermediate painting skills, for the study of various subjects, it can be said that it is a matter of hand, flowers and birds are the first subject he learned, and then the characters, and then when he traveled to Qingcheng Mountain, he copied various landscape paintings in the Xuanmiao Pavilion, so that his landscape paintings also reached a new height.
"Oh, Chen Xiaoyou's painting skills have reached such a point, flowers and birds, people, landscapes, this already includes most of the themes of painting, which is really impressive."
"Since you have been studying flowers and birds for the longest time, then, we will make a piece of flower and bird porcelain, but you first paint a painting of flowers and birds, and then we copy it on the porcelain according to this painting, and then I will slowly tell you how to paint on porcelain, painting on porcelain, not just simply transplanting the painting method on rice paper, there are many differences."
Seeing Chen Yi so immodest, Master Wen showed surprise on his face, although he and Chen Yi had only met twice, but with his decades of experience in seeing people, he already had a clear understanding of this young man, if he didn't have self-confidence, he would never say this.
Chen Yi nodded, through the porcelain plate painting before guò, he already knew that painting on porcelain was not the same as painting on rice paper.
He took the rice paper handed over by Master Wen, laid it flat on the table, and was about to draw it, but a prompt from the system suddenly sounded in his mind.
"As a great appraiser, you must be familiar with the process of porcelain making, so as to increase your knowledge and improve your level."
"Task requirements: Follow Wen Hongyuan to learn to make zuò porcelain, and make a slightly valuable porcelain within a month."
"Quest Reward: According to the completion of the quest, a mysterious clue related to porcelain will be rewarded."
Seeing the content of the system's tasks, Chen Yi couldn't help but smile in his heart, a little valuable porcelain, between 10,000 and 100,000, for some modern porcelain, he also knows some prices.
The people engaged in ceramic painting in Jingdezhen are compared to pyramids, and the part at the bottom of the tower is the apprentices and ordinary painting workers, whose works cost an average of several hundred yuan to more than a thousand yuan.
And located in the body of the tower is the provincial senior arts and crafts artist, the average price of the works is tens of millions to 10,000 yuan, and located at the top of the tower is the professor level and the national art masters and pottery masters, their works amounted to hundreds of thousands to more than one million yuan.
Master Wen Hongyuanwen beside him is the top storage zài, and what he does in the shop is the fine porcelain produced in the factory, if he personally paints and sells the porcelain, the price will definitely reach more than one million, which is the fame and ability of the master level.
This appraisal system sets this range of porcelain value, which should be related to his painting ability, his painting ability has reached an intermediate level, but painting on paper is somewhat different from porcelain, he must re-learn, and a little value is the minimum requirement to complete the task.
As for the final task reward, it was a little surprising to him, a clue related to porcelain, what kind of reward is this, he really can't understand, can he find a piece of porcelain through this clue. (To be continued......)