Recycled Porcelain [Ancient Wears Today]

Zhang Wenzhao lamented that Xu Jiuzhao could find such a hard-to-find place.Later, he led people to the village and paid for all the wine that the old man had brewed back then.

Although it didn't cost much in total, it was only a fraction of the medical expenses he paid, Zhang Wenzhao didn't think it was worthwhile for him to let Xu Jiuzhao come back to the kiln because of the wine.

This place is too difficult to find, and I don't know how much effort Xu Jiuzhao spent to find it.

Zhang Wenzhao didn't find it when he asked someone, but Xu Jiuzhao found it directly in the local literature and county annals in the bookstore. This is entirely caused by a different way of thinking.

Now that the information is exploding, the ways to obtain information have greatly increased. The Internet has almost become a bag of inquiries. If there is something to ask for help, the power of traditional records is ignored.

Master Gao is a thin old man in his sixties. He is black and thin, and his hair is quite black. If it weren't for the rough skin and wrinkles on his face, he would not look like an old man with this black hair at all. old people.

"Master Gao, I brought Xu Jiuzhao here." Zhang Wenzhao said to Master Gao in a respectful tone.

Master Gao was dressed in black, with a pair of gold-rimmed presbyopic glasses on his face.With his hands behind his back, he was bending over and looking down at people working.Hearing Zhang Wenzhao's words, he just looked up at him, then nodded to him, and instead of stopping his work, he signaled Zhang Wenzhao to wait a moment.

Zhang Wenzhao didn't feel that he was being slighted, instead he just stood aside and waited as it should.

He was teaching the kiln master in front of him to decorate the porcelain body. The kiln master hung his hands on the top of the porcelain body, slowly making a pattern of engraving on the porcelain body.

Xu Jiuzhao stood one step behind Zhang Wenzhao. He had good eyesight, and he saw the patterns carved on the porcelain body by the kiln master at a glance.It can also be seen that the porcelain that the other party is currently making should be an imitation of the Ming Dynasty.

Based on Master Gao's instructions and the kiln master's craftsmanship, he can basically infer the level of Yunwen Porcelain Factory.Although it is not as good as the imperial kiln masters of the imperial kiln factory, from the perspective of the folk, it is not bad.

Master Gao's voice is dry and hoarse, which is unique to his age. He does not speak in a high voice, but he speaks concisely, and every word is on the point.

Xu Jiuzhao nodded secretly. Some people are skilled in skills but are not suitable to be teachers, while some people are not strong in hands-on ability, but they have rich theoretical knowledge and are more suitable as instructors.He doesn't know how master Gao's craftsmanship is, at least in terms of teaching and dispelling doubts, this level is enough.

In terms of skills, the manufacturing process has made another big step forward. Xu Jiuzhao's attitude is very positive. He is here to learn and absorb the new skills that have been handed down for hundreds of years.

Although Xu Jiuzhao was good at superficial kung fu, he naturally respected the real talent and learning of Master Gao at this time.

After half an hour, the kiln master finally completed the engraving pattern, and Master Gao also picked up a towel on the side to wipe his hands, and turned around.

"Patience is good." Master Gao opened his mouth and said.

Zhang Wenzhao turned his head unexpectedly, and Xu Jiuzhao stood with him for half an hour, just waiting like this, without any impatient expression on his face, and looked very calm.

Master Gao nodded and said: "If you want to learn any technology, you must endure loneliness. Only when you can endure loneliness can you truly learn something down-to-earth."

Zhang Wenzhao was overjoyed that Master Gao did not show any rejection of Xu Jiuzhao.Although he is the boss in this factory, but this master Gao is the treasure of their factory, Zhang Wenzhao almost confessed to this old man.This time I introduced Xu Jiuzhao to him as an apprentice. If the other party doesn't like it, he can't force it, and he doesn't dare to force it.

Zhang Wenzhao said with a smile: "This kid doesn't say anything else, at least he likes firing porcelain very much."

Master Gao nodded and said, "I know, let him stay with me. Let's start with Taocini."

Zhang Wenzhao immediately said: "He has been an apprentice in the factory for 4 months."

Xu Jiuzhao paused in his heart, as soon as he heard this, he knew that Zhang Wenzhao would be in trouble.

Sure enough, Master Gao raised his eyebrows and said sternly: "I don't care how long he has studied before, even if he has studied kiln craftsman for a year, he will start from washing porcelain clay when he comes to me!"

Zhang Wenzhao was so ashamed by the spray that he didn't dare to speak any more. He nodded nunuo and left in a hurry.

This old man, he can't afford to offend him, he can't scold or beat him.When the other party scolded him, he could only listen, and he was short of developing the ability to do it himself.

Master Gao's face was frosty, and as soon as he turned his head, Xu Jiuzhao said bluntly: "Porcelain refining is the foundation, and there are many ways in it. Thank you, Master Gao, for being willing to point it out."

