How to develop carved porcelain

"Without Jin Gangzuan, there would be no porcelain works." This old saying seems to be tailor-made for porcelain carving. What is carved porcelain? As the name implies, it is the art of carving on the surface of fired porcelain with special tools. Some people vividly compare it to embroidery on porcelain.

Figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, calligraphy ... anything that can be inked on paper should not be "embroidered" on porcelain. Ding-ding, ding-ding, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, after some carving, porcelain is exposed through painting, and painting is passed down according to porcelain. The artist praised his "touch, view and pen and ink", which is both "stone interest" and "pen and ink rhyme".

"Carved porcelain originated in the18th century and has a history of more than 200 years. Compared with other art categories, it belongs to the younger generation, but its appearance is inextricably linked with ancient Oracle Bone Inscriptions carving, bronze casting, jade carving in Qin and Han dynasties, wood carving, tooth carving and stone carving in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. " Wang Yijun, a researcher in ceramics museum, China, introduced.

Yes, compared with its carrier-porcelain, carved porcelain is really too young.

According to legend, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty often wrote poems on his favorite porcelain to express his feelings. In order to keep the traces of emperors for a long time, court artists tried to carve Mo Bao on porcelain, which really produced porcelain carvings.

In the 28th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1902), the School of Arts and Crafts Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce set up a porcelain carving department to cultivate porcelain carving talents. At that time, the teacher was Kazuki Watanabe musician San, a famous porcelain sculptor. Later porcelain carving artists such as Dai Yuping, Chen and Zhu were all students of Hua Yuesan.

At the beginning of the last century, carved porcelain was widely spread in the Central Plains. Although the artistic level is uneven, many folk artists have mastered the skills of carving on porcelain. Later, because of the war, this skill was gradually lost. After liberation, few people have mastered the art of carving porcelain. Li Feng, chairman of Suzhou Folk Writers and Artists Association, said: "Before the 1960s, there were occasionally craftsmen in Jiangnan who carried the burden and carved surnames in bowls or at the bottom of bowls. It is also a kind of porcelain sculpture, but it is very simple and rough, not art. "

"In the early 1980 s, it was the period when society advocated emancipating the mind and promoting the development of productive forces, and people began to release their long-accumulated enthusiasm and energy." Lu Zhenyu, a Suzhou sculpture artist who has been engaged in carving porcelain for more than 20 years, said, "For a time, the art of carving porcelain, like other arts, reappeared in many media."

Reform and opening up have given carved porcelain a new life. Beijing, Shanghai, Zibo, Qingdao, Nanjing and other places have reproduced the figure of carving porcelain. Famous porcelain carving artists have sprung up everywhere. Among them, Zibo has the most mature porcelain carving art and the most developed porcelain carving industry.