Gui pottery

According to the research of Guangxi Institute of Arts and Crafts. In recent hundred years, only Zhuang Brocade and Ni Xing Pottery can maintain, inherit and develop their traditional crafts. Therefore, Ni Xing pottery in Qinzhou is recognized as one of the two treasures with the most national characteristics in Guangxi. It is also one of the most famous specialties in Qinzhou.

As a traditional folk craft, Ni Xing pottery in Qinzhou has a history of 1300 years. According to historical records, I admire pottery, which was invented before the Tang Dynasty and benefited from the refinement of the Tang Dynasty. In the 9th year of the Republic of China (A.D. 192 1), Xiaoyao Tomb was discovered in the foothills of the east of the city. There is a clay pot and a piece of clay more than four feet high.

After textual research, it was found that it was the epitaph of Ningdaowu, the fifth thorn history of Ningyue County (now Qinzhou City) during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, which shows that Qinzhou has a long history of pottery making. During Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, Qinzhou pottery flourished and was widely used, hence the name "Ni Xing". Nowadays, the "Qinzhou Street" in Hongkong, Macau and Shanghai is named after the spread of Ni Xing pottery, and the reputation of Qinzhou Ni Xing pottery has spread far and wide at home and abroad. Known as one of the four famous pottery in China.

Unique clay, unique function

Nixing pottery (scientific name: Purple Clay Pottery) takes the unique purple clay in the east of Qin River and the west bank as raw materials, the east clay is as soft as meat, the west clay is as hard as bone, and the top grade is a mixture of soft six and hard four, and the flesh and blood support each other. Because it is deeply hidden in the mountainside stratum. Natural and clean, muddy and delicate. Green and environment-friendly, containing more than a dozen rich minerals beneficial to human body, such as iron, zinc, calcium and strontium.

The art of changing kilns is a must in China.

Nixing pottery's "kiln transformation" art is unique in the domestic ceramic industry, with high artistic taste, and is called "a must in China". Qinzhou's unique clay does not need to add any ceramic pigments. The "kiln change" in the firing process is a major artistic feature of unglazed Ni Xing pottery. When the furnace plate rises to the critical point of 65,438+0,200 degrees, it is occasionally found that a very small part of the matrix has changed, naturally forming various colorful colors and textures.

It is necessary to polish the surface oxide to discover its true colors. Many unexpected colors, such as sky blue, bronze, tiger stripes, big spots and dark green, can be described as treasure hunting in the fire. One is rare, the other is in hand, and there is no similarity. "In kiln art pottery. To achieve the highest artistic effect, it is necessary to combine process design with modeling, picture carving with decoration, and integrate the aura of warm spring, green summer, red autumn and cold winter. Show the mystery of color change.

The transformation of kiln is a treasure hunt in the fire. I got it by accident. There is no fixed frame, and the taste is extremely precious, which can be described as the ultimate combination of fire and earth.

Zitao

Jianshui purple pottery has a long history. It has produced pottery for more than 900 years since the end of the Song Dynasty. In history, there is a saying that there is blue porcelain in Song Dynasty, blue and white in Yuan Dynasty, coarse porcelain in Ming Dynasty and purple pottery in Qing Dynasty. Zitao is a traditional famous product. Jianshui Zitao was listed as one of the four famous ceramics in China at the National Folk Craft Exhibition held in Beijing from 65438 to 0953, and it was equally famous with Jiangsu Yixing Ceramics, Guangdong Shiwan Ceramics and Sichuan Rongchang Ceramics.

Jianshui Zitao is a traditional folk handicraft in Jianshui County, Yunnan Province, which began in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. Use structure? Jianshui Zitao.

Five-color pottery clay in the suburbs of water is made and shaped. After painting and calligraphy, carving, scraping, firing and polishing, the pottery is dark purple in color and white in pattern, making a thumping sound like a rock. Among them, the black and white ones are especially top grade. ?

There are many kinds of Jianshui purple pottery, including cooking utensils, tea sets, flower pots and desk display decorative supplies. Most of the shapes are simple and elegant, unique, and can be used as steamed chicken, pigeon and other meat foods, which are delicious. Jianshui purple pottery is made of red, yellow, purple, blue and white soil, which is a unique and rich local resource. The hue is white flowers with red background, white flowers with black background or red, yellow and blue flowers with white background. Decorations are carved and filled with bold, large and heavy calligraphy, freehand Chinese painting, national patterns and so on.

The picture is natural and unrestrained with a pen, and the knife method is smooth. Whether describing birds and animals or flowers, birds, fish and insects, they are lifelike, giving people a feeling of antique and appealing to both refined and popular tastes. The production process adopts unglazed polishing, that is, the blank is not glazed, and the product can keep fresh and bright after grinding, polishing and firing. Once the percussion instrument is powerful, it can be said that "the body is like iron, the color is like copper, the sound is like stone, the light is like a mirror, and the light can know people", which forms a unique feature different from pottery, and it can be said that "the pottery altar is a show".

The long history of pottery-making has forged exquisite folk pottery-making skills, and also tempered and nurtured generations of folk pottery-making technicians. As early as 192 1, the pottery made by Jianshui artists won the art prize of Panama International Fair.

Jianshui pottery products are colorful and exquisite. Its products mainly include bottles, statues, pots, plates, dishes, bowls, pots, cans, steamers, pipes, Four Treasures of the Study, musical instruments and daily necessities, which are deeply loved by people.

Its characteristics are as follows:

1, Jianshui Tao Tao clay is taken from Qicai Mountain in China, which has high iron content, so that the finished product has high hardness and strength, and the surface is rich in metallic texture, with the sound of stone striking. After unglazed polishing, fine grinding and polishing, the texture is delicate and bright as a mirror. It has the reputation of "as firm as iron, as bright as water, as moist as jade and as clear as sound".

2. The unique charm of Jianshui pottery lies in the organic combination of painting and calligraphy art, carving and mud filling technology. Jianshui pottery pays attention to meticulous work, especially to decoration. It takes calligraphy and painting seal cutting and colored clay inlay as the main means, and integrates decorative arts such as calligraphy and painting, epigraphy, seal cutting and inlay. It's beautiful and beautiful. Since the Qing Dynasty, literati in Jianshui have used semi-dry pottery blank as paper, splashing ink and painting on it.

After the ceramic body is inked, artists carefully carve the ink into the mold according to the sample, then fill it with colored mud, trim the body, air dry it, bake it in the kiln, and polish it for many times, so that Jianshui purple pottery presents multi-tone texture changes and produces a colorful stone atmosphere in Gu Zhuo. To make Jianshui pottery practical? Jianshui Zitao is a noble and elegant work of art with both aesthetic value and aesthetic value.