Chapter 458: Blue and White Production
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When I came to the company, I saw that Luo Qing and Luo Bai were wearing aprons and making ceramic embryos.
The two brothers and sisters were so focused that they didn't see Yang Zimei coming.
Yang Zimei also watched with interest and asked Min Gang, "Are these materials for making porcelain the same as other ordinary materials?"
Hearing her voice, Luo Baifang raised his head and smiled at her: "Miss Yang is here?"
"Well, you are busy with your business, leave me alone."
Yang Zimei sat down on the small stool beside him.
"If you want to make it like it, you must use the same raw materials as ancient porcelain, otherwise, you can't make a high imitation. And the soil for making the clay body must be close to the hemp soil of the Yuan Dynasty, so that the Yuan Dynasty can be produced. The texture of blue and white is smooth, waxy and soft, not too dense and not too loose, and there are obvious gaps in the section of the tire soil. The thickness of the tire soil must also be ground according to ancient standards." Min Gang explained aside.
"Is it difficult to find Ma Cang soil?" Yang Zimei asked.
"It's already very scarce." Min Gang said with a wry smile, "It's almost equal to the price of gold. Apart from this hemp soil, this colorant is also extremely difficult to find. The colorants used in Yuan blue-and-white porcelain at that time were all from Su Ma Liqing imported from Iran, this raw material has been exhausted in the late Ming Dynasty, and there is no import. My dad sent someone to Iran to collect and purchase, and he could only get a little from a traditional craftsman. "
"The raw materials are so exhausted, how can we start a company?" Yang Zimei was sweaty. Although she knew that the raw materials of imitation yuan blue and white were scarce, she did not expect it to be so difficult to find. Without raw materials, how can the company continue?
"There can only be two grades. Real Ma Cang soil and Su Ma Liqing make first-class imitation Yuan blue and white, and the others have to use mud tires close to Ma Cang soil and ingredients that imitate Su Ma Liqing to match. The coloring agent is available. However, it is not easy to prepare. Selling this coloring agent alone can make more money than Baiyifen, and it is not illegal." Min Gang explained.
"Has the finished product come out?" Yang Zimei asked with interest.
"I just made a blue and white bowl, but Luo Bai said it was a failure." Min Gang said.
"Well, it's a failed product. When I was painting, my hand shook slightly, which caused the picture to fail." Luo Bai said helplessly.
"It's okay, I'll take a look."
Min Gang carefully took out a blue and white porcelain bowl from the office.
For Luo Bai, although this was a failure, for Min Gang, this was his first bowl in the company, and it was of great significance.
Yang Zimei took the blue and white porcelain bowl over.
This bowl feels very good, smooth and tender like jade, and has a strong glutinous and soft feeling. Whether it is shape or decoration, even the tire and glaze, it is completely the same as Yuanqinghua.
If she hadn't opened her eyes to see, she wouldn't be able to see that this was not an antique bowl.
This blue and white picture is also very well drawn, beautiful and meticulous, just like the light blue after the rain, which makes people feel relaxed and happy, and can't put it down.
"Where is the failure?"
Yang Zimei searched for Luo Bai's fault, but couldn't find it.
"Well, here, a very small place." Min Gang pointed to the petals of one of the flowers.
Sure enough, on the edge of the petal, a slightly longer line slipped, but if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't really see it, and it didn't affect the senses of the whole flower.
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