God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 387 Electric Kiln
Xu Jingxing's study of purple clay crafts was a whim, but it was definitely not just for fun, but he planned to go further in this industry.

The purpose, of course, is to make money.

Don't forget, his small shop is about to open. Yang Liu said before that if possible, it's better to set up the shop as a comprehensive handicraft shop instead of a simple woodcarving shop.

In the past, besides doing wood carvings, he could also write and draw. If he was exhausted, he could do some stone carvings, which was not enough to support a comprehensive storefront.

Now it's different, he has every chance to include Zisha ware in the business scope of his shop, although he doesn't even have a set of qualified pot making tools, but it doesn't prevent him from making such a plan.

That is to say, in addition to actively learning the craft, he also needs to prepare purple sand clay and firing tools. However, he really has no research on the firing of purple sand. He just knows that ceramics need to be fired at high temperature. You have to build a kiln.

However, building a kiln is not a small project, let alone the cost, the site alone is troublesome enough.

Faced with his doubts, Tang Xianhai laughed, "What are you thinking, what age is this and still building kilns, just buy a ready-made one."

"There are still ready-made ones?" He was even more surprised.

"Yes, there are electric kilns of various models and sizes, and the price is not expensive. If you are not sure about the performance, I will recommend it for you." Tang Xianhai nodded, "If you want to burn it yourself, just buy a small one. , It can be used at home, it is about the size of a refrigerator, if you want to burn it on a large scale, you have to buy a slightly larger one, but there is a house that can also fit it.”

After hearing Tang Xianhai's explanation, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had always thought that a large earthen kiln was necessary for firing ceramics, but he did not expect that not only can electric firing be used now, but the size can also be reduced to the size of a freezer.

It's just, "Old Tang, can the purple sand wares fired in this electric kiln have the same effect as those fired in an earthen kiln?"

He asked the doubt in his heart. When he knew about porcelain before, he remembered that some collectors said that the effect of porcelain fired in wood kiln is different from that of gas kiln. Although the ancient firewood kiln is a bit of a waste of resources, But the firing effect is better; while the gas kiln has high firing efficiency and saves costs, but the fired porcelain is very luminous.

He was a little worried that the purple sand wares fired in this electric kiln would also have defects in this regard.

Tang Xianhai chuckled, "Don't worry about that, purple sand ware is different from porcelain, because the surface of purple sand ware is generally not glazed, so no matter what material is used for firing, as long as the temperature is sufficient, and the electric kiln is fully The firing environment is closed and does not produce flames, so the fired purple sand ware will not only not affect the effect, but will avoid the appearance of fire thorns, and the firing effect will be better."

"Ah? There's still such a saying?" Xu Jingxing was a little surprised, "Well, shouldn't these things be as old as possible?"

"Nonsense, even an old man like me knows that modern technology is very helpful to handicrafts. Why do you, a young man, seem to be a bit old-fashioned?" Tang Xianhai said with a bit of beard and stare: "It is really good to use stupid methods in some links. For example, the process of mud training, but some links are different, such as crushing and screening of ore, machines are much better than humans, not only better, but also faster."

"Not only the purple sand industry, but also other industries. Take the polishing process in the jade carving process as an example. The effect of the modern polishing machine is dozens of times better than that of pure handwork. No matter how small the gap is, it can be processed. The surface is as beautiful as a mirror, and the most important thing is that the efficiency is hundreds of times that of human beings. You know, in ancient times, polishing a piece of jade, let alone the effect, would take at least dozens of days to polish it well, but now, throwing it into the machine Just a few hours."

"In this case, which way do you think you would choose?" Tang Xianhai asked with wide-eyed eyes.

Xu Jingxing thought for a while, then cupped his hands with a wry smile, "All right, all right, I admit my mistake, I shouldn't question the electric kiln."

"It's fine if you know you're wrong." Tang Xianhai became a rare presence in front of Xu Jingxing, and said with a smug smile, "So, you have a lot to learn. If you really want to work in this industry, I suggest you come to me. Be an apprentice here for a few months and see how the industry really works."

"A few months?" Xu Jingxing shook his head helplessly, "Forget it, I don't need anything now, I just need time, and I'm very busy."

"Busy?" Tang Xianhai asked suspiciously.

"Very busy." It's not that Xu Jingxing is boasting, but he is really busy. Among other things, his store that is about to open is enough for him to be busy. Up to now, the decoration of the store has been completed by 70.00% , but his inventory is still slightly equal to zero. At the same time, there is a program for the ancient architecture competition to be recorded. Counting on his fingers, he is considered lucky to be able to squeeze out half a month to stock up.

The worst thing is that the schedule of this ancient architecture competition has not been fully finalized. There is only an approximate timetable for when the program will be recorded and when the awards will be presented. It is not specific, but it will be completed before May Day.

It may be nothing to others, but it is quite embarrassing to him. He is still in Kecheng. If he enters the main competition, he will record an exterior scene with the judges in Kecheng, and then go to the capital for the show The main game is recorded in the hall.

This means that it is not right for him to return to Daocheng now, nor is it right to stay in Kecheng.

Stay in Kecheng, I don't know when the location will be recorded; go back to Daocheng, what if the recording starts right after returning?Isn't it a waste of time?
Fortunately, he is not without hope. When recording the location next, all the members of the judging panel will come. That is to say, he will soon meet his idol, Mr. Lian Yunhai, who he has always been obsessed with, and even have the opportunity to meet Mr. Lian face to face. To communicate, it is more likely to get Mr. Lian's comments and suggestions.

Thinking of all these possibilities made him feel even more anxious.

That is to say, there are interesting purple sand crafts that have attracted his attention in the past two days, otherwise he would have been unable to sit still.

Just as he was saying this, his cell phone rang, and it was Ding Shuhuai who called, "Xiao Xu, where are you?"

"I'm still in Kecheng, what's wrong?" He hurriedly replied with a thought.

"That's great. You and Qian Dong can help entertain those people from CCTV. They will arrive in Kecheng in the afternoon. There is a traffic jam here, so I won't be there until midnight," Ding Shuhuai heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly arranged tasks.

Xu Jingxing was stunned for a moment, "The judges are here? Even the old man?"

(End of this chapter)