How to treat all-hand and half-hand teapots?

What's the difference between a handmade pot and a semi-handmade pot?

My opinion on this question is: the teapot is not made! The key is the final result. No matter what method you use or how you do it, you should feel the pot you made. That's all that matters.

At present, the common practice of Zisha No.1 Factory is to beat barrels by hand, and the mold is accurate. This practice is also hand-made in the present sense. Now you let most artists in a factory make their works by hand. It's not that they can't. The problem is to assume that they do. I'm afraid everyone will argue again about how the teapot was made.

Chatting with a senior craftsman during the Spring Festival. He told me a joke that it was "unreasonable" to require the craft of the pot in the market. If Master Gu Jingzhou comes back to life and remakes the jar, he may not be able to sell it. I asked him what he said. He said; At present, the demand for handicrafts in the market is too high, almost harsh. What is needed is mechanical accuracy. For example, it is best to fit statically! The requirements for mouth and feel are also extreme, not bad. Is it possible that the mud should be prepared by the old method without any impurities? Although the teacher's words are a bit overdone, there is an "induced misunderstanding" about the expectations of Zisha in the market at present. Of course, this responsibility should not be borne by the player. The main source is still in the purple sand industry. The theoretical discussion of purple sand lags behind, and some businessmen's intentional rendering distorts everyone's aesthetic concept of purple sand. Isn't it because of Mr. Gu's artistic sense that we like it?

An author makes pots with molds, mainly to see the molding characteristics. Some pots must use molds, some use molds, and some don't use them at all. Mold is just a process in the process of making pots.

The semi-artificial view is considered as "far-fetched". The popular view now is that the way to close the two valves is semi-manual. In fact, the way of combining together has existed in history, not today's pioneering work. The acacia pot in the full pot, the big warehouse and the empty flat are all closed from top to bottom. But at that time, it was not called a model, it was called a "helmet head", and the arched internal model was called a virtual tuo. Helmets are mostly made of mud, but now they are made of plaster.

Someone sent me a picture of a "furnace-opening" pot made by a very famous old artist, and found a seam at the opposite corner. He asked me if it was true and why there was a "mold line". I said; This pot must be genuine. I've seen real things. This kind of wire is a bonding wire, which is formed by the shrinkage difference caused by the inconsistent humidity of bonding mud. It's not necessarily a dead line. I mean, having such a line is not necessarily a model line, it depends on the details.

Then there is mud. I remember I discussed it before. Some people think that natural mud has no impurities, while others think that this is an inherent characteristic of sand mud, which is hard to prevent. I agree with the latter view. Anyone who has played with old teapots knows that they can also accept the "impurity" of purple sand, which is considered as a part of the "content" of purple sand minerals. Others hold the opposite view; I believe that since there is "flawless white jade", it must be infinitely close to "perfection"! This also makes sense, the key is the "degree" we bear. The texture of the mud we want should fully show the characteristics of purple sand, and we must choose these characteristics. Therefore, we can only "take care of one thing and lose another."

Hu friends are still worried that the mold will only be copied like printed matter. Actually, there is nothing to worry about. Modeling is only a short process in purple sand production. The most important process to complete a work is not the barrel. It is the connection and transition between the parts of the work and the whole. When we say "cut", we mean "cut" between parts and the whole. This truly represents the author's level and aesthetic taste!

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