1479. Porcelain man (3)
Ao Muyang raised his hand and signaled the porcelain man to start work.
With permission, the porcelain master took out a small stool and sat down and said, "Then I'll start looking for trouble."
"Look for trouble? Whose fault is to be looked for?" Ao Muyang asked strangely.
The master smiled and said, "Looking for trouble, looking for cracks on the bowl is not about who is wrong."
Ao Muyang nodded suddenly. He squatted beside him and looked at the master with interest and picked up the broken bowl and gestured, and asked, "Master, your surname is yours? What's the name?"
"Don't know, your surname is Sun, just call me Old Man Sun."
Ao Muyang asked again: "That's so rude, Master Sun, I'm following your words, I used to be in the capital? Then you shouldn't do some tricks in the streets and alleys of the capital?"
Old man Sun smiled and said, "Yes, let you see that I was doing well in Beijing before. I worked for the National Museum and several universities' archaeological research institutes to help them restore some broken porcelain and pottery."
Hearing this, Ao Muyang was solemn: "It's amazing."
Old man Sun smiled and said nothing more. He put the broken bowls and pieces together and made a point note. After working hard, he said to himself: "The sew is not small, so you have to make six lines."
What he said about making six lines is to put six nails on it. After putting down the broken bowl and porcelain pieces, he opened a small tool box with him. It was a set of small wooden pipes that looked like brushes. However, the front end of the wooden pipe was not a pen tip, but an iron nail-like thing with different diameters and thicknesses.
Ao Muyang asked, "Is this the Diamond?"
Old man Sun said: "That's right. If you don't have a diamond, don't take care of porcelain work. You're talking about this guy."
Ao Muyang counted, but he didn't count it. He said in surprise: "So many calibers? You have more brushes than painters."
Old man Sun started to drill holes. He chose a suitable diamond drill and drilled it on the porcelain bowl. He said casually while working: "It is generally not enough. I designed it myself. In the past, the working environment was complicated and the maintenance targets were complicated, so I used many diamonds."
In Ao Muyang's impression, turquoise porcelain means to punch a hole in each of the porcelain bowls and tiles, and then connect them with turquoise nails.
But what Old Man Sun showed him was another way. What he made was not a hole, but a small hole that was only concave. During the period, he worked very carefully. In order to drill the small hole, he changed a total of three diamonds to drill the diamond.
When the hole is well made, it is a nail. When Old Man Sun saw that Ao Muyang was interested in this craft, he explained to him: "This nail best reflects the level of a craftsman. The toughness of the nail and the level of making nails determine the service life of the ceramic parts after repairing the ceramic parts..."
Because this is the most common sea bowl, the old man was ready, so he opened a small wooden box and grabbed a nail from it.
Ao Muyang wanted to see the small wooden box, but Old Man Sun shook his head and said, "That's not true, haha, I'm really invisible. This box is a treasure box, which not only contains copper nails, but also gold nails, silver nails and flower nails. They are quite valuable."
Ao Muyang asked, "Golden nails? Is it pure gold?"
Old man Sun smiled and said, "Why, are you interested?"
Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "You don't need to doubt me. To be honest, I have played serious gold ingots before. If you come to our village by sea, you should see a large fishing boat docked on the pier outside, which is what I exchanged for with gold ingots."
Old Man Sun respected him in awe: "Oh, I used to think that I was a bragging person. Today I feel ashamed of your brother!"
Ao Muyang laughed in silence: "I haven't used all my strength yet, so I've just blown to wherever I want?"
Old man Sun inlaid the tartar outside the porcelain bowl. He asked, "Brother, are you interested in this porcelain work? I tell you, don't think this work is to carry a peddler to walk around the streets and alleys in the village, shouting 'Current' while walking..."
"I have to hold a rattle in my hand." Ao Muyang added.
Old man Sun smiled and said, "Haha, yes, these are all old-fashioned impressions that have been passed down from before. In fact, it is not the case. If you are willing to learn porcelain, I will introduce you to the path in the future, go to the Archaeology Institute to work, eat public meals, be a public family member, and retire like me and have a pension. How about it?"
Ao Muyang asked, "Then are you here to accept disciples?"
Old man Sun said enthusiastically: "Not to say that, I really want to accept a few apprentices seriously. This old craft is declining now. If I don't think of a solution, this craft may not be passed on."
After hearing this, Ao Muyang felt aroused and said, "I am the village chief of this village. I am busy leading the villagers to develop the socialist new rural cause and have no time to develop side jobs. But if you want to accept a good apprentice, I can introduce you to a good guy, absolutely skillful."
He was talking about Ao Jinfu. The child had outstanding talents in these craftsmanship. He became a disciple of the Shell Diamonds a few years ago. However, in just half a year, he learned all the techniques of Shell Diamonds. Now he is learning the mother-of-pearl handicraft technique.
Old man Sun was eager to find a satisfied apprentice to learn craftsmanship from him. Ao Muyang's words made him very happy. He asked, "Really? If you can help me find an apprentice, I will not collect your money today."
Ao Muyang smiled and said, "You should still collect this money, mainly because you don't have much money."
The old man said proudly: "This is really not much money. If you help me find a suitable apprentice, I will use gold nails to simmer the remaining dishes. You know that gold is highly ductile, so it is most suitable to use it to make simmer nails."
Ao Muyang was shocked: "Are you always investing a lot? You use gold nails to make dishes? To be honest, I really can't bear it."
Old man Sun explained: "This gold nail is not pure gold. A gold nail costs only 180 yuan. It is usually used to repair antique ceramics - of course, these are not important. What is important is that you can really find an apprentice for me?"
In the craft of porcelain, he is a master. If he cannot pass on his skills, he will inevitably feel unwilling to accept it.
Ao Muyang promised him to introduce Ao Jinfu to him after repairing the dishes, and the old man immediately opened his fire.
He quickly made small holes in the porcelain bowl, and after using copper nails, he mixed the porcelain powder obtained from the holes before using egg whites, and then repaired the gaps. After a few minutes of sun exposure, the bowl was repaired.
This sea bowl is dark in color, and it doesn't seem to be noticed after the crack is closed.
Ao Muyang picked up the bowl and looked at it, saying, "Hey, this is really a craft, and you can't find the crack from the inside."
The old man said, "Don't say you can't find it, you can't find it even if you can't. Go and pour a bowl of water."
Ao Muyang poured a bowl of well water into it, and the water didn't leak!
Chapter completed!