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Many crafts of Ding Kiln are actually related to carving.

Therefore, picking flowers is also called ticking.

This refers to the method of decorating the blank body by removing the space other than the decorative pattern, commonly known as the reduction of dew flowers.

Picking flowers is actually a variant of embossed carving technique.

As for sculpture, Chen Wenzhe's technique is already very high, so he also pays special attention to this aspect of technique.

Because compared with other crafts, it is much more convenient and quicker for him to learn the techniques of picking, engraving, and scratching.

For example, there are many ways to pick flowers, and he can learn all of them by reading the technical points.

How difficult is it to pick the make-up soil, other tires, and glazes in the flower picking, as long as the carving skills pass the test?

Even if it is engraving a large area, it is not difficult, and there is no problem with partial engraving.

It's just that not all porcelain can use the flower-picking technique.

It should be known that the method of picking flowers originated from the northern Cizhou kiln, Xixia kiln, etc., and it is rarely used in southern porcelain kilns.

The kiln carving in the north is all about carving patterns on the make-up clay or glaze.

After firing, the carved parts are exposed, which contrasts with the glaze and patterns. This is the method of ticking and revealing.

The Longquan kiln is slightly different. On the semi-dry porcelain body, the extra "ground" other than the pattern is removed, and then glazed and roasted. After firing, the pattern is all under the glaze.

Each kiln mouth, each historical period, the expression and technique of picking flowers are different.

For example, picking flowers in Longquan kiln can be called the method of ticking and overglazing.

The carved pattern can be protected for a long time under the glaze.

It can not only show the pattern level, but also show the beauty of glaze color.

In addition, the method of picking flowers was mainly popular in the Yuan Dynasty, and also in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the "dizi" of the plum bottle with peony pattern in the Longquan kiln of the Yuan Dynasty was picked out.

Engraving is sometimes easily mistaken for stamping, but in fact there is a difference.

We all know mold printing, easy to make, fast in production speed, and can produce porcelain in large quantities.

However, just like printing, the value of things produced in large quantities must be very low.

Often the works in hand, or works with more complicated craftsmanship, are more expensive, because the quantity is definitely smaller.

For example, black flower picking on a white ground is a high-end type of flower picking, and this kind of porcelain is more common in the late Northern Song Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty.

The method is to apply white makeup soil on the porcelain body first, and then apply black makeup clay after it dries a little to carve out patterns, and then remove the black makeup clay other than the patterns to reveal the white makeup clay.

The key to this kind of craft is not to damage the underlying white make-up soil, which requires the craftsmen to have high skills.

It is easy to operate only when the humidity of the porcelain body and makeup soil is just right, half dry and half damp, and finally covered with transparent glaze and fired in a kiln.

White ground black flower picking is the most complicated and difficult variety in flower picking decoration.

Black-ground-white-picking is to reversely remove the black color material in the pattern, and the pattern is white.

There are also deep carvings from kilns such as Dangyangyu and Pacun in Nanhe, which not only removed the make-up soil, but also removed a layer of tire because of the depth of the knife. The three-dimensional effect is very strong, and it is a relief on porcelain.

This kind of porcelain, as long as you look at the craftsmanship, you will know that ordinary craftsmen can't do it well.

Therefore, as long as this kind of porcelain is produced, it is a fine product.

If it can be handed down to the present, it must be a treasure.

Porcelain of this level must be handcrafted.

Good workmanship means high value.

Sometimes the age is not important, especially for some ancient porcelain, if the craftsmanship is not good, even if it has a history of thousands of years, it will not have much value.

Of course, it would be even better if some special glaze colors can be applied on top of these top craftsmanship.

For example, green glaze flower picking, this process is the same as white glaze flower picking, but it needs to be fired at high temperature first, then green glaze is applied, and then fired at low temperature.

White-glazed brown-colored pick-up flowers are products of Ding Kiln in the Song and Jin Dynasties.

A plum vase collected by the Metropolitan Museum in the beautiful country looks like picking flowers at first glance, but it is actually an improved variety.

The clever craftsman did not remove the make-up soil outside the outline of the pattern according to the routine, but applied brown color on the white make-up soil inside the pattern.

This is to simplify and improve the flower-picking process. Although there is no carving, it has the visual effect of flower-picking.

Compared with the Central Plains, the flower-picking porcelain of the Liao Dynasty did not have much exposed body, and the color of the body was grayish white or earthy yellow.

The contrast between light and dark colors is not strong, and it seems to be pursuing a peaceful and soft style.

The representative work of the flower-picking porcelain in the Liao Dynasty is the white-glazed flower-picking jade pot and spring vase of the Liao Dynasty.

This is produced in the northern Shanxi kiln. The shape of the vessel is skimming, slender neck, slipping shoulders, and round belly.

The shape is beautiful, and the dense decoration covers the whole body.

Six groups of string patterns clearly divide the pattern into five layers.

The first layer is the wishful cloud pattern;

The second layer is a rare phoenix pattern on Liao Dynasty porcelain. The phoenix is ​​flying on the side, with a large phoenix head, big eyes and hooked beak, and five long tails are simple and neat;

The third layer is the most common curly grass pattern on porcelain in the Song and Yuan Dynasties;

The fourth floor is the water ripple of the lotus, the wind blows and the water moves and the flowers sway, full of fun;

The fifth layer is the lotus petal pattern. This bottle is a combination of rough and delicate, gorgeous and simple.

This kind of porcelain, this kind of craftsmanship, even if there are obvious cracks on the bottle body, and the curium has been mended, the value is very high.

For this level of porcelain, as the times change, the technology is regressing.

For example, in the Liao-Jin period, there were only three layers of decoration left on the body of the black-glazed flower-picked jade pot spring vase.

The general theme decoration is also phoenix, but the pattern is somewhat blurred due to the flowing glaze.

This level is incomparable with the Liao Dynasty.

Craftsmen, in the prosperous age, must be able to make better porcelain, after all, they can study and work with peace of mind.

In the final analysis, the entire flower-picking technique, no matter how it is picked, belongs to the sculpture department.

Without a stable environment, this kind of craft is definitely not good for learning.

The engraving, scratching, printing, and flower picking techniques on these ancient porcelains are all sculptures for fun.

It can be said that as long as the carving skills pass the test, these four crafts can be mastered quickly.

Judging from the names of the four porcelain arts of engraving, scratching, printing, and picking, we know that they are all related to carving, but they are different.

So what are the differences between them? If you carefully analyze the differences between the "quadruplets", you will know why they have been differentiated into four crafts instead of being unified into sculpture.

Engraving is to carve patterns on the surface of the undried utensil body with iron knives and other tools, and then glaze it or directly bake it in a kiln.

The engraved knife method is divided into "single-entry side knife method" and "double-entry positive knife method".

The blade of the latter needs to be vertical on both sides.

The engraved lines are wide or narrow, with various turns and artistic effects of lines and surfaces.

It is directly engraved on the green body with a knife, which has a strong overall sense and a good decorative effect.

Engraving, one of the decorative techniques of ceramics, is known to everyone.

This is one of the basic skills of porcelain making, but there are not many who can truly master it.