Master Gao saw that he was so psychic and well-behaved, the unhappiness of being provoked by Zhang Wenzhao dissipated.

Master Gao snorted and said, "You are smart, unlike that elm bump who has been the owner of a porcelain factory for nothing, but still doesn't know even this little thing."

Master Gao became interested, and personally led Xu Jiuzhao to a corner of the venue. There are several large basins with porcelain clay in them, and said to Xu Jiuzhao, "Didn't you learn it before? Show me."

As soon as Xu Jiuzhao agreed, he bent down and kept refining the porcelain clay.

Porcelain can be said to be a work of art that can only be born from the perfect combination of water, fire and earth.

The three most important factors that determine the quality of porcelain are raw materials, glazes, and kiln fire.The earliest raw materials for pottery were actually porcelain stone clay, and later high-quality materials were all made of porcelain stone or kaolin crushed into porcelain powder, which appeared after mixing with a certain proportion of plant ash and glaze.

After the porcelain stone is crushed, there are many impurities and particles, etc., which need to be carefully screened to filter out the particles and stones, leaving the most delicate parts.

After a certain proportion of the formula is blended, it needs to be trampled and kneaded continuously to produce the blank that will eventually be used as a tool.

Xu Jiuzhao is not unfamiliar with this process at all, on the contrary, he is so proficient that he cannot be more proficient.When he first joined the Imperial Kiln Factory, he started from smelting porcelain clay, and when he finally became a kiln master, he pursued perfection and sometimes he didn't feel at ease with the work of small workers, so he had to do smelting by himself.

Let him do this job now, Xu Jiuzhao misses it.

Master Gao is an expert at firing antique porcelain, and he is almost picky about the procedures of firing ancient porcelain.In fact, these refining processes have long been replaced by machines, and it’s nothing more than a small factory like Yunwen. Those porcelain factory kiln masters who often produce tens of thousands of porcelain factories still insist on manual refining, and they can’t produce much blanks even if they are exhausted. .

It is only Master Gao who is almost stubborn and pays attention to completely following modern procedures. He insists that only by completely restoring can he produce highly realistic antique porcelain.

In fact, few kiln workers in the factory like to do the smelting by themselves. It is cold, dirty, and muddy, and no one is happy.

But Xu Jiuzhao was different. He almost put his hand into the cold water with joy and joy, and kept repeating the screening process, filtering out the particles and impurities over and over again.

His serious and joyful appearance surprised Master Gao, and was even moved by the child's piety.

How did he know that Xu Jiuzhao's willingness to do so was just to relive the past.

Master Gao specially dragged a chair over and watched Xu Jiuzhao's non-stop training. He found that he had almost no room to speak and give pointers. Xu Jiuzhao's movements were skillful without any mistakes.

Master Gao sat on the side and felt quite humiliated by not talking for a long time, so he had to introduce to Xu Jiuzhao the difference between the porcelain clay in the north and the south, the difference in the different oxidizing components contained in it, and the influence on the fineness of porcelain.

"Iron oxide, aluminum oxide?" Xu Jiuzhao, an out-and-out ancient man, was completely dizzy when he heard these modern chemical elements.

Master Gao saw that he didn't understand at all, and his attributes of preaching and teaching were finally satisfied. He shook his head and said, "Now you know the disadvantages of not studying hard? You thought that firing porcelain has nothing to do with these boring things. , If you want to avoid studying for a long time, you will not end well."

This is wronged by Xu Jiuzhao, Tie knows it, and Aluminum has heard of it.I don't understand what iron oxide and aluminum oxide are.

Only then did Master Gao explain to him that these things are fine particles, which exist in the porcelain powder.

"Different oxidized metals have different contents, and the fired porcelain has different colors. For example, the porcelain clay with the least metal element content is the purest white porcelain. And the celadon is fired with an appropriate amount of iron oxide. , if more is fired, it will be black porcelain.”

This is the truth that Xu Jiuzhao never knew, and he was so interested that he even stopped the movement of his hands.

With a satisfied look in his eyes, Master Gao deliberately said with a stern face: "Don't stop the movement of your hands. You continue to sieve, just listen to me."

Only then did Xu Jiuzhao continue the movements in his hands, listening carefully to Master Gao telling him the secrets of the glaze color of porcelain after the advancement of modern technology.

Xu Jiuzhao was almost mesmerized by what he heard, just like a Wu Chi suddenly got a martial arts secret book, and a person who had been hungry for a long time was suddenly full of big meals in front of him.Xu Jiuzhao wished he could instantly stuff the knowledge taught by Master Gao into his own mind, but it was a pity that he couldn't master it because it was just memorized by rote.

Regardless of Master Gao's hands-on ability, at least these advanced theoretical knowledge will completely defeat Xu Jiuzhao.Let him learn from him sincerely.

And Master Gao is also very clear about this, the very clever apprentice is very satisfied, and thinks Ruzi is very teachable